NORTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY’S NEWS AND ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY > SEPTEMBER 13 - SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 > VOL. 19 NO. 28 > WWW.SANTAMARIASUN.COM AT THE MOVIES 1 Peppermint: Leaves a bad taste [28]
DEVELOPING VALLEY BY SUN STAFF The Enos Ranch development brings Santa Maria revenue, increased traffic, and a new face [8]
Panelists debate Santa Santa Ynez Valley gets Artists explore NEWS Maria tax increase [7] MUSIC new music festival [23] ARTS acrylic pour [26] 3/30/18Every Friday to 9/28/18 SEPTEMBER 13 - SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 VOL. 19 NO. 28 anta Maria’s skyline changed forever in 2017 when the Enos Ranch development broke ground, transforming through 9/28/18 longtime farm fields to a major retail shopping center. S The city of Santa Maria has touted the increased sales tax revenue and economic boon to the city, while some vocal critics question some of the perceived benefits of the development and BUILDING UP BETTERAVIA: The first what it means for the valley’s character. For this week’s cover story, 2 commercial phase in Santa Maria’s Enos the Sun staff spoke with city officials and community activists on Ranch development is wrapping up, but what the large-scale project means for Santa Maria [8]. there’s still much more to come. Also this week, panelists debate Santa Maria’s Measure U sales tax increase [7], a new music festival comes to the Santa Ynez Valley [23], local artists explore a specific acrylic technique [26], a painter depicts nature with a classical flair [27], and a competitive eater will snarf lots of food in Santa Ynez and Lompoc [30].
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www.santamariasun.com • September 13 - September 20, 2018 • Sun • 3 BIZ SPOTLIGHT 10 | SCHOOL SCENE 1 3 BRIEFS FILE PHOTO BY JAYSON MELLOM Santa Barbara County declares Political Watch ‘shelter crisis’ • The Santa Maria Valley League of Women Voters Millions of dollars in state funding will be has one more local candidates forum remaining before injected into Santa Barbara County over the the November Election. The Oct. 11 event will be held at next two years to combat homelessness. 4 the Santa Barbara County Government Center at 511 E. The county will receive nearly $10 million Lakeside Parkway in Santa Maria. The forum will feature from the state following a unanimous decision Santa Maria City Council candidates from Santa Maria’s by the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 11 to third and fourth districts. declare a “shelter crisis.” The Homeless Emergency Aid Program will • Candidates for national, state, and local offi ces shared bring $9.4 million in one-time block grant their platforms, some barbed language for their opponents, funding beginning in January 2019 and ending and bowls of vanilla ice cream at a Sept. 10 political forum in June 2021. Money from the program will be and ice cream social event in Santa Maria. The North Santa used to prevent homelessness, as well as provide Barbara County Manufactured Homeowners Team and housing and rental assistance, interventions, and the Casa Grande Mobile Estates HOA hosted the event at emergency aid. their general meeting at the Casa Grande Mobile Estates At least 5 percent of funds ($469,259) must be clubhouse at 1:30 p.m. Candidates who spoke included used for homeless youth. current 24 District Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara), In order for the county to receive the funding, challenger and Santa Barbara businessman Justin Fareed supervisors had to declare a “shelter crisis” (R), 35th District State Assembly candidate Bill Ostrander to be eligible. The move allows the region’s (D), current Santa Maria City Council member and District 3 Continuums of Care (CoC), which the county’s candidate Dr. , District 3 challenger Michael Moats Gloria Housing and Community Development (HCD) ADDRESSING A CRISIS: The state of the Santa Ynez riverbed and its homeless population was a key driver in Santa Barbara Soto, and District 4 candidate and current Councilmember department administers, to allocate funds to County pushing for state funding to help address the issue. Etta Waterfi eld. Current 35th District Assemblymember unincorporated areas to combat homelessness. Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo) and Santa Maria Cities within the county will have to Maria-Bonita School District streamlined District 3 candidate Raymond Acosta were unable to separately declare a crisis to access the monies. its volunteer screening process for parents Jackson, Limón oppose attend. Santa Maria City Council District 4 candidate and Even so, the CoC can still provide aid in those about three years ago, GenSpan started seeing attorney Rafael “Rafa” Gutierrez arrived just as the ice communities. fracking and oil drilling in signifi cantly fewer volunteers. cream social began to speak with voters and answer their Kimberlee Albers, the homeless assistance questions, explaining he was was held up in court. programs manager at HCD, told the supervisors GenSpan used to provide all fi ngerprinting letter to BLM that service-specifi c funding could be allocated and tuberculosis testing services for community A pair of Central Coast state legislators took • Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) visited Santa to residents within the cities. However, until members hoping to volunteer in schools, aim at the fossil fuels industry and the Trump Barbara on Sept. 9 as a guest at the 48th annual Democratic a city declares its own crisis, it can’t access according to Maggie White, public information administration by voicing their opposition to a Women of Santa Barbara County luncheon, where Rep. any funds for rental assistance to prevent offi cer for the Santa Maria-Bonita School plan that would open California federal lands to Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) interviewed her on her