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Seriously SerendipitousI wasn’t looking for Santa Barbara’s soul

when I found it; in fact, I didn’t really even know it existed. I was just looking for some non-fiction one day at Tecolote Book Shop – I still love browsing my way through endless bookshelves at Chaucer’s or the Mesa Bookstore or Left Coast Books or wherever (can’t wait

for Granada Books, so hurry up with the construction already) – and started looking through a terrific section focused on Santa Barbara’s history.

Yeah that’s right, history. Our roots, baby. How we got to this little paradise by the sea.

Ultimately, I picked up a thin paperback called Santa Barbara: Another Harbor Town History (by Gayle Baker, PhD, former Dean of Santa Barbara City College) that promised to be a relatively easy read, a basic survey of what went down around these parts over the last few centuries.

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I love this town.I know, I’ve said it many times in

these pages, maybe too many, but it’s true and that’s really what this paper is all about. (Remember our first issue all those months ago: “Is Love Enough?”)

I’m not unique in that regard; in fact, all our friends and neighbors echo the sentiment often in conversations over coffee on sunny morning strolls along the seashore or temperate afternoon jaunts in the front country.

And, of course, there is much to love. I could quite easily spend the next few hundred (thousand?) words elaborating on Santa Barbara’s weather or beaches or mountains and its (generally) friendly inhabitants or beautiful and unique aesthetic.

But I don’t want to talk about any of that this week. There’s something more fundamental, you see, something a bit more profound than those more cosmetic

characteristics that has occurred to me lately.

Santa Barbara has a soul. If you look for it, you’ll find it.

And if you find it, you’ll love Santa Barbara even more.

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The mottled walls and moss-covered brick courtyard of the Meridian Studios has been home to dozens of renowned artists over the years. They were built in the 1920s and incorporated the venerable Lugo Adobe. (Photo Hattie Beresford)

Cowboy artist Joe de Yong was one of many who lived and worked in the Meridian studios. (Courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

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ContentP.3 Mazza’s Missive – The Pearl Chase Society serves as a guardian – a Sentinel, if you will – of

Santa Barbara’s soul. Editor-in-Chief Matt Mazza sits down with founding member and Historic Homes Tour Chair Sue Adams, learns something about our collective heritage.

P.6 It’s Crime Time – Cinco de Mayo brings raucous celebration to town for the Mexican army’s 19th Century victory over the French; in a related story, Santa Barbarians inexplicably arrested en masse for public intoxication and other crimes of passion.

P.7 Letters to the Editor – A well-deserved shout out to Cottage Hospital staff for saving the life of one of Santa Barbara’s best; even the homeless are fed up with the homeless problem in our fair city; Dr. McGowan comes again on VA benefits; and Larry Bond lets it rip on guns. Wow.

P.8 The Dish – Wendy Jenson makes her way out to Isla Vista and likes what she sees (and tastes) at Kaptain’s Firehouse BBQ and Angry Wings. (The entire Sentinel editorial and publishing staff is drooling over both places, but is also concerned for abnormally high cholesterol intake and severe heartburn. We’re going anyway, of course, but we are bringing the TUMS. And a heart surgeon.)

P.10 Eight Days a Week – What’s going down around town? Jeremy Harbin breaks it down in the Sentinel’s quasi-calendar. Read it and then get out there and make some magic happen.

P.12 Santa Barbara View – We’ve created a pill culture and it’s a big problem, says Sharon Byrne (nice piece, needed a Xanax after reading it though); Loretta Redd talks about the benefits of cyber-education (needed a Ritalin) and how it affects and is being handled by union interests (wanted a Vicodin); and Solstice opens its workshop (took an MDMA) and SB is moving forward in wake of recession, though all isn’t perfect by a long shot (ate an Ambien). Thanks Ray Estrada.

P.14 In the Garden with Mr. Greenjeans – Randy Arnowitz actively encourages and recruits volunteers for his garden. Do you? (Do you even have any idea what this means? If not, then you better read Randy’s piece twice.)

P.16 Presidio Sports – Sports Volunteer of the Month (Bicyclin’ Barney Berglund); Sports Figure of the Month (Jumpin’ Jack Bianchi); Athletes of the Week (Kickin’ Kelsey O’Brien and Jammin’ Jonathan Collins); and UCSB Soccer. (Maybe we should stay out of the sports nickname business.)

P.20 Faces of Santa Barbara – Patricia Clarke spent some time photographing workers in hardhats renovating the Granada; it’s been five years since then and the theatre is stronger and more beautiful than ever. Happy anniversary, Granada, keep bring Santa Barbara quality arts and entertainment. (And thanks Patricia!)

Pump It – Jenny Schatzle’s latest workout has our lungs heaving and our cores sore… and we’re just thinking about actually doing it. But her motivational rhetoric is quickly moving us to strap on the sweatbands and pull up the knee-high tube socks for the long road back to fitness.

P.21 The Beer Guy – There’s a frenzy of craft beer activity coming to Santa Barbara and environs as part of American Craft Beer Week, and our very own Zach Rosen is right in the middle of it, happy as can be, sort of like a pig in… well, you get the idea. (No offense, Zach, you’re no pig. We only meant to convey the magnitude of your delight. See you there.)

P.22 Mad Science – Rachelle Oldmixon is obsessed with space (and Neil DeGrasse Tyson). Read all about it in Final Frontier Fetish, and consider spending your next weekend building a shoebox diorama with Rachelle.

P.23 Man About Town – Mark Leisure may have stopped the maturation process in the 1980s – this week he’s very into Cheers (great show) and, almost inexplicably, Huey Lewis and the News. (At least they are playing at the much-loved Chumash, where gambling is not just accepted but encouraged and you can spend a weekend relaxing in the Valley.) And there’s a terrific show at Center Stage right now, so go check it out. (Thanks Mark, we love the ‘80s and admit to still owning a Huey Lewis based mix-tape.)

P.24 Girl About Town – Julie Bifano checks out Hands for Others, and sees a vibrant youth community doing something positive for the world. (Oh, all right, those little whippersnappers aren’t all bad, we guess. Just stay off our lawn!)

P.27 Keepin’ It Reel – Jim Luksic likes Iron Man 3. He absolutely hates Scary Movie V. (So do we, by the way.) Thanks Jim.

P.28 Plan B – “Drunken cowboy father” is not typically something you’d find in a new-mother-to-be’s birth plan. Neither is 42 hours of labor. Ah, the joys of parenthood. Happy Mother’s Day!

P.29 LOVEmikana – Make Mom a Pom Pom bouquet for the big day, or just buy her some vino from Goodland Wines and ease your way into a Mother’s Day brunch. And check out the three “Bs” in the Weekend Guide: Bowling, Brasil Arts and Blood Orange Sorbet.

P.30 Residential Real Estate – Numbers and houses from Justin Kellenberger and Michael Calcagno. The market remains strong…


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I couldn’t put the damned book down.Santa Barbara’s past is replete with

colorful characters, fascinating stories, grandeur, Old-World charm, cops, robbers, land barons, and a palpably penchant general fondness for adventure and enjoyment.

It’s that rich cultural past; that’s our soul. It’s that collective heritage we all share that makes Santa Barbara what it is today, that gives us our unique look and identity and feel we all love so much.

The Pearl Chase Society guards that all-important culture and heritage (fiercely), and is working hard to keep it all alive and well. And, lucky for you (and me), it is also once again taking the time and effort to open the proverbial window to our past that might just provide a glimpse into our present and, perhaps, our future.

A Look Into Our PastOn Sunday, May 19, 2013, the

Pearl Chase Society is putting on its Fourteenth Annual Historic Homes Tour in downtown Santa Barbara. Attendees will be treated to six historic adobes and a selection of Spanish colonial revival artist studios and apartments within walking distance of each other right here in town: Casa de la Guerra, El Paseo, Lugo Adobe and Meridian Studios, El Cuartel, the Hill-Carrillo Adobe, the Gonzalez-Ramirez Adobe and the Arellanes-Kirk Adobe. Each of them is filled with its own wealth of history, from Spanish soldiers to cowboy-artists and Los Rancheros de Visitadores (I want in!) and the first child born to two American parents in California. From wealth and elegance to relative poverty and simplicity. From political, military and social centers to private residences.

“These historically significant adobes really provide a great link between our past culture and society and ourselves,” Tour Chair and Pearl Chase Society founding member Sue Adams told me over an afternoon at The French Table. “They really help us understand why Santa Barbara is what it is: a unique community, universally recognized for its rich history and lovely aesthetic.”

Sue’s dead right, of course, and she’s truly fascinating to speak with. She has a huge amount of knowledge and information and understanding, and she clearly has a passion for our town and its traditions and ancestry.

Sort of like I do. (Hers is just way more developed and interesting. But I’m learning.)

“As you start to better understand the links between our past and present,” she continues, smiling, quite matter-of-factly, “I think you start to see that Santa Barbara and all of its design and art and culture and personality really fit into this landscape, sort of like a good melody. Santa Barbara belongs here, right here, just as it is.”

Wow. That’s actually pretty deep if you

consider it. And it’s cool. Way cool. Our history affects everything we do, all the way from, say, design and architecture (and that “responsible development” this paper has talked so much about) to how we treat each other and where we go as a community from here.

It makes me thirsty for a deeper understanding.

There’s much to learn from the Historic Homes Tour, not only from the structures and docents themselves but also from other similarly interested Santa Barbarians who will undoubtedly share a little living history as everybody walks around downtown, from adobe to adobe (like I said, all are within just a few blocks).

The funny thing is that you’ve probably walked by at least some of them and never had any idea (as I hadn’t), but these

special properties are the real heart of Santa Barbara culture and aesthetic and, thus, its individuality.

They should be celebrated. And, perhaps most importantly, they should be understood and cherished by the generation of folks choosing to raise their kids and start their businesses here in town. Knowing our past will only help ensure a bright future for the town we all call home.

We’re responsible for keeping the soul of Santa Barbara safe going forward, so we’d better take the time and effort to cultivate a deeper understanding of it.

And hey, if we succeed, then I’m pretty sure that someday our kids and grandkids will be able to stroll down East Beach over coffee with a friend, smiling and chatting

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The Arellanes-Kirk Adobe, whose adobe walls have many tales to tell, has just undergone a sensitive and artful restoration and addition.

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It'sCrimetime... ...with the SBPD

A variety of crimes are committed every day in Santa Barbara; most of these crimes are petty but they do offer a window into if not the soul of the perpetrator, at least his or her thought process. Our following (and totally unsolicited) thoughts, observations, and comments are put forth for your consideration.

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Man Exhausts Himself Celebrating Cinco de Mayo; Falls Asleep on Downtown Street Corner

A 28-year-old Santa Barbara man celebrated the Mexican army’s victory over the French in 1862 – no, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day – so fervently that he fell asleep on a busy eastside street corner a few blocks off

State. His exhaustion was not just physical, however, significant and jubilant emotional exertion also resulted is his total and complete inability to answer SBPD’s question, “Ah, sir, where were you born?” He was inexplicably detained for public intoxication.

Awestruck Celebrant of Mexican Tenacity Unable to Stand or Communicate Following Festivities

A 56-year-old transient male from Eureka was so wonderstruck after witnessing the glory that is Cinco de Mayo revelry that he was unable to stand on his own, choosing instead to lean over the hood of a police squad car to marshal his strength and ambulatory ability. When officers moved in to assist the man, he was unable to communicate with them due to what was an apparently quasi-religious experience. He was inexplicably detained for public intoxication.

Local Man Threatens to Harm Woman for Not Celebrating Hard Enough; Loses Ability to Speak

A 31-year-old Santa Barbara resident from Massachusetts was seen “harassing a female patron” at a local bar on May 5, and even “threatened to harm her.” We can only guess that the woman was not paying an appropriate level of respect to the victorious Mexican army. That should have ended it but, unfortunately, SBPD didn’t see it quite that way and arrested the man – who like many other fans of 19th century Mexican military feats – was unable to communicate effectively. His pockets, both laden with cocaine baggies, did the talking for him, however, and resulted in his immediate incarceration.

Transient Man Takes Role of French Soldier in Reenactment of Mexican Batalla de Puebla Too Seriously; Arrested for Public Intoxication

A 61-year-old transient man from Santa Barbara was found sleeping on the sidewalk on lower State. When SBPD approached, he attempted to flee by crawling into the street. In true method-actor form, though, the man failed to tell SBPD that he had been reenacting the May 5, 1862 Batalla de Puebla, taking the role of a wounded French soldier in retreat. Shockingly, he still has not given the part up, and is now claiming to be mistreated by the 1862 Mexican army as a prisoner of war. Bravo!

Middle-Aged Santa Barbara Woman Consumes Enough Tequila to Render Entire Mexican Army Incoherent; Unsuccessfully Attempts to Drive Automobile

A 54-year-old Santa Barbara woman was seen stumbling down the sidewalk, unable to maintain her balance. (Think of an exhausted marathoner staggering across the finish line, sort of.) She, like many others on Cinco de Mayo, had lost her ability to communicate when officers approached. Nevertheless, the woman attempted to get into her vehicle and drive away while SBPD asked her tough questions like her name and address. She was inexplicably detained for public intoxication.

Santa Barbara Woman Arrested for Aggressive Panhandling in Preparation for Cinco de Mayo Festivities

On May 3, just two days before Cinco de Mayo celebrations exploded around Santa Barbara, a local woman – 62 years old, with a home – was arrested for harassing customers of a convenience store and aggressively panhandling. Two thoughts: (1) She must have been looking for extra money to passionately celebrate Mexico’s military might. (2) Our “social security” system is f*cked. (Can ineligible youths under, say, 45 opt out at this point? The “safety net” doesn’t provide enough for those in need now and won’t be there at all when we reach 95 years of age, which is surely soon to be the governmentally-mandated retirement threshold.) (Oh, sorry about the foul language above but that’s really the only word in the English language that adequately conveys the right, ah, emotional tone there.)

Over-Excited Woman Breaks Pool Stick Over Knee In Anticipation of Festivities; Doesn’t Seem to Care About Anything Else

A 21-year-old Santa Barbara woman lost a game of pool on May 3 and snapped the cue stick over her knee. (Think steroid-induced fit of rage after a certain power hitter’s fifth strike out of the night, sort of.) SBPD was called after more belligerence – let’s just say she was extremely pumped up for Cinco de Mayo – and she was arrested for lots of stuff. When asked the basic questions officers pose in the detainment and arrest process, she answered every one of them similarly and quite consistently:

SBPD: Miss, where were you born?CLASSY WOMAN: I don’t give a [poor word choice].SBPD: Ok, who shall we notify in case of emergency?CLASSY WOMAN: I don’t give a [poor word choice].SBPD: Yes, and where are you employed?CLASSY WOMAN: I don’t give a [poor word choice].SBPD: Lovely. Any special medications we should be aware of?CLASSY WOMAN: I don’t give a [poor word choice].SBPD: How nice. What’s your address?CLASSY WOMAN: I don’t give a [poor word choice].SBPD: And telephone number? Wait, let us guess…

siete (intoxicated Criminals) de mayo

Crime time Quote of the WeeK“[Man Part] Hole.”-A frankly unconventional insult hurled at a bus driver by a 22-year-old “stow away” from Los Angeles who was found in the luggage compartment

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I would like to publicly thank the staff at the Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital Emergency Room for their

phenomenal care during my recent heart attack; and especially for their concern for my wife’s welfare during a trying time. Without exception, from the nurses to the doctors to the paramedics who transported me to the cardiac care facilities at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, there was a guiding philosophy of “you’re going to be well taken care of, and it’s going to be fine” that was absolutely what both of us needed. We were, and it was.

