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Historic Local Breweries – Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, it’s the history of beer, breweries, and drinking in old Santa Barbara, P.20 The $5 “Stradivarius” – The Sunset by the Sea event will let its audience compare this affordable kit violin to the real thing, P.33

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The cannabis tax revenue numbers are in … and they are way down. Projecting a $10.5M deficit, where is the loss revenue coming from? Laura Capps and the other County Board of Supervisors have questions (Story starts on page 5)

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Village Beat – Tax revenues from the County’s cannabis program are far lower than expected, and Chef Mollie’s new Carpinteria location

Montecito Miscellany – Oprah’s new Hawaii home, beer and talks in gardens, MClub has another adventure planned, and more miscellany

Letters to the Editor – Comments on sound walls along the 101 and Carlos the Bear writes in about a restaurant

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The Optimist Daily – Mother Earth is being listed as a collaborator by these musicians to raise funds and help the environment

Our Town – Wendy Sims-Moten speaks about Women’s history and her inspirations

Society Invites – The exhibit Women Makers, Then, Now, Here at Clay Studio highlights the history and range of women ceramicists

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Your Westmont – Doris Kearns Goodwin offered historical insight about Ukraine at the President’s Breakfast

International Women’s Day – ShelterBox USA hosts a panel of women leaders

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The Way It Was – For St. Patrick’s Day, Hattie Beresford details early beer, breweries, and drinking culture in town

Brilliant Thoughts – Hot off the press, it’s a pressing matter to find all of the words and expressions that contain “press”; there’s an impressive amount that will leave an impression on you Robert’s Big Questions – What is the impact of driving? Even when it’s a Miracle Car that does not produce any pollution.

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Reel Fun – Fire of Love explores the relationship and work of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft

The Giving List – The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation trains rescue dogs

Communicating Matters – The Three Bridges helps us communicate to others and shift emotional states

Far Flung Travel – The sights and critters along the Pixley National Wildlife Refuge

Dear Montecito – The Zero Waste Committee at UCSB is helping students make small, incremental changes that will have a big effect on campus waste

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On Entertainment – The SBS plays John Williams, Erik Stabnau and the Glenn Miller Orchestra, out of town tunes, and more Sunset by the Sea – Compare a real Stradivarius next to a five dollar violin from a kit at the next CAMA Women’s Board event

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In Passing – Rembering the life of Elizabeth Jill Jacobsen-Parish

Santa Barbara by the Glass – The clandestine culinary curation of SYR’s new Secret Cellar

Food Files – SkinnyDips & Salsas from Montecito residents Jennifer Markham and Bryan Goligoski

Madagascar Adventure – Robert Bernstein shares the sights and species he saw during his visit to Madagascar

Calendar of Events – S.H.E. comes to the Alcazar, State Street block party shows its love, Quips & Clips rips on rock, and others

Classifieds – Our own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales

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Village Beat Cannabis Revenues Disappoint

At a SB County Board of Supervisors hearing this past Tuesday, the board was briefed on second-quarter revenues for Fiscal Year 2022-23 related to cannabis tax revenue, which continues to trend lower than budgeted with a projected $10.5M negative variance.

With an adopted budget of $16.3M, cannabis cultivation and retail storefront tax is currently projecting $5.7M in revenue, which is roughly a $10.5M deficit. According to County staff, this projected decrease is due to a decline in cultivation tax due to the oversupply of wholesale cannabis, as well as an increase in the number of cultivators withdrawing from the County’s cannabis program and electing not to grow, mostly due to market conditions. Price per pound has dropped by 35-40 percent on average from 21/22 to 22/23, according to staff. Taxes from retail storefronts are also projecting lower than budgeted due to lengthened entitlement and business licensing processes. As of press time, two storefronts – one in Carpinteria and one in Isla Vista – are currently operational in the County, and four more – including one in Orcutt and one in Eastern Goleta – are in the pipeline.

During the second quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2022, the County collected $1.1M in cannabis gross-tax receipts. On Tuesday, Brittany Heaton, CEO Cannabis Administration Division, reported to the board that that number had grown to $3.5M as of Tuesday. There are currently 76 active cannabis business licenses in the County.

With an adopted budget of $16.3M, cannabis cultivation and retail storefront tax is currently projecting $5.7M in revenue, which is roughly a $10.5M deficit.

Heaton reported that attrition has contributed to the lack of revenue, and 12 cannabis operators have dropped out of the program for various reasons including compliance issues, lack of capital, and stringent board policies which have rendered some operators ineligible to participate in the cannabis program. The County’s program, which was implemented five years ago, costs nearly $5M per year to run, with 30 employees paid for roles in the permitting, administration and licensing, and compliance/enforcement.

Second District Supervisor Laura Capps, who vowed to make significant changes to the County’s cannabis program once elected to the board, asked a number of questions of County staff, honing in on what she considers the most significant issue: There are a number of cannabis operators who are not paying taxes. “It’s been an ongoing problem, and it still hasn’t changed,” she told us after the hearing. “Now that we know that the revenue was way down, and we know that one factor is because people aren’t paying their taxes, we need to tighten the rules,” she said. “I would like to see more stringent compliance.” Capps also questioned the need for 30 employees as part of the program.

“Yes, revenue is down … we are seeing a lull in the tax revenue, but it’s not a reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater,” said Fifth District Supervisor Steve Lavagnino , adding that at one point the cannabis revenue source was

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nearly as strong as Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT), bringing in $15.7M in the 20/21 Fiscal Year. “The cannabis program is much more complicated than anyone anticipated,” added First District Supervisor Das Williams , who also noted that the illegal side of the cannabis market is constantly evolving, with illegal growers now growing indoors, which is harder to detect. Street-level dealers also contribute to the problem, Supervisor Williams said.

While cannabis revenue is down, the County’s General Fund is projecting a net positive variance of $28.5M compared to the adopted budget, due to greater property tax revenues than budgeted because of a more active-than-normal real estate market. A high volume of property ownership changes occurred over the past two years, and those properties were reassessed upon property transfer; property values increased significantly. Transient Occupancy Tax revenue is also up $2.2M, despite the continued closure of the Biltmore Hotel, which used to be one of the County’s largest TOT contributors.

More to Love In Carpinteria

In last week’s edition, we told you about Bettina’s plans to open a new location in Carpinteria. This week, word on the street is that Chef Mollie Ahlstrand, formerly of Trattoria Mollie on Coast Village Road and then on State Street, is opening an Italian market/deli on Casitas Pass Road, in the same shopping center as Uncle Chen, The Food Liaison, Peebee & Jay’s, and Montecito Bank & Trust.

Trattoria Mollie closed on Coast Village Road in August 2018, just weeks after a new location opened on State Street, in the former home of Tupelo Junction. Three years later, the State Street location closed, with Chef Mollie telling us then that she was focusing on private cooking classes and catering.

We’ll have more on the new deli location in a future edition. For more about Chef Mollie, visit www.chefmollie.com.

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Oprah’s Hawaiian Digs

While former TV talk-show titan Oprah Winfrey has been reducing her waistline as a spokeswoman for Weight Watchers, now rebranded WW, she has been expanding her property empire.

The longtime Montecito resident, 69, now owns nearly 1,000 acres of land on the Hawaiian island of Maui, I learn.

She has splashed out $6.6 million on land in the Kula region on the slopes of the Haleakala volcano, close to the stunning ranch she already owns on the island.

According to property deeds, she reportedly snapped up the new plots in several purchases – a 520-acre parcel for $3.89 million, a 330-acre plot for $2.47 million, and two 10-acre parcels for $100,000 each.

Oprah, whose net worth is estimated at $2.5 billion by Forbes, first bought property on Maui in 2003 for around $5.3 million, including a main house and a guest house on 23.7 acres of land.

She bought her 42-acre East Valley Road estate in our rarefied enclave from Bob and Marlene Veloz in 2001 for around $50 million and has since expanded it, including the purchase of Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges’ Spanish Revival estate for $6.85 million in 2021, which included a 3,517-squarefoot, two-bedroom, three-bathroom, single-story home on four acres.

A Royal Christening

Now we know why billionaire filmmaker Tyler Perry, 53, jetted into Santa Barbara on his $12- million Gulfstream III plane after leaving his $200,000 Lamborghini Urus in L.A. and quickly changing into a business suit before leaving for his company headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., just two hours later.

Perry, as a godfather, who hosted the couple at his $18-million Beverly Hills estate when they moved to the Left Coast, joined 20 or 30 friends of Prince Harry and former actress wife Meghan

Markle , including Markle’s mother, Doria Ragland, and reportedly Harry’s aunts, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes – whose husband, Lord Robert Fellowes, was the late Queen Elizabeth’s private secretary – for the christening of the couple’s 21-month-old daughter, Lilibet Diana, by the Episcopalian Archbishop of Los Angeles John Taylor, a former chief of staff to President Richard Nixon.

Afterward, guests and family danced to a playlist of songs used at their wedding reception at Frogmore House in Windsor in May 2018, including “Oh Happy Day” and “This Little Light of Mine” sung by a 10-person gospel choir.

Prior to the baptism, the Royal Family’s official website referred to the tony twosome’s children as Miss Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor and her brother as Master Archie MountbattenWindsor, who celebrates his fourth birthday on May 6, the day of his grandfather’s coronation at London’s Westminster Abbey.

But the Buckingham Palace website now refers to the youngsters under the titles Prince and Princess after the accession of Harry’s father, King Charles III, to the British throne. They are sixth and seventh in the line of succession, respectively.

Talks and Walks Through Lotusland

Lotusland, the 37-acre botanical paradise just a tiara’s toss from Westmont College, goes from strength to strength even though visitor numbers to the former estate of Polish opera legend Ganna Walska are limited to 20,000 visitors annually, including 5,000 guests for educational programs.

Treasurer Stephen Schaible told the annual meeting held in the charming Theatre Garden the estate has a $5M operating budget with between 39 and 49 employees, depending on the season, and 200 active volunteers.

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Letters to the Editor

What Happened to Our Sound Wall (Like Other Communities Have)?

Last year, our own Montecito Association did its diligent best to inform us of the final plan for Caltrans’ highway widening project. Many of us thought further study would be forthcoming, particularly updated FEMA maps (which are now in process). In December 2022, Santa Barbara County Planning Commission approved the project as is.

The final project (1) eliminates all sound walls intended to mitigate noise levels and emissions pollution of the two new freeway lanes; and (2) omits some freeway redesign that would correct existing flaws.

Informed residents note freeway “choke points” at our four major creeks that flow under the freeway on their route to the ocean. (Oak, San Ysidro, Romero Cyn., and Montecito.) All four have swelled with mud and debris in heavy rains in the past 50 years. During extremely heavy rains, they say these choke points force the creeks to overflow their banks, negating their effectiveness as drainage channels, and subjecting our community to known risks of freeway closures and creek and culvert jam-ups.

Fortunately, two fleet-footed Montecito residents filed separate appeals of the decision, providing a second chance for the community to weigh in. The appeals will be heard Tuesday, April 4, 2023, before Das Williams and his fellow SB County Supervisors. [Contact info below.]

Here are some points neighbors are making in support of the appeals:

1. With similar topography and as part of the same 2018 Recovery Map, Carpinteria negotiated six new bridges and six retrofitted/new drainage culverts, along with sound walls for its residential areas – these improvements are a model for what Montecito should expect from the project.

2. It is well documented that sound

walls reduce noise and emissions pollution, both of which are hazards to health.

3. Sound walls were designed to be gapped at the creeks and drainage channels, and so are unlikely to cause added flood waters as predicted by SBC Flood Control.

4. In 2012-2013, sound walls were completed at northbound 101 and Sycamore Creek Bridge, an area that appears to be lower than many sections of the Montecito corridor. These sound walls are not known to have resulted in added flood damage to this area.

5. Why pursue an all-or-nothing policy? If there are defined areas along the Hwy 101 corridor that have flooded on multiple occasions over multiple years, then postpone sound wall installation within 20 feet of that location. According to long-term residents, more than 50 percent of the stretch from Hixon Road/North Jameson northward to Olive Mill Road/North Jameson has never flooded. Why not build sound walls now, for those sections along the North Jameson corridor (less than a half-mile long) that have never flooded?

6. If the decision on sound walls is not reversed, Montecito’s approximately 2-mile corridor will be the only residential stretch in 40 freeway miles without sound walls.

7. As reported in the Montecito Journal (March 2), FEMA is currently updating its flood mapping for our area; and the County is working on a feasibility study to look at potential projects on San Ysidro Creek. Shouldn’t the findings that form the basis for Caltrans’ project reflect current, updated information before going forward? If the new FEMA maps will be ready later this year, isn’t it a better use of funds and manpower to wait than

to rush to perform extensive work on Hwy 101 in this proposed, yet deficient way? It has been 67 years since Caltrans last did significant work on this stretch of freeway (the current four-lane layout and concrete were opened in 1956.)

8. SBC’s Montecito Planning Commission recommended that Caltrans shall include sound walls in their funding request, and the project be designed and constructed such that future sound walls can be accommodated as new FEMA maps are available, and flood improvements added to reduce flooding at the freeway. If no possible alternative or partial solutions to these significant health and safety issues are available, then at least require Caltrans’ written commitment to these recommendations.

[Letters: Clerk, Board of Supervisors, 105 E. Anapamu St., Room 407, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, cc: Das Williams 805-568-2186; and cc: Sharon Byrne, Executive Director, Montecito Association, P.O. Box 5278, SB, CA 93150; Contact: Chris Schmuckal to schedule a 2-minute public comment. (805) 568-3510; cschmuckal@countyofsb.org.]

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A Bear’s Bar and Grill

Carlos, The Bear, having awakened from his hibernation slumber was grazing the internet dating sites for a frisky mate, when he got tired of scrolling the endless photos of she-bears caught on trail cameras and dreaming up good introductory lines. After turning off his device, he went to his lazy bear chair, turned on his reading light and picked up the MJs that had been delivered to him while he was asleep for the last few months.

He took each issue and in turn flipped to [Richard] Mineards’ Miscellany.

Carlos knew Richard’s column would be a good place to start for keeping up on all the happenings in The Cito, so he started there. It wasn’t long before he found something that caught his eye, making his snout twitch and eyes get wide. It seems Ellen DeGeneres might be interested in being part of The Bistro’s comeback.

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It appears that Ellen was seen taking a tour of the facility a few weeks ago. No one is sure of why she was there, but Carlos perked up at the news, because he missed The Bistro. It had been Montecito’s “Living Room” for a very long time, as far back as Carlos could remember. His mother used to tell him stories about it, and how, during different iterations and different names, it had been a gathering place for locals of all ilks to relax, converse, and obtain libation. Ellen must know that famed comedian, Jonathan Winters, used to hang there, in his day.