homelessness or transition a homeless person District. But in an effort to make volunteering oil drilling and fracking. accomplishments in the Senate and her bid for re-election. to housing. Cities also can’t use the money for easier for parents, the district stopped requiring On Sept. 7, Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson According to the Santa Barbara Independent, Feinstein spoke capital projects until they’ve declared a crisis. those tests for parent volunteers who would be (D-Santa Barbara) and Assemblymember about President Donald Trump and his U.S. Supreme Court County staff said they were looking into working entirely under direct supervision of Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) sent a nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, saying Kavanaugh could exploring housing options for the roughly 900 educators or administrators. letter to the Bureau of Land Management’s protect Trump from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s unsheltered residents currently living in the area. Since those changes were made, GenSpan (BLM) fi eld offi ce manager, Gabriel Garcia, in investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election “The most signifi cant gap consistently went from having roughly 145 volunteers to Bakersfi eld. Its contents revolved around the and possible conspiracy with Trump’s campaign. “We’re at identifi ed by stakeholders was access to housing 30, according to Frazier, GenSpan’s executive BLM’s proposal to open roughly 270,000 acres an apex of presidential authority,” Feinstein said, according units to permanently transition persons out of director. of federal land and mineral estate in San Luis the Independent. “This president believes he is above the homelessness,” Albers said. Finding new ways to recruit could be diffi cult, Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties to law. And this nominee believes that the president cannot be Fifth District Supervisor Steve Lavagnino and Frazier said hiring a new executive director fracking and oil drilling. investigated, cannot be tried, is actually supreme.” Feinstein noted that while the solution wasn’t perfect, would be, too. Fracking is a process that involves injecting is currently running for re-election for a fi fth term as a “you gotta do what you can to improve the Instead, the YMCA will offi cially take over water, sand, and chemicals at high velocities into California senator and is challenged by progressive state situation,” he said. “This money is not going to the ground to break up rock and extract oil and GenSpan operations on Oct. 1 in return for Sen. Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles). get passed out to the taxpayers here if we refuse an endowment from the nonprofi t. Although this money, it will go to San Luis Obispo and NEWS continued page 7 Frazier said she could not disclose the • State Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham Ventura counties. We’d be stupid not to take this (R-Templeton) saw his bill to restrict the use of hidden money.” amount, she said it would be “substantial.” “I chose the YMCA because they have property transfer fees signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown First District Supervisor Das Williams WeekendWeather on Sept. 7. According to a release from Cunningham’s offi ce, stressed the need for taking action that day but a program similar to ours, where they do private transfer fees require homebuyers to pay a percentage noted the long road ahead. after-school programs and work in the of a property’s sales price when ownership is transferred. “There is much yet to be done,” he said. schools,” Frazier said, adding that she once Those fees can increase the sales price of home, sometimes —Spencer Cole worked as a YMCA preschool teacher. “So Microclimate Weather Forecast up to $10,000, according to the release. “Housing prices are it’s full-circle for me.” Dave Hovde making homeownership an unreachable goal for ordinary The YMCA will take the reins on the KSBY Chief Meteorologist Californians,” Cunningham stated. “Here on the Central YMCA to take over GenSpan nonprofi t’s student fi eld trips to the Elks Coast, housing is particularly expensive. My bill will reduce programs on Oct. 1 Rodeo and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Thurs- Friday costs for buyers and helps people qualify for federally backed Library, Frazier said, and will continue the loans to purchase a home.” AB 3041 was supported by the After struggling to fi nd volunteers, the Christmas Comes Early program, during day California Association of Realtors and the California Escrow GenSpan Foundation recently announced plans which students get to eat a buffet dinner Association, according to the release. to dissolve its operations by the end of this and participate in a PCPA program. month. It will also continue running GenSpan’s • State Assemblymember Monique Limón (D-Santa GenSpan, a nonprofi t that has provided gift shop at Merrill Gardens, an assisted COASTAL ➤ High 72 Low 53 COASTAL ➤ High 73 Low 53 Barbara) saw legislation she authored to enable greater social and educational programs in schools living facility, that sells necessary INLAND ➤ High 81 Low 52 INLAND ➤ High 84 Low 51 access to Hollister Ranch and other state beaches pass throughout Santa Maria since 2001, will toiletries, stamps, and cards to its the state Assembly and Senate on Aug. 30 and become continue many of its most popular programs residents at a low cost. GenSpan’s only enrolled on Sept. 4. Limón authored the bill to help address through the Santa Maria Valley YMCA, Satur- Sunday public access to the 8.5-mile stretch of beach in South according to GenSpan Executive Director paid employee will soon be employed by day Santa Barbara County that was the subject of a settlement Brenda Frazier. the YMCA and tasked with managing the between the Hollister Ranch Owners Association and Frazier said her upcoming move to Wisconsin