To top it all off, I received a call from the ER a couple of days later to see how I was doing. I am in the hospitality business, and very much appreciated that level of service.

I also owe thanks to Dr. Joseph Aragon, who performed the surgery, and the staff at Santa Barbara Cottage as well, which included a nurse who once played basketball with my daughter. She was kind enough to ask if I was comfortable with having her as the nurse on duty. Katie, I’ll take on a heart attack with you any time.

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Endless Summer Bar-CafeSanta Barbara(Editor’s Note: So glad to hear all is well,

Steve, I can only imagine what you and your family went through. We here at the Sentinel are thrilled that everything worked out (and that’s not just because you’ve been a strong advertiser for us, we swear). Now keep healthy, damnit, we’re looking forward to seeing you soon around the Harbor.

Thanks also to the wonderful folks at Cottage for taking great care of Santa Barbara. You guys birthed my second daughter, Kate (well, to be clear, my wife Wendi did the actual birthing), and Wendi and I have often talked about the terrific experience we had. Keep up the good work, you are appreciated. – MSM)

My City, Your City… Not Their City

Hi Matt, it’s me again and, again, I am responding to something Sharon Byrne wrote in the Sentinel. This time, I found Whose City Is It, Anyway? (Vol. 2 Issue 15) interesting, so I thought I’d write. (Sorry I didn’t get to it sooner).

All I can say is... “BRAVO! BRAVO! BRAVO!” for her voice on the issue of homelessness. Yeah, that’s right, this is coming from a homeless person. Call me crazy.

As you recall from my first letter, I was born here in SB. So no, I am not a transplant. I am not a transient. I am

Letters Although you might not believe it, we actually want to hear from you. So if you have something you think we should know about or you see something we've said that you think is cretinous (or

perspicacious, to be fair), then let us know. There's no limit on words or subject matter, so go ahead and let it rip to: Santa Barbara Sentinel, Letters to the Editor, 133 East De La Guerra Street, No. 182, Santa Barbara, California 93101. You can also leap into the 21st century and email us at [email protected].

A Well-Deserved Shout Outhome grown. Now, I am not saying that all homeless individuals from other states (and now from other countries as well) are bad people, it’s just many these idiots make it look bad for the rest of us. I spoke to a few homeless folks who too were born here, and they agreed with Ms. Byrne’s perspective as well.

To be clear: We who were born here and are now homeless would like these aggressive outsiders to go away and leave SB forever. Please do not ever come back.

Here are some tips of my own, similar to some of those offered by Ms. Byrne, for all the residents and tourists out there:

1. If any of these young punks are holding up their signs and panhandling, do not give them any of your money. Period.

2. If you do wish to give out some money or food, then give it to the elderly person or to the handicapped person on the street. (Yes, many homeless are elderly and handicapped.)

3. And to all the business owners on lower State Street (or anywhere else), do call SBPD if there are any problems in front of your business. There are some of us out here who want these problems solved too.

And this coming from a homeless person? Call me crazy.

Jose Arturo Ortiz Martinez-GallegosSanta Barbara(Editor’s Note: Jose! Thanks for reaching

out again. Let me start by saying that, despite your repeated requests, I simply refuse to call you crazy. You’re not.

Quite to the contrary, actually.Call me self-indulgent but I really dig

your letters for the simple reason that they highlight something I’ve been saying about the “homeless problem” for a long time. Namely, that the “homeless problem” is not a proverbial one trick pony. It is composed of myriad stories and challenges and obstacles that are not all simply solved by building zillions of houses. (Although, with that said, I’m generally aware of studies and projects that have shown that simply housing the homeless first leads to certain efficiencies

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PLEASair, a Santa Barbara group about 75 strong. Working an airline theme, the camp is known for its mile-high pole dance contests. Look for Kaptain’s Firehouse BBQ at the Summer Solstice Festival in Alameda Park. The theme of this year’s parade – held Saturday, June 22 – is Creatures, so mark your calendar.

Kaptain’s Firehouse BBQ is located at

6543 Pardall Road. Appropriately for IV, a bike shop is on one side of the restaurant. Open Monday thru Wednesday from 11:30am to 11pm, Thursday thru Saturday from 11:30am to 1:45am, and Sunday 11:00am to 9pm; 805-637-9825; kaptainsfirehousebbq.com.

Wings With ZingIn IV last October, owner Julian Wolfe

opened Angry Wings with cohorts Marissa Vogt and Andrew Schmid, the general and assistant managers. A couple, Julian and Marissa met four years ago at an art show at Wildcat. Local boy Julian first tasted genuine Buffalo wings when visiting Marisa’s hometown of Binghamton, New York. A college town, it’s just three hours from Buffalo – the birthplace of chicken wings and the writer of this column.

The trio did a self-described “Home Depot renovation” themselves, transforming the space previously occupied by Chino’s Rock & Tacos. With multiple flat screen TVs, the dining room has the feel of a sports bar. The yellow walls are lined with black banquettes. Outside a counter with stools is ideal for checking out passersby and beer consumption, no matter the hour.

With care, fast food can be good food. Julian after all attended Santa Barbara City College School of Culinary Arts, alma mater to several of the best chefs in town. Here, the chicken and beef are hormone and antibiotic free and from Shalhoob Meat Company. The fries are hand cut and never frozen, chicken is hand breaded, and rolls are freshly baked. Local tri-tip is cooked on an oak fire. Lettuce wraps are available for the health

A big guy (“six foot two and one half ”) with a big laugh and personality, Michael Gould looks

like he’d know BBQ… and he does. His well-worn black leather hat – a Barmah from Australia – is not typical of his native Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Growing up, Michael worked in his parents’ steak and seafood restaurant. At just 14, he hit the high seas fishing for giant blue fin tuna. “Working eighteen-hour days, seven days a week builds your work ethic real quick,” he says of the dangerous job.

Michael clocks the same exhausting hours as the chef/owner of Kaptain’s Firehouse BBQ, which opened in January. Today, he downs a Rock Star energy drink as country and blues plays in his Isla Vista place.

Kaptain’s menu is a carnivore’s dream, and the clientele is decidedly male at lunch. Tasty and tender BBQ tri-tip sandwiches are named after the Channel Islands. “I don’t worry about cholesterol, but I probably should,” says Michael, a Santa Barbarian for 34 years now. Non-meat options are a Grilled Portabella Mushroom Sandwich and Veggie Burger; $7.95 and $6.95, respectively.

Dining is al fresco at a few tables out

front. Though the Kaptain’s menu is also served at the bar next door, The Study Hall. A pass-thru window and French door connect the two establishments.

Michael likes to hit the festival circuit. He outsold every other vendor at last month’s Lucidity Festival, billed as a transformational arts and music event. Each fall, he’s Burning Man bound with

Jersey-born waitress Drue Fitzgerald is a freshman studying film production at Santa Barbara City College.

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• FridayMay 10–Second FridayWe know what First Thursday means – music, art, and shopping in Downtown Santa Barbara – but what about Second Friday? The Santa Barbara Tennis Club wants you to associate that date with the art openings in its Club Gallery. Tonight, on this second Friday in may, the club hosts the group show About Face. of particular interest here is the series of mixed media works titled metamorphoGRAPHS. These collaborations of photographer Patricia Houghton Clarke and painter Stuart Carey are joined by pieces from artists Sara Lytle, Henry Rasmussen, Neil Crosbie, and Barry Spacks. 2375 Foothill Road; 5 to 7pm.

• SaturdayMay 11–B’argh’ains HereShiver me timbers, it’s the seventh annual Harrrbor Nautical Swap Meet! Bring some doubloons down to the main harbor near marina 3, and leave with some treasure. Aye, you’ll be a landlubber no more after you pick up the maritime gear available to ye here. You’ll be saying “ahoy” and, and – I’m sorry, you guys, but I can’t do this anymore. I’m no pirate, just a guy that Googled “pirate sayings.” Now you know. And now you also know that if you want to drink coffee, chomp on some donuts, or pal around with some seafaring friends, you can do so this morning from 8 to 11am. It’s all here: fishing equipment, sailboat rigging, boat parts, surfboards, kayaks, and more. Entrance is free. Apply for a vendor booth ($10) at the Harbormaster’s office or at www.santabarbaraca.gov/goverment/departments/waterfront. Argh.

–Strings in Hahn Hall“Where is tonight’s Santa Barbara Strings spring concert?” “Hahn?” “I said, where is the Story-telling with Strings Attached: Carnival of the Animals – an original student string ensemble production with illustration and poetry – being performed tonight?” “Hahn?!” “can’t you hear me? I want to know where to go at 7pm for the free concert that also features soloists performing pieces by Vivaldi, Bach, and others!” “Hahn Hall!” “Well, why didn’t you just say so in the first place?!” Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West is located at 1070 Fairway Road. For those wanting to keep this morning’s theme going, Hans Zimmer’s The Pirates of the Caribbean will also be performed.

• SundayMay 12–Hi MomTo all the mothers reading this issue of the Sentinel, I say sincerely, happy mother’s Day. As someone that has a mother, I can tell you from experience that we children don’t always make your job easy, so thank you for all you do for us. Having said that, let’s get to the best part of any holiday: the food. Take mom down to _____________ (*hint hint* one of our magnificent advertisers) for mother’s Day dinner.

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that readers can attend, let us know at 805-845-1673 or email us at [email protected]. We’ll consider all suggestions, but we will give extra consideration to unusual events and/or items, especially those accompanied by a good visual, particularly one that has yet to be published.

–Young Musicians Take the Stagemom might also enjoy this afternoon’s concert at Trinity Episcopal Church at 1500 State Street. Astonishments! Young Artists in Concert features boys and girls performing a program of music for voice, piano, flute, and other instruments. children playing music might not be your thing, but think of your mother – it’s her day, after all – and let her enjoy the young ones as she thinks about how you used to be cute once, too (before you became a teenager and then moved out a few years later and then decided to never call her anymore). This concert is free and starts at 3:30pm.

• MondayMay 13–All Jazzed UpYouTube commenters are known for their obnoxious, immature, unfiltered hatred of most things, but when they like something, they can be as flattering as they are usually rude: “Kristin can not only sing and play the bass like a virtuoso, but she’s also hot,” one YouTuber opines on the page for one of jazz musician and singer Kristin Korb’s more popular videos. That’s what you might call a music-biz trifecta, and you can witness it yourself tonight at the SOhO Restaurant and Music Club (1221 State Street). $10 gets you in at 6:30pm to see the world-touring artist with her trio. Taking inspiration from greats like charles mingus and Ella Fitzgerald, Korb swings by Santa Barbara tonight only to play songs from her new album.

• TuesdayMay 14–Lunching for a CauseYou have no excuse; I’ve identified for you the absolute easiest, most enjoyable possible way to donate to a good cause. Take your lunch break this Tuesday at the Wine Cask at 813 Anacapa Street. The local non-profit Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County seeks to provide safe and affordable housing to the people of Santa Barbara. In this effort, the organization is raising funds for the Canon Perdido Affordable Homes Project, which will house 43 people. All you have to do is mention Habitat for Humanity to your server at lunch, and 10% of your bill will benefit the project. If you can’t make it out of the office today, keep the idea in mind – this lunch promotion runs until the end of may.

• WednesdayMay 15–Rolling ThroughToday the prestigious Amgen Tour of California comes to Santa Barbara. The Amgen Tour is an eight-day professional bicycle race that attracts world-class cycling teams and serious cycling fans. This is day four of the race; cyclists started today’s ride in Santa clarita and will head to Avila Beach tomorrow. Join the crowd at the finish line at cabrillo and calle cesar chavez from 2 to 2:30pm for the Velo Wings Awards, which honor three women active in our local cycling scene.

–Drone DebateIf you would like to inform, reaffirm, or challenge your opinion on a very serious issue, tonight’s debate, Drone Warfare: Prospects and Dangers, is for you. Join Jeff Greenfield of PBS and Yahoo News as he moderates the discussion between experts David Cole, Mary Ellen O’Connell, and Avery Plaw. Presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures in conjunction with the College of Letters & Science and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center; campbell Hall; 8pm; free. call 805.893.3535 or www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu for more information.

–Solutions to PollutionIce cream, pizza, and saving the ocean from plastic marine debris: those items are typically enjoyable individually, so putting them all together for the Flows to the Ocean Community Night should make for a fun evening. Explore Ecology hosts this event at the Watershed Resource Center (2981 cliff Drive) that will give students an opportunity to educate the community by showing off projects that explore solutions to environmental problems. Learn how you can help save the ocean by joining these young environmentalists from 5 to 7pm. It’s free and open to the public. Find more information at www.exploreecology.org.

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• ThursdayMay 16–Bikes on FilmSingletrack High is a documentary by local filmmakers Jacob and Issac Seigel-Boettner. Last year, they turned their cameras to the young cyclists of the Norcal High School cycling League. What they produced with the footage is a feature length film that promotes the benefits of the sport. Tonight’s 7pm screening at the Lobero Theatre seeks to raise funds for the Santa Barbara Bike Coalition’s efforts to purchase bicycles and a cargo trailer to aid their work with Santa Barbaran youth. Tickets are $10 for students, $13.50 for everyone else. Go to www.bicicentro.org and www.lobero.com for more information.

• FridayMay 17–Solutions to Pollution IIAre you aware of the ocean? You should be after Wednesday’s Explore Ecology event (you also live next to one), but if you’re still not sure of the impact your actions have on our environment, you might consider tonight’s Evening of Ocean Awareness event. Brought to you by Home Planet Productions and taking place in their studios at 735 State Street, this chocked-full program features music, speakers, films, and more. Highlights include a screening of Susan Rockefeller’s Environmental Film Festival winning short “mission of mermaids” and a performance by our friend from last week’s column, Spencer the Gardener. The free educational fun starts at 5:30pm and ends at 7:30pm, at which point attendees will make their way to the funk zone for an after-party sponsored by new bar and restaurant Seven Bar & Kitchen.


providers of online options.”Much of education in the early school

years is memorization of content. Why not do all that we can to individualize that process while making it both interesting and entertaining? Used wisely, technology can enhance the educational experience. Socrates once declared that writing would be the downfall of education, insisting that memorization was the only valid form of learning.

If we’d stopped with the Socratic method, we wouldn’t even have wax tablets, much less Wikipedia at our fingertips.

With online instruction, children can advance at their own pace, repeating challenging concepts without delaying the whole class, and homework either becomes irrelevant or an extension of online instruction where parents can assist. Teacher of the Year, Dos Pueblos math instructor Kelly Choi, has “flipped” standard instruction methods. She has students watch online videos as homework, then in class, where they apply the video to the math assignments, she can work with them individually.