“Come on!”, Carlos growled. “It’s been too long, now is the time for whoever is planning on resurrecting that little corner of The Cito we could rely on to be open when we needed it, had good food and drink with a community atmosphere where folks could just be.”

We need a Bear’s Bar and Grill.

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Musicians to Credit Earth as Collaborator and Support Environmental Causes

Artists such as Brian Eno and Anna Calvi are naming the Earth as a co-writer on their songs in order to donate a portion of their income to environmental causes.

Eno described the Earth as “a poetic construct … a beautiful idea,” and producers such as Fraser T. Smith (a producer for artists Dave and Stormzy) and multiple-Grammy winner Jacob Collier will include it in the credits of a forthcoming song or composition. A percentage of their royalties will be donated in perpetuity to EarthPercent, a nonprofit founded and run by Eno that generates money from the music business to finance environmental advocacy.

Smith welcomed it as “a brilliant initiative … adding the Earth as a beneficiary on projects is not only a choice but a necessity.” Rostam Batmanglij, who was previously a part of Vampire Weekend and now a successful solo musician, welcomed the scheme as “an intelligent use of the income our intellectual property generates.”

Calvi, Mount Kimbie, Erland Cooper, and AURORA are among more musicians who have joined the initiative. AURORA said: “I am currently writing my next album – it’s an album about interconnectedness and the art of coexistence. There is no greater teacher than Mother Earth. There is no greater home, or provider. There is no better place than Earth. And that is why I want to make this whole album with Mother Earth as a co-writer, because without her there wouldn’t be any such thing as music.”

The initiative is part of EarthPercent’s larger goal of diverting cash from the music business to environmental causes. The foundation intends to raise $100M by 2030, arguing that money will be used on methods to lessen the environmental impact of the music industry, as well as restoring ecosystems, advocating policy change and achieving “climate justice and fair environmental stewardship.”

To assist and offset their environmental effect, bands like folk-rockers Big Thief have agreed to donate 1% of their tour proceeds to the foundation.

Tours, particularly international ones with large teams and elaborate staging that involve arena and stadium-level artists, generate hundreds of thousands of tonnes of CO2 emissions each year. Furthermore, the production of records and merchandising has its own impact. Nonetheless, EarthPercent’s initiative is part of a larger drive in the music industry to be more ecologically conscious.

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Women’s History Month with Wendy Sims-Moten

To celebrate local women of history, this column dedicates the month of March to them – their contributions, their stories, their inspiration, and opportunities to support.

“Anywhere there is a woman, she is creating impact.”

This is the quote of a most accomplished woman whose career spans 26 years with the County of Santa Barbara (SBC) in various roles leading to her current position as the executive director of First 5 SBC, a program, initiated by Rob Reiner in 1998 using the California State tobacco tax via Prop 10 to fund programs that support the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of children and their families.

Her legacy reaches to her volunteer work as the board president and Trustee of the Santa Barbara Unified School District Board, board chair of

the Gateway Ed Services, the Santa Barbara Education Foundation Board of Directors School Board Liaison, founder and chair of the African American Women of Santa Barbara County Luncheon, former Grants Committee Co-Chair the Fund for Santa Barbara, alumni of Emerging Leaders, St. Paul AME Church member, United Way Women United member, member of Santa Barbara Women Political Committee and Democratic Women of SBC, CAUSE Action Fund Board member, and the McCune Foundation Board and grant-making committee member.

Hailing from Texas, she has called SB home for 40 years. This week, we are learning about women leaders with Wendy Sims-Moten.

Q. What do women bring to leadership differently than men?

A. The innate difference that women bring to leadership is how we communicate. We listen differently, seeking collaboration and shared understanding. I would also add that women leaders

today bring more confidence, boldness, and understanding of the power in sisterhood and that together we have a much greater chance to lead change for all women. We stand on the shoulders and walk in the footsteps of the women leaders before us, not just the ones that are public facing but the mothers and grandmothers who lead quietly. There is so much that women have that the world does not always see, that innate power of just being a woman. I bring the experiences of being beside my grandmothers and aunts, who encouraged me to know how to be present, respect the space where I want to go and be. Anytime we gather, there is power in the gathering, leadership being encouraged and nurtured. As women, we multitask in our minds all the time of how to be and have the ability of adaptability without the tearing down of people. Something magically happens when women are leaders, because we bring all of that perspective.

How can we inspire young women and girls to be leaders?

When we see leadership naturally happening in young women, ladies, and girls, we need to nurture and protect it. It is our job as grown women to establish space and spend time to foster what they can be, how they can be, what they need to do to go about it, and how we can best help them continue to be that. My mom always said, “When you do good, do it not for it to come back to you, but down the line to someone you know or love.” We must encourage and be there when they need our help.

How do we as women have an impact?

Start with yourself. What did you do to impact someone’s life? Sometimes it’s just a simple smile, and sometimes it’s to sit and hear things differently, so you can learn it’s not about you.

I want us to win as women, we’ve been doing this since forever, so let’s just elevate a little bit further, nurture the power we have as women, and allow our younger generation to shine. To encourage them to grow and be able to let their light shine, just who they are – “You’ve got this!” As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we have lots to celebrate, where we’ve been, and add more as we bring the young girls and ladies along with us.

What meaning does Women’s History Month 2023 have for you?

When I reflect upon Women’s History Month, I see it in some of the same ways that I reflect on Black History Month. I want to change the way we celebrate it. I know it is important to acknowledge the past and know our history; in addition, I would like to celebrate that we are better because of the contributions and work of those who have come before us. How we are honoring their work in the present time, what new and good history are we making going forward. We can increase the strength of the shoulders and shoes we stand and walk in for generations to come.

Which women are on the top of your list and why?

I was born and raised in Texas, and the women at the top of my list are: Harriet Tubman, Barbara Jordan, and Shirley Chisholm because they dared to make a better way and used all that had been given to them. There by the grace of God and these women through their words, thoughts, and deeds go I.

Last year, I heard Angela Glover Blackwell speak at a Stanford Innovation Conference. It was the way she walked into the room and oh, mercy – when she spoke, I instantly became a fan and knew that I needed to sit at the feet of this woman and learn all I can. She was intentional, inspiring, and she was knowledgeable! In fact, I hope to bring her to speak in Santa Barbara at some point.

What is the most rewarding aspect of what you do?

The Mission and Vision of both First 5 Santa Barbara County and Santa Barbara Unified are connected, because the early and ongoing investments we make in our children change the trajectory of their lives and change the community. All of our children should be entitled to the best care and education from birth. On any given day, I have the privilege of being in a space of leading, learning, and taking action on issues that impact children, from birth to 18, along with their families. It is a joy and responsibility to advocate for investing in our children at the earliest possible stage, because the

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Clay Studio’s Art Exhibition for Women’s History Month

Clay Studio, founded by Patrick Hall in 2012, held its first exhibition to honor women in ceramics as part of Women’s History Month at its new facility in Goleta. The show, titled Women Makers, Then, Now, Here, opened on March 8, drawing 300 visitors to its three-year-old 24,000-squarefoot facility. The showcase is on view through May 2023.

Conceived by James Haggerty ,

the exhibit prioritizes having historic women ceramicists such as Adelaide Alsop Robineau and Lucie Rie displayed alongside current Clay Studio women artists. On view are a total of 131 major works spanning from early 20th-century artists – Edith Brown, Tillie Block, and Linna Vogel von Fogelstein Irelan through 2023 – Lou Ann Smith , Mona Higuchi , Linda Haggerty , Terri Stelzer , Tess Cruz , Gwen Dandridge , Lillie Hodges , board President Marsha Bailey and board member Lynda Weinman . A QR

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code next to 26 of the historical pieces in the show provides biographical information about the artist.

During the exhibit, guests toured the facility, watching artists at pottery wheels, desktops, and some helping to recycle the clay. Currently there are 78 studio members, 18 work-traders, and close to 100 artists enrolled in Clay Studio classes.

Before the show started, I was given a tour by Jean Range , chair of the Clay Studio Gallery Committee and co-curator of the exhibit. Range, a ceramic artist, is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design. She introduced me to artists Cheri Owen and Reena Bajaj . Owen, a blind Air Force veteran living with multiple sclerosis, has found clay to be an immersive and fascinating extension of her tactile world. Her work in the show, For All That I Can See (2022) , is “… a mixed media work in which I have included text on my stoneware vessel using Braille, a universal system of raised dots used for reading by blind people. The text, ‘It is you I prefer,’ is derived from a love poem my wife, Jenni Sorkin , wrote for me. Her poem is displayed above the vessel both in English and Braille.”

Bajaj, a ceramic artist for more than 30 years, explained, “My work in the show, Mother Earth , is a large-scale homage to the female figure, hand-

built with coils and fired with three different glazes. Now that I’m teaching at Clay Studio, it is both joyful and meaningful for me to impart technical knowledge gained from studying under master potters and share my experience with others, so they might begin their own journeys in clay.”

Range and Haggerty co-curated the exhibit and explained that for the non-student work, they reached out to museums, private collectors, and artists for works to show across the timeline. For the Clay Studio artists, Barbara Loebman and Genie Thomsen (also exhibitors) juried the work for the show.

On honoring women artists, Range shared, “It’s common knowledge that making art is a tough way to make a living, and that it’s even tougher to be a woman artist in a pervasively male-dominated field. Couple that with the fact that making pottery is hard. It is physically demanding, takes strength, patience, time, and has many socio-economic barriers to entry like equipment, space, and access to ingredients. Historically, women were, and still are in many parts of the world, relegated to handling the surface decoration on man-made pottery. Not here. Clay Studio is more than a world-class facility. It’s an inter-generational and diverse community, something women are generally very good at embracing.”

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Goodwin Offers Historic Perspective on Ukraine

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer-Prize winning historian and bestselling author, drew parallels between the United States’ response to aid Britain in the early years of World War II, and the U.S.’s partnership with Ukraine in its war with Russia at the 18th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on March 10.

President Gayle D. Beebe gave Goodwin, speaker at the 2015 breakfast and 2018 Lead Where You Stand conference, the Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in front of about 700 early risers at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort.

“The last few times I was here, we were talking about leadership in turbulent times,” she said. “I think each time I’ve come, it’s been more turbulent than the last — and look what we’ve been through for the last five years.”

President Joe Biden and most of Congress supported sending additional aid to Ukraine at the outset of the war. “But there were worries,” she said. “Would it bring us to a larger war? Would it create problems with China as well as Russia?”

There were also questions about other countries’ need for Russian oil. “And there were predictions that Ukraine might not last more than a couple of weeks, so we’d be hostages to fortune,” she said. “But if all of this sounds difficult, this is where history comes to the rescue.”

In the spring of 1940, Franklin Roosevelt faced a quickly escalating war with similar problems. Germany had invaded countries in Western Europe with airstrikes, tanks, and a new brand of mechanized corporate warfare. Tens of thousands of people were killed, and the countries surrendered in one week. “FDR knew immediately that he wanted to help,” she says. “But America was not the powerhouse that it is today. It’s extraordinary to realize that we were only 18th in military power; we made 17th only when Holland surrendered to Germany.”

But by chance, the same day that Germany invaded Western Europe, a new prime minister came into Britain’s hands, Winston Churchill. “And how lucky for the world that Churchill and Roosevelt were on the scene at the very same time,” she said.

Churchill resisted the pressure to leave London when the bombing began, saying he had to stay where the people are.

“And when I look at the current situation with Ukraine, there is a parallel,” she said. “How lucky the Ukrainians are that President (Volodymyr) Zelenskyy has emerged within their midst.”

Zelenskyy too decided when Russian forces were coming into Kiev not to leave the city, though America offered him safe travel to Poland. “I need ammunition, not a ride,” he said.

“He embraced the idea of being out in the streets at night, taking selfies while the bombings were going,” Goodwin said. “And like Churchill, he was able to transform his courage, his belief in the Ukrainian people, so that they felt it themselves.”

Zelenskyy told his people that he would be in the Ukraine with them for as long as it takes, but support for the war is diminishing to some extent in the West.

Goodwin said that when Obama and Biden returned from surprise visits to Ukraine, they should have immediately brought the leaders of both parties to the White House to tell them about their dramatic trips. “It’s amazing how the White House is such a powerful tool for a president, and they very rarely use it for social functions,” she said.

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On March 8, ShelterBox USA hosted an event at UC Investments property on Ortega Hill in Summerland with more than 80 attendees to celebrate International Women’s Day and recognize the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The international nonprofit organization, which provides emergency shelter and essential tools and supplies to vulnerable people affected by disasters and humanitarian crises worldwide, also acknowledged the continuing gender parity faced by women. Kerri Murray, president of ShelterBox USA, stated that women would not have gender parity for, “at least another one hundred and thirty-two years.”

Murray engaged a panel of women leaders, including Kathy Odell, CEO of Women’s Economic Ventures; Katya Armistead, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Dean of Student Life at UCSB; Hannah-Beth Jackson , former California State Senator and activist for women’s rights; and Gwyn Lurie, CEO and Editor in Chief of the Montecito Journal Media Group.

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lenges and opportunities women face in their respective fields. They discussed topics ranging from leadership, empowerment, gender equity, and social justice. The event highlighted the importance of women’s voices and contributions in shaping a better world for all.

Jackson, who has long been a champion for women’s rights, emphasized the importance of gender diversity in leadership positions. “The data shows that companies that have women on their corporate boards are more productive, profitable, transparent, riskaverse, have better governance, better employers, and the value of their shares is greater,” said Jackson. “I mean, what more can you ask for?”

Odell spoke about the need for resources for small business owners. “Women traditionally get 30 percent of the funding that men get,” said Odell, “yet, they statistically succeed better in business.”

Lurie, who has produced films that advocate for social justice, discussed the power of storytelling in promoting organizations to potential donors.

“We started the project The Giving List three years ago,” said Lurie. “Someone from the Bay Area called me and said,

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The Way It Was

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In Colonial Jamestown, having survived the starving time and learned how to work thanks to Captain John Smith’s edict of “no work, no food,” the male colonists wanted women. Not just for the delights of the fairer sex, but to share the work. Among her housewifery chores, a woman in Colonial America spun the wool, sewed the clothes, churned the butter, baked the bread,

made the cheese, increased the population, and, perhaps most importantly, brewed the beer.