shop. the California State Coastal Conservancy and Coastal and GenSpan’s recent diffi culty recruiting Although Frazier said she’s sad to be Commission. “After seeing the outpour of thousands of volunteers were the main factors in its decision leaving, she’s glad children in Santa Maria public comments calling for greater access, it was clear that to dissolve, a choice that was announced in late will continue to participate in many of COASTAL ➤ High 74 Low 53 COASTAL ➤ High 74 Low 53 Californians wanted the state to step in,” Limón said. “No August at a YMCA meeting. GenSpan’s programs through the Y. INLAND ➤ High 85 Low 52 INLAND ➤ High 85 Low 51 person should be denied access to the beautiful coastline “We were kind of fi ghting a losing battle,” “It’s been a wonderful journey,” Frazier said. As trough over the West begins to lift, temps may rise over the weekend. Otherwise, night and morning that our state has to offer.” ❍ Frazier told the Sun, adding that after the Santa —Kasey Bubnash clouds continue along with mild temps.
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FILE PHOTO BY JOE PAYNE the Betteravia Government Center. organizations and say, ‘What are your The Santa Maria City Council voted needs and what will get you to support Diving into unanimously on July 3 to put Measure U2018, our measure?’” the Public Safety and Essential Services But instead of asking community Measure, on the Nov. 6 general election ballot. members for their genuine input on Santa Measure U The measure, according to a city staff report, Maria’s greatest needs, McNeeley said the would extend the existing sales tax approved by city paid a polling company $25,000 to voters in 2012 and increase it from .25 to 1 percent. create a pair of surveys in favor of support Panelists debate necessity of If passed, the increased tax is expected to for increased public safety services. increased public safety sales generate about $18 million annually, all of which In the surveys—one of which was city officials say would go toward maintaining an 18-minute phone interview that the 7 tax at community forum local public safety and “quality of life” services. private polling company conducted with The current .25 percent tax, Measure U2012, 460 Santa Maria residents, and the other BY KASEY BUBNASH produces nearly $5 million in local funding each a written questionnaire that more than EXTEND AND ENHANCE: Measure U2018, which would raise an existing hings got heated—and a little off-topic—at year, City Manager Jason Stilwell said at the City 800 residents completed—locals were Santa Maria sales tax and extend its deadline indefinitely, will be on the a recent debate on the city’s proposed sales Council meeting on July 3. The measure funds asked to share what they thought the Nov. 6 general election ballot. Most of the money produced by the ballot Ttax increase. 27 public safety positions, Stilwell said, along city needed more of. measure would go toward public safety efforts. At the forum, which was hosted on Sept. 6 with five other city positions, and has helped the In both surveys, city officials said by the League of Women Voters of Santa Maria city deter gang violence, lower crime rates, and residents listed gang suppression and crime lively discussion egged on by a hot crowd, the Valley, panelists debated the benefits and costs improve emergency response times. prevention efforts, prompt 911 response times, fully audience grew somber during closing arguments, of Measure U2018, a ballot measure that, if The existing rate is set to expire on Dec. 31, staffed fire stations, and the continuation of at-risk when Mengel listed the city’s recent crime statistics: approved, would increase the city’s sales tax in 2021, and Stilwell said Measure U2018 would youth programs as their top priorities. 35 murders in the last six years, 240 forcible rapes an effort to fund public safety services. both expand that deadline and increase funding But the questions, McNeeley said, led only to and 741 robberies in the last five, and more than At the event, panelists Russ Mengel, a sergeant indefinitely. Without a sunset provision, answers the city wanted. 800 calls for fire service just last week. with the Santa Maria Police Department, and the hiked sales tax would stay in place until When an attendee asked why it cost the city The manpower required to investigate many Gale McNeeley, a community activist and community members choose to vote it out. so much to conduct a survey of so few residents, crimes is vast, Mengel said. Some detectives founder of Youth Arts Alive, wholeheartedly At the Sept. 6 debate, McNeeley took issue Mengel refuted McNeeley’s claims. He said the are still assigned to homicide cases dating back disagreed on a number of Measure U-related with the open-endedness of the proposed professionally developed questionnaires were as far as 2015 and are expected to be tied up in issues. They also touched on other topics, measure and its massive focus on public safety. necessary to accurately assess the feasibility of court for at least two years. including recreational cannabis and youth needs, While roughly 90 percent of the measure’s getting a sales tax extension and increase passed. “Some work has to be done in this while spatting over written questions from some profits would be used to support the city’s safety “Honestly, it was a good expenditure of community,” Mengel said. “We want to see of the nearly 30 audience members in attendance. efforts, McNeeley said the tax would do little funds,” Mengel said. “If it had not occured, downtown be viable, but it’s going to come While Mengel said Measure U would support to address Santa Maria’s dilapidated downtown I could see it being more expensive to go out through public safety. It’s going to take cleanup, much-needed public safety services as the and lack of youth-oriented programs. He also and try to get a consensus just based on local it’s going to take enforcement, and it’s also going city struggles to recover from its $8.5 million said it would hit local small businesses hardest. knowledge or expertise.” to take nontraditional resources to help address budgetary deficit, McNeeley questioned the “More of the money could be used for youth,” Some questions submitted at the forum, some of the issues that exist in that area.” ❍ motives behind and necessity of the measure. McNeeley said, acknowledging that some of including one about Santa Maria’s recreational “Safety is not the only thing we need,” the revenue would go toward kids’ programs. cannabis prohibition, led the panelists slightly Staff Writer Kasey Bubnash can be reached at McNeeley said at the forum, which was held at “The city could sit down with all of the youth astray throughout the debate. But despite the [email protected].