From high school to college, the benefits and savings grow even greater. While the socialization in K-12 remains an important a factor for development of such social skills like cooperation, sharing, fairness, and working in groups, the campus-based experience in college is less so. Many urban universities have thousands of students; it is a rarity to have two classes with the same person. Massive lecture halls are common and no one checks your homework, so self-motivation becomes a necessity of performance.

Santa Barbara City College, whose required lecture courses fill up in the first hours of open enrollment, create a bottleneck of opportunity, sometimes delaying graduation or transfer to a four-year institutions. According to Assemblyman Williams, now Chair of the Higher Education Committee, less than 54 percent of California degree seekers complete their Bachelor’s in six years.

While enrollment in our State community colleges dropped to a 20-year low due to budget slashing of classes and professors, the University of California chapter of the American Federation of Teachers remains resistant to online education. According to union president Bob Samuels, they prefer to “use our collective bargaining power to make sure that this move to distance education is done in a fair and just way for our

known as patients, fully expect to leave the doctor’s office with something in hand. Doesn’t have to be a cure, so long as they feel better. So we’ve moved from “do no harm” to “give ‘em a prescription!”

There’s a lot of money to be made in convincing people that if you can’t fix their problem, you can at least make them forget they have one. And nobody loves this more than the booming field of pharma-psychology. So you have a bad marriage. You’re depressed. Take this pill. You’ll still have a bad marriage. But you’ll feel better about it.

That’s pill culture. Little wonder we have a problem.

The Santa Barbara County Department of Alcohol and Drug Program is putting on a town hall forum on prescription drug abuse at the Faulkner Gallery on May 14th from 6-7:30pm. A portion of Behind The Orange Curtain, a documentary about teen prescription drug abuse, will start the forum, followed by a panel discussion, including one of the ER doctors that busted Diaz. Similar forums follow in Santa Ynez and Santa Maria.

Socrates & Cyber Educationby Loretta Redd

A ssemblyman Das Williams may find himself in a squeeze as both a life-

long friend to unions and a champion of improving education.

There is a cyber revolution coming to the classroom, though not everyone is joyful about the change. In the world of K-12, we have children who have grown up using a smart phone as a pacifier, who look to computers for information like we looked to Big Bird on Sesame Street, and for whom the internet is a source of worldwide multicultural connection.

Public education, once the sacred ground of democrats, has been suffering greatly in the hands of political budget cutbacks, while teacher unions blame anything but themselves for some abysmally performing public schools. While the revolution in online learning allows classrooms to customize coursework and frees instructors to spend time with individuals rather than teaching to the masses, some union representatives perceive this potential as a threat.

The Wall Street Journal says that the wave of cyber education “...will bring about a massive and cost-saving substitution of technology for traditional labor. That means fewer teachers per student... It’ll be far more difficult for unions to organize... and much more diversity in educational offerings where money and jobs will flow out of the regular schools and into new

Those little prescription containers in your bathroom don’t seem all

that threatening. But prescription drug abuse is indeed on the rise, and with it, overdoses and death.

It seems odd that anyone could abuse something that is prescribed by a doctor, and dispensed by a pharmacy. Those two steps would seem to provide barriers that would make this category of drug abuse less likely than others. If it’s harder to simply get something, isn’t it harder to abuse it?

Au contraire. Last year, Dr. Diaz was arrested on Milpas by the DEA for distributing controlled substances outside the scope of professional practice and without legitimate medical purpose. Local law enforcement and doctors working the emergency room at Cottage dealt with multiple prescription drug overdoses, 11 of them fatal, all of them patients of Diaz. Two brave doctors at Cottage realized Diaz was not following the oath to ‘do no harm,’ and pursued a complaint with the Medical Board of California, whose job is to license doctors and investigate physician misconduct.

The complaint disappeared down a black hole. That same board is now coming under fire for failing to discipline doctors who recklessly overprescribe. Seems they won’t police their own, so the state is looking to hand that job to the Attorney General.

The Attorney General has her own struggles. The database used to track prescriptions and doctors, CURES, is under-funded, and pretty much defunct.

Some pharmacies refused to fill Dr. Diaz’s prescriptions. But apparently not all…

The SBPD and Sheriff’s Office contacted the DEA, who ultimately arrested and prosecuted Diaz, also known as “The Candy Man.” He was charged with 12 counts of over-prescribing prescription drugs, and stripped of his license to practice medicine.

So clearly people do abuse prescription drugs, with the complicit aid of a doctor, but legitimate users are also dying. They combine pills without understanding that some combinations can be lethal. Your doctor is supposed to advise you, but with so many pills flooding the market, how could the average doctor possibly know every single effect from what must be thousands of unique possible combinations?

No one has that vast bio-chemical knowledge and if they did, the odds of them also being your GP are astronomically low.

Then there are pharm parties, where teens raid medicine cabinets at home, dump pills into a big bowl, everything from painkillers to blood thinners to arthritis medications, and scoop out a handful, and down them. The point is to get high without knowing what you’re high on. You get a different high at every party.

The overdose and lethal combination potential isn’t even registering in teen consciousness. A doctor prescribed it, so it’s gotta be safe, right?

To me, the major culprit in prescription drug abuse is the creation of pill culture, courtesy of big pharmaceutical companies via enormous marketing campaigns. Watch any TV station with a target-rich audience, Spike, OWN, Fox, and you’ll be bombarded with commercials that promise pills for any condition:

Need to lose weight? Or not bulked up enough? Low energy? Or need to dial it down so you can

sleep? Got a kid with ADHD? Is your sexual appetite waning? Need something to protect against

pregnancy when your mate is on sexual stimulant pills?

Got mysterious pains? Feeling down?

Well, Hey – We’ve Got A Pill For That!

They trot out happy people riding bikes, shopping at the farmers’ market, gazing happily at nature-laden landscapes while ominous warnings issue from a smooth, hypnotic voice, with all the excitement of a golf tournament broadcast, in Mandarin: may cause liver failure, eyeballs to fall out, dissolving of skin, homicidal urges, unexpected instantaneous immolation, and so on…

The result: incredible demand for pills. A new truth has taken root deep in our psyches: there’s a pill for everything. My doctor can prescribe it for me… and worry about side effects and sudden death.

Doctors confide that a new “customer is always right” philosophy has invaded medical practice, and customers, formerly

Opinion, stories, events, and people that shape Santa Barbarasbview.com

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members.” Samuels fears losing “classes taught by

lecturers.” That’s almost funny, because most auditorium-sized lecture halls I’ve been in rarely have the brightest and the best of educators at the podium. By lectures’ end, the majority look like giant bedrooms with students either on their phones, or covered in sleep-drool.

According to Inside Higher Education, Samuels wants a provision barring campuses from creating online courses that would result in “a change to a term or condition of employment “ of any lecturer without first dealing with the union. “We feel that we could stop almost any online program through this contract.”

And he’s proud of that?A spokeswoman for the Office of the

President of the University of California verified that if the union wanted to fight the online efforts, they could “go through the same process of mediation, fact-finding, and if necessary, a university mandate and potentially a union strike.”

If union challenges were prolific, it could mean the loss of the cost savings of online education. I agree that there needs to be standards and certifications in place – methods to measure academic equivalency and outcomes between on-site and online coursework to protect academic proficiency. But can we please think about the benefits to the students, rather than Sacramento’s loss of union support or threats to some professor’s academic egos?

This March, state Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) invited the consideration of 50 online classes to substitute the “most oversubscribed lower division” courses required statewide for graduation. Steinberg is comfortable with the purchase of classes from commercial providers or out-of-state colleges, as long as their content is determined by a California faculty panel to be of a high enough quality.

SB 520, according to Steinberg, “would reshape higher education by partnering it with the technology that prevents students from completing courses.” Predictably, there was blowback from Cal State faculty union President Lillian Taiz. “We want to maintain academic credibility and the delivery of accessible, quality public education, rather than chase the latest private sector fad.”

Lillian, if you think online education is simply a “fad,” you could probably use a digital education of your own. Saving money, serving students and raising standards ought to be our focus, not saving your job.

Business Beatby Ray Estrada

Solstice Announces Workshop Opening

The 2013 Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Workshop Open House,

from 4 to 7pm May 17 at 515 Garden St., is the official opening of the workshop for this year’s parade, which begins at noon June 22 on State Street.

“We are really grateful to have this space again, donated by local businessman Alan Macy,” said 15-year nonprofit Solstice Executive Director Claudia Bratton.

Those who attend the workshop can meet the artists, costumers, mask makers, technical staff and see what is planned for the Solstice Parade. This year’s posters and T-shirts will be available for purchase at the workshop open house. Light refreshments will be offered.

“Our theme of ‘Creature’ will inspire lots of interesting, colorful floats and ensembles,” Bratton said.

Starting May 18, the workshop will be open to the public with regular hours from 3 to 8pm Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and noon to 6pm Saturday and Sunday.

If anyone has supplies to donate to the workshop, they can bring them to the Workshop after May 8. A list of needed art supplies and materials is on the Solstice website, www.solsticeparade.com. The workshop is in the same space it was last year while the regular location is still being used as a construction staging area for the City Water Processing Plant.

The Solstice Festival in Alameda Park will be June 21, 22 and 23. It opens at 4pm June 21 with theatrical and musical entertainment until 9pm. The festival resumes at noon June 22 with entertainment until 8pm. The Solstice Children’s Festival is open June 22 and 23 from noon to 6pm with family and children’s activities, free art projects, booths and music. Arts and crafts booths, food booths, and a beer and wine garden will be open for all three days of the festival.

The Solstice celebration has grown into Santa Barbara’s largest arts event. It draws more than 100,000 spectators from around the world, with more than 1,200 parade participants. As a 501(c)3, nonprofit community organization, the Solstice Celebration has become a year-round organization, bringing the community together through the arts. For more information, call the Solstice office at (805) 965-3396.

SB County Moving Ahead in Wake of Recession

S anta Barbara County is crawling out of the recession with gains in

employment and home prices, experts told several hundred people at the May 2 annual UCSB Economic Forecast Summit at the Granada Theatre.

“People are getting back to work,” said Peter Rupert, head of the UCSB Economic Forecast Project. “But most of the new jobs are low paying.”

Rupert said it’s best to look at the employment-to-population ratio rather than just the unemployment rate, which

is 7.8 percent in the county. From 2009 to 2012, the best-paying new jobs were in mining, but not many of those are available. Most new jobs are in intelligence technology, retail and restaurant help.

Farm workers are the most plentiful employees in Santa Barbara County, where agriculture is a billion-dollar industry. Almost no new government jobs could be found in the county last year because of downsizing in the public sector, Rupert said.

It was interesting to note, Rupert said, that county home prices started falling several years ago earlier than in the rest of the country and state, but now are rising back ahead of the nation.

Another speaker at the summit, Douglas Elliott, a Brookings Institute professor and former banker, said he is optimistic the government is doing the right things to prevent another economic crisis like the one that struck in 2008. However, he said, some banks “will still be too big to fail.”

Elliott said he trusts most of the legislation aimed at protecting against another crisis, but he warned that a balance is needed. He said many types of lending institutions, big, medium and small, still are needed in the U.S. economy. “We have to watch out for too many belts and suspenders,” he said.

He said he is concerned about proposed legislation that calls for breaking up the

big banks. “There is too much emphasis on ‘too big to fail,’” Elliott said.

As for global finance, Elliott said it is “moving forward.” He stated, “We will have more crises,” but nations must work to make them less severe.

Another summit speaker, former federal Special Inspector General Neil Barofsky disagreed. He said most European nations are moving back toward recession. And, he said, the United States could be “on the path to another financial crisis” because laws to prevent another one aren’t strong enough.

Barofsky was the lead enforcer in the federal Troubled Asset Recovery Program, which bailed out hundreds of U.S. banks with the aid of hundreds of millions of Treasury dollars.

Even though Barofsky said he had seen rampant corruption during his days fighting the drug cartels in Colombia, he said he was appalled at the extent of fraud found in the past decade in the U.S. mortgage industry, which was a key factor in igniting the global recession.

Basically, he said, mortgage companies would give a home loan to anyone without a job or ability to pay it back and then sell that debt along with others in bundles to institutions that would buy them. “This was the economic equivalent to 9/11,” he said, comparing the lending fraud to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Barofsky said the large lending companies thought they could get away with this because no one thought they would risk their reputations by being so bold.

However, Barofsky said laws to prevent this from happening again aren’t doing the job. “The nation’s largest banks are twenty percent larger today,” he said. “The bills are preserving the status quo.” He said the Department of Justice has admitted it is afraid to jail corrupt bankers for fear of causing another crisis.

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To encourage more reseeding and volunteers in my garden, I do the following.

Avoid hybrids. Instead, I choose the old fashioned, open-pollinated, or “heirloom” varieties of plants such as California poppy, columbine, coneflower, gloriosa daisy, marigold, morning glory, oriental poppy, petunia, shasta daisy, sunflowers, zinnias. These are more likely to bloom true to the parent plants.

I don’t deadhead. To some folks it could look messy, but I do not cut off the dead flower heads after they’re bloomed out. In order for flowering plants to reseed, these heads must be kept on the plant long enough for the seeds contained in them to mature and dry.

Harvest. When the seed heads are fully dry and brown I cut them off with scissors or pruners. I put them in labeled paper bags and sow them later on in the appropriate season. Or, I crumble them off the plants right there in the garden and scatter them around. Eventually they’ll come up and replace or add to the existing parent plants.

If I don’t have time to do either, I simply leave them on the plants to dry and chances are that they’ll make their way into the soil on their own and germinate.

I don’t use too deep a layer of a compost or mulch on top of the seeds as this will prevent them from coming up.

Relocate. If I want to move some of the little seedlings to other places in my garden or to thin them out, I dig carefully around each one with a small trowel or spoon. I do this right after they grow their first set of true leaves. I try to disturb the roots as little as possible and water them

in, right after I transplant them.There are many common garden plants

that readily reseed if given overhead watering and favorable conditions. Some are annuals and some perennials. A partial list includes:

Alpine strawberriesAlyssumBachelor’s buttonsCalendulaCalifornia poppyCleomeCosmosForget-me-notGodetia HollyhocksImpatiensLarkspurLavenderLobeliaLove-in-a-mistLupinePride of MadeiraNasturtiNigellaOpium poppies Shirley poppiesSnapdragonsStockSweet WilliamTomatoesViola (Johnny jump-ups)Wild strawberry

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summer crops continue planting beets, carrots, corn, cukes, eggplant, green beans, leaf lettuce, lima beans, melons, peppers, pumpkins, radishes, squash, Swiss chard, tomatoes and turnips and herbs.

good company, although I’m not nearly as famous as any of those people.

So anyway, my Aha! Moment was when I noticed that these aforementioned flowers were germinating (or volunteering) and thriving in the harsh, no-man’s-land of driveway cracks and the inhospitable

D id you ever notice that in spite of all the love and care and food and water you give your violas,

marigolds, lobelia and other annual and perennial flowers, they just sometimes don’t do well? Me too.