Brewing and distilling were extremely important in the 17th and 18th centuries in both the Old World and the New, because in most populated areas the water was foul and polluted. The brewing process killed the bacteria and infused the drink with nutrition. At the time, there was nothing more dangerous than a beaker of plain water.

In the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, founded on Manhattan Island in 1625, brewing soon became a business managed by men. In 1660, New Amsterdam’s population of 2,000 could boast 23 breweries and taverns. Often these breweries would give or sell the byproduct of their product, the yeast needed to make bread, to the housewives.

As the American colonial population increased, it began to move west, and home brewing and town breweries went west as well. In Spanish and Mexican Santa Barbara, wine from local vineyards as well as aguardiente, which was

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Brilliant Thoughts Pressure

Judging from the number of words in our language containing “press” in some form (at least 545), it appears that we’re all, very often, experiencing some form of pressure, from the air pressure in our tires to the blood being pressed through our circulatory systems.

To start at the bottom, there’s “Depression,” which nearly always has an unpleasant connotation, whether you’re talking about a mental, meteorological, or economic condition. Few people ever want to be depressed, even if they’ve been diagnosed as “manic-depressive.”

Depression and anxiety seem to be linked psychologically, as your neighborhood shrink will no doubt confirm. Psychiatry used to be primarily a matter of talking to somebody about your problems. But nowadays, it seems to have transformed itself into a branch of the Pharmaceutical Industry (frequently referred to as “Big Pharma”), and its chief function has become the dispensing of pills. Nothing wrong with that, I suppose, if the pills usually work. But a major danger of these medications, as the information literature, which is always provided with them, will invariably tell you in great detail, is to have very much unwanted “side effects.” (For some reason, these unintended effects are almost always bad and not good.)

But what about “The Press” itself? This “expression” has for centuries referred to what we now are more likely to call “The Media,” but it goes back to the Printing Press, which itself goes back to the idea that, if you press something against something else hard enough, it may leave some kind of a mark. This concept apparently first evolved in ancient China into a kind of printing. The three basic elements were: (1) some carved surface, perhaps lettering of some kind; (2) some dark oily substance –what we would now call “ink” – capable of being transferred by pressure from one surface to another; and (3) another surface, plain and as yet unmarked, to receive the “impression.”

This idea took millennia to reach Western Europe, where, about 1440, in the hands of a German mechanical genius named Johannes Gutenberg, it became a hand-operated machine which, by means of a large screw, could press two surfaces neatly together. That was a great invention in itself – but even more “impressive” was Gutenberg’s development of movable type, making it possible for the same little letters and symbols, cast in metal and used on one document, to be taken apart from each other and re-used on another.

It then took only another 500 years for that same basic technology to come into my own hands, when, as a student at Paul Junior High School in Washington, D.C., I was privileged to have one semester of “Print Shop.” In a remarkably well-equipped facility, and with an experienced teacher named Mr. McGee, we learned how to use an adjustable hand-held metal frame, called a “stick,” in which to set up the individual metal pieces of “type,” each representing a letter or character, or sometimes just an empty space. The tricky part of this “typesetting” was that you had to insert all the little pieces, for a particular piece of writing, upside-down, and in reverse order of their position in the text.

(This somehow reminds me of the dancing team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Hearing someone praising Fred’s superb technique, somebody else pointed out that Ginger also had to do all the same steps – only backwards, and in high heels!)

All the different pieces of type came out of a big, sectioned box called a “case,” with the most frequently used letters and characters occupying larger sections. (The largest was for the “e’s”.)

Eventually, the type was securely set in place – and that is where the PRESS came in. In our beginners’ class, as I remember, the press was simply a sort of small but heavy drum with projecting handles, which could be hand-rolled down a special track, putting pressure on the already-inked set-up type placed in its path. And of course, between the type and this roller was placed, as carefully as possible, a clean sheet of paper.

The “case” was nothing like a typewriter keyboard – and anyway, few of us kids knew how to type in those days. Many of us would live to see the whole idea of pressure become digitized, with digital pressure gauges now available for all kinds of purposes.

So, that is where “Freedom of the Press” and so many of our other exPRESSions come from – including the journalist’s favorite:

“Forgive Us Our Press-Passes.”

Robert’s Big Questions Miracle Cars?

Soon after I was first elected to the Sierra Club board, a fourth-grade teacher invited me to speak to her class. I came prepared with a list of questions, rather than a speech.

I asked the class to imagine a car that runs on an unlimited source of energy that never runs out. And to imagine that this car puts out no pollution. Call it a Miracle Car. Then I asked them: What would be the environmental impact of such a car? Before reading on, please pause and ask yourself the same question.

Years earlier, I asked my high school physics students this question and they drew a blank. Same for most of my environmentalist friends. But the fourth graders’ hands shot up in the air. One boy eagerly offered this answer: “You would still have to cut down the trees and pave everything over for roads.”

Yes! Such a Miracle Car would still create most of the social and environmental impacts of fossil-fueled “Fossil Cars.” The biggest impact of private motor vehicles is creating sprawling land use. Which in turn causes forced dependency on cars.

Miracle Cars would also still injure millions of Americans in collisions. One-third of the U.S. population does not drive. They would still be stranded by Miracle Cars. In fact, this explains why the fourth graders knew the answer, but the teens and adults did not. For fourth graders, cars are an obstacle: Cars make it dangerous for them to walk or bike to school.

Miracle Cars would still sit in the same traffic jams as Fossil Cars. The average speed of cars in Los Angeles during “congested times” is 9.9 MPH – slower than the average bicyclist. And that does not even account for the time it takes to earn the money to drive. Motorists drive to work. But they also work a lot just to drive.

And that does not count the hidden subsidies for private motor vehicle use that I covered in a previous article. We all pay these costs, even if we don’t drive.

adise and put up a parking lot.”

Civilized countries have helped solve this problem by investing in good public transit. And providing safe and pleasant spaces for pedestrians and bicyclists. Traffic congestion is not some mysterious force of nature. It is caused by too many cars. Each additional car delays the cars already on the road.

Singapore began “congestion pricing” in 1975 to charge motorists for the delays they caused other motorists. When London proposed such congestion pricing, there were predictions of riots or even revolution. Instead, the 15-pound fee to enter the congestion zone was quietly embraced and found to be successful.

What about electric self-driving cars used as taxis? Yes, this could be part of a solution. Currently, there are eight parking spaces for each car in the U.S. Self-driving cars could almost eliminate this use of land. They also could travel in tight pods, reducing land needed for roads. But such vehicles do not yet really exist for most real-world situations. And they could also lead to more sprawl, without proper planning and incentives.

Am I telling people they should not buy an electric car? No. They do use less energy and create less local pollution than Fossil Cars. But please don’t think buying one eliminates your transportation environmental impact. On the contrary, most of your environmental impact is still there.

As with most such problems, there are limits to what we can do as individuals. If you can commute on transit or on a bicycle or electric bicycle, that is far better than buying an electric car. Even if you keep your Fossil Car for occasional needs.

But we also really need to think about investing as a country in the infrastructure of the future. That may include some Miracle Cars. But it mostly means investing in good public transit and creating an environment that is friendly for pedestrians and bicyclists.

Ashleigh Brilliant born England 1933, came to California in 1955, to Santa Barbara in 1973, to the Montecito Journal in 2016. Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots,” now a series of 10,000. email: ashleigh@west. net. web: www.ash leighbrilliant.com.

What is to be done? If congestion is the problem, can’t we just widen and add more roads? Right now, approximately half of all urban land in the U.S. is already paved over for roads and parking. At what point do we agree that there is no place left worth going to, because it is all paved over for the means to get there?

Canadian songwriter Joni Mitchell arrived in Hawaii and was inspired to write the famous line, “They paved par-

Reel Fun

‘Fire of Love’

For all of you that got to see Fire of Love in theaters, I truly envy you.

But for those of you who didn’t get the chance, like myself, there’s hope yet! The must-see 2022 documentary by Sara Dosa has finally made it to streaming!

Fire of Love tells the story of two daring volcanologists, Katia and Maurice Krafft, and their absolute obsession with… volcanos. The documentary uses footage from the scientists’ own volcanic escapades and films they made throughout their lives, coupled with a totally pitch-perfect Miranda July voiceover. Yup, that’s enough to sell it right there, I know. But it gets even better.

The film is French New Wave meets real life volcano fanatics. It’s a movie that when you watch it, you’ll go “Ah, so that’s where Wes Anderson got his schtick!” No, but really. The similarity between their lives and the aesthetic of the Texas-born Francophile is so strong that if this movie was playing in the background on mute, you would think it was Anderson’s new film, Life Volcanic – from the red Steve Zissou/Jacques Cousteau beanies and blue jumpsuits to the unique framing and playful filmmaking. And it’s the filmmaking part that is so compelling. Because the similarities go beyond the surface. It’s Katia and Maurice’s film language that transfixes you.

It points to the fact the couple were not mere scientists. They were artists. And I’m not using that term frivolously. They were truly evocative filmmakers. They were natural performers. Storytellers. Whether they admitted it or not, their film -

making style proved they understood the power of moving images beyond that of relating facts and pleasant pictures to viewers. Their images of fragile human bodies framed against a geyser of molten lava, scenes of them traversing along alien-looking landscapes in their silver Martian-like volcano suits, teetering on the precipice of what would take them to certain doom, inspire in us a real sense of awe, interest, and even fear. It sucks us in.

Maurice and Katia could command a frame and engage an audience. They created a personality for themselves that would help communicate the love of their work to the rest of the world. And as their career progressed, to get authorities to take the threat of volcanic eruption seriously. Because as moving as molten lava may be, it also happens to be incredibly dangerous.

And Miranda July. What a perfect person to narrate this film. Her voice imparts an intimacy to the viewer, as if she’s sharing secrets of the primal world, of two lovers, with you and you alone. July is so good in the role as narrator that you truly feel as if she wrote her words herself. And for any fan of July, that right there is a major plus.

Ultimately, director Sara Dosa and her team do an excellent job in compiling footage from the lives of Maurice and Katia, to not only share their story, but to celebrate their lives’ work. It updates it and brings it to a whole new audience.

And it’s because of this compelling combination of Maurice, Katia, Sara, July, Stromboli, Etna, St. Helens, Pinatubo, and on and on, that I truly lament the fact that I didn’t get to see this in theaters. Volcanos just naturally lend themselves to a big screen experience. But alas! We make do! Just be sure to watch it on the biggest TV you can find!

In the end, Maurice sums it up perfectly. This is a love story between himself, Katia, and volcanos. And it’s moving, infectious, and enthralling.

If there’s anything the movie exemplifies, it’s that the only things stronger than the power of cinema may be the power of love and the power of Earth. And Fire of Love proves that.

Fire of Love is available to stream on Hulu and Disney+.

The Giving List National Disaster Search Dog Foundation

Over the last couple of months (and as recent as this week), Montecito residents have been repeatedly reminded of the deadly debris flows of Jan. 9, 2018, as atmospheric rivers have resulted in torrential downpours bringing back memories of massive floods that claimed 23 lives and is still being cleaned up today.

But a couple of the first-responder rescue teams that were involved in the aftermath of that fateful day were nowhere near California during our recent rainstorms, as instead they were over in Turkey looking for survivors of the massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked the region, leveling hundreds of buildings and killing almost 50,000 people. As rescuers race to find survivors, the United States authorized several urban search-and-rescue teams consisting of canines and their handlers to join the international effort.

Among the rescuers were seven canine disaster teams trained by the Search Dog Foundation (SDF), the Ventura County nonprofit that has trained nearly 250

such partners over the last quarter-century. Two of those dogs, Clancy and Deacon, had performed a similar service in Montecito five years ago.

SDF was founded in 1996 by Wilma Melville, a FEMA-Certified canine handler who worked the Oklahoma City Bombing, where 168 people lost their lives. To honor the victims, Melville committed to training 168 search dog teams, an effort that resulted in building a 125-acre training center in the mountains of Santa Paula, a simulated search city that contains replicas of a downed airplane, derailed train, and the rubble of buildings torn apart by earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes.

The dogs have all been rescued from shelters, where adoption has been problematic because they’re too rambunctious and noisy, traits that perhaps make them poor pets but perfect for performing the single task of finding survivors of disasters much faster than humans can.

The dogs go through an intensive training that can last a year or more ahead of the stringent FEMA or state certification process, and are then paired free-of-charge with first responders from fire departments or other rescue organiza-

tions across the country.

While using their noses to find survivors is serious work for the humans, for the canines, the rigorous training is nothing but another chance to play their favorite game and be rewarded with tugging on their favorite toy, explained Denise Sanders , SDF’s Senior Director of Communications and Handler Operations.

“It’s the same game, whether they’re searching at our site – which we call Doggie Disneyland – or in Montecito or Turkey,” Sanders said. “It’s all about that super-fun experience for that dog, because they don’t even know that they’re rescuing someone. They’re just playing a game of sniffing out live human scent buried beneath the rubble and then getting their toy, and they absolutely love every minute of it.”

The SDF-trained canine disaster teams were in Turkey for nearly three weeks and covered about 600 different search sites, Sanders said, some of which we witnessed on TV news reports. “The dogs were definitely helping with a lot of the rescues. The canines definitely were alerting their handlers quite a bit in terms of finding people, although we don’t have the numbers of how many people were found through the teams.”

The canine disaster teams are extraordinarily helpful even when they aren’t able to find survivors, as was the case in Montecito, Sanders said.

“They didn’t have any alerts there, but in many ways that’s good news because it means that someone is not waiting for rescue beneath the surface,” she said. “And they were able to clear a ton of area and let their handlers know that there’s no one here, and then they can move on to keep searching in a different area, much more quickly and efficiently. It would’ve taken forever for humans alone to do that.”

While Turkey captured the international spotlight, the 89 active SDFtrained teams throughout the country remain active, ready to leap into searchand-rescue duty with little notice. The California teams were deployed to the recent mudslide in Orange County and following Hurricane Ian in Florida,

where the teams helped to clear miles of devastated coastline.

“The dogs definitely stay busy,” Sanders said. “There’s no shortage of callouts, unfortunately.”

Clancy and Deacon are heading toward retirement, Sanders said, as the dogs are aging out of the top condition necessary to perform. But the Search Dog Foundation is relentless in its drive to keep training new teams, even as the organization has already surpassed its original goal of 168 by nearly 50 percent, as the need continues to grow.

While a lot of the SDF budget goes toward the training, an even more significant portion is also earmarked toward the vast majority of dogs that don’t pass the rigorous process for any number of reasons, and their lifelong care and feeding. Those that don’t are given just as much love and attention, Sanders said, with many of them going on to work in other important fields, such as a canine who couldn’t handle crawling over rubble but has found his niche as a narcotics detection dog.