PHOTO BY KASEY BUBNASH NEWS from page 4 with the city and library in April 2016, a revised gas. The fossil fuel industry says the practice is version again in 2018, and lease agreements in relatively safe, while environmentalists argue March and May of this year. it pollutes water supplies and contributes to an Through the lease, the city would have charged increase in earthquakes. the Friends—a nonprofit that helps support the “This plan is overly broad, is insensitive library financially—$2,051 each month for the to local community needs, and its health space it had used pro bono for a decade. considerations dangerously imperils entirely The groups still disagree about the legality of new population centers to significant adverse the proposed contracts, which would have given health consequences [sic],” the letter says. library administration managerial control over Jackson and Limón pointed to adjacent some of the nonprofit’s operations, access to its population centers at risk from any new oil and financial records, and would have forced the gas operations, including coastal areas “heavily Friends to use all its net proceeds to “support visited by tourists,” along with neighborhoods, library operations.” and community facilities, like primary schools. In several emails to the city throughout They said the plan “trammels the intention” of negotiations, Friends members expressed local residents trying to protect their homes from adverse environmental and health impacts. concerns over the proposed contracts, citing The letter also criticized the limited 30-day a state law that gives a nonprofit’s board of window the BLM gave the public to comment directors complete managerial control over the organization’s business and affairs. Little on the proposal. The deadline to submit any REOPENED FOR BUSINESS: Library and city staff celebrate the grand reopening of the Library Shop on Sept. 11, just two was accomplished during those discussions comments closed on Sept. 7. months after the Friends of the Santa Maria Public Library closed its used bookstore and moved out of the space in July. Pictured Jeff Kuyper, executive director of Los Padres center, left: Library Director Mary Housel. Pictured center, right: Mayor Alice Patino. regarding language and rent, which was Forest Watch, also questioned the short time eventually lowered to $833 a month, according frame the federal agency gave members of to the library director. Although the Library Shop officially opened affected counties to voice their opinion. The In an email sent on May 23, the city gave Library and city staff celebrate its doors under library management on Aug. 13, environmental nonprofit is against the plan. the Sept. 11 event gave city and library staffers the Friends 30 days to sign a contract or move “Central California residents are concerned Library Shop’s reopening an opportunity to celebrate both the store and out of the library lobby. Two months later, the about the impacts of drilling and fracking near our Roughly 15 community members were all the library’s 10-year anniversary in its current Friends left without signing. region’s most treasured forests, wildlife refuges, smiles at the Santa Maria Public Library’s grand location. The Friends moved into an office space at national monuments, and nature preserves,” Kuyper reopening of its used bookstore on Sept. 11. Several city officials, including Mayor 1000 S. Broadway, where members sell books said. “We need to tell the Trump administration The bookstore, which recently changed Alice Patino and City Manager Jason Stilwell, on Amazon. The group also has an upcoming loud and clear that we’re not willing to pollute and management amid controversy, is stocked with book sale scheduled for Sept. 20 through 22 in industrialize these iconic landscapes.” helped library staff and the Santa Maria Valley roughly 2,500 donated or discarded books, Shephard Hall. After the deadline closed for public comment, Chamber of Commerce celebrate the grand DVDs, magazines, encyclopedias, and art, While Friends members have said repeatedly the BLM’s Garcia told the Sun that the agency according to Mary Housel, director of the Santa opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony and that they will continue supporting the still needed to conduct an Environmental Impact Maria Public Library. While the store’s proceeds cookies. Housel even offered each attendee a Statement and that more public meetings about will flow entirely back into the library, Housel free book as party favors after mentioning a library through other fundraising endeavors, proposed drilling and fracking would be held said prices are low—ranging from about 50 recent influx of donations. Housel maintains that an agreement or lease within the next year. cents to $2—and it runs on the honor system. “All donations help the library,” Housel told is essential to protecting the library legally. Garcia added it was unlikely that many The store’s true mission, she said, is to give attendees. Recent behavioral issues with unvetted Friends fracking or drilling projects would go forward in everyone an opportunity to read. The Library Shop was vacated in July volunteers caused liability issues for the library Santa Barbara County because so far the BLM “So in a way,” Housel said at the celebration, after the Friends of the Santa Maria Public and city, Housel wrote in an email to the Sun on had received little interest from potential bidders. “this event is supporting freedom and all the Library—its original manager—refused to sign Aug. 24. ❍ —Spencer Cole other things America stands for.” a proposed memorandum of understanding —Kasey Bubnash