It wasn’t until I had one of those “aha moments” that I realized why. But, before I let you know what my aha moment was, let me tell you something about aha moments. After I had this one, I started to wonder if it was Oprah or that know-it-all Dr. Phil that started this whole aha moment thing – and, if people were even still having them. Seemed a bit passé to me, but let me go on. So, I Googled “aha moment” and discovered that, it’s actually an Aha! Moment with the A and the M capitalized and that perky exclamation point stuck right in there after the Aha. I also saw that on Oprah’s site there is a long list of celebrities describing their Aha! Moments. Glenn Close had one. Greg Kinnear had one. Julie Bowen had one and even Edie Falco had one, so I felt that at least I was in

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In the Garden withMr. Greenjeans

These colum-bine (Aquilegia chrysantha) readily reseed, especially with overhead irrigation.

Alpine strawberries are welcome volunteers around the garden. This one popped up in the daylilies.

Alyssum demonstrates the old garden adage,

“A weed is just a plant in the wrong place.” Looks

good here but when it gets too overpowering,

it’s easy to yank out.

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randy’s Quick pick

The Bonsai club of Santa Barbara will be featuring an exhibit

and sale at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden on may 18 and 19. Guests can speak with Bonsai club members, attend demonstrations and even view california native plant displays in bonsai form. Did you know that bonsai loosely translates to “tree in a tray”? To find out more about the event go to www.sbbg.org.


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in addressing the underlying causes of the homelessness in the first place (mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction, etc.). But I digress.)

At the end of the day, I don’t think it is highly controversial to suggest that there is at least one common thread weaving its way through all constituencies in most rational conversations on the issue: Overly aggressive, potentially dangerous folks who refuse to comply with even the most basic laws and generally make a mockery of our law enforcement and judicial systems don’t have a place on the streets of Santa Barbara. Come to think of it, they don’t really have a place in houses in the quiet neighborhoods of Santa Barbara either. Hmmm… maybe it isn’t a homeless problem at all. Maybe it’s just a jerk problem.

Thanks again Jose, see you at the Coffee Cat soon. – MSM)

The Real Cost of VA Benefits II

Matt, after sending you my letter last week (The Real Cost of VA Benefits, Vol. 2, Issue 17), I spent some more time in the cogs of the bureaucratic machine. And the more I dug into this issue of VA benefits and the “means test,” the more Byzantine it became. The kind lady in the Atlanta office with whom I discussed this for an hour says these issues are cropping up daily and some abrupt and startling bills are sent to vets because of internal inaccuracies and misinformation. Some of these vets are among those whose coping mechanisms have been trashed by trauma yet, suddenly, a BIG bill is dropped on them, something they can ill afford.

The problem seems to stem from misinformation within the VA and spin produced by the government to perhaps hide the reality that vets really get the short end of the stick while the voting public thinks all is well. For example, the spin would have one believe that for some extended time period, a vet returning from war is to have free VA medical benefits. That is true only if the vet can demonstrate that the reason for the medical benefit/clinic visit is in response to a military-related condition. Nonetheless, this seems not to be made clear to the returning vet, who is simply told, “free medical care.” The rub may also come when applying for private insurance coverage and prior conditions are brought in. It seems to be an area fraught with uncertainty.

So, then, the vet is later likely to open the mail and find a large bill from the VA for medical services. This creates a large area of severe uncertainty, so I, at least, am choosing to drop my VA coverage. I can afford that, fortunately, but many can’t. Thus they live in a shadow land.

If I am a big corporation or a Mitt Romney, I pay little to no tax (especially when viewed on a relative basis). The IRS allows this. But if I’m a vet – and

I’m referring not only to myself but also to these kids coming back from being in harm’s way with pieces missing or so disturbed that they are for all intents and purposes merely part human – there are different tax rules. Those rules take all gross income when looking at VA benefits; let’s just say that Romney, I think, uses the net. (In the former it is any and all moneys run through one’s accounts; the latter is what’s left after deductions of capital gains that are taxed.) It is this difference that prompts questions.

I think there is enough in this to make a good series of stories from vets and get this out in front of the public. Sharon Byrne’s recent piece in the Sentinel, “Government Uh.Oh,” (Vol. 2, Issue 16) is a good start. It might also read, “Oh, the 1% and their tax, who makes up the difference?” Does it come out of the hide and pockets of our returning vets?

Dr. Edo McGowanMontecito(Editor’s Note: Thanks again, Dr.

McGowan, for the second thoughtful letter on an interesting topic in just two weeks. Prolific. Quite prolific indeed.

I’ll start with a couple interesting coincidences. I focused on the term “Byzantine” in my response to your letter last week, and then received the follow up letter above from you just before we went to print. I found it more than ironic that you reiterated the term again in your second letter. And if that weren’t enough, I too mentioned Sharon Byrne’s piece in my response; you mentioned it in your second letter. I think it’s fair to say that we are right together on this one from a big picture perspective.

Your comments regarding The Gentleman from Massachusetts’ tax issues are well-taken when read in conjunction with the “means test” comments in your prior letter, and frankly the convoluted and often hypocritical tax strategies of (some) ultra-wealthy and (some) large corporations – you know, the ones that turn tax accounting parlor tricks into “profit centers” – make me sick (especially when I am cutting hefty tax checks of my own to support a government that doesn’t exactly represent my interests or the ones of most people I know). Of course, the patently ridiculous tax code makes me sick, too, so I can’t just point the finger at the alleged “1%.” Oh ok, all right, I’ll get off the soapbox. Sorry.

The truth is that I don’t mean to punt but these are hugely complex issues that aren’t going to be solved in the letters column (this week, anyway). So let’s just end with the facts that I am for a simpler and far less Byzantine government and bureaucracy (in connection with everything from business regulation to VA benefits to tax laws and regulations) that is founded more on equality and fairness than dollars spent by persons (and corporate quasi-persons) with bones to pick and axes to grind and chips to shoulder. Is that as crazy as people want to make it sound? Too idealistic? Impossible? Well, then, I guess you might say I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one. – MSM)

Larry Bond Lets It Rip On Guns

Hi Matt, I thought I’d take you up your challenge in the heading to your letters section. So, without further ado, I’m letting her rip!

Since the defeat of the latest attempt to disarm the citizenry in the Senate, Americans have been assaulted by monotonous barrage of wailing and gnashing of teeth by those simpletons who do not comprehend the meaning of the word “infringe,” and subjected to a mega tantrum by the White House occupant (W.H.O.) who just can’t comprehend how Americans can have the temerity to defy his magnificence.

Not having Dubya Bush to blame it on any more, he chose to blame the “powerful” National Rifle Association (N.R.A.). It apparently never occurred to him or any of the groups that make up the Citizen Disarmament Coalition (C.D.C.) that the N.R.A is made up of over five million (and growing) law abiding individuals, a huge percentage of which are women who are sick of being unable to adequately defend themselves against the army of scumbags that are getting released early from the country’s prisons. It also obviously didn’t dawn on the C.D.C. that perhaps it was their lies and glaring hypocrisy, the likes of which has not been seen since prohibition, and

the tawdry manner in which the W.H.O. exploited the emotional anguish of the Sandy Hook victims’ families by using them as stage props for his political photo ops, instead of relying on the facts, that was responsible for them getting smashed.

“Facts are stubborn things.” – Benjamin Franklin

I completely understand that the C.D.C. has its collective mind made up and doesn’t want to be confused by the facts, but let’s review some of them anyway.

Annual Murders By Firearms: 298 – Los Angeles (2011)414 – New York (2012)508 – Chicago (2012)324 – Philadelphia (2012)346 – Detroit (2012)

Annual Deaths From Various Causes:Tobacco: 529,000Medical errors: 195,000Unintentional injuries: 118,021Alcohol abuse: 107,400Vehicle accidents: 34,485 Unintentional poisoning: 31,758Drug abuse: 25,500Unintentional falls: 24,792Non-firearm homicides: 16,799Firearm homicides: 11,493


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F or his near-lifelong dedication to the sport of cycling, his indomitable spirit and impassioned leadership

commitment to the local organizing committee in originally bringing the Amgen Tour of California to the shores of Santa Barbara in 2006 and now next week, Barney Berglund is named our newest Volunteer of the Month.

“We knew we wanted to bring the Amgen Tour of California back and Barney was one of the first people to whom we turned,” says Kathy Janega-Dykes, president and CEO of the Santa Barbara Conference & Visitors Bureau and Film Commission. “His cycling expertise is a key ingredient that was needed to help ensure our success.”

Stage 4 of “The Tour” is an 83.6-mile stretch next Wednesday (May 15) from Santa Clarita to the Finish Line along Cabrillo Boulevard.

Then the Stage 5 Start is at 11:00am on Thursday (May 16) and ends 115.4 miles up the coast in Avila Beach.

“This is the first time since 2006 that we’ve had a Finish and a Start,” says Berglund.

(The Tour also came through Santa Barbara in 2007 and 2008 – Starts only.)

“Barney knows that having the Amgen Tour of California (ATOC) pass through Santa Barbara encourages cycling, promotes health and fitness, adds to the character of our community and benefits our local economy. Santa Barbara and the ATOC are fortunate to have Barney,” said Dan Rudd, the Co-Chair Amgen Tour of California in 2008.

Santa Barbara is also one of four cities this year to host the Breakaway Mile feature for those touched by cancer – 150 participants will walk from East Beach and cross the Finish Line together as 128 top cyclists zoom to town.

It will all have new meaning for Berglund – as he is fighting his own private battle.

Earlier this year, the searing back pain originally thought to be musculoskeletal in nature was confirmed by a February CT scan to be a baseball-sized mass on the left side of his abdomen and a rare form of cancer – retroperitoneal sarcoma.

Two chemo treatments at UCLA’s Medical Center have zapped his strength and his energies, but certainly not his will to live…

…Or his will to ride.“I think it’s [the chemo] working, so far.

The back pain is gone. We should know more later this week,” Berglund told Presidio Sports.

On good days, the rides are now little jaunts on his road bike to Summerland’s Padaro Lane, or on his beach cruiser around town.

Riding has always been a labor of love, starting as a young boy growing up in the Midwest.

“My first real bike was a black Schwinn Speedster 3-speed that I got for my seventh birthday and I could barely reach the pedals. And I still have it!” he shares with a big smile.

In high school, he started riding more seriously – his lightweight Peugeot 10-speed further exploded his horizons.

“I was riding all the time. My parents thought I was crazy to give up tennis and other sports,” he claims.

Then in college, Berglund really shifted into high gear.

That was the latter ‘70s at Colorado College in Colorado Springs – the same time the Olympic Training Center opened nearby. In 1978, the Center officially became USOC administrative headquarters.

He and housemate, friend and fellow physics major Lennard Zinn (who went on to enjoy a pro cycling career and later become a noted custom bike maker and distinguished writer for VeloNews) would sometimes join the Tuesday night Criterion practices at a big industrial park that would often include Olympic athletes, such as speed skating Gold Medalist Eric Heiden and his sister, Beth.

It all fostered an incredible zeal for cycling.

After graduating with a physics degree and, later, an MBA degree in hand, Berglund joined Corporate America and enjoyed a 17-year ride with Texaco that took him from Denver to New York to Copenhagen.

From there, he later joined a Swedish real estate firm before returning to the States in 2000 as a consultant.

With family in San Diego, he decided that Santa Barbara would be a great place to raise his three kids – Jonas (now 26), Willie (now 23) and Erika (now 19).

Plus, he wanted to get back to cycling a little more seriously beyond riding just to keep in shape.

After a four-year stint as an entrepreneur, stand up paddleboard distributor and retailer (Blueline Paddlesurf) – he now serves as Chief Financial Officer for WestPac Campus Communities.

And although he has now had to give up some of his community commitments, he’s never lost his love for the open road.

Says Berglund:“I’ve always enjoyed the freedom of

riding a bike and to explore places far from home. For the beginner, riding can be a little scary with traffic and the worry of crashing on a steep descent, but just when you think you can’t go any further you’re amazed at how far and how fast you’ve gone. Cycling is a great endurance sport – you get to experience the flats, the hills and the weather and even curse the rain, all under your own power and you always feel better when you’re done.”

With his current health challenges, he’s relied on a couple of special friends to help see Santa Barbara through its Amgen Tour of California commitments.

“Jack Bianchi and Susie Willett have stepped up as co-chairs,” says Berglund.

Both are no strangers to the sport.“And they’ve done a wonderful job in

taking up what is a chaotic and fulltime effort. But I know that they will appreciate how worthwhile it all is when the race comes to town,” he adds.

“Barney has always been a top cyclist and was out in front of it [bringing the tour to Santa Barbara] the whole time,” says Bianchi.

“We are a team of three,” embellishes Willett of she, Berglund and Bianchi.

“I have a passion for cycling and love bringing the sport to town to showcase these high-level athletes,” Susie says. “And on a personal note, I am very glad to help Barney out.”

“Terry Dahl has also done an excellent job as Volunteer Coordinator,” furthers Berglund. “And they still need people to help as road marshals and in other ways. If you can help, please sign up. ”

EDITOR’S NOTE: Volunteers often go under-recognized even though they are extremely important to the athletic community. Each Month, Presidio Sports recognizes a local sports volunteer that

selflessly donates his or her time for the benefit of many. Each awardee receives a gift certificate to Paradise Café as a small token of our appreciation. This award is made possible by Pacific Western Bank.

Santa Barbara Sports Figure of the Month: Jack Bianchiby Barry Punzal

After taking some time off, Jack Bianchi is piling up the mileage on

his bike and running again.There’s a big race coming up and

Bianchi is getting ready for it.Bianchi, 70, is an outstanding senior

endurance sports athlete and a survivor of advanced stage cancer.

He’s also quite the humanitarian. Just as he does in workouts and in competitions, Bianchi pours his energy and passion into supporting worthy causes. He’s started and organized events that have raised more than $1 million to support the Santa Barbara Cancer Center’s Wellness Program and cancer research.

Bianchi will be at it again when the Amgen Tour of California professional cycling stage race comes through Santa Barbara next week.

Presidio Sports is honored to name Jack Bianchi as its Sports Figure of the Month.

The fourth stage of the eight-stage “America’s Greatest Race” is an 83.6-mile ride from Santa Clarita that finishes on Cabrillo Blvd in front of the Fess Parker Doubletree Hotel on Wednesday at around 3:45pm. On Thursday, the riders will reassemble on Cabrillo Blvd. for the start of Stage 5, an 115.6-mile trek to Avila Beach, at 11am.

Bianchi is a co-chairperson for the local organizing committee with Susie Willett and Barney Berglund. Bianchi and Willett stepped up to assist Berglund, who is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer.

Among Bianchi’s responsibilities is setting up a VIP tent, where the public can enjoy food, cold drinks and a prime viewing location at the finish line. Entry to the tent is $75 (or $100 if purchased after May 12).

“We turned it into a fundraiser for the Julie Main Endowment,” Bianchi said. “My wife and I helped set up an endowment for her a few years ago. The money raised from the VIP tent and beer tent will go toward that endowment.”

Julie Main was a champion in creating and promoting cutting-edge health and fitness programs for cancer patients before she passed away from the disease in 2009.

The money from the endowment goes to the Cancer Center’s Wellness Program, which offers a variety of classes and services at no charge to patients.