“We take pride in every single dog along the way that we’ve been able to rescue and help and to find their place in life,” Sanders said. “Just yesterday, one of our happy career-change dogs came back out to our facility this week to do a little demo. He showed us his stuff, how he sniffs out illegal drugs, which he really enjoys.”

Donations of any size help SDF continue its mission to be at the top of the heap in training canine disaster teams, Sanders said.

“Nobody has this kind of facility, the expert dedicated teams that we have to do this, or the advancing training support that continues even after they leave. But we keep looking for ways to evolve and expand, because we want to do more. We always wanna make a bigger impact.”

Wynton Marsalis Septet

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

“Jazz is a metaphor for democracy.”

– Wynton Marsalis

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

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Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

Chris Crenshaw, trombone

Abdias Armenteros, saxophone

Chris Lewis, saxophone & clarinet

Carlos Henriquez, bass

Domo Branch, drum

Dan Nimmer, piano

Danish String Quartet

The Doppelgänger Project, Part III

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Sō Percussion with Caroline Shaw

Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part

Fri, Apr 21 / 8 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall

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

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

Communicating Matters The Three Bridges

Bridge over troubled waters. A bridge too far. Golden Gate Bridge. Bridge over River Kwai. London Bridge. Building bridges. Burning your bridges. Water under the bridge. We’ll cross that bridge later. Bridge-to-nowhere.

There are many kinds of bridges. A bridge offers you safe passage over an obstacle. I usually discuss the three bridges as they pertain to communication. However, it occurred to me that I needed to expand out my vision of the Attitude Reconstruction Three Bridges to meet the emotionally fraught times we are all experiencing with all the divisions in our lives.

Sometimes it’s obvious what emotion a person is dealing with. Other times it’s not. With just a little practice, you’ll be able to recognize the emotions underlying other people’s demeanor, words, and actions.

Rather than getting sucked into a knee-jerk reaction because of their abrupt tone, negativity, or finger-pointing tirade, you can get to the heart of the matter and extend a communication “bridge.” You’ll be offering what they truly long to get but don’t know how to ask for; you can help them shift their emotional state.

The Three Bridges

Here are the three amigos (aka the Three Bridges) – appreciations, understanding, and reassurances. There are only three concepts to remember...

If Someone Is Feeling Sad...

People who often experience sadness (but often don’t cry enough) are most likely thinking or speaking poorly of themselves, unless they are mourning a loss or acknowledging a hurt. You can recognize them because they may be acting passively, clingy, and feeling unworthy or unlovable. What they need are genuine appreciations In your interactions with them, you need to convey the idea, “I love you. You’re great.” Also, remind them of and praise them for their strengths and contributions.

If Someone Is Feeling Angry...

Folks often striking out in anger and leading with blame, negativity, and criticism, actually just feel isolated and are in desperate need of understanding. They won’t respond well to debates, lectures, or reprimands. The chances they’ll hear what you have to say are slim to none, unless you can genuinely connect with them first. You need to sincerely hear them out without reacting or taking what they say personally. Focus on what’s going on with them behind their angry words and let the attacks go flying by. Work very hard not to respond to their accusations. Silently repeat or say, “I want to understand their perspective” and just listen. It doesn’t help to try to correct them up and you definitely shouldn’t take what they are saying personally. Remember, you are just the misplaced target of their anger.

If Someone Is Feeling Fear...

The Three Focuses of Our Attention

If it’s not obvious what emotion is likely going on for them, ask yourself, “Where is their attention focused?” “What are they talking about?”

If someone is overwhelmed, anxious, or totally stressed out, chances are they have some unexpressed fear stocked up. It doesn’t matter if it’s due to a physical ailment, unknown financial future, or concern about a family member. They need honest reassurances. Comfort, soothe, and repeatedly remind them that “Everything is and will be all right.” Other reassuring comments are “We’ll make our way through this together,” “I’m here,” or “I’ll take care of it.” Or offer them reminders of the objective reality: “Your boss really likes the work you do,” or “You’ve done this successfully before.”

Why Extend a Bridge

You’ll deepen your personal relationships when you become adept at recognizing the emotions of others. You can use this knowledge to communicate in the ways most helpful to them. What an amazing talent you’ll be cultivating. For example, if you know that your husband is quick to anger, you can consciously and silently listen to understand his position, especially at times when he is upset or under stress.

If a neighbor seems glum or down, you can recognize and validate their talents and skills a little more often. And when someone close to you is anxious or freaking out, appreciations and compliments are of little help at that moment. Instead offer them repeated honest reassurances.

They will be focused predominantly in one direction, but two or three can be in play. If they exhibit symptoms of more than one, you’ll need to offer more than one bridge to help them totally regain a centered state.

An example of this could be someone who is anxious about an upcoming job interview and doubting their qualifications. They are probably feeling fear (anxious), and sadness. Their focus is in the future and they are also focused on feeling not good enough. They need both reassurances and validation so they can get grounded, present, and confident.

Use the Three Bridges with Yourself

If you’re unable or unwilling to offer a communication bridge, it’s probably because your own unexpressed emotions are getting in the way. It’s okay. You’re human. To quickly reignite your compassion, take a brief time-out and handle your own emotions. You can extend the three bridges to yourself. When you are feeling sad or down on yourself, give yourself appreciations. “I did it. Good for me.”

When you are feeling angry or frustrated, try to understand what’s really going on for you and offer yourself empathy and compassion. “I was upset and tired. At least I gave it my best shot.”

When you are feeling scared, nervous, or anxious, reassure yourself by repeating, “It’s okay. Everything is all right. I can make it through this.”

She recalled that Lyndon Johnson understood the White House’s power, inviting 30 congressmen in a group to come to the White House for dinner. “In those early days of his presidency after the JFK assassination, the spouses would be taken on a tour by Lady Bird of the mansion, while the guys would have brandy and port at the end of the day,” she said. “They felt like they had something to go back and tell their constituents that they did on a social function to the White House.”

If supporting Ukraine until their military can negotiate a settlement seems complicated, Goodwin says to think of what FDR faced. After Europe’s fall, England stood alone. Roosevelt wanted to send weapons, but his military advisers warned him against it. “General Bedell Smith warned Roosevelt, ‘If you send our limited weapons to England, and then England loses and our weapons are found in Germany’s hands, you will be impeached or hung by a lamppost.’”

But FDR ignored the general’s advice and designated every U.S. weapon as surplus to get around neutrality laws to ship abroad, “making his presidency a hostage to the fortunes of what would happen to Britain,” Goodwin said.

Compounding the problem, in December 1940, nightly bombings had brought Britain to the point of near collapse, and they had no money to pay for American weapons. Following a 10-day fishing trip, FDR created the Lend-Lease Act, a program that allowed the British to pay back the U.S. after the war. He used his infamous Fireside Chats to sell the idea to Americans who wanted to stay out of the bloody war, and within five months Congress passed it.

With our weapons, Britain survived the bombings and the devastating destruction of their homeland, and Germany turned its attention to Russia in 1941. The U.S. then sent tens of billions of weapons to Russia, thanks to the success of the U.S.’s new government-business assembly lines.

“Of course, then came the attack on Pearl Harbor, and isolationism collapsed overnight,” Goodwin says. “But what FDR had been able to do in those 18 months between May of 1940 and Pearl Harbor, to help what was happening in England, to help what was happening in Russia, was truly heroic.”

return on that investment is that children are happy, safe, growing, thriving in environments that support and nurture endless possibilities for them to reach their fullest potential. They are the future caretakers; we must take care of them.

Your advice for professional women is what?

Do not wait for others to ask you the questions, ask yourself the questions. And when the answers present, find a way. Do not take “no” for an answer.

What opportunities do women have locally to create impact?

I think there are many opportunities in the public eye for women, especially Black women, i.e., serving on and leading local nonprofit boards, running for political office.

When I think about every day, there are unseen things women are doing that make this community work and be strong. They are the CEOs of their home and families, everything it takes to run a business, they are already doing every day: budgeting, instilling hopefulness in their children and families, planning and making family meals, getting the kids to school, helping friends and neighbors, going back to school themselves to be lifelong learners, and more. Employers more and more are looking at your experience, what you bring in real life, and a different perspective in addition to your education. These are the unsung heroes, those who nurture and care without any fanfare or acclaim.

What experiences do you have specifically as a woman in your profession that make an impact on you?

Oftentimes, I experience people seeing me through their assumptions of who I am. Those experiences have made me more determined to be a more compassionate and empathetic leader.

Who are your female mentors, and their words of wisdom?

The majority of my mentors are elderly wise women who have paved the way.

I am very at home when I get to learn, talk, and laugh with them. I am a proud alum of “CQG University,” my acronym for my great-grandmother, Cora Dee, grandmother Queen Esther (yes, that’s the name on her birth certificate), and my mother, Georgia Rae. There I was

taught about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It takes work!

They shared many words of wisdom. What stands out is:

“Everything is not about you. Each generation gets wiser and weaker. Everything will be OK. Treat folks with kindness, not so it comes back to you but it may come back to those you love. Relations and Respect are key. Know how to care for yourself; it will keep you free from being stuck somewhere where you are totally reliant upon some else. I believe in you. Know who you are, you are enough. Follow your first mind and when you see trouble coming toward you, cross the street!”

What interview question would you love to be asked and your reply to it?

The question is: “What is a defining moment for you that propelled you forward?”

I was told that I did not have enough education to lead. That lit a fire under me that has never gone out. It also harkened me back to some earlier advice: You don’t have to receive everything that is offered you. Believe in who you are, even when others don’t.

In closing…

“There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.” –Howard Thurman

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Since 1990, via Public Law 100-9 with resolutions, the U.S. president proclaims annually the month of March as Women’s History Month.

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Far Flung Travel Patchwork

As I walked across an icy Pixley National Wildlife Refuge (NWF), five miles west of Highway 99, it sounded as if I was inside a packed house of a football stadium. It was an hour before sunset, and it sounded as if it was that loud.

Just past sunset, squadrons of migratory sandhill cranes were flying into the refuge by the thousands, glassy, frigid ponds brimming from recent rains, awaiting their arrival. Winter months see as many as 6,000 sandhill cranes on the refuge.

At nearly 7,000 acres, the refuge is literally a postage stamp of what the San Joaquin Valley once was. The nearby Carrizo Plain National Monument to the west has always been considered the largest and best example of remaining grassland biome in California. It’s 250,000 breathtaking acres providing important habitat for more endangered species than any other location in the Golden State.

Other patches of adequate grassland habitat are mere smidges in the San Joaquin Valley. They are surrounded in

agriculture, smothered by urban sprawl, railroads, and a maze of habitat-altering culverts and aqueducts. Pixley is bordered by rows of orchards, cattle grazing, and dilapidated farm buildings.

Those freezing ponds are the sandhill cranes’ haven for the night, an aquatic fortress to thwart advances by coyotes and bobcats lurking within the refuge, but also unfortunately packs of wild dogs running amok. To withstand those icy waters, sandhill cranes somehow slow down the amount of blood that’s needed to be warmed by constricting blood

vessels in their feet. Their arteries and vessels in their legs are right next to each other. The colder blood is warmed before it reaches the body. Nature seemingly always finding its way.

Sandhill cranes aren’t alone though out on the refuge. The skies, grasslands, and surrounding ponds are loaded with snow and Canadian geese, white-faced ibis, northern shoveler ducks and pintails, black-necked stilts and many other waders, shorebirds, and waterfowl. Raptors such as Northern harrier, red-tailed hawks, Merlin, whitetailed kites, and American kestrels patrol the skies and enjoy the bountiful grasslands surrounding the ponds.

Pre-dawn hours on the refuge aren’t too shabby either. From those frigid ponds at first light, the sandhill cranes take flight, leaving the sanctity of those shallow waters. They fan out for the day, filling the skies in all directions to their favorite feeding grounds surrounding the refuge.

Photographically though, sunset is the best time to be on the refuge. There is a raised platform overlooking the ponds, an ideal locale to watch where avian species are flying to and from. The sun dips toward the southwest, and the few times I’ve been I’ve always waited until it gets dark before leaving. The light gets better and with multitudes of sandhill cranes flying to the ponds, the silhouettes of the birds inflight is a true highlight.

However, with all the recent storms moving through California from late December 2022, and now in January 2023, there was a great opportunity on a rare clear evening on the refuge. The west slope of the Sierra Range was cloaked in a blanket of fresh snow. Then, moments later, creeping up behind its steep rolling ridges just after sunset was a brilliant full moon.

As massive squadrons of cranes filled the skies, I found myself photographing cranes against those colorfully soft hues but also that beaming full moon. Before I knew it, the moon was too high in the night sky, and those melding pinks and oranges were no more.

I started walking back to my van, but the loud, rattling bugle-like calls of the sandhill cranes carried far beyond those lonely, muddy roads.

Dear Montecito Zero Time to Waste! Interview With UCSB Sustainability Club

Founded in 2013, UCSB’s Zero Waste Committee was formed to address the university’s goal to reduce waste and redesign their consumption. As a national leader in sustainability initiatives and awareness, the university’s goals are in part maintained by the Zero Waste Committee, represented today by public outreach coordinator Caroline Bancroft. In our interview, Caroline talked about why she enjoys working with the Zero Waste Committee and how to develop a more sustainable lifestyle without all the doom and gloom.

Q. Why would you say it’s important for institutions like the UC’s to try to put zero waste initiatives into practice?

A. First, it encourages students to become more “zero waste” themselves. I think the UC’s as a whole and UCSB are big institutions, so when they become zero waste, it has a large impact on the environment. Also, because the UC system is so big, it may lead other large universities or other conglomerates of universities to take similar steps. I think that because we are located in California, we may be a little more environmentally aware, but I think that schools all over could take the UC’s actions and kind of follow in their footsteps.

What does the culture of zero waste look like?

Sometimes, people can get tripped up in this all-or-nothing mentality about zero waste. You know, where it’s like, “If I’m not doing everything perfectly, why bother?” But the true culture of zero waste is about making small, incremental changes for yourself that are more sustainable. I think the culture tries to be very encouraging of others. Like I said, with the all-or-nothing mentality, people can get kind of burnt-out and give up to go back to old habits. But I think that the zero-waste culture really fosters community and a want to help each other and be encouraging if people do slip up. It’s not like if you use a plastic bag once it’s over and you’re no longer zero waste. It’s more like: “What can I do today, myself, to lessen my impact on the environment?”

What are some of the big producers of waste on a typical university campus?