www.santamariasun.com • September 13 - September 20, 2018 • Sun • 7 promise of a flourishing, safe, and comfortable to the website RentCafe, which tracks local an ‘Anytown, USA.’ It’s starting to look like by the Santa Maria Planning Commission space to gather is years out of reach. That is rent prices, the average price of a one-bedroom Simi Valley or Glendale. Those big-box stores COASTHILLS HEADQUARTERS: One of the last large buildings still earlier this year. The auto complex will be the under construction off Betteravia in the Enos Ranch development is especially true now, McNeeley said, with the apartment in Santa Maria is hovering around like Costco, you see them in Oxnard. The new home of the Honda and Toyota dealerships, the future headquarters for CoastHills Credit Union. corporations at Enos Ranch diverting business and $1,500 a month. uniqueness of Santa Maria and the culture here along with Home Motors and two other community focus that could have been put toward Zucker said that many working-class Santa is being removed.” unnamed auto dealers, according to Santa supporting local businesses and development in the Marians haven’t seen their incomes raise with The city’s Latino roots are what make Santa Maria Community Development Department area that should be the heart of the city. rents rates. Maria distinct, he said, but the city’s plans for Principal Planner Neda Zayer. “The mayor, when she ran for mayor, she “Affordable housing is at the heart of this,” expansion seem to cater to or attract more “They could move forward for building said that small businesses were the core of the he said. “Even if we are trying to raise wages, outsiders. He said he’d like to see more of a focus community and she wanted to work for small those are being eaten up by housing costs that on issues that affect Santa Marians more directly, permits at any time, but have not yet submitted businesses,” McNeeley said at the forum. “And are increasing even faster than wages. There’s like affordable housing, adding that it often feels any,” she told the Sun via email. then she and the City Council put all the business almost no point.” like community concerns fall on deaf ears. The auto dealerships represent some of out in Enos Ranch instead. You see what’s Corporate developments like Enos Ranch “I feel like we were heard, but not listened the last commercial development in the Enos happening to the downtown as a result of that?” may deliver sales tax revenue and jobs, Zucker to,” Espinoza said. “I think the developers have Ranch area. The rest of the land is slated for 8 But Santa Maria Community Development added, but the bulk of that economic activity their ear. They’re the ones that have the power community facilities and high density housing. Director Chuen Ng said that a vibrant doesn’t stay within the community. And because they are the ones who are spending The main developer of Enos Ranch, SLO-based downtown can, and will, coexist with big-box with the steady rise in popularity of online the money and creating the jobs. But it’s the NKT Commercial, sold the planned residential developments like Enos Ranch. shopping giants such as Amazon, more and residents who are having these things imposed portion of the land at the corner of Battles Road While Enos Ranch is a freeway-oriented more brick-and-mortar retailers are shutting on them.” and College Drive to the Towbes Group. development where consumers from in and their doors. Most recently, parent company Towbes proposed a three-story apartment out of town might go to make a quick purchase Lowe’s announced it would close all Orchard complex near Enos Ranch called the Easton Plaza or to grab some fast food on the road, Ng said Supply Hardware (OSH) stores, including Santa Down the road Apartments, which the Planning Commission the ideal downtown would offer an entirely Maria’s, citing a lack of profits. The city has responded to some of the different set of services. “It may not be the best long-term investment complaints about Enos Ranch, mainly the approved in February 2017. The complex will Downtown, he said, should be a place where to just invest in places where people can go for traffic congestion created along Betteravia Road include 318 apartments of one- to three-bedroom residents can walk around for hours, visit cheap shopping,” Zucker said. “We need to and the off-ramp from Highway 101. Santa units as well as thousands of square feet of shared multiple stores and restaurants, or go out on invest in something that’s more than shopping.” Maria recently put out a bid to contractors to lawn and recreational facilities. a date. It should be a place where people can The Chamber of Commerce’s Singh argued widen the off-ramp since the number of right- Requiring high-density housing in the gather for concerts and other community area was part of Santa Maria’s general plan events, where people want to spend time eating and the Enos Ranch specific plan, along with on a patio outside, or working at a cafe. community facilities like parks and schools. That, Ng said, is not something the cres of asphalt cover what used be rows In 2017, the Santa Maria-Bonita School of cauliflower and strawberry fields businesses at Enos Ranch will ever provide. “I think they’re two totally different District acquired the land that neighbors the along Santa Maria’s Betteravia Road. Development vs. identity site of the proposed apartment complex along The Enos Ranch development shot up developments,” he