“It’s been so successful,” Bianchi said. “Five thousand people have gone through this program.”

Working with a sport he enjoys and raising money for the Cancer Center is a perfect match for Bianchi, who owes his life to local cancer doctor and devoted

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Sports Volunteer of the Month: Barney Berglundby Randy Weiss

Barney Berglund helped get the Amgen Tour of California to Santa Barbara.


cyclist Lindsay Blount. The two met in 1992 when Bianchi was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in his throat and tongue.

“I wasn’t given a good chance to make it,” Bianchi recalled.

He said there was a “tumor board” at UCLA, where the doctors would discuss the survival chances of cases. Blount was on the board.

“Lindsay was right out of UCLA and he says, ‘I want him. I’ll save him,’” Bianchi said of the story he was told.

He said when they met, Blount noticed the type of watch he was wearing and knew immediately that Bianchi was an endurance sports athlete.

On the conversation Dr. Blount had with him before beginning treatment, Bianchi said: “He told me, ‘We’re going to beat you up and you’re going to want to die, but I’m going to save you.’ Those were his exact words.”

Bianchi doesn’t have a big S on his chest, but the speed of his recovery after chemotherapy, radiation and surgery is nothing short of super.

“I ran a marathon eleven months after I first started radiation, which I did twice a day,” he said. “I ran 3:28 and I just started to pick it up, and I got to 3-0’s (under 3:10). I won my class a few times.”

Dr. Blount encouraged him in cycling and talked Bianchi into “doing this crazy race in Death Valley.”

He later got into doing run-bike-run duathlons and made the U.S. Duathlon team in his mid-50s. He traveled all over the world for competitions and earned a world ranking.

Bianchi took a break from competition last year, but his “older buddies” are calling him back into the fold. He’s increased his training regimen, averaging 40 miles on his rides and doing six-mile runs.

The longer workouts have helped him handle all the responsibilities and small details that go into preparing for the Amgen Tour of California’s stop in Santa Barbara.

“It’s actually really picked up my motivation,” he said of doing the greater distances.

Bianchi admits that even though he’s in a leadership position for a high-profile event, he prefers working behind the scenes.

“I like the event, don’t get me wrong, but I’m on the backside of things,” he said. “I’m always interested in income stream, how this works, how that works, how can you make it better. It requires so many volunteers and how you treat those volunteers and make them feel really appreciated.”

He definitely knows how to make people feel appreciated.

Bianchi said there is a need for more race-day volunteers. Interested persons can find out more information by emailing [email protected].

You can register to be a volunteer at amgentourofcalifornia.com/Tour/volunteer

EDITOR’S NOTE: Each Month, Presidio Sports recognizes a local sports figure for his or her extraordinary contribution to the Santa Barbara athletic community. Each awardee receives a gift certificate to Paradise Café as a small token of our appreciation. This award is made possible by American Riviera Bank.

Athletes of the Weekby John Dvorak

Santa Barbara High’s Jonathan Collins and Kelsey O’Brien were named

Athletes of the Week at Monday’s Athletic Round Table press luncheon.

Collins was the medalist at last week’s Channel League Individual Boys Golf Tournament. The Dons senior carded a six-under 66 at Soule Park on the second day to run away with the title. He finished a total of nine-under par with a total of 135.

“I am really proud of the way Jonathan played these last two days,” said Dons head coach James Bedard at the time. “He really wanted to go out and perform and win this event. He is playing great right now and at the perfect time.”

Collins was not in attendance because the team was competing in the Northern Area CIF Team Regional on Monday.

O’Brien was a force for the Dons at the Channel League Swimming & Diving Championships. The senior won individual titles in the 50 and 100 freestyle. O’Brien anchored two winning relay teams in the 200 and 400 free, posting the fastest split in both races.

The 200 free relay team set a new meet record with a time of 1:39.10.

O’Brien was also an Athlete of the Week in January for water polo.

Honorable Mentions were Duncan Gordon, Carpinteria Baseball; Robby Nesovic, UCSB Baseball; Alex Valente, Dos Pueblos Swimming; Graham Maassen, Santa Barbara High Tennis; Connor McManigal, Santa Barbara High Baseball; Derek Masterson, UCSB Track & Field; Joey Epperson, UCSB Baseball; Emma Redick, Dos Pueblos Track & Field; Catalina Maldonado, Carpinteria Softball; Janelle Nguyen, Dos Pueblos Swimming; Sami Stark, UCSB Softball.

UCSB’s 2013 Men’s Soccer Schedule Features 7-game Homestandby Barry Punzal

A seven-match homestand, featuring a pair of perennially strong West

Region teams, a couple of Ivy League schools and a longtime rival, highlights the 2013 schedule for the UCSB men’s soccer team.

The Gauchos kick off the long homestand against Penn and Yale of the Ivy League on Sept. 15 and 20, respectively. They’ll follow that up with a Monday night fútbol matchup against New Mexico on Sept. 23, Stanford on Friday, Sept. 27 and Loyola Marymount on Sunday, Sept. 29.

The homestand ends with the first two games of Big West competition against Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside.

New Mexico, one of the top teams in the West, will be making its first visit to Harder Stadium since 2003.

Stanford is a program on the rise under

second-year coach Jeremy Gunn. In his first season last year, he guided the Cardinal to a 9-8-1 record, including a 1-0 win over the Gauchos.

UCSB will be facing LMU for the 32nd time. The Gauchos won last year’s meeting 2-1 and lead the series 18-12-2.

The LMU game will be UCSB’s final tune-up before Big West competition. The Gauchos open conference play at home against Cal State Fullerton on Oct. 4.

UCSB continues its traditional exhibition opener against NAIA neighbor Westmont on Saturday night, Aug. 24 before officially opening the season on the road Aug. 30 at Northwestern. Two days later, the Gauchos play at Illinois-Chicago.

Their home opener is Friday, Sept. 6 against Gonzaga. The following Friday, they travel to archrival UCLA.

UCSB is coming off a season in which it missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 10 years.

Jack Bianchi, co-chairperson for the local organizing committee responsible for bring the Amgen Tour of California to town.

Athlete of the Week Kelsey O’Brien.

UCSB soccer player Goffin Boyoko.


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And that’s just another thing to love about our town.

STUFF I LIKEI like the Pearl Chase Society and wish

I could have spent more time talking with Sue Adams about it. The bottom line is that they have done a huge amount of good around here in terms of historic preservation (among other things), and deserve our thanks. Check them out at www.pearlchasesociety.org, where you can also get your tickets for the Historic Homes Tour. (Alternatively, you could just pick up the phone and give them a buzz at 805.961.3938.) I will be there, and hope you will, too. And hey Sue, when can we continue the conversation? I truly enjoyed it.

After you’re done with the Adobe Tour, do me a favor and head down to Chase Palm Park to take part in the 2013 Take Steps Community Walk that benefits the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. My little brother (not so little anymore) has ulcerative colitis and has battled through it but it was (and is) no picnic. There will be food and music and family-friendly entertainment, so go on down and walk for little Lukie (okay, walk for Luke, he’s not so little anymore) at 4 pm. I will. (Come to think of it, hey Luke, get your ass down here and walk with me man!)

I also like the Natural Café, and have ever since I came to town back in college. Monday, May 13 is the Natty’s 20th Anniversary Celebration, and they are generously providing free dine-in entrees and music at their State Street location only from 12 – 8 pm that day. Congrats,

Kelly Brown and the whole Natural Café organization; you’re a true favorite and we’re looking forward to a couple more decades. Right on.

Finally, I like my mom. A lot. Happy Mother’s Day Lynnie! You didn’t do half-bad; thanks for everything. I also like my wife, the mother of my wonderful daughters. A lot (and in a decidedly different way). Happy Mother’s Day Babe, see you in Napa and keep up the good work. I also like my mother-in-law. A lot (again, in a decidedly different way). Happy Mother’s Day Patti, you didn’t do half-bad with Wendi, either. Ah, what the hell… I like all mothers everywhere, so have a great day, y’all. You certainly earn your keep.

Oh, and gentlemen, if you’re struggling to find that special token of your appreciation, a little birdie just told me that Waxing Poetic’s Summerland and Los Olivos boutiques are hosting “shopping experiences especially designed for men to make Mother’s Day shopping a breeze.” Great shop. No brainer. 2350 Lillie Avenue. 805.770.2847. www.waxingpoetic.com.

Have a great Mother’s Day weekend everybody. Peace.

Shingled wings now radiate from the 1860-era Arellanes-Kirk Adobe (right). (Photo courtesy Allen Zimmer)

The back of Casa de la Guerra

circa 1920, shortly before

this area became El Paseo. (Cour-

tesy Library of Congress)


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Disarming populations has resulted in the worst massacres in history:

1911 – Turkey disarmed its citizens, and between 1915 – 1917 they murdered 1.5 million Armenians.

1929 – Russia disarmed its citizens, and between 1929 – 1953 they murdered 20 million Russians.

1935 – China disarmed its citizens, and between 1948 – 1952 they murdered 30 million Chinese.

1938 – Germany disarmed its citizens, and between 1939 – 1945 they murdered 6 million Jews and others.

1956 – Cambodia disarmed its citizens, and between 1975 – 1977 they murdered 1 million educated people.

1964 – Guatemala disarmed its citizens, and between 1964 – 1981 they murdered 100,000 Mayan Indians.

1970 – Uganda disarmed its citizens, and between 1971 – 1979 they murdered 300,000 Christians.

Finally, here are a few quotes by the Founding Fathers that are relevant to the gun control conversation today:

“A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should

have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.” – George Washington

“The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed, which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation… (where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.” – James Madison, The Federalist, No. 46

“The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.” – Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers

“Are we at last brought to such and humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense?” – Patrick Henry

“The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that’s good.” – George Washington

I couldn’t agree with the foregoing any more. Thanks.

Larry BondSanta Barbara

(Editor’s Note: Whoa, Larry, you sure did let it rip. Nice.

I understand well the constitutional underpinnings of the right to bear arms and, frankly, can’t say I disagree with them in principle. But the question is what, exactly, should that right look like in practice in today’s world? Should assault rifles, for example, be freely purchased and toted around by anyone with 500 bucks and a chip on his or her shoulder? And if the rationale for permitting such conduct is to defend against a potentially tyrannical centralized government, then why stop there? Tanks? Sure. Nukes? Why not? In today’s world, that type of armament would certainly be necessary for the American citizenry to, as George Washington said, “maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government,” wouldn’t it? So where does it end? Surely some limit is appropriate.

On the flip side, I recently read that, despite overwhelming public opinion to the contrary, gun violence has actually significantly dropped since the 1990s. Huh? Who’d have thunk it, what with all the sensationalistic media coverage of savage

gun violence and political strategies aimed at frightening the public at large? (By the way, I didn’t check your “facts” but have seen similar statistics in the past.) That certainly cuts against a total ban, doesn’t it? And so I don’t disagree that some right to bear arms is not just acceptable but, dare I say, desirable.

Ultimately, ours is a nation born from rebellion and conflict and tenacity and adventure, and guns are in fact a part of our history and culture. My gut is that they are here to stay, whether constitutionally permitted or not, so we’ll have to come up with a workable solution that takes into account pros and cons, pluses and minuses, benefits and detriments.

I’m not saying that I personally have the answer here, but I can tell you that banning all guns of any shape or size is not the answer for me, and that arming elementary school teachers with military-type arsenals isn’t either. So let’s find a common sense gun reform solution that neither the NRA nor the CDC likes very much; that’s the nature of a compromise and that’s what is needed at this point on this issue. Does that make me a “simpleton?”

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I found my way to the Granada Theatre during their massive renovation and spent the next few months photographing an amazing array of workers of all stripes, as they worked tirelessly to create the theater that we see now. The night before the “official” opening was their Hardhat gala, in honor of the men and women who put so much soul and spirit into our beloved theater.

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A nother week has passed since my last workout graced these fine pages and I have a question for all y’all: What have YOU done to make change in YOUR life?

I’ve heard every excuse and reason and rationalization for why people can’t get in shape. Come to think of it, I’d be a wealthy woman if I had a nickel for every time I heard “I’ll start next week, Jenny” or “If I only had more time, Jenny” or “I have to get in better shape before I come to your class, Jenny” or “I’m not going to be able to keep up, Jenny” or the old favorite “I’m too [insert: busy, stressed, tired, etc.] from [insert: work, family, everyday life, etc.], Jenny.”

Here’s the thing: The only person you’re fooling is yourself. Make yourself and your health a priority, make a commitment and keep it, and you’ll soon find that all those excuses fall away. Just like the toxins and mood swings and negativity and extra pounds and… well, I’ll stop there.

The facts are simple: Fitness and proper nutrition will benefit every part of your life. You will look better, feel better, live longer and have the energy and stamina to do more and be a role model to those around you. I see these workouts and my program change lives when folks just like you take the step – call it a leap of faith – and stop making excuses.

And I love it.YOUR health and fitness is YOUR responsibility. So take the first step. You’ll be glad you did.

Warm Up:Jog in place – 1 minuteJumping jacks – 1 minute(Repeat for 5 minutes total)

20-Minute Cardio and Core Workout:(Do each movement consecutively for 1 minute. Work hard.)

That’s it. Thirty minutes a day this week and you’re done. (Of course, if you’re feeling strong, then do a second round of 30-second intervals. Wow.) Do it as many days as possible. Chart your progress. And if you have any questions about any of the exercises or anything else (or you want more or need a little motivation), please feel free to contact me directly at 805.698.6080 or [email protected].

Write Jenny a letter ([email protected]) or contact her directly with any questions at [email protected]. And go get ‘em, the Sentinel is rooting for you.

Fitness Professional/Life Motivator Jenny Schatzle runs the popular Jenny Schatzle Bootcamp right here in Santa Barbara. N.A.S.M , Cardio Kickboxing and SPIN Certified, Jenny was recently awarded Best Outdoor Fitness Program in town. Her motivation, energy and enthusiasm have created a community and program of all ages and fitness levels that cannot be described. It has to be experienced! Free on Saturdays at 8:30am. Go to www.jennyschatzle.com for details.

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Round 31. Back lunges2. Tricep dips3. Inner thigh squats4. Side crunches5. Hip-lifts(30-second rest)

Round 41. Side lunges2. Tricep push-ups3. Hip-lifts4. Crunches (legs straight up)5. Bicycles

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meet me and others like you who are getting fit and changing their lives. We are all about creating a positive, healthy and supportive community, so, please, all

shapes and sizes and fitness levels, come check it out. This one is on me. So… what’s your excuse now?


F or decades it was true. It really was. Americans produced horrible beer. But now, thanks to the

tireless American craft beer industry, we have lost our tarnished reputation in the global beer industry. These small, independent brewers have expanded the American beer lexicon from generic “lager” to over 100 different styles of beer. In 2006, the US congress recognized the efforts of the craft brewers and designated one week in May to be American Craft Beer Week (ACBW). Today, ACBW has grown into a nationwide celebration of more than 1,000 events in all 50 states.

And you better believe Santa Barbara is part of the party.