Single-use plastics. I think that with the pandemic, we’re trying to be more conscious of health and sanitization, so we kind of stepped back into a lot of single-use items. There’s also a good deal of food waste on campus. When I lived in dorms, I would see it. They’re trying to do the best that they can to mass produce food for everyone, but it’s also true that if every single person wastes a little bit of food, it accumulates to a lot of waste.

Tell me about some initiatives that the Zero Waste Committee is responsible for on campus.

Last year, one of our big projects was trying to get reusable menstrual products into the food bank, so they would be free and accessible to all students. We are still working to get them into the food bank, but I think one of the big things we did accomplish was increasing education about reusable menstrual products. Although this isn’t a specific project, we also do a lot of work increasing compost education and awareness about how students can start composting, and the little things you can do that accumulate a big personal impact.

We also hold a big festival every year where a bunch of the environmental organizations on campus get together. We have outside vendors like Dr. Bronner’s who will sometimes donate a big thing of soap, then you can bring your own reusable container and fill that up. This is once again a way to educate people but also a way to make zero waste more fun. I feel like a lot of the conversation is very daunting. It’s very doom and gloom. Having events like this, where it doesn’t have to be serious, shows you can have fun while becoming zero waste.

What made you want to get involved with the Zero Waste Committee?

I have always been really interested in environmentalism, but I just didn’t really know where to start. I was a little bit intimidated by the environmental organizations on campus because it seemed like everyone else just really knows their stuff. But when I saw the opening here, I applied. The committee has reaffirmed this idea that it’s OK to be an imperfect environmentalist. Everyone is just kind of trying to do their best. At the end of the day, we just want to educate people and make individuals empowered. At the same time, we want to work with our institutions to hold them accountable and create change.

Learn more about the Zero Waste Committee through their website at https://zerowaste.as.ucsb.edu

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It’s hard work putting food on our tables.

the manufacture of beer. In 1870, George Wiedemann opened his brewery in Newport, Kentucky, and published trade cards that romanticized the character of beer-drinking cowpunchers. (Library of Congress)

fermented and distilled from a variety of sources, had been the norm. With the coming of the Americans, beer became increasingly popular.

In 1867, there were 3,700 breweries in operation in America producing 6 million barrels of beer. In 1869, the 150,000 residents of San Francisco had a choice of beer from nine major and 14 smaller breweries spread out over the hills of the city by the bay. Some had a distinct British bill of fare as they proffered porter, stout, and ales, but German immigration to the United States over the previous 30 years had revolutionized the beer industry. Lagers and Weiss increased in popularity and were much lighter in color, alcohol, and flavor.

Nearly every small town, up and down the state (and for that matter the nation), had at least one brewery. Locally, Guadalupe, Nipomo, San Luis Obispo, Carpinteria, Ventura, and Santa Maria boasted at least one brewery each. In the 1870s, Santa Barbara, with a population of 2,000 thirsty souls, could boast at least two breweries, as well as nearly 25 saloons, many of which imported liquor and beer from San Francisco.

Breweries of Santa Barbara

By 1869, Jose Lobero had purchased or opened the Brewery Saloon (to the left, behind the mule tram) which occupied a part of the Leyva Adobe on the corner of State and Canon Perdido streets. He soon had trouble with one of the Carrillos, possibly a former owner of the business, over indebtedness and the ownership of two pitchers. Carrillo tried to walk off with the pitchers, a scuffle ensued, and Carrillo stabbed the bartender, puncturing his lung. (It’s not clear whether the

Brewery Saloon was actually a brewery or just sold imported brewery beer.)

The following year, a French brewer made his appearance in Santa Barbara. Named Michael Wurch, he opened a brewery on the corner of Cota and Anacapa streets. By 1874, he was doing such a brisk business that it attracted the likes of Charles Stuart, who robbed the till and was later caught. That same year, two of his patrons were convicted and fined $5 each for being drunk and disorderly.

In 1875, Wurch found he had competi-

Michael Wurch’s brewery stood on the corner of Anacapa and Cota streets. In 1886, it was a saloon owned by others. Not only was there a school down the block, the Congregationalist Church and Lincoln School took up the entire block across Anacapa from the brewery.

tion from German-born Henry R. Muller, who opened the City Brewery on the corner of Gutierrez and De la Vina streets. Wurch would soon go out of business when a mortgage foreclosure forced a sheriff’s sale for debts. The new Muller company promised a first-class article of beer and offered fresh brewer’s yeast to families who wanted it. Muller knew a thing or two about advertising and sent the Morning Press a sample of his manufacture. The newspaper announced that its beer drinkers declared it to be of good quality.

Nevertheless, Santa Barbara’s 25 saloons of the 1870s tended to import their beer from San Francisco. The Fashion Saloon on State Street, for instance, preferred the lager beer from San Francisco’s Humbolt Brewery. A satellite or franchise of San Francisco’s United States Brewery brought their beer to a depot on Cota Street near State. They then shipped empty kegs back to be refilled. It, too, was attractive to burglars, who broke in and stole 200 cigars and more than a dozen bottles of beer one night.

Brewer Herrmann Rudolph Muller

The Muller enterprise continued operating into the early years of the 20th century. A determined and adventurous man, Herrmann Rudolph Muller had immigrated to the United States in 1850 at age 25. Two years later, gold fever drew him to Hangtown (Placerville), but by then the “easy pickins” had disappeared. In 1853, therefore, he opened a tannery between the mining towns of Volcano and Jackson. Selling it four years later, he established a wholesale liquor and brewery business.

When word of the 1859 Comstock silver strike reached him, he pulled up stakes and headed for Virginia City, Nevada, where instead of mining, he put his money into yet another brewery. Mining, after all, was thirsty work. With the profits from the brewery, he purchased a hotel and other property in the area.

The end of the Civil War also saw the end of the nation’s dependence upon Virginia City silver. Muller, having little understanding of the peculiarities of Utah’s liquor laws, loaded up three wagons with liquor and headed for Salt Lake City. Needless to say, he was turned away, so he headed for the mining towns of Montana and prospected for gold. He was not terribly successful, so he returned to Virginia City to continue Way It Was

On Entertainment A Cinematic Symphony

Hollywood has never had a more decorated composer than John Williams . The now 91-yearold music maker has composed the music and served as music director for more than 100 films including all nine Star Wars movies, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman , Jaws , Home Alone , Schindler’s List, E.T. The ExtraTerrestrial, Jurassic Park and all of the Indiana Jones films. Williams has been nominated for 52 Academy Awards – including this year with The Fabelmans , the latest in the composer’s 45-year collaboration with director Steven Spielberg – making him the Academy’s second most-nominated person in its history (after Walt Disney). In addition to taking home five Oscars, Williams also has 25 Grammys to his credit.

Williams’ instantly recognizable themes are staples of symphonic pops concerts across the country and around the world, and nary a New Year’s Eve goes by without our very own Santa Barbara Symphony taking on at least one musical movie moment created by Williams at the Granada. This weekend, the orchestra devotes its pair of concerts exclusively to celebrating the cinematic accomplishments of the composer in a special show that should evoke lots of memories.

The local orchestra does have something else that sets it apart from nearly all others, however. That would be the fact that several Santa Barbara Symphony musicians come our way monthly from Los Angeles and environs, where they make most of their living as studio musicians for film and TV, including multiple regulars for recording Williams’ scores under the composer’s baton. That includes concertmaster Jessica Guideri , principal violist Erik Rynearson , principal cello Trevor Handy , principal oboist Lara Wickes , principal horn player Teag Reaves , principal clarinetist Don Foster , and principal trumpeter Jon Lewis , the latter two of whom have been with Williams for decades.

We caught up with Guideri to get the lowdown on a tribute to Williams slated for March 18-19, with current Music Director Fresno Philharmonic Rei Hotoda serving as guest conductor.

Q. What’s it like to record a soundtrack with John Williams?

A. As studio musicians, we have sessions pretty much more or less every day. But when it’s a John Williams session, no one turns it down. His music

Sunset by the Sea The $5 “Stradivarius”

How does it compare to the original? Listen to both violins on Monday, March 20, at the Cabrillo Pavilion during Sunset by the Sea, an annual event sponsored by the Community Arts Music Association Women’s Board. The fundraiser for CAMA will host wine and hors d’oeuvres from 5:30 to 7:30 pm and feature the fascinating luthier Robert Brewer Young, as he discusses his lifetime work and how his violin kits are changing the lives of underserved musicians worldwide.

Mr. Young trained in the artists’ studios above Carnegie Hall and is renowned for his exacting and uncanny ability to create contemporary stringed instruments of conservatory quality. The glowing testimonials from his worldclass clients are truly inspiring:

is just unbelievable – it’s incredible how much energy he has, and he’s always so respectful of the orchestra. I’ve been lucky enough to play in a lot of his movies, but the first time he scored a Star Wars movie in L.A. (rather than London) it was so incredibly exciting to do. All of us have played these themes in pop concerts forever, but now we had the opportunity to play them for the actual movie and the new ones, which you know will become staples down the road.

Do you have a favorite?

The most recent one is the next Indiana Jones movie ( Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, opening in June), and that holds a special place in my heart because I’ve watched all the Indiana Jones movies many times. My dad was such a big fan, so every time one was on TV, he would have us all watch it, so there’s a lot of nostalgia, and it was super-cool to play.

Do you still get a thrill out of seeing one of the movies you’ve played on when they screen?

It’s pretty cool, but what’s better is that recently they’ve started putting the musicians’ names in the credits, and it’s cute and fun when others get excited. My brother was excited to see my name at the end of The Mandalorian , and my niece goes crazy for both the movie and the music of The Greatest Showman , and she thought it was awesome that I am on the soundtrack.

“His Amati-inspired double bass has a lightning-fast response, immense power and projection, and a complexity of tone that blesses the players with an extensive and highly flexible array of timbral possibilities.” – Scott Pingel

“(My viola) has a warm and rich sound yet feels light and very responsive in my hands. There is a satisfying elasticity of resistance in the strings that inspires exploration of tone color and shape and makes the instrument an inspiring artistic partner.” – Jonathan Vinocour

Mr. Young’s nonprofit, The Open String, donates instruments in kit form to musicians across the world, giving them the ability to communicate through their art across linguistic, economic, and cultural barriers.

On March 20, attendees will have the rare opportunity to hear a real Stradivarius next to Mr. Young’s kit violin and ask questions about his process and passion. He will be accompanied by violinist Lisa Lee as they present the side-by-side demonstration.

“Somehow in his presence, the world seems to be a different – and much better –place.” – Steven Isserlis

For tickets, please email CAMA Women’s Board at WB@camasb.org. The fundraiser is $100 per person, and CAMA is a 501(c)(3) organization.

searching for a new vein of gold or silver. In 1867, he hit a bonanza and located a gold and silver mine in Pioche, Nevada, which he later sold for $30,000 and, restless as ever, moved his family to San Francisco. Herrmann’s final move came in 1875, when he came to Santa Barbara and bought the property on which to establish Santa Barbara’s City Brewery.

Prohibition and the Breweries

The forces of prohibition were at work long before the Volstead Act made the sale and consumption of all alcohol illegal in 1920. Local option laws, Sunday closings, the work of Santa Barbara’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, limited hours, licensing, and sundry other measures preceded the total ban. Since most of the violence and incarcerations in Santa Barbara were alcohol-related, there was obvious cause for concern.

In 1874, one woman became alarmed about the proximity of Wurch’s Brewery, which stood within 150 yards of the schoolhouse, from where children were exposed to vile language and witnessed violent and degrading behavior. Writing to the Morning Press , she exclaimed, “How can a Christian community rest while these things are carried on!? Intoxicating drink in all its

forms of poison causes more misery, poverty, tax, and crime in our country than continued war.”

Events published in the paper that year and subsequent years seemed to support her cause for concern. When the State of California passed a local option law regarding saloons, both Santa Barbara and Montecito voted to go dry. Luckily (or unluckily), for the tippling population, the State Supreme Court struck down the local option law, and the saloon doors swung open again.

By 1875, the Morning Press, which was usually on the side of the “Wets” was compelled to write, “The United States Brewery [on Cota Street] seems to be the rendezvous of the entire fighting element of Santa Barbara, and lately this establishment has not only been having things pretty hot in its own spacious halls but has made times lively at the police court. It would be a good idea for the proper officers to consider this institution as a matter of profit and loss to the city, and, if the thing falls on the debit side, squelch it.”

In 1882, the press reported, “Henry Muller, an old pioneer, proprietor of the City Brewery, was stabbed by a disorderly character up from L.A. who had been travelling with a circus. He was drunk.

Muller refused to serve him as he’d had enough, and ordered Murillo to leave and threw him out, at which point Murillo stabbed him near the heart, and Muller is in danger of dying.”

Nevertheless, the saloons remained open, and problems persisted. In 1883, the press reported that collective defective memory had saved one man the payment of a fine. The man had “made things very lively and interesting at the brewery [City Brewery] last night, breaking beer glasses and otherwise breaking the peaceful serenity of the place. When arraigned before the police judge this morning, some of the witnesses were unable to testify under oath what had occurred. They had taken in too much beer.”

In 1893, the Morning Press wrote, “The brewery, corner De la Vina and Gutierrez streets [City Brewery], of late has been a rendezvous for men of drinking proclivities, and those who reside in the vicinity complain, justly too, of the frequent brawls emanating from individuals who patronize the place. It was only the day before yesterday that a disreputable crowd of sheep shearers

Gambrinus is the legendary king of beer dating from the 13th century. Seen here at the center raising a glass in toast, he is surrounded by various trades and occupations all enjoying a glass of beer. These include a ruddy-faced friar, a reclining troubadour, a huntsman, and a nursemaid feeding a baby from a tankard of beer. (Library of Congress)

terrorized the whole neighborhood by their riotous conduct. This iniquitous inn should be closed, as it is a disgrace to our fair city.”

By 1907, many people had had enough. That year, the No-Saloon League came to town and gathered support for a campaign to close the saloons. Opponents claimed saloon closure would ruin business, be impossible to enforce, reduce tax revenues, violate individual liberty, and depopulate the city. Again, the citizens of Santa Barbara were asked to vote on the issue. Nevertheless, this time the “Drys” lost by 325 votes.

Prohibition and then…

Santa Barbara had 13 more years of enjoying, what a Morning Press editor in 1878 had deemed “the innocent and refreshing beverage fabled to have been first brewed by that far-famed old Teuton, Gambrinus.” Nevertheless, in 1919, the Volstead Act not only closed the saloons, but made it illegal to make, sell, or drink all liquor, including beer.