said. “Ultimately we want Some Santa Maria residents aren’t swayed by College Drive, paying NKT Commercial nearly quickly just off Highway 101 last year, [downtown] to be a destination, a place the city added revenue. Community-minded activists can be proud of, where residents want to go to, $5.9 million from Measure T bond money. The Araising steel beams and vaulted white walls in a point to the amount of development in the where people gather.” district put forward plans to the city’s Planning matter of months. But the towering cranes and city—and where it’s centered—as a cause for churning cement mixers are mostly gone, and BIG BOX That kind of atmosphere, Ng said, takes Commission for a campus with two-story concern. time to create. In an area as challenging as buildings and sports fields. the corporate box stores and chain restaurants At the Sept. 6 forum on Measure U, Santa are open for business. downtown Santa Maria, where a giant mall NKT Commercial gifted the last remaining Maria resident Gale McNeeley expressed worry and traffic-heavy streets rub shoulders with the With some of it still in progress, the that the Enos Ranch development has taken, piece of land between College Drive and Bradley development is one of the largest in Santa Maria’s historic buildings and small businesses that are Road to Santa Maria to be the location of a and will continue to take, attention and money present in most downtowns, revitalization and recent history, rivaled only by the Crossroads from the effort to revitalize downtown. new park. That park will be the home of the shopping center across Betteravia, completed in beautification has been especially difficult. BELTWAY Plans to redesign the area around Broadway But a streetscape plan that would improve Smith-Enos House, the historic farmhouse that 1999. Enos Ranch is part of a longstanding effort and Main streets, and thus re-attract residents, Broadway and Main streets using a Caltrans sat at the top of the hill, visible to Highway 101 supported by the city to help assert Santa Maria Santa Maria celebrates Enos Ranch as a revenue business owners, and consumers to Santa grant is in its draft form, Ng said. And although commuters for more than a century. as a retail destination for the greater Central Maria’s downtown shops, have been in the he said he couldn’t get too specific, the city is The house currently sits at the future park’s Coast and establish the Betteravia area as a major and retail attractor, while some locals question works for years. in the midst of talking with some “interested location, and the city plans to put a new roof on shopping hub in the city. In October 2017, the city hosted two users” about the future of downtown. the building before winter, explained Recreation And Santa Maria prides itself on getting the city’s development priorities downtown design workshops where community Planning for the revitalization of downtown and Parks Department Director Alex Posada. things done. BY SUN STAFF • PHOTOS BY JAYSON MELLOM members discussed their priorities for Santa is pretty much over, Ng said, and the city just There are already volunteers who want to paint At Mayor Alice Patino’s State of the City Maria’s downtown. In January 2018, the city needs developers and business owners to move the house, Posada said, but the restoration address in July of 2017, she remarked on the asked similar questions in an online survey, into the area. will require a fundraising effort that will be realignment of Bradley Road during late 2016 to the added funds by way of consumer goods, that was not only drawing customers but also which hundreds of residents completed. That “To some extent, I’m done talking about spearheaded by the department’s nonprofit arm, and early 2017, which was necessary for the restaurants, and the hotel industry. potential investors capable of bringing with month, the City Council approved downtown’s planning,” Ng said. “I just want to see the People for Leisure and Youth (PLAY). Enos Ranch project to break ground. Patino That boost in revenue came up at a recent them higher-wage jobs. first mixed-use development since the city took something get built.” called the rerouting of one of the city’s main forum on an upcoming city ballot measure that “We’ve got quite a few groups of developers aim at revitalization. It’s a multi-story building The restored home will serve as the park’s arteries a “major accomplishment” that was would indefinitely increase the city’s sales tax. looking to come into Santa Maria and do other on Broadway and Main Street that promises centerpiece, with interpretive historical done “in record time.” “Thank goodness for Enos Ranch,” said projects, so [Enos Ranch] has been extremely to provide space for retail, commercial, and Low-wage workforce exhibits, Posada said. An events building is “We’re really proud that we can do things in Russ Mengel, a sergeant with the Santa Maria beneficial for our city overall,” Singh added. housing. It’s a type of project that’s never While some of Santa Maria’s activist base is in the planning stages for the park as well. Santa Maria and be more expeditious than we Police Department and panelist at a Sept. 6 She declined to provide details about the existed in Santa Maria before, the Chamber of concerned about development, others question That idea came from the city’s outreach to already are,” she added. “Development is very forum on Measure U. Mengel said the sales tax potential projects because negotiations between Commerce’s Singh explained. how Enos Ranch will help the city’s blue-collar community groups, Posada said, that wanted to important.” revenue collected at Enos Ranch is imperative to the city and business owners are ongoing. Still, McNeeley said at the forum that little backbone. see an indoor space for large events available for While city officials tout how quickly the project supporting the city’s public safety services. “But there’s a lot going on,” Singh said. progress has