ACBW At The BrewhouseThis year, ACBW will take place

from May 13 to May 19. Usher in the beginning of the event at The Brewhouse where brewmaster Pete Johnson and myself will be hosting a Beer Trivia night. Winners will receive the best prize of all: beer! Trivia will begin Monday, May 13 at 6:30pm and, to kick off ACBW right, Pete will be tapping a keg of Old Rasputin Anniversary XV Barrel Aged Stout at 6pm. “Every year I like to honor one of the craft brewing pioneers,” says Pete, who has decided to share this rare beer from the historic North Coast Brewing Co.

If you can’t make it Monday night, make sure to stop into the Brewhouse anyway since Pete will be introducing a brand new beer for ACBW. The Vow of Blindness is a dark Belgian strong beer with a silky mouthfeel and flavors of toffee and pears. At 11.5% ABV this brew will challenge your sight but please your palate.

A Glimpse Of American Ale

If you are interested in learning more about the early craft beer pioneers, then make sure to attend The American Brewing Revival in California, on Wednesday, May 15, at 6:30pm. This event is a pre-opening kickoff for Santa Barbara’s newest pub, American Ale (14 East Cota Street), and will be hosted by craft beer veteran, Chuck Hiigel, and yours truly. Chuck will be presenting on the brewing pioneers who helped found the craft beer scene in California. But

this evening is more than just a history lesson about beer (although that is always the best kind of history). Chuck will be pouring vintage beers from his personal cellar and guests will get to try some of the influential beers they are learning about; he also presents with an addictive enthusiasm that combines heaps of facts with personal stories from decades of working with beer.

In others words, this is one history lesson that won’t put you to sleep.

After Chuck’s presentation, I will be displaying some of my Cicerone skills with a beer and food pairing that will showcase American Ale’s down-home farmhouse-style menu. Tickets are $40 and available at http://americanale.eventbrite.com. There are only 25 tickets so act quickly – this event will sell out and promises to be an evening full of entertainment, rare beers and great food with even better company. Come join us!

Weekly SpecialsBut that event won’t be the only food

pairings happening this week. For ACBW, Hoffmann Brat Haus will be offering $2 off when you order any of their five Our Haus to Your Haus bratwursts with any of their eight draft beers. Try the Allagash White with their Chicken Apple wurst for a light, fruity meal. The sage in the sausage will blend with the beer’s citric notes to form a tasty complexity. Or you can order the Beer Brat with an Ayinger Celebrator for a richer, more savory experience.

At Eureka!, bar manager and Certified Cicerone®, Sarah Huska, has designed a daily burger and beer pairing from their gourmet selection of burgers and world class American craft brews. This offer includes such pairings

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as Jalapeno Egg Burger with a Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye (Saturday, May 18) and guests who indulge in these matches will receive $5 off their burger. Celebrate a nationwide toast on Thursday evening (5pm) at Eureka!, where they will be hosting a Meet the Local Brewers night. Guests can mingle with local brewers and try some of their bubbling creations.

Further AfieldAs you probably don’t want to end up

in the Sentinel’s Crime Time column, the Amtrak train can provide safe, easy passage to explore beer south of Santa Barbara. The Carpinteria Amtrak station is right next to the hoppy, west coast-style beers of Island Brewing Co. Sit out in the sun and enjoy a brew in their gorgeous beach side setting.

Or you can ride the rails further south and get off at Ventura. A short, four-block walk (got to work off that beer somehow) will take you to Barrelhouse 101. This powerhouse of a pub has, you guessed it, 101 beers on tap with a diverse selection

of brews from around the globe.

Make your stay in Ventura a day trip and grab a taxi to Surf Brewery. This beach-centric brewery will be offering beer discounts and specials all week long. Their current seasonal, Strawberry Wahine, is a wheat beer brewed with strawberry that was produced especially for Oxnard’s Strawberry Festival where Surf Brewing will be pouring their beers.

Beer ResourcesThese are just a few of the events

happening in our area. May is Santa Ynez Valley Craft Beer Month and on their website (www.syvbeer.com), you can find a slew of different pairings, classes, discounts and other beery goodness. Checkout the new Facebook page Central Coast Beer Scene (www.facebook.com/CentralCaliBeer) for daily updates on the different specials that will be offered around the American Riviera. Here you will be able to find the daily special pairings for Hoffman Brat Haus and Eureka!. But the updates won’t end with ACBW’s end. The Central Coast Beer Scene page will be your source for news on upcoming beers, events and festivals along the coast.

With the array of events happening around the central coast there are plenty of opportunities to explore the local craft beer scene. These breweries enrich our community and most importantly, provide us with good beer and a reason to be proud to be an American.

Cheers.

Zach Rosen is a Certified Cicerone® and beer educator living in Santa Barbara. He uses his background in chemical engineering and the arts to seek out abstract expressions of beer and discover how beer pairs with life.


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by the JPL. In his “down time” he comes up to Santa Barbara to teach a class at Santa Barbara Community College.

When I asked him why he taught a class all the way up here, he said that he primarily liked sharing his passion for space and teaching with anyone interested enough to sign up for the class. But, he admitted, there is a certain allure to Santa Barbara and teaching a class at SBCC gives him an excuse to spend the weekend in our little paradise.

Walking into Tom’s classroom, I was immediately struck by the respect his students had for him. It is rare to see every face in a classroom light up and remain attentive during a two-hour lecture.

Then again, it would be hard to nod off when the solar system is being laid out before you.

Tom weaved a story that quickly transported the class to the 6th planet. The gas giant consists mostly of hydrogen and helium, making it so rarefied that the quite heavenly body would float on water (if you could find an ocean big enough). Saturn’s signature reddish color comes from trace amounts of heavier elements and molecules: Ammonia, phosphine, water vapor and hydrocarbons.

Its rings evade such easy explanations. By the best scientists’ calculations, rings should be fleeting relative to the age of the solar system, lasting no more than 200,000 years. Rings should form early and dissipate early, comprised of material not typically held in a planet’s orbit. But Saturn’s rings, spanning over 185,000 miles in diameter, have far surpassed their expiration date. Scientists estimate they have existed since early in Saturn’s life, making them at least a few billion years old.

Talk about surpassing expectations.

Titan’s Highly Flammable Poisonous Rain

Although the rings of Saturn bask in the glory of the public eye – they are all

most of us remember about the planet – they are far from the most interesting aspect of Earth’s distant neighbor.

Saturn hosts over fifty-eight moons. Fifty-eight! Most are smaller than 32 miles in diameter, but some, like Titan, are much larger. In fact, Titan is larger than the planet Mercury.

How do we know so much about Saturn? It’s not like we can get all this information through a telescope (although you’d be surprised at how

much we can deduce from data collected right here on Earth).

As it turns out, NASA launched a probe named Cassini at Saturn in 1997. It arrived at its destination in 2004. Since then, geologists, engineers and all the other scientists on the team have been jostling for control of Cassini’s instruments.

It seems that the scientists who are partial to the moon Titan are winning out. In the next year, Cassini will pass by Titan five times: May 23, July 10, July 26, September 12, and October 14. These passes allow Cassini to record all kinds of data and send it all the way back to JPL here in California.

On Cassini’s first pass near Titan, it released a smaller land probe, called Hoygens, to explore the surface of the huge moon. What NASA found was astonishing. At Titan’s average temperature of -290°F, water is frozen and as solid as stone. Methane, or CH4, is a gas on Earth. But, on Titan, it is liquid. There is so much methane on Saturn’s most famous moon that scientists have discovered a “methane cycle” that mimics the water cycle on Earth. Meaning, there are lakes and rivers of methane that evaporate into the air, forming methane clouds that then rain methane down to the surface of the moon.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, this can all happen because Titan has an atmosphere. You heard right, one of the few solid bodies in our solar system to have an atmosphere is a moon.

Fascinating, right?Tom Farr really blew me away with his

unique, up-close perspective of Saturn, so much so that I may just have to enroll next time he teaches his course. I’d love to see what he can bring to light about the rest of the planets.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I think I found a nice bit of blue clay that will make an excellent miniature Neptune for my solar system diorama.

Many of us grad students spend all too much time procrastinating online. That funny new cat meme?

It’s way more entertaining than our thesis work.

Oh, wait. You mean that’s just me? Oops.

To be fair, I only look at cat memes when they pop up in between the incredible science discoveries discussed online every day. A lot of what I read consists of press releases or original journal articles. But, sometimes, I miss the newest findings directly and hear about them through my favorite science bloggers. And about two weeks ago, around when I was getting painfully excited for Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s UCSB Arts and Lectures talk, I came across a terrific post on a Facebook page called I F***ing Love Science. (Despite the f-bomb in the name, it’s a great page! Like it and sit back as the science comes to you.)

What was the post about, you ask? Saturn: Everyone’s favorite distant ringed orb. The post linked to an article about a new giant hurricane-like storm spotted on the planet. By giant, I mean that the eye of the storm alone is 1,250 miles in diameter. That’s roughly one-third the width of the continental United States at its widest point. Simply put, if a storm that size ever happens on Earth, I’m running to an underground bunker as fast as I can.

Anyway, ever since that Facebook page brought space back to my attention, I’ve been obsessed. Obsessed in a way I haven’t been since grade school.

In fact, I’m seriously considering sitting down tomorrow to make a shoebox diorama of the solar system, sans Pluto.

Saturn Is Super CoolSo imagine my delight when one of the

scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) invited me to attend his lecture on Saturn! Tom Farr is geologist and consultant on many of the space exploration missions currently managed

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Titan in three (glori-ous) wavelengths. I’m going to need lots of clay and a few large shoeboxes to give my diorama a chance.

An artist’s rendering of our lovely 6th planet, Saturn. I’m hooked. (Let’s see, if I were to leave now, it would only take me how many days to get there…)

The bad news for colonizing Titan is that liquid methane rain is not particularly healthy. The good news is that many of our domestic energy problems would be solved.A self-professed

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Don’t we all want to go where everybody knows our name? Maybe not participants in the Witness

Protection Program, but most of the rest of us like to see friendly faces at our local watering hole. Wouldn’t it be great to be like Norm in the old sitcom Cheers and have Sam draw you up a beer as soon as you walk in the door while the rest of the crowd greets you with excitement? As a man of leisure, I get the whole Norm/bar stool relationship. Sounds pretty darn good to me.

Well, we can’t promise you that folks will greet you personally by name at the Pollock Theater at UCSB on Saturday, but you can at least rub shoulders with George Wendt, the actor who played Norm on Cheers, as well as the two brothers and their good friend who created the TV show, which ran on NBC from 1982-93. That’s because finally, a full 20 years after the last episode aired, the creators of the show – James Burrows, Glen Charles and Les Charles (two of whom live in town, but you’ll have to ask them about that) – are getting together locally and publicly to reminisce about all the suds, soft hearts, southpaws and Shelly Long.

The evening begins with a screening of the 1982 pilot episode followed by a panel discussion/Q&A session moderated by Montecito resident Cheri Steinkellner, who was an early writer on the show and eventually became one of the showrunners. (She also teaches out at UCSB, so there’s a connection, too.) Wendt will also be on hand for the festivities. And then, yes, you do get to finally whet your whistle with a cold one, as they’re serving beer and snacks at a Cheers Bar-themed reception in the Pollock’s lobby right after the show. (The show was patterned after an actual neighborhood bar in Boston which, duh, turned into a big tourist attraction once the show was a hit.)

The Charles brothers, by the way, got their start as writer-producers on The Bob Newhart Show and Taxi, while Burrows’ directing c.v. includes both those shows plus The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Laverne & Shirley, Wings, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Will & Grace, Two and Half Men, Dharma & Greg and, most recently, 2 Broke Girls. They won’t be talking about that stuff on the stage, but if you happen to bump into them at the party, all bets are off. (Personally, I want to know just how hot Moore was at 33 when her show first hit the air. Watching those reruns is still a pretty good way to spend quality leisure time in my book.)

Tickets are $20 ($10 for students, who ya gotta think are way too young to remember the show except by way of YouTube, Hulu and Netflix). Get ‘em and more info online at www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock.

If This Is ItLooking for a little more ‘80s nostalgia?

Huey Lewis and the News, the NorCal-based band that scored almost a score of Top 10 hits during nearly the exact same time period that Cheers ruled Nielsen, are out on the road again. ‘Course, their popularity exploded via the screen, too, as the first Back to the Future film used “The Power of Love” in a big scene, making it a monster hit and earning Lewis an Oscar nod. Apparently it’s still hip to be square: Huey and the boys are playing at the Chumash Casino on Thursday night. But unlike at the Cheers event, don’t expect any samples from one of their biggest hits, “I Want a New Drug.”

Nothing NormalSpeaking of new drugs, the funniest

scene in Next To Normal, the recent Broadway hit playing at Center Stage via Out of the Box Theater Company through this weekend, is all about trying to treat mental illness with pharmacology, replete with all the warnings and side effects done as a partial send-up of “My Favorite Things.” But it’s not all that funny. Meaning that this is a challenging work, which makes it all the more rewarding that the cast, led by opera singer Deborah Bertling, pulls it off so admirably. The acting and singing are terrific, the songs are rife with melodies and clever lyrics and the message is both messy and moving. That’s the kind of thing that might make a man of leisure actually get up off the couch more often.

with Mark LeisureMark spends much of his time wandering Santa Barbara and environs, enjoying the simple things that come his way. A show here, a benefit there, he is generally out and about and typically has a good time. He says that he writes “when he feels the urge” and doesn’t want his identity known for fear of an experience that is “less than authentic.” So he remains at large, roaming the town, having fun. Be warned.

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The dreary and overcast May 4th Saturday morning did not deter the over 200 energetic Hands 4 Others

(H4O) members to walk, raising money for clean and safe drinking water systems in underdeveloped countries. I had the opportunity to chat with one of the three founders of H4O, Spencer Dusebout.

The creation of H4O began with Spencer and two of his high school friends, Jack Davies and Scott Schurmer. What began on a paper napkin is now a youth led movement where sustainable access to safe, clean drinking water has been provided to over 100,000 people in 10 countries around the world. By teaming up with Water Missions International, H4O has affected the livelihood of whole villages.

Spencer explained, “It gives me confidence that we will be the generation that solves the world’s water crisis.” As I watched Spencer’s mom, Nina, pass out fresh, uncontaminated bottles of water to the walkers, I realized how fortunate we are to turn on our tap with ease and instantly have access to clean water. In regards to some of the areas Nina had visited, she explained, “Children aren’t going to school because they’re spending their whole day looking for water.” Nina asked me if I’d like a bottle of water and I accepted, sipping with more appreciation than the earlier bottle I’d had at the gym.

A parent at one of the booths, Lynn Jewett described a recent H4O trip to Honduras. She explained, “I saw a glass of brown water next to a glass of clear water.” The glass of clear water was the result of the systems that are installed by H4O and Water Missions International to purify any contaminates in the existing water. This eliminates disease and death from the country’s existing water. The systems change the community’s

H4O Delivers H2O Allena Rivera, Edmund Lin and Steve Lee show their support for clean and safe drinking water.

Carys Davies and Allison Wagner take a moment to breathe after the Walk for Clean Water.

Cody Sturges helped people safely cross in the cross-walk during the event.