When it was all over in December 1933, only those breweries that had been able to adapt their manufacturing during the dry years were still in business. Of those, the Yuengling family’s

The Yuengling family’s brewery emerged from Prohibition to become the oldest continuously operating brewery in the United States, a true testament to the power of Gambrinus (Library of Congress)

Pittsburg, Penn., had survived by producing near beers and opening a dairy that produced ice cream. To celebrate their reopening as a brewery, they delivered a truckload of beer to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Established in 1829, Yuengling is the oldest continuously operating brewery in the United States.

Small, individual breweries, however, had pretty much disappeared, though many of the large manufacturers resurfaced and prospered. Then, in the late

Between 1920 and 1933, all throughout the nation, bootleg beer was poured down the drain, as seen here in New York City (Library of Congress)

1970s, the first microbreweries were established, leading to today’s brewpub and craft brewing industry which appeals to a decidedly different clientele than the brawling, alcoholic rowdies of the terrible “good old days.”

Sources

Contemporary Morning Press articles; newspapers.com; ancestry.com; beerhistory.com; Martin H. Stack, “A Concise History of America’s Brewing Industry”; Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California: Containing a History of Southern California from Its Earliest Settlement to the Opening Year of the Twentieth Century by James Miller Guinn, 1902; Yuengling.com; Santa Barbara City Directories; Stephanie Castellano, “The Brides ‘Imported’ to Colonial America for Their Brewing Skills,” 2021.)

‘Would you ever consider doing a Giving List Women?’ and the minute she said it to me, it was this ‘Aha!’ moment.” The book, with a tri-focus on intersectionality, feminism, and philanthropy, will launch in March 2024 and will tell the stories of 100 organizations around the world that are moving the needle for women and girls.

Katya Armistead highlighted the importance of youth involvement and intersectionality in addressing social justice issues. “The reality is [USCB] is still built on white supremacy,” she said. “When I was a Campus Visit coordinator, I got to bring first generation, low-income students, students of color, from the Los Angeles area and the Kern County area, and I got to tell them that this was as much their campus as it was anybody else’s.”

Hattie Beresford has been writing a local history column for the Montecito Journal for more than a decade and is the author of several books on Santa Barbara’s historic past

Through the hard work and dedication of activist students, lay-people, and lobbyists, change is happening from the local to the state level. Jackson’s historic California law (SB 826) required all public companies to have women members on their boards of directors. The law has achieved impressive results. “In 2018, we were at 16 percent of board seats. We are now at 31 percent — almost a third.” Jackson’s pronouncement was met with applause.

“I never had a teacher who showed me the way, but what I did have is mentorship in moments,” said Lurie. “I feel like I have met so many people along the way who say something that changes my perspective in some small way or watching people who have lived their lives in a certain way, and that’s been inspiring to me. And I’ve been lucky to have worked with and known and been friends with many incredible people over the years who have inspired me to go out and take chances.”

Hattie Beresford and friends doing research for this article at the 1985 St. Patrick’s Day Bicycle Pub Crawl in Santa Monica

But it’s not all wins. At UCSB, some of the wisdom that is passed down from senior and junior women to sophomore and freshman women has been lost. “People ask me, ‘How are the students doing?’” Armistead recounted. “It’s been an interesting phenomena having them come back to campus. There’s always been a kind of handing down of tradition or how you navigate things from living in the residential halls to moving into Isla Vista from things like protest, free speech, navigating the classroom, knowing which professors to take, and all of that was lost because they were online.”

Many of the women noted the important impact mentorship — giving advice, guidance, and support — has had on their professional and personal lives. Lurie spoke to the value of her unconventional mentorship experience.

The event concluded with audience questions. Dos Pueblos senior Morgan Parisse asked, “How can we initiate change while in high school?”

Murray responded: “If there’s one piece of advice I can give to young people, it’s my favorite word, which is ‘no,’ because most people stop at ‘no’ and, for me, it’s just the first step to getting to ‘yes.’”

But, given the restriction on numbers, “we have at least one hand tied behind our back,” leaving Lotusland with an annual operating deficiency of $850,000 helped by an investment portfolio of $17.7 million managed by Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs.

President David Jones said there had been a 20-percent increase in membership revenue, while the popular annual gala had increased its revenue by 35 percent, a record.

Board certified internist John La Puma, a professionally trained chef and New York Times bestselling author, considered the founder of culinary medicine, talked about the importance of connecting with gardens, nature, and good food as a way of preventing and treating medical problems.

“Lotusland is a magical oasis of

tranquility,” he told guests, who then adjourned to the Great Lawn for an al fresco lunch serenaded by a guitarist.

Among the supporters enjoying the crowd-free serenity of the event were Ginni Dreier , Caroline and Steve Thompson, Connie Pearcy, Mark and Maria Schmidt, Thomas Rollerson, Joseph Marek , Palmer and Susan Jackson, Merryl Brown, and Executive Director Rebecca Anderson

Beers at the Botanic Garden

It was the perfect blend of beer and botanicals when the 99-year-old Santa Barbara Botanic Garden hosted its 13th annual beer event, with the region’s highest-rated breweries pouring one-of-a-kind beers inspired by the 78-acre Mission Canyon Garden, which contains 1,000 specimens of rare and indigenous plants.

The fun floral fête, co-chaired by Jonathan DiBenedetto and Jeremy

Bassan, was limited to 400 guests, given the site’s conditional use permit, with all tickets selling within two days of going on sale with the more than $100,000 raised going to environmental education, native plant horticulture, research, and conservation.

The event opened with the Grand Cru Experience, a one-hour VIP event inside the Pritzlaff Conservation Center with the Landau Brothers Daniel and David on guitar and cello with harpist Ana Caravelle serenading, before opening to the general public with a record 11 breweries and 13 food purveyors participating, with each pouring station featuring foods created by local chefs that complement a particular brew, with past creations including a double IPA finished with juniper and redwood, another IPA infused with pozo blue sage and California sagebrush, and a pilsner infused with mugwort, black, white, and hummingbird sage.

Steve Windhager, executive director, says: “It’s the perfect time to tour the garden while quaffing your favorite

brew and noshing on your favorite food. Thankfully, the rain held off!”

Among the supporters joining in the fun were Tara Penke, Sarah Gower, Jesse Smith, Sophia Taylor, George Leis, former Mayor Helene Schneider, Sharon Bradford, Mark Funk, Kathy Scroggs, Bibi Moezzi, Nancy Weiss, Valerie Hoffman, and William Murdoch.

Lowenthal Enthralls

Still in sprightly form at 91, legendary and pre-eminent pedagogue, Manhattan-based pianist Jerome Lowenthal , who has taught at the Music Academy for more than half a century, was honored at the Miraflores campus’s Hahn Hall with a “Lowenthal’s Legend” concert featuring his daughter Carmel Lowenthal , Grammy nominee Ursula Oppens , Vassily Primakov , Grammy Awardwinner Nadia Shpachenko , and Evan Shinners , who studied with Lowenthal at New York’s Juilliard School and flew in from his home in Portugal. Primakov, Shinners, Shpachenko, and Carmel are all Music Academy alumni. Works in the sold-out concert included Fauré’s “Dolly Suite,” played by the father and daughter duo, Couperin’s “Sarabande in D minor,” “Allemande de la Paix in E minor,” and “Unmeasured Prelude in E minor,” Wilhelm Friedemann Bach’s “Polonaise in D minor,” Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Fugue in A minor,” Liszt’s “Mephisto Waltz” and “Valse oubliée,” Mendelssohn’s “Nocturne”

and “Scherzo” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Spratlan’s “Six Rags,” a world-premiere duet of Harold Meltzer’s “Dribble,” wrapping with two Chopin works, “Impromptu in A-flat major” and “Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor” superbly played by Jerry.

The ace keyboardist, who played for Einstein at the age of 7, made his concert debut with his hometown Philadelphia Orchestra aged 13 and debuted with the New York Philharmonic in 1963.

He has played with many of the world’s legendary conductors including Daniel Barenboim , Michael Tilson Thomas , Leonard Slatkin , Leopold Stokowski, Leonard Bernstein, and Seiji Ozawa , and also played sonatas with violinist Itzhak Perlman , as well as being a judge in international piano competitions.

Among those turning out at a pre-concert bash on the hall’s terrace as storm clouds gathered were sponsors Teresa McWilliams , Kandy LuriaBudgor and Robert Weinman , as well as Belle Hahn , Victoria Hines , Maurice Singer , Richard and Annette Caleel , Peter and Linda Beuret , Hillary Hauser , Eve Bernstein , Scott Reed , Jonathan Bishop , Leila Drake , Hiroko Benko , Michael and Kimberly Hayes , Robert and Valerie Montgomery , and Mashey Bernstein

A Dash of Quartet and Ballet

It was certainly a plucky performance when the Grammy award-winning Attacca Quartet, a decidedly funky and exuberant foursome, played at the Music Academy’s Hahn Hall, as part of the popular UCSB Arts & Lectures series.

The works, all by Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy-winning composer Caroline Shaw, known for “a world of sound never heard before,” were “Plan & Elevation,” “Blueprint,” “Punctum,” “Three Essays,” and “Valencia.”

All works were played extraordinarily well by violinists Amy Schroeder and Domenic Salerni, violist Nathan Schram, and cellist Andrew Yee in the 90-minute performance, but I suspect the very contemporary sound, with a lot of plucking of strings rather than bow work, was not to everybody’s taste.

Attacca Quartet also served as the quartet in residence at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and Juilliard’s Graduate Resident String Quartet.

Six days later, it was time for the Ballet Hispánico under artistic director Eduardo Vilaro and choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa to shine at the Granada in Doña Perón, an explosive portrait of Eva “Evita” Peron, one of

the most recognizable and controversial women in Argentinian history until her untimely death at the age of 33.

Another Arts & Lectures gem, 53-year-old Ballet Hispánico is the largest Hispanic cultural organization in the U.S.

Doña Perón is the company’s first-ever evening-length work, reclaiming the narrative of the iconic Latina figure by a Latina choreographer. An evening to savor....

The Orchids Return

After a three-year enforced hiatus caused by the COVID pandemic, the 75th annual Santa Barbara International Orchid Show, with 500 colorful exhibitors, kicked off at the Earl Warren Showgrounds.

The three-day event “Orchids: The Adventure Returns,” is one of the oldest, largest, and most prestigious shows in the U.S. with glorious displays installed Miscellany Page 424

I’ve done them so many times I forget which ones, but then there are some that I definitely go to see in the theater because I played in it.

Visit https://thesymphony.org for more information and tickets.

Miller Time at the Marjorie Luke

The Glenn Miller Orchestra’s bus was rolling through the Arizona desert when music director Erik Stabnau answered the phone last week, but it could have been anywhere from California to Kalamazoo, as the bigband jazz outfit pretty much lives on the road, performing 200 dates a year. What makes that remarkable is that the band has been doing it for more than 65 years, working steadily since reforming a decade after Miller’s reign as perhaps the most successful of all dance bandleaders back in the Swing Era of the 1930s and ’40s ended with his death in 1944.

“This is really the last full-time touring big band,” agreed Stabnau, an Eastman School of Music-educated saxophonist and pianist who grew up favoring bigband jazz. “He had 59 singles that made it to the Top 10 and 17 that hit No. 1, and a lot of those made it into the lexicon of popular songs. So, folks still know and recognize this music.”

At this point, the audience is on average a lot older than the musicians, who range in age from mid-20s to nearly 70, Stabnau said, but the music continues to be passed down not only by families but also by the movies and the re-emergence of swing dancing back in the 1990s.

It also doesn’t hurt at all that the Miller Orchestra’s repertoire includes several hundred songs, though about a dozen of the biggest hits – “Moonlight

Serenade,” “A String of Pearls,” “Tuxedo Junction,” “Pennsylvania 6-5000,” “Chattanooga Choo Choo,”

“In The Mood,” and “I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo” are nightly staples.

“It’s a deep catalog and there’s a ton of great stuff – instrumentals, male vocals, female vocals, vocal group songs,” Stabnau said. “You’re always going to hear the hits, but if you come see us every year, there’s always different music and always new stuff. That’s fun for us, too.”

The bus unloads locally for an early evening concert at the Marjorie Luke Theatre on Monday, March 20. Miller time is at 7 pm. Visit https://luketheatre. org for more information and tickets.

Out of Town Opportunities:

Heading North and South

Dishing with Diltz: Henry Diltz has shot some of the iconic photographs in rock music history – his famous images include the Crosby, Stills & Nash “On the Couch,” The Doors’ Morrison Hotel , and James Taylor Sweet Baby James album covers, as well as treasures photos of Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne , Linda Ronstadt , Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and many more. Now also known for his prowess as a raconteur, Diltz brings his illustrated slideshow and st orytelling show back to one of his favorite haunts, The Maverick Saloon in Santa Ynez as part of the Tales from the Tavern series on Wednesday, March 22. Info at (805) 688-0383 or www. talesfromthetavern.com

Ventura Ventures: The Majestic Ventura Theatre – which back in the day had concerts with the likes of Pearl Jam and Los Lobos – has largely ceded the pop concert business in the seaside city to the Ventura Music Hall, about

a mile east. A couple of appealing Americana shows are headed to the venue this week, beginning with Matt Nathanson , still best known for his breakthrough “Come on Get Higher” that has been certified triple platinum. Later gold records include “Faster” and “Run,” the latter featuring Sugarland. In addition to his originals, Nathanson has also put energy into covering songs and artists that inspire him throughout his career, Def Leppard approved his take on the band’s iconic Pyromania album, with Joe Elliott calling the record “an amazing reinterpretation (with) heart & soul.” For his latest such effort, Nathanson covered U2’s Achtung Baby in tribute to his all-time favorite album. His 12th studio album, Boston Accent , is about how the Lexington, Mass., native immediately feels a connection whenever he hears someone speaking with the accent – something your faithful correspondent, a fellow Lexington native who, like the singer-songwriter, has lived in California for more than 30 years – completely understands. Nathanson plays the Music Hall on Sunday, March 19.

Alt-country pioneers the Old 97’s hit the Hall on Thursday, March 23, with its three decade-old original lineup still intact, though lead vocalist and primary songwriter Rhett Miller has also put out a bunch of solo albums. While Miller has steered his solo output into more pensive, low-key and often acoustic leanings, the Old 97’s have veered into a crisper, power pop direction, although both still have the seven-generation Texas native’s country-rock flavors. Opening is the erstwhile country singer-songwriter Caitlin Rose, whose well-received November 2022 album Cazimi is her first studio release in almost a decade.