been made downtown, and the city’s Lucas Zucker is the policy director for organizations and residents. has moved forward, the revenue it’s generated, Santa Maria Public Information Officer Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable and what’s still to come, Enos Ranch isn’t without Santa Maria’s proposed design for the Mark van de Kamp told the Sun that Enos Economy (CAUSE), an organization focused its detractors. Critics have voiced concern over building is a barn theme, after the barn that Ranch helped the city’s regional shopping on housing and public transportation issues the city’s deference to corporate retailers while sat behind the farmhouse long before the appeal. He said specific sales tax information affecting the poor and working class in Santa a development focus in the downtown core has on the development was not available because development began, he said. It’s a nod to the old Maria. Zucker said the city is wracked by a Santa Maria and its rural identity right in the appeared to slow. Others point to congestion in California state law prohibits a city from lack of affordable housing, which threatens to middle of the new, large-scale development. an already well-trafficked part of town, the lack of divulging tax records about a specific taxpayer. displace underemployed workers. NOD TO HISTORY: The historic Smith-Enos House currently sits at the location of a future Santa Maria park, where the restored house will serve as a centerpiece with interpretive information about the city’s agricultural history. long-term high-wage jobs spurred by the project, Van de Kamp did note that sales tax While developments such as Enos Ranch do “In the time that I’ve been here, Santa Maria and a development that makes Santa Maria appear revenue is one “of the most volatile” revenue bring in much-needed jobs, there’s a reason to has always kind of strived to be the economic like “Anytown, USA.” components in the city’s budget. be cautious, Zucker explained. that while Enos Ranch may not provide the turn lanes was reduced from two to one, often hub on the Central Coast as far as retail goes, And despite the concerns, Enos Ranch has “Economic factors can contribute to wide “They are often very low-wage retail jobs,” high, “living-wage” jobs that some say the city backing up cars onto the highway. being the place where people go to shop,” already seen its fair share of locals eager to shop swings in receipts,” he said. Zucker said. “If we’re not creating the affordable should be pushing for, the business hub is a The Chamber of Commerce’s Singh said Posada said. “I think this project strengthens at the city’s newest commercial complex. City staff estimated that there would be a housing for that workforce then we get the piece of the foundation for future growth. that the traffic issues are all part of the that position, but it was also done on really the modest increase in overall sales tax revenues for problem, as is the case in Santa Maria, where “Sometimes the people that are skeptical redevelopment process and that locals can last piece of agricultural land in the city limits, Crunching numbers 2018-19 to $23.4 million, and to $23.6 million you have a very high cost of living, low wages, are those that haven’t been anywhere else, are look to the LA area for what unmanageable so our goal was to preserve a little bit of history, in 2019-20. The forecast is based in part on an and a significant rent burden.” afraid of change, or NIMBYs—nobody wants congestion looks like. keeping in mind that there was an agricultural Enos Ranch has already help contribute to a analysis conducted by a city-hired consultant. anything in their backyard,” she said. “But they “There’s always a trade-off when you grow, Big-box retailers such as Enos Ranch past and trying to honor some of those families bump in tax receipts for the city to the tune of Suzanne Singh is the economic development occupants Dick’s Sporting Goods, Old Navy, want the places to shop.” but usually the growing pains are better than that made the valley what it is today.” ❍ $2 million in additional funds, according to a director for the Santa Maria Valley Chamber and Petco pay starting salaries ranging between For community activist and local artist not growing at all,” she said. recent city report. of Commerce. She told the Sun that Enos $9 and $13 an hour in California, according Ruben Espinoza, the development isn’t Santa Maria is also considering plans to Santa Maria’s fourth quarter financial report Ranch’s impact on the city and the region as a to estimates from the employment website necessarily a negative, but he would have liked address another common complaint from local Staff Writers Kasey Bubnash and Spencer Cole, released in August of this year details that sales whole was major. glassdoor.com. That amounts to an annual to a see a more complete illustration of the city’s motorists—the need for more access points to Arts and Lifestyle Writer Rebecca Rose, and tax receipts increased by more than 8 percent “I don’t think it’s gonna slow,” Singh said of income of less than $30,000 for the average full- overall character at Enos Ranch. the city’s Costco store along Bradley Road. Managing Editor Joe Payne all contributed to this for that period. Finance Director Mary Harvey the increase in sales tax receipts. She described ON THE CLOCK: SLO-based developer NKT Commercial applied for development permits for Enos Ranch in 2015. Now, just three years time retail worker. Once housing costs factor in, “I see the growth that’s happening and Bradley is also the future site of several car story. The Sun editorial staff can be reached at wrote in the report that Enos Ranch contributed the shopping center as a “regional attraction” later, the first commercial phase of the project is nearing completion. it becomes an even gloomier picture. According it’s nice,” he said. “But it’s becoming like dealerships that were approved for development [email protected].