Dalton Smith and Stephen McCaffery show their H40 support.

Joyce Liu and Carmen Huang rep their H40 shirts.

Local middle school band Won 4 All plays catchy tunes as walkers approach the finish line.

Hands 4 Others youth walk to support the cause.

H40 walkers happily relax after their walk down Cabrillo.

Nina Davies, mother of one of the three founders Jack Davies, hands out water to walkers.

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attitudes, giving them a shot at a more optimistic future.

I swallow another sip of clean bottled water and listen to the sounds of the hip teen band Won 4 All. The band members are in middle school and liven up the H4O group with cool tunes. I chat with Sharon Byrne, the H4O Event Coordinator, and she tells me, “It’s inspiring to see the youth of Santa Barbara come out and support H4O and those less fortunate around the world.” All around me I observe a sea of blue t-shirts that rep the H4O cause. Most everyone is probably under the age of 25 and they’ve joined together

to raise money for other nations lacking the most important substance human beings need for survival. They are an energetic bunch bringing hope to the future of other nations. To learn more about H4O and other upcoming walk events, visit: www.hands4others.org.

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I ron Man 3’s journey shows its mettle with a “twist” that has most fanboys and comic-book

diehards crying foul. We get it, guys: You hate when Hollywood – let alone Disney – tinkers with what’s considered the gospel according to Marvel. And what you witness halfway through this adventure isn’t what loyalists would call Marvel-ous.

But sometimes, stale nostalgia of the animated variety needs a good tweaking, a polishing, a kick in the paperback. To that end, Robert Downey Jr. has reunited with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang director Shane Black, who shakes things up by reinventing the hero’s latest foe, The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley). Now we know why the trailer’s voiceover emphasizes, “You’ll never see me coming.”

Downey reprises his role of billionaire Tony Stark, alongside faithful Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), one of the most memorable names in modern-day cinema. The hero goes from obsessing over his self-propelled outfits to addressing the villain with a threat of revenge, a warning Tony and his mansion will regret. There’s also an ultra-ambitious scientist (Guy Pearce) who resurfaces and takes an interest in the leading man’s lady; one glimpse at Pearce hints at mischievous purposes. Other players include Rebecca Hall, more of a red herring than a botanist, and Don Cheadle as the government-sponsored War Machine.

Cue the massive set pieces, the explosions, a menace to society – and the token presumption Iron Man is dead because he’s missing. An excursion to the Heartland serves as a reboot of sorts, allowing our hero to befriend a bullied boy while delivering one-liners that work best when deadpan, like an after-thought (“I just stole a poncho from a wooden Indian”). It’s in the boondocks where Downey lets down his guard and his armor; he seems better suited as a civilian.

Devotees of the comic series can bemoan the filmmakers’ handling of the villain, but I was more troubled by the focus on Jon Favreau’s participant; he tries to drain any mythical life out of the movie. Paltrow equally disappoints, as her facial expressions give the special effects a run for their money. Yet those are small chinks in this armor.

It’s true the chaos gets out of hand; during the climatic showdown, the camerawork is as dizzying as it is dazzling. All the script’s scattered impulses threaten to void each other. But the third time proves charming, with swift action, childlike spirit and visionary magic.

A longtime writer, editor and film critic, Jim has worked nationwide for several websites and publications – including the Dayton Daily News,

Key West Citizen, Topeka Capital-Journal, Las Cruces Sun-News and Santa Ynez Valley Journal. California is his seventh state. When he isn’t watching movies or sports around the Central Coast and Los Angeles, you can find Jim writing and reading while he enjoys coffee and bacon, or Coke and pizza.

by Jim Luksic

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THE COMPANY YOU KEEP (R)Fri & Mon-Wed - 4:45 7:45Sat/Sun - 1:45 4:45 7:45

THE GREAT GATSBY3D: (PG-13)

Fri-Sun - 12:00 2:00 5:20 8:40Mon-Wed - 2:00 5:20

2D:Fri-Sun - 3:10 6:20 9:35Mon-Wed - 3:10 6:20

OBLIVION (PG-13) Fri-Sun - 12:20 3:45 6:40 9:25Mon-Wed - 2:10 4:55 7:40

THE BIG WEDDING (R) Fri-Sun -

12:30 2:40 4:50 7:00 9:15Mon-Wed - 2:40 5:10 7:30

FROM UP ON POPPY HILLFri-Sun - 12:10 5:00 (PG)Mon-Wed - 2:30

THE CROODS (PG) 2DFri-Sun - 2:30 7:20Mon-Wed - 4:45

FILLY BROWN (R) Fri-Sun - 9:40Mon-Wed - 7:20

IRON MAN 3 (PG-13) 3D: 12:45 3:45 6:45 9:45

2D on 2 Screens:Fri-Sun -

11:45 1:40 2:45 4:455:45 7:45 8:45 10:35

Mon-Wed -1:40 2:45 4:455:45 7:45 8:45

OBLIVION (PG-13) 1:10 4:00 7:00 9:55

PAIN & GAIN (R) 2:10 7:10 10:00

THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (R) 4:10 9:40

THE CROODS (PG) 2DFri-Sun - 11:30 1:50 7:20Mon-Wed - 1:50 7:20

THE BIG WEDDING (R) Fri-Sun - 12:00 5:00Mon-Wed - 5:00

Thursday Morning May 16 - 12:01 am

STAR TREK 2D & 3DINTO DARNESS (PG-13)

THE SAPPHIRES (PG-13) Fri & Mon-Wed - 7:15Sat/Sun - 2:00 4:30 7:15

DISCONNECT (R)Fri & Mon-Wed - 7:30Sat/Sun - 2:15 4:50 7:30

THE GREAT GATSBY (PG-13)3D: Daily - 1:30 4:45 8:002D: Fri-Sun - 12:15 3:20

6:30 9:30Mon-Wed - 3:40 6:45

42 (PG-13)Fri-Sun - 12:30 3:30 6:20 9:10Mon-Wed - 1:45 4:55 7:45

Leonardo DiCaprio (PG-13) THE GREAT GATSBY

2D: 1:00 4:15 7:30

Ryan Gosling....Eva MendesTHE PLACE BEYOND

THE PINES (R)1:15 4:50 8:00

42 (PG-13)1:30 4:25 7:40

Matthew McConaugheyMUD (PG-13)

1:40 4:40 7:50

TYLER PERRY PRESENTS PEEPLES (PG-13)

Fri-Sun -12:30 2:45 5:10 7:30 9:45Mon-Wed - 2:45 5:10 7:30

IRON MAN 3 (PG-13) 3D: Fri-Sun - 3:15 9:15

Mon-Wed - 3:152D: Fri-Sun -

12:15 1:15 4:156:15 7:15 10:15Mon-Wed -1:30 4:20 6:15 7:15

PAIN & GAIN (R) Fri-Sun - 1:00 4:00 7:00 10:00Mon-Wed - 1:45 4:45 7:45

IRON MAN 3 (PG-13) 3D: Daily - 5:15 2D:

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THE COMPANY YOU KEEP (R)Fri & Mon-Wed - 4:45 7:45Sat/Sun - 1:45 4:45 7:45

THE GREAT GATSBY3D: (PG-13)

Fri-Sun - 12:00 2:00 5:20 8:40Mon-Wed - 2:00 5:20

2D:Fri-Sun - 3:10 6:20 9:35Mon-Wed - 3:10 6:20

OBLIVION (PG-13) Fri-Sun - 12:20 3:45 6:40 9:25Mon-Wed - 2:10 4:55 7:40

THE BIG WEDDING (R) Fri-Sun -

12:30 2:40 4:50 7:00 9:15Mon-Wed - 2:40 5:10 7:30

FROM UP ON POPPY HILLFri-Sun - 12:10 5:00 (PG)Mon-Wed - 2:30

THE CROODS (PG) 2DFri-Sun - 2:30 7:20Mon-Wed - 4:45

FILLY BROWN (R) Fri-Sun - 9:40Mon-Wed - 7:20

IRON MAN 3 (PG-13) 3D: 12:45 3:45 6:45 9:45

2D on 2 Screens:Fri-Sun -

11:45 1:40 2:45 4:455:45 7:45 8:45 10:35

Mon-Wed -1:40 2:45 4:455:45 7:45 8:45

OBLIVION (PG-13) 1:10 4:00 7:00 9:55

PAIN & GAIN (R) 2:10 7:10 10:00

THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (R) 4:10 9:40

THE CROODS (PG) 2DFri-Sun - 11:30 1:50 7:20Mon-Wed - 1:50 7:20

THE BIG WEDDING (R) Fri-Sun - 12:00 5:00Mon-Wed - 5:00

Thursday Morning May 16 - 12:01 am

STAR TREK 2D & 3DINTO DARNESS (PG-13)

THE SAPPHIRES (PG-13) Fri & Mon-Wed - 7:15Sat/Sun - 2:00 4:30 7:15

DISCONNECT (R)Fri & Mon-Wed - 7:30Sat/Sun - 2:15 4:50 7:30

THE GREAT GATSBY (PG-13)3D: Daily - 1:30 4:45 8:002D: Fri-Sun - 12:15 3:20

6:30 9:30Mon-Wed - 3:40 6:45

42 (PG-13)Fri-Sun - 12:30 3:30 6:20 9:10Mon-Wed - 1:45 4:55 7:45

Leonardo DiCaprio (PG-13) THE GREAT GATSBY

2D: 1:00 4:15 7:30

Ryan Gosling....Eva MendesTHE PLACE BEYOND

THE PINES (R)1:15 4:50 8:00

42 (PG-13)1:30 4:25 7:40

Matthew McConaugheyMUD (PG-13)

1:40 4:40 7:50

TYLER PERRY PRESENTS PEEPLES (PG-13)

Fri-Sun -12:30 2:45 5:10 7:30 9:45Mon-Wed - 2:45 5:10 7:30

IRON MAN 3 (PG-13) 3D: Fri-Sun - 3:15 9:15

Mon-Wed - 3:152D: Fri-Sun -

12:15 1:15 4:156:15 7:15 10:15Mon-Wed -1:30 4:20 6:15 7:15

PAIN & GAIN (R) Fri-Sun - 1:00 4:00 7:00 10:00Mon-Wed - 1:45 4:45 7:45

IRON MAN 3 (PG-13) 3D: Daily - 5:15 2D:

Fri & Mon-Wed - 2:15 8:15Sat/Sun - 11:15 2:15 8:15

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•movie guide•

Very Un-ScaryI purposely waited weeks for Scary Movie V to die and dissolve, but as long as it’s

going to hang on for dear life at the cineplex, I’m exercising my right to sift through this garbage. You’d have more fun cleaning out your attic than enduring this scrubby collection of disjointed jokes. What could have worked as a Saturday Night Live skit poking fun at Paranormal Activity fails miserably on the silver screen; it stretches like elastic just to reach 85 minutes.

It’s hard to decide which is more mind-numbing: The director’s inexplicable obsession with a Hispanic housekeeper, or the spoofing of recent releases Evil Dead, The Cabin in the Woods, Mama, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Black Swan. In particular, anybody who hasn’t experienced Mama won’t have a clue what in hell is going on here. Filmmaker Malcolm D. Lee is relying on viewers to have seen every movie he lampoons. That in itself is a scary thought and an inexcusable strategy. Despite all the sight gags, there’s nothing to see.


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belly – she was already two weeks late when I finally embarked on the 42-hour marathon.) I remember getting those first contractions. My husband and I lit candles and played backgammon, trying to remain calm while we were overwhelmed with excitement and anticipation.

However, after 12 hours of mellow happiness at home, we started to get worried. Funny thing is, I thought that I was laboring (a far cry from what I thought 20 hours later). My mom – who was my doula and who used to be a midwife – was in town to help. She tried to warn me that I was only at the beginning of labor. That’s what moms do; they try their best to cue you about life’s unpredictability.

Elli’s birth was complicated. We were attempting to do it naturally but by hour 30 I was screaming for the epidural. My birth plan specified that I did not want drugs. My husband knew this. “Don’t dose me, even if I demand it!”

Those were my words exactly. Poor Paul, that responsibility is truly too

much to bear. Especially while submerged in blood, sweat and tears. I recall the moment when I looked directly in Paul’s eyes and he knew right then and there to call in the drug pushers. We were on to Plan B (or maybe at that point it was C or D). And, after all the stops and gos and hold-ons and pushes, Elli was born on a bright Fiesta Saturday.

Viva.

Share the RoadMuch like their births, my two girls are

quite different. For example, Elli’s first word was “hi;” Lila’s was “bye.” And I’ve never been able to pack them the same lunch.

My second daughter, Lila, entered the world one day before my due date (my mom didn’t even make it in time to be my doula). The labor was approximately

four hours in total and I almost gave birth in Cottage Hospital’s parking lot. I won’t ever forget the face of the poor valet boy when he opened the passenger door to our car. The sweet guy took one look at me, grabbed a wheelchair and swept me off to the delivery ward, leaving my husband stunned behind the wheel.

Valet boy ran me all the way up to the people in charge (picture Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride). There was no epidural and I delivered in an operating room since there wasn’t an open birthing room. Quick and easy.

It was the ensuing year of no sleep that hit us hard.

Drunk Daddy Rides AgainIn the end, my friend’s Drunk Daddy

made it off the trail and to her bedside for the birth of their baby girl. Good thing that he snuck one final ride in; I suspect there won’t be anymore “cowboy-ing” for a while.

Like many other things in life, motherhood is truly something that you can never be entirely prepared for. All the manuals and the gear and the classes and the plans, none of it really gets you ready. Nothing can truly set you up for peas being spit in your face for fun. And who knew all the places little people can find to put poop? No one tells you that you’ll proudly adorn face paint across your forehead complimented by mismatched socks and snarled locks. It’s chaotic, in a harmonic way, much like Beethoven’s Ninth.

And as much as we try, it’s impossible to plan for births and spit up and prom dates and college choices. Certain things will remain uncertain.

But one thing is sure. I’m certainly happy that we have a special day to honor all the mothers out there for their love and endurance.

Happy Mother’s Day to you all.

“Drunk daddy wasn’t in my birth plan.”

I received this text from a good friend who had just gone into labor. To the (drunk) daddy’s credit, the mommy went into labor a month early, and Daddy thought he was still in the clear to take a four-day trail ride through the backcountry of Southern California. (It’s a cowboy thing.) The unexpected early labor got this young momma flustered, to say the least, and when she finally reached her hombre he was enjoying the finish of an all-day horseback excursion.

I believe there was some whiskey involved. (It’s a cowboy thing.)

I’m not that far along on my motherhood journey, but one thing I have learned is that childbirth is life’s way of letting you know that you are absolutely no longer in charge of things. It’s a warning, of sorts, for all of the detours you will soon be forced to take on the road of life.

Curves AheadI too had a birth plan, but only for my

first child. I probably would have written one for my second if it weren’t for the fact that the first plan turned out to be an absolute disaster. Just about everything I put on that well-drafted piece of paper – which I had handed out to my doctor and the wonderful nurses at Cottage Hospital months before my due date – flew out the door within the 42 hours of my back labor. (That’s not a typo.) The only stipulation that actually ended up playing out was that I did not want a C-section, and thanks to Dr. Quijano, I was able to just barely avoid that procedure. They told me three separate times I would need one, but my Doc let me keep going, knowing that I really didn’t want to be cut open.