Book ’em: Chaucer’s Choices

Santa Barbara-born author Caroline DeLoreto , a Functional Diagnostic nutrition-practitioner, LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) counselor, energy healer, and educator who worked as a health teacher at Santa Barbara Middle School for 15 years, has scheduled two local events to launch her new book. From Lyme to Light: A

Housing needed . The MJ arts editor and Giving List columnist must relocate from my rental cottage after 17 years. Got great response here, but things have fallen through, so I’m still looking for solo space (cottage, ADU, ???) locally, rent in low $2Ks, available ASAP (check with me). No pets or smoking. Great references. Any ideas?

Call Steven at (805) 837-7262 or email sml.givinglist@gmail.com.

Spiritual Journey and Guide to Healing from Lyme Disease is the first book in a planned series that comes from her own spiritual and physical healing with neurological Lyme disease that began with a tick bite, which led to dementia and a stroke. The book shares her story and philosophy she created to help guide and empower similar sufferers to find their own healing on the journey to wellness. DeLoreto will appear at book signing events at Paradise Found downtown on Sunday, March 19, and at Chaucer’s Books in midtown two days later.

Dive deep into the history of one of our local Channel Islands via local author Charles Healey’s new book Santa Rosa Island: A Photographic Panorama. The work is a visual journey of the ranching and natural history of Santa Rosa Island, which was established as a safe location to raise cattle away from the mainland and more than 150 years of ranching that led to a unique balance among 7,000 head of cattle, ranchers, horses, and transport ships, as well as a small military base during World War II. The book features 200 pages of photographs from the private collections of the last ranching family to live on the island and includes shots of Channel Island foxes, elephant seals, and sea anemones interspersed with ranch houses, cowboys, and empty beaches. Healey will talk about the book and the island at Chaucer’s on Wednesday, March 22.

Steven Libowitz has covered a plethora of topics for the Journal since 1997, and now leads our extensive arts and entertainment coverage

In Passing Jill Jacobsen-Parish: June 8, 1951 – March 3, 2023

Elizabeth Jill Jacobsen-Parish of Bellingham, Wash., passed away at the age of 71 on March 3, 2023, after a short battle with pneumonia. Her husband of 26 years, John Parish, was by her side.

Jill was born on June 8, 1951, in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada. Moving to Vancouver, B.C., Jill received her BA in International Relations from University of British Columbia and went on to several roles with Tourism British Columbia, Vancouver, where she made lifelong friends.

Jill and John met at a resort in Canada and married in 1997 at the Santa Barbara Courthouse. After moving to Santa Barbara, Jill joined Allergan to organize large workshops and educational events nationwide.

Jill was best known for her generosity, her quick-witted humor, her sense of style, and her thoughtful soul

Jill made many more lifelong friends while living in Santa Barbara County.

Jill and John moved to Bellingham in 2013 to be closer to Jill’s Canadian home and her friends from the tourism days.

Jill was best known for her generosity, her quick-witted humor, her sense of style, and her thoughtful soul. Her personality made it easy to adore her, and impossible to forget her. She has left an indelible imprint on those she loved and will be greatly missed by many. John was the love of Jill’s life, and she was his. To honor Jill’s memory, hug your loved ones.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDON-

MENT: The following person(s) has (have) abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): JAB CO.; Carpinteria Cotton Co., 5025 Wullbrandt Way, Carpinteria, CA 93013. Janet Ann Boyle, 693 Avenida Pequena, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. This statement was originally filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 13, 2019. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL), filed March 7, 2023. Original FBN No. 20190001971. FBN 2023-0000602. Published March 15, 22, 29, April 5, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Aguirre Enterprises, 4869 S Bradley Rd, Orcutt, CA 93455. Aguirre Enterprises, 9610 West Nicholas, Visalia, CA 93291. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 7, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0000601. Published March 15, 22, 29, April 5, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Imagine Artful Things, INC, 1470 East Valley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Imagine Artful Things, INC, 1470 East Valley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 8, 2023. This statement

expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0000568.

Published March 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Achieve Behavior Change; Achieve Behavior Health, 2342 Professional Pkwy, 300, Santa Maria, CA, 93455.

Holdsambeck And Associates, INC, 2342 Professional Pkwy, 300, Santa Maria, CA, 93455. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 8, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0000349.

Published March 1, 8, 15, 22, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as:

JC Plumbing Supply, 593 Avenue of the Flags, Suite 103, Buellton, CA, 93427. JC Plumbing Supply LLC, 593 Avenue of the Flags, Suite 103, Buellton, CA, 93427. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 2, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0000283.

Published March 1, 8, 15, 22, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JCH Plumbing, 593 Avenue of the Flags, Suite 103, Buellton, CA, 93427. JCH Plumbing LLC, 593 Avenue of the Flags, Suite 103, Buellton, CA, 93427. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 2, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0000282.

Published March 1, 8, 15, 22, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 23CV00747. To all interested parties:

Petitioner Elvira Berta Eilbacher filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Elli Eilbacher. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter 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. Filed March 8, 2023 by Narzralli Baksh. Hearing date: May 1, 2023 at 10 am in Dept. 5, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published March 15, 22, 29, April 5, 2023

Santa Barbara by the Glass Secret’s Out:

New San Ysidro Ranch Dinner Experience Takes Guests Underground

Pueblos Farm abalone, center-cut prime beef tenderloin, and chèvre cheesecake. Pitre matches wines to each course, giving guests multiple tier options and the ability to totally customize the list.

Here’s a peek at our own dining experience, with three dishes that were brandnew, seasonally inspired offerings:

There’s a new culinary experience at the San Ysidro Ranch – and it’s top secret.

The Secret Cellar premiered in December, building on the luxe property’s famous world-class dining but offering something totally exclusive. It brings diners underground – past the Stonehouse patio, past the entrance to the Plow & Angel and down the stone steps that descend into the rustic wine cellar. The new dining destination is discreetly nestled next to the towering collection of bottles, a brand-new build that oozes elegant, Old-World charm.

“We built this room with this unique concept in mind,” sommelier Tristan Pitre tells our small group of guests, curious foodies who’d been invited to experience the Secret Cellar for ourselves. “We thought it would be special to actually offer dinner inside the wine cellar!”

The Ranch’s wine cellar is its own subject of intrigue. It was just recently revived, after the 2018 Montecito mudslides shattered millions of dollars in precious wine. Utterly beautiful in its design, and expertly outfitted with all the optimum light, humidity, and temperature considerations, the new cellar houses 12,000 bottles that span 70 regions across the globe. It’s earned the Stonehouse the prestigious Grand Award from Wine Spectator every year since 2014. And its 120-bottle complete vertical of Château Pétrus, with vintages dating all the way back to 1945, and displayed behind a small fortress of iron gates, is the most extensive offering of the storied brand in the country.

The Secret Cellar, accessible through a solid wooden door, feels like a natural extension of the main cellar, with its dark woods and metal accents. The room’s centerpiece is a gorgeous wooden table, carved out of a singular slab of black walnut. Around it, tailored furnishings handcrafted in Santa Barbara. Flanking it, wooden shelves that hold an additional 2,000 bottles of premi-

um labels. Above, barrel-vaulted ceilings. A bespoke place to be sure, catering to private dining parties from two to 14.

“Guests can look forward to learning more about the great wine regions of the world and tasting truly singular wines during this intimate and unforgettable experience,” adds Pitre.

Our own experience started just before sunset inside The Hacienda, the original 1892 ranch house that, today, welcomes resort guests. Pitre poured the 2014 Ambonnay from Champagne Marguet Grand Cru, a fresh, chardonnay-driven bubbly that accompanied us outdoors for a guided walk through the gardens; much of what’s on the plate at the Ranch is sourced here. As the sun sank, we made our way to a clandestine door that (with a secret code) revealed the sloping stone steps and, soon enough, after a leisurely tour of the cellar, complete with behindthe-scenes stories – the Secret Cellar.

The food here is the handiwork of Executive Chef Matthew Johnson, and Mother Nature, since it’s a rotating, seasonal snapshot of what’s available now. “We switch it up every few weeks,” the chef tells us. In the last couple of months, the menu, which can always be tailored to specific preferences or restrictions, included Hawaiian bigeye tuna belly tartare, Dos

First Course: Citrus-Cured Steelhead Trout, served with trout roe, Tokyo turnips, starflowers, Sango radish, and Ranch Meyer lemon. The curing gave the fish a wonderful bite, which paired delightfully with the 2016 Von Winning Riesling from Pfalz, Germany. Described by Pitre as “the Grand Cru of Rieslings,” the wine is super-bright and a perfect balance of texture and acidity.

Second Course: Santa Barbara Spiny Lobster, presented with artichoke barigoule, gnocchi, pea shoots, Belgian white asparagus, and a bouillabaisse sauce. Fresh and hearty at once, this dish was accompanied by the 2018 Sadie Family Wine “Palladius” from South Africa’s Swartland region, a blend of 12 varieties aimed at “capturing a

sense of place,” Pitre told us.

Third Course: Jerusalem Artichoke Velouté, with Périgord black truffle, crispy sunchokes, a brown butter hazelnut vinaigrette, and a parmesan emulsion. This textured dish brought out the 2008 Monthelie-Douhairet-Porcheret Volnay 1er Cru, served from a magnum. Remarkably crisp for a 15-year-old Burgundy, it was a perfect savory match. “The 2008 vintage was challenging,” Pitre says, “but a good vintage to drink now.”

Fourth Course: Japanese Kobe A5 Strip Loin, alongside Napa cabbage, king oyster mushrooms, and mustard seeds, all atop a traditional Japanese Dashi consommé that was poured tableside. The protein almost melted in the mouth. A premium wine from the Santa Ynez Valley, the 2005 Jonata “El Desafio de Jonata” blend, was a prime pairing. Pitre had decanted it several hours earlier, delivering a quaff that was velvety and intense at once.

Dessert: French Lavender Crème Brulée, with Meyer lemon foam, almond crisp, and organic berries. Delightful and delicious, and created by Pastry Chef Michelle Straub, our meal’s sweet denouement was accompanied by the 2021 Braida Brachetto d’Acqui. At only 5.5 percent alcohol, and brimming with red fruit notes, this perfumed and effervescent sipper was yummy and fun.

Pricing for a curated and personalized four-course tasting menu experience is set at $250 per person, though parties smaller than six may require higher per-person minimums. Guests can add wine from three pairing tiers: Wanderlust ($125/pp), for a premium international lineup; Reserve ($200), with wines emblematic of their regions of origin, with a deep dive into history and traditions; and Warner ($350), featuring the best of both, and a no-holdsbarred exploration of truly top-tier wines.

A truly special dining experience.

To book, call 805.565.1720 or email dining@sanysidroranch.com

Gabe Saglie has been covering the Santa Barbara wine scene for more than 15 years through columns, TV, and radio. He’s a senior editor with Travelzoo and is a leading expert on travel deals, tips, and trends.

Food Files

A New Conscious Way of Creating Dips and Salsas

It all started a year ago with a spontaneous conversation around food here in the heart of Montecito. Suddenly, Jennifer Markham (owner, founder of Oaks Culinary Group and SkinnyDips & Salsas) and Bryan Goligoski (culinary artist), both residents of Montecito, realized that there wasn’t a variety of healthy seed-based dips and salsas available on the market. With that in mind, they collaborated on a new endeavor that sent them far and beyond their expectations.

With Markham’s extensive knowledge of alternative health and nutrition, plus the savoir-faire of Goligoski’s experience in the culinary arts, they formulated eight different flavors for their product, SkinnyDips & Salsas, for a new type of product that’s to die for. From Hot & Skinny, to Smokin’ Hot & Skinny, or even Skinny Chimi (to name just a few), it will surely make you want to take a dip or two. With fun and playful product names and healthy natural ingredients inside, it didn’t take long for this business to get the success they deserved. They’re presently located in 101 stores from the Bay Area to Los Angeles, Erewhon Markets, and even available here in Santa Barbara, Montecito, and Carpinteria. As Markham humbly points out, “It’s been an adventure and a lot of work but also very fulfilling. We feel really lucky to be able to create something and then have people enjoying it.”

So, what makes this product so unique? As Goligoski explained, “We’re using sunflower and pepita seeds, which are healthier than nuts, they’re Keto, lower in calories and carbohydrates compared to hummus for example.” He added, “We see a huge movement in natural foods away from dairy, to vegan, to nut-based products, and we are the extension of that, into a seed-based product.” To create a new line, Markham envisioned not only the tasty aspect of the dips, but also the healthy side as well. “When we were creating these dips, it was always in my mind to make sure all of the ingredients had a purpose, and we were sensitive to the idea of inflammations and allergies, and what would be better for one’s health.”

Growing up with fresh, healthy, and quality ingredients helped Markham create SkinnyDips & Salsas. “The benefits of cilantro is known as a cleansing herb, along with parsley, which helps the digestive tract, and mushrooms that support the immune system,” explained Markham. “In every one of our products, there are no fillers or GMOs, we only use vinegar and lime juice, which are natural preservatives,” Goligoski added. They intended to create a brand incorporating three significant values: being healthy, flavorful, and with the right nutritious ingredients.

Thus, they added to their products fresh organic ingredients where they blend and pack locally at Baba Small Batch in Goleta. For Markham and Goligoski, it is also important to be part of a small community and working with the locals, as well as

being supported by family and friends. Where handcrafted items are still a priority for the people here, Goligoski proudly states about his hometown: “It is so unique to have a small community so close to everything around, we love the healthy aspect of Santa Barbara and Montecito, not only for us but also for the brand.”

Both of them realized the importance of being encouraged. “Even if we don’t want to be a manufacturer,” said Goligoski. “It will be nice to assist others with selling their products under Oaks Culinary Groups, for those who need distribution and support. There are too many creative people being stopped at the beginning stages,” Markham added.

“People shop everywhere nowadays, and I wanted them to relate to that, it was intentional and I wanted the packaging to look different.” It not only looks different, but the taste is unique as well. You won’t be able to let go of the Original Skinny with the mild flavor and its creamy non-dairy texture, thanks to the sunflower and pepita seeds. And for the individual who wants a stronger kick and a more powerful spicy taste, try the bold Smokin’ Hot & Skinny.

So new yet so successful already, the two new dips they’re launching will just melt in your mouth. With the Skinny Pesto, the garlic, lime, and basil dance smoothly together. Shroom Umami is a savory Asian dip for your favorite meals.

It’s delicious, healthy, fresh, and natural, so enjoy it with many servings. It’s waiting on your burgers, mixed with your sauces, steaks, fish, salads or anything else you’d like; just let your imagination create a versatile recipe as delightful and unique as SkinnyDips & Salsas.

by local, national, and international artisans and orchid enthusiasts including exhibits of orchid art, photography, and floral arrangements.

There were also demonstrations, workshops, and even an orchid doctor on site to answer questions about orchids, the largest plant family on the planet.

The Santa Barbara industry now produces more orchids than any other area in the U.S., and the show has been described as “one of the top orchid shows in the world” by the Los Angeles Times

Show president Lauris Rose says: “It’s a shot in the arm for orchid growers. It shows we’re back!”

A blooming good event...

Ballet in Japan

Santa Barbara’s State Street Ballet is off to Japan for a two-week tour, including Tokyo and Osaka, in May.

Founder and co-artistic director Rodney Gustafson tells me the tony troupe of 19 dancers, accompanied by five staffers, will be performing Jungle Book, which is being danced again on April 29 at the Lobero, and two contemporary works Tango Rain, set to the sensuous Argentinian music of Astor Piazzolla, and Spring Waters, a pas de deux to music by Rachmaninoff.

Both latter works were performed at the Granada as part of State Street’s recent A Midsummer Night’s Dream show.

“One of our dancers Kaito Yamamoto, who played Puck, and his brother helped get this together,” says Rodney, whose previous foreign jaunts have included two tours of China, one of Taiwan, and more recently Chile. “They are both in their

20s and used social networks, with already 2,500 seats sold. It is quite amazing!”

Already $100,000 has been raised for the trip from private donors, which will pay for flights and hotels, with the hope that ticket sales from the four performances will help toward salaries and per diems

“I am quite excited,” adds Rodney. “It is quite a traditional society, so it will be interesting to see what kind of reception we get.”

MClub Off to Tokyo

The cultural treasures of Japan also beckon for members of Montecito Bank & Trust’s MClub, a concierge travel club for premier customers.

Thirty members gathered at the University Club for a talk with Hiroko Benko, bubbly owner of the Condor Express whale-watching vessel, whose relative is the country’s 13th Grand Tea Master, and club director Maria McCall, about the 15-day trip in November including Tokyo – a sprawling metropolis boasting a population of 37 million people – Osaka, and Kyoto, site of the former imperial palace gardens, which I visited some years back when I was flown down from New York to cover the opening of the world’s most expensive nightclub, socially gridlocked with geisha girls and enormous sumo wrestlers.

One of the highlights was seeing the Golden Pavilion, a Zen temple, which had just been re-gilded in innumerable layers of gold leaf as my photograph attests.

Among those with a yen for travel were Anne Luther, Erin Graffy and Jim Garcia, Christine Holland, Katherine Murray-Morse, and Brendon Twigden

Filming at Maison Mineards Montecito

Another busy week at Maison Mineards Montecito, with interviews with the London Evening Standard, the London Daily Mail, and French TV.

France 2, one of the country’s largest networks, sent over a two-man crew from Paris – Julien Duponchel, producer, and Guillaume Beaufils, cameraman – as I gave them a guided to tour of our rarefied enclave with particular emphasis, needless to say, on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

The broadcast on France’s equivalent of 60 Minutes is due to air in due course. The network boasts a 13.9 percent share of the country’s viewing figures.

Franklin on Board

Phil Franklin, a former finance executive who went on to serve as board chairman for the newspaper holding company Tribune Publishing, has joined

the board of directors of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara.

A native of Connecticut, Franklin earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and an MBA at Dartmouth College before joining FMC Corporation, where he served as division controller and general manager.

He was subsequently named chief financial officer at OmniQuip International, a manufacturer of light construction equipment.

Franklin then spent almost 18 years with Littelfuse, a designer, manufacturer, and seller of circuit protection devices, where revenues grew from $270 million to more than $1 billion and its market capitalization increased six-fold.

He currently serves as a board director for TTM Technologies, where he chairs the audit committee, and is a trustee for XFLT, a closed-end alternative investment fund.

Sightings

New York fashion designer Betsey Johnson enjoying a champagne lunch at Tre Lune...Prince Harry and Meghan Markle lunching at the oh-so trendy San Vicente Bungalows in L.A....Actor Andy Garcia at the Ritz Carlton Bacara.

From musings on the Royals to celebrity real estate deals, Richard Mineards is our man on the society scene and has been for more than a decade

Madagascar Adventure Images from Afar

Just before COVID, the British journal New Scientist offered a tour to Madagascar, and I immediately placed a deposit. More than 20 years ago, I had attended a talk on Madagascar, which piqued my interest but also only offered a bleak interpretation of its conservation. (For a fuller discussion, see my article titled, “A Lesson From the Eighth Continent?” that ran in the Oct. 13, 2022, issue of MJ.) After years of watching and waiting, I wanted to see Madagascar for myself and in fall of 2022, I was able to finally travel to this special place.

Madagascar broke away from Pangea during the time of the dinosaurs and evolved its own unique life forms. From lemurs to chameleons to baobab trees – there are 150,000 species that live nowhere else. Ecotourism infrastructure is just beginning, and we were grateful to have skilled guides in this challenging island nation. We are also grateful to share a bit of what we saw here!

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Calendar of Events

THURSDAY, MARCH 16

Boffo Block Party – Seeing as this month’s event from the Downtown Organization is dubbed the “I Love Santa Barbara” Block Party, I guess that means we also have to love the fact that the gathering was postponed by rain to this date on the eve of St. Paddy’s Day when lower State Street will be subsumed by a Pub Crawl and other reveling. Today, though, it’s a family affair as we celebrate dozens of delightful things about downtown, with dancing to bouncy beats from DJ Darla Bea to roller skating, face painting, games and performances by the Junior Spirit of Fiesta, Santa Barbara High School’s Cheer and World Dance for Humanity. Several Santa Barbara nonprofit organizations will also be on site, including Healing Justice, CEC’s Earth Day organizers, Heal the Ocean, Santa Barbara Humane, and others. To not show up might make you, as Lucy might say to Charlie Brown, a real blockhead.

WHEN: 5-8 pm

WHERE: Lower State Street and environs

COST: free

INFO: (805) 962-2098 or www.downtownsb.org/events/rock-the-block

FRIDAY, MARCH 17

Midtown Art Walk – La Cumbre Plaza’s partial rebranding as the local locus for arts and organizations just keeps getting stronger, with a couple of new

THURSDAY, MARCH 16

‘S.H.E.’ Support – Carpinteria’s Alcazar Ensemble celebrates the confluence of International Women’s Day, Women’s History Month, and Women Making Change with a series of one-act comedic plays about women and their livelihoods. S.H.E. – which stands for Strong, Hopeful, and Empowered – will traverse a range of settings and characters over the quartet of comedies.

Linda Thorsen Bond’s Five Ex-Wives in ICU finds a quintet of different women who have traveled from all around the United States to be at the bedside of Brandon LaPorte in an intensive care unit. The one thing they do have in common is that they all married him, and now, crammed into the little hospital waiting room, they share how they wished they’d heeded the warning, “When a man says you’re too good for him, believe him!” Jessica Marciano’s Late Life Safari finds four siblings each past age 50 on an African safari to “celebrate” their oldest sister’s divorce. Chaos ensues when the sisters are left in the middle of a desert in Botswana, with no guide, no doors, no windows, and a million animals, leaving the siblings to argue about who’s in charge and how they will survive the situation, eventually discovering a new admiration for one another. In James Hanson’s A House of Dolls, a college student who has defied her multigenerational family of female hairdressers, who also are known to “fall in love with men who break their hearts,” by going into physics rather than the family’s hairdressing business. She makes a big mistake by inviting her male study partner home to meet them, to humorous effect. On the day after her 25th wedding anniversary, Teresa, an ultra-conservative woman, is found distraught and weeping in the local cafe by her two girlfriends, who just happened to be named Thelma and Louise in Natasha Tavoukjian’s V for What?

WHEN: 7 tonight through Saturday, 2 pm Sunday

WHERE: Alcazar Theater, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria

COST: $20 general, $15 students & seniors

INFO: (805) 684-6380 or www.thealcazar.org/calendar

THURSDAY, MARCH 16

Contemplating Couples

– Inspired by the artistic collaboration in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) exhibition, Scenes from a Marriage: Ed & Nancy Kienholz , the series exploring what happens in fiction and life when artist couples work together or in parallel or competition, next turns to the machinations in the marriage of contemporary artist Cassandra C. Jones and musician Mikael Jorgensen . Jones’ work has shown in venues throughout the U.S. and Europe, including Mass MoCA, Prix Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria, and the MFA Houston, while Jorgensen has been the Grammy award-winning keyboardist for Wilco through several of its most recent, critically acclaimed albums and tours. The two reflect on marriage and being a creative couple in an audio-visual presentation and guided conversation with James Glisson , SBMA curator of Contemporary Art.

WHEN: 5:30 pm

WHERE: Mary Craig Auditorium at SBMA, 1130 State St. COST: $10 general, $5 museum members

INFO: (805) 963-4364 or www.sbma.net

venues and visits augmenting the monthly Arts Fund Art Walk. The justopened Grace Fisher Foundation’s Inclusive Arts Clubhouse makes their Art Walk debut as does CoLab, Santa Barbara’s new coworking space for nonprofit organizations, which is having its grand opening celebration. The Santa Barbara Public Library’s Library on the Go outreach van will be giving away books, the Museum of Sensory and Movement Experiences will offer complimentary guided tours, live music from local artists provide the sounds in the plaza between the several participating galleries, while the Arts Fund Gallery itself will mark both a new Community Gallery exhibit and the opening of an encore presentation of its popular benefit show The Power of Objects: The Art of Ron Robertson , plus a special pop-up with participatory children’s activities.

WHEN: 5-8 pm

WHERE: 120 S. Hope Ave.

COST: free

INFO: 965-7321 or www.artsfundsb.org

SUNDAY, MARCH 19

Viva Grandeza! – Grandeza Mexicana is considered Los Angeles’ premier folk ballet company for its ability to both preserve the traditions and customs of Mexico’s historic past and produce performances of its promising present. The nonprofit founded 20 years ago by Jose Vences was formed to advance the field of Mexican folk ballet and to enhance the public’s appreciation for the diversity and depth of Mexican culture. Backed by careful research, Grandeza Mexicana has achieved recognition for its strength, artistic flair, use of elaborate costuming, and commitment to quality, along the way earning many awards for its work. The group has appeared alongside acclaimed artists that include José Feliciano, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, Mariachi Sol De Mexico, Luis Miguel, Shaila Dúrcal, and Lila Downs, and performed everywhere from The Music Center for the L.A. County Holiday Celebration, the Terrace Theater, the Center for the Arts in Sacramento, the Ford Theater, the Alex Theatre, the Skirball Cultural Center and Scottsdale Center for The Performing Arts. Grandeza Mexicana returns this weekend to Marjorie Luke Theatre as part of the popular monthly ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! organized by UCSB Arts & Lectures. A reception with the artists follows the one-hour performance. Note: The group also performs at 7 pm Friday, March 17, at Isla Vista School. WHEN: 7 pm

WHERE: Marjorie Luke Theatre, Santa Barbara Junior High, 721 East Cota St. COST: free

INFO: (805) 963-0761/https://luketheatre.org/event or (805) 893-3535/www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

Hale Hails Rock and Roll –

Celebrating 60 years of music in honor of the Lobero Theatre’s 150th anniversary, Go To Hale has a special presentation for tonight’s Quips & Clips show. In recognition of the venue’s sesquicentennial, and in the most apt event of the series so far, original quipster Hale Milgrim (the former president/CEO of Capitol Records whose first industry job was in an I.V. record store) and local music lover Richard Salzberg (aka Music Maniac) are crafting a special program culled from their respective archives showcasing live and sometimes rare concert clips from a wide variety of artists going back six decades. The unifying theme? They’ve all played on the Lobero stage at some point in their careers!

WHEN: 6:52 pm

WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St.

COST: $25

INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

‘The Hours,’ Three Months Later – Soprano Renée Fleming, once the Met’s most beloved diva, had supposedly retired from staged opera following her starring role in 2017 Der Rosenkavalier back in 2017. But a conversation with composer Kevin Puts when they were collaborating on his 2019 song cycle The Brightness of Light led to Puts decision to turn The Hours into an opera, based on both the 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael Cunningham and the 2002 all-star film by Stephen Daldry. Full of juicy roles for three women singers playing characters experiencing traumas in three separate eras related through Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway, the opera stars Fleming as book editor Clarissa Vaughan, with Kelli O’Hara portraying housewife Laura Brown, and Joyce DiDonato, who brought her Eden multimedia song cycle to the Granada in January, singing the Virginia Woolf role. Today brings a rebroadcast of the Live in HD performance recorded in December at the Met in New York. The production, conducted by Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, was warmly received with The New York Times calling The House “achingly — almost painfully — pretty (and) relentlessly stirring.”

WHEN: 2 pm

WHERE: Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West campus, 1070 Fairway Road COST: $28 ($10 students, Community Access; free for youth ages 7-17) INFO: (805) 969-8787 or www.musicacademy.org

SUNDAY, MARCH 19

Pianist Proulx Performs – The Santa Barbara Jazz Society presents the John Proulx Trio for its monthly concert-meeting at SOhO this afternoon. A jazz educator and an outstanding jazz pianist, Proulx is also a terrific singer whose style has elicited comparisons to a young Chet Baker, as indicated by his duet with Melissa Manchester featured on his most recent CD that also boasts three quartet arrangements by Alan Broadbent. Proulx’s previous albums have also won critical acclaim, and his fan base is quickly growing, as is the list of singers he has performed with that includes Anita O’Day, Natalie Cole, and Marian McPartland. Proulx will perform with two of Santa Barbara’s jazz artists as his rhythm section: bassist Santino Tafarella and drummer Kevin Winard

WHEN: 1-4 pm

WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State St., upstairs in Victoria Court

COST: $25 general, $20 Jazz Society members, $10 professional musicians, singers and full-time students

INFO: (805) 962-7776/www.sohosb.com or (805) 687-7123/www.sbjazz.org

Early Women Illustrators

NOW OPEN

Victorian attitudes about roles in society prevented women in nineteenth-century England from pursuing a formal education, however, an interest in plants was considered a socially acceptable pastime.

This exhibit sheds light on women who used their skills in writing and drawing to make meaningful contributions to the emerging science of botany.

John and Peggy Maximus Gallery

2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara 805-682-4711 • sbnature.org

Open Wednesday–Monday 10:00 AM–5:00 PM

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