After laboring for a little longer than a typical workweek, Elli finally made it out. (That girl really liked being in my

Hailing from NorCal, Briana has lived in Santa Bar-bara for the past fifteen years. While she is indeed an adjunct faculty member at SBCC and has contributed to LOVEmikana, Wake & Wander and Entrée Magazine, much of her time is spent multi-tasking her way through days as a mother, wife, sister, want-to-be chef and travel junky. Writing is an outlet that ensures mental stability… usually.

by Briana Westmacott

Plan B

Just moments out of the womb after a 42-hour labor, Elli and her dad lock eyes. His heart will never be the same. (Neither will my sense of time.)

My marathon labor made Dr. Quijano late for his Fiesta party, but he was kind enough to take a moment to pose for a pho-to in his Fiesta shirt. Viva.

Mapping Motherhood

Briana’s Best Bets

If you are an expecting mother and your birth plan has midwifery, private room, family participation, hot tub, doula or natural methods listed on it then you are in

luck! The Santa Barbara Birth Center is now open and serving mothers and families who choose to have an alternative birthing experience. The center opened its doors in october of 2011 (too late for me to participate, darn it). With all that the Birth center has to offer, I’m tempted to go for baby number three.


• LOVE IS FREE

What: Lawn Bowling Where: MacKenzie Park Lawn Bowls Club,

State Street and Las Positas RoadWhen: Saturday, May 11, 10am – 3pmWhy: The City of Santa Barbara is hosting

this free fun-filled day of lawn bowling, pizza, beer and sodas.

How: Roll on over and have a ball!

What’ll It Cost Me: Free! Don’t forget to wear flat soled shoes.

• LOOSE CHANGE

What: Grab A BiteWhere: Brasil Arts Café, 1230 State StreetWhen: Friday or Saturday, 8am – 9pmWhy: The colorful new café is serving up

locally-sourced traditional Brazilian cuisine, fresh organic juices and more!

How: We recommend the Empadinhas and Mandioca Fritas. Oh, and let’s not forget the Maracuja (freshly squeezed passion fruit juice). Yum.

What’ll It Cost Me: Approximately $15

• HEY BIG SPENDER

What: Cook for MomWhere: Her house or yoursWhen: Sunday, May 12Why: It’s Mother’s Day and cooking Mom a meal

(for a change) is a nice way to thank her for all those home-cooked treats she always gave you.

How: Follow one of many delicious recipes from local food blogger Valerie Rice (www.eat-drink-garden.com). Don’t forget a little something sweet for dessert! We recommend the Blood Orange Sorbet.

What’ll It Cost Me: Love for your mom is priceless. Go all out!

wEEkEnD GUIDE by

Moms love homemade gifts (and so do we!). This mother’s Day, get

crafty and give mom a beautiful bouquet of Pom Pom Flowers. They will virtually last forever (yes, a gift that keeps on giving) and they make a perfect bright and cheery springtime centerpiece.

Tools: 3-4 different colors of yarn, scissors, your choice of stem (we used sticks from the yard).Step One (Making the Pom Pom):Take the yarn and wrap it around the palm of your hand and four fingers. Wrap around enough so there is a fairly substantial amount of bulk and cushion.Step Two: Slide the yarn off your hand and wrap another piece of yarn tightly around the middle.Step Three: Use scissors to cut all the loops, then give your pom pom a little shake to help it take form. Trim longer pieces if needed.Step Four: Take your sticks/stems/etc... and slide them through the center of the pom. If you need to you can always use a hot glue gun for a stronger hold.Step Five: Put flowers in a small jar or wrap them up with twine. Add a card and give mom your homemade pom pom bouquet.Have a great mother’s Day, everybody, we sure will!

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ART & CULTURE

wInE & DInECheers to the GoodlandBy Eve Sommer-Belin

Ruben Solorzano (Stolpman Vineyards), Chris Snowden (Snowden Family Vineyards), Dave

Potter (municipal Winemakers) and Matt Dees (Jonata Wines) have joined winemaking forces and created Goodland Wines. Together, this talented four-star team has produced a fantastic array of wines from white and red wine blends to chardonnay, Pinot Noir and more, all from a variety of AVAs (American Viticulture Areas) in beautiful Santa Barbara Wine country. Inspired by the unique climate and terroir, this group of exceptional producers crafts wines that express the special and unique attributes of our local AVAs. Their passion truly shines through in their creations and we can’t wait to get our hands on some of this newly released limited production vino.

Your best bet is just to join Goodland Wine Club to ensure your part in this unique and exclusive project, or you can simply contact them for a wine tasting. cheers!


REAL ESTATEMichael has consistently been ranked in the

top 1% of Sotheby’s agents worldwide. Shortly after joining Sotheby’s, he partnered with Nancy Hamilton to form one of the most successful real estate teams in Santa Barbara. Michael can be reached at [email protected]

by Michael Calcagno

237 Las Alturas Road

418 Paseo Del Descanso

510 E Micheltorena Street

Purchase price: $1,555,000Down payment (20%): $311,000Loan amount: $1,244,000Payment: $5,655(30-yr fixed 3.6% (3.68%APR))Property taxes: $1,425Home Insurance: $100

Total Monthly Payment:

$7,180 Purchase price: $819,000Down payment (20%): $163,800Loan amount: $655,200Payment: $5,776(30-yr fixed 3.6% (3.68% APR))Property taxes: $750Home Insurance: $80


$3,808

Purchase price: $998,000Down payment (20%): $199,600Loan amount: $798,400Payment: $3,607(30-yr fixed 3.55% (3.62%APR))Property taxes: $914Home Insurance: $90


$4,611

mortgage statistics provided by Justin m. Kellenberger, Senior Loan officer at SG Premier Lending Group, Inc. Justin can always be reached at [email protected].

Note: The foregoing economic breakdowns do not include potential tax benefit analyses since that will ultimately depend upon a number of additional factors. But home ownership can indeed have tremendous tax-savings potential and should be considered with your realtor and/or tax accountant as part of the ownership decision.

The Numbers Are InThe numbers for April are in and the market is looking up once again for Santa

Barbara. Based on a year-to-year comparison of the month of April from 2012 to 2013 for home sales only, here are overall trends and stats, broken down

district by district as well.Taking into account all districts (this includes Carpinteria, Montecito, Goleta and

our usual focus of east and west of State as well as Hope Ranch), year-over-year sales are up approximately 15% with the median sales price up to roughly $900,000 for a 16% rise. The average sales price is also up, going from just over $1.237 million in 2012 to roughly $1.5 million in 2013 for a 19% rise. In addition, the number of escrows is up about 11% with the median list price on those escrows up about 19%.

Looking at our regular focus of districts for Santa Barbara (east and west of State and Hope Ranch), here’s what we see.

East of State sales are up, going from 95 in 2012 to 98 in 2013, and the median sales price is up from $849,500 to $945,000. Escrows are also on the rise from 110 to 122 with the median list price on those escrows increasing from $879,000 last year to $995,000 this year.

West of State sales are up from 61 to 77, but the median sales price is slightly behind from $749,000 to $723,894. The number of escrows is up substantially with 86 in 2012 compared to 105 in 2013, and the median list price on those escrows is up from $699,950 last year to $849,000 this year.

Hope Ranch sales are also on the rise (significantly) from 6 in 2012 to 15 in 2013, and the median sales price is up from $1.82 million to $2.01 million. The

Neither Mr. Calcagno nor Sotheby’s International Realty is necessarily the listing broker or agent for any of the foregoing properties

number of escrows is also up with six last year compared to 14 this year. But the median list price on those escrows is down from $2.295 million in 2012 to $2.027 million in 2013.


open house guideSUNDAY, MAY 12Downtown 18 West Victoria Street #109 12-5pm $855,000 0bd/1ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #205 12-5pm $1,459,000 1bd/2ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #212 12-5pm $2,500,000 2bd/3ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #304 12-5pm $1,350,000 1bd/2ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties Upper Eastside 515 East Islay 12-4pm $900,000 2bd/2.5ba Scott Lewis 300-8887 coldwell Banker 1219 Laguna Street 1-4pm $1,175,000 3bd/1.5ba Wilson Quarre 680-9747 Sotheby’s International Realty 710 Alameda Padre Serra 12-3pm $1,349,000 2bd/2ba Aaron Gilles 895-1877 Village Properties 601 East Micheltorena Street #85 1-3pm $1,030,000 3bd/2.5ba Ken Switzer 680-4622 Prudential california Realty La Cumbre 3695 Ardilla Drive 1-4pm $825,000 3bd/2ba Joe Boudre 319-5364 Sotheby’s International Realty Mesa 1409 Shoreline Drive 1-5pm $5,000,000 4bd/4ba Gene Archambault 455-1190 Sun coast Real Estate 2509 Calle Montilla 1-4pm $1,397,000 4bd/3ba Debbie Kort 368-4479 coldwell Banker 1210 Shoreline Drive 1-4pm $2,950,000 3bd/2.5ba Scott Williams 451-9300 Prudential california Realty 1141 Nirvana Road 1-4pm $1,675,000 4bd/3.5ba Tim Dahl 886-2211 Prudential california Realty 245 San Nicolas Avenue 2-4pm $1,495,000 4bd/3ba Ashley Anderson 618-8747 Prudential california Realty Mission Canyon 857 Cheltenham Road 1-4pm $1,495,000 4bd/2ba John comin 689-3078 Prudential california Realty Riviera 1255 Dover Lane 1-4pm $995,000 2bd/1ba Brian King 452-0471 Village Properties San Roque 606 Calle Granada 2-4pm $1,995,000 5bd/4.5ba Tobias Hildebrand 895-7355 Sotheby’s International Realty 422 North Ontare Road 12-2pm $849,000 3bd/2ba Karen musser 895-3958 Prudential california Realty 514 Tallant 1-4pm $1,025,000 3bd/2ba David Hekhouse 455-2113 Village Properties Sycamore Canyon 219 Conejo Road 1-4pm $1,995,000 4bd/4ba Andrew Petlow 680-9575 Sotheby’s International Realty Goleta 114 El Sueno Road 1-4pm $559,000 3bd/2.5ba Julian michalowski 629-0254 Sotheby’s International Realty 340 Old Mill Road #209 12-2pm $419,000 3bd/2ba Gloria Easter 570-0403 Prudential california Realty 5447 Toltec Drive 2-5pm $788,700 3bd/3ba Stan Tabler 563-7261 coldwell Banker 445 Stanford Drive 2-4pm $879,000 4bd/2ba Lauren Temkin 403-5125 coldwell Banker 105 Campo Vista 1-3pm $675,000 4bd/2.5ba Thomas Johansen 886-1857 Village Properties 564 Wakefield Road 1-3pm $849,900 3bd/2ba Gail cooley 689-7767 Village Properties 7777 Jenna Drive By Appt. $769,500 4bd/2ba Robert Heckes 637-0047 Sotheby’s International Realty 5225 San Vicente Drive 2-4pm $799,000 3bd/2ba Laurel Abbott 455-5409 Prudential california Realty

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1825 cRavENS LaNE | web: 0113601 | $2,945,000 Tim Cardy 805.637.0878

2794 bELLa vISTa dRIvE | web: 0113657 | $4,850,000 Maureen McDermut 805.570.5545

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1800 gaRdEN STREET | web: 0592589 | $1,150,000 Michael Calcagno 805.896.0876, nancy Hamilton 805.451.4442

el suenO, gOleTa , la CuMbre

3695 aRdILLa dR. • OPEN 1 - 4 3bD/2ba $825,000

WEb: 0632089 Joe boudre 805.319.5364

7777 JENNa dR. • OPEN bY aPPT 4bD/2ba $769,500

WEb: 0592575 robert Heckes 805.637.0047

114 EL SUENO Rd. • OPEN 1 - 3 3bD/2.5ba $559,000

WEb: 0592591 JJ lambert 805.350.0924 & Julian Michalowski 805.629.0254

MOnTeCiTO - lOwer village

1154 cHaNNEL dR. • OPEN bY aPPT 4bD/4.5ba $8,950,000

WEb: 0113653 ron brand 805.455.5045

1206 cHaNNEL dR. • OPEN bY aPPT 3bD/2ba $8,750,000

WEb: 0113607 andrew Templeton 805.895.6029

60 OLIvE MILL Rd. • OPEN 1 - 3 5bD/4ba $3,495,000

WEb: 0113469 Caren abdela 805.705.2618

67 La vUELTa Rd. • OPEN 1 - 3 4bD/3.5ba $1,895,000

WEb: 0632053 lynda bohnett 805.637.6407

CarpinTeria , suMMerlanD

1825 cRavENS LN. • OPEN 1 - 4 3bD/2ba $2,945,000

WEb: 0113601 Tim Cardy 805.637.0878

2117 SUMMERLaNd HEIgHTS LN. • OPEN bY aPPT 2bD/2.5ba $1,849,000

WEb: 0592592 Michael nicassio 805.698.2253

3139 SERENa avE. • OPEN 2 - 3 4bD/4ba $1,537,000

WEb: 0592271 robert Heckes 805.637.0047

220 ELM avE. UNIT 16 • OPEN 1 - 3 1bD/1ba $429,000

WEb: 0592570 phil shirinian 805.637.8722

easT siDe - upper, el CieliTO/las CanOas,syCaMOre CanyOn

219 cONEJO Rd. • OPEN 1 - 4 4bD/4ba $1,995,000

WEb: 0632027 andrew petlow 805.680.9575

1219 LagUNa ST. • OPEN 12 - 4 3bD/1.5ba $1,175,000

WEb: 0113691 Francie berezo 805.705.2561

1800 gaRdEN ST. • OPEN 2 - 4 3bD/2ba $1,150,000

WEb: 0592589 Dan Crawford 805.886.5764

447 cONEJO Rd. • OPEN 1 - 4 3bD/2ba $998,000

WEb: 0632082 bob lehr 360.941.3241

MOnTeCiTO - upper village

730 PIcacHO LN. • OPEN bY aPPT 8bD/9ba $17,900,000

WEb: 0631576 Frank abatemarco 805.450.7477

910 bUENa vISTa dR. • OPEN 1 - 4 4bD/4.5ba $7,495,000

WEb: 0632073 peggy Olcese 805.895.6757

2794 bELLa vISTa dR. • OPEN 2 - 4 3bD/3.5ba $4,850,000

WEb: 0113657 Maureen McDermut 805.570.5545

1190 gaRdEN LN. • OPEN 1 - 4 4bD/4.5ba $4,200,000

WEb: 0631843 Jennifer Johnson 805.455.4300

san rOque

606 caLLE gRaNada • OPEN 2 - 4 5bD/4.5ba $1,995,000

WEb: 0113665 wilson quarre 805.680.9747

1025 NORTH ONTaRE Rd. • OPEN 1 - 4 3bD/2.5ba $1,565,000

WEb: 0592585 gail pearl 805.637.9595 & Michael pearl 805.637.6888

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