8 • Sun • September 13 - September 20, 2018 • www.santamariasun.com promise of a flourishing, safe, and comfortable to the website RentCafe, which tracks local an ‘Anytown, USA.’ It’s starting to look like by the Santa Maria Planning Commission space to gather is years out of reach. That is rent prices, the average price of a one-bedroom Simi Valley or Glendale. Those big-box stores earlier this year. The auto complex will be the especially true now, McNeeley said, with the apartment in Santa Maria is hovering around like Costco, you see them in Oxnard. The new home of the Honda and Toyota dealerships, corporations at Enos Ranch diverting business and $1,500 a month. uniqueness of Santa Maria and the culture here along with Home Motors and two other community focus that could have been put toward Zucker said that many working-class Santa is being removed.” unnamed auto dealers, according to Santa supporting local businesses and development in the Marians haven’t seen their incomes raise with The city’s Latino roots are what make Santa Maria Community Development Department area that should be the heart of the city. rents rates. Maria distinct, he said, but the city’s plans for Principal Planner Neda Zayer. “The mayor, when she ran for mayor, she “Affordable housing is at the heart of this,” expansion seem to cater to or attract more “They could move forward for building said that small businesses were the core of the he said. “Even if we are trying to raise wages, outsiders. He said he’d like to see more of a focus community and she wanted to work for small those are being eaten up by housing costs that on issues that affect Santa Marians more directly, permits at any time, but have not yet submitted businesses,” McNeeley said at the forum. “And are increasing even faster than wages. There’s like affordable housing, adding that it often feels any,” she told the Sun via email. then she and the City Council put all the business almost no point.” like community concerns fall on deaf ears. The auto dealerships represent some of out in Enos Ranch instead. You see what’s Corporate developments like Enos Ranch “I feel like we were heard, but not listened the last commercial development in the Enos happening to the downtown as a result of that?” may deliver sales tax revenue and jobs, Zucker to,” Espinoza said. “I think the developers have Ranch area. The rest of the land is slated for But Santa Maria Community Development added, but the bulk of that economic activity their ear. They’re the ones that have the power community facilities and high density housing. 9 Director Chuen Ng said that a vibrant doesn’t stay within the community. And because they are the ones who are spending The main developer of Enos Ranch, SLO-based downtown can, and will, coexist with big-box with the steady rise in popularity of online the money and creating the jobs. But it’s the NKT Commercial, sold the planned residential developments like Enos Ranch. shopping giants such as Amazon, more and residents who are having these things imposed portion of the land at the corner of Battles Road While Enos Ranch is a freeway-oriented more brick-and-mortar retailers are shutting on them.” and College Drive to the Towbes Group. development where consumers from in and their doors. Most recently, parent company Towbes proposed a three-story apartment out of town might go to make a quick purchase Lowe’s announced it would close all Orchard complex near Enos Ranch called the Easton Plaza or to grab some fast food on the road, Ng said Supply Hardware (OSH) stores, including Santa Down the road Apartments, which the Planning Commission the ideal downtown would offer an entirely Maria’s, citing a lack of profits. The city has responded to some of the different set of services. “It may not be the best long-term investment complaints about Enos Ranch, mainly the approved in February 2017. The complex will Downtown, he said, should be a place where to just invest in places where people can go for traffic congestion created along Betteravia Road include 318 apartments of one- to three-bedroom residents can walk around for hours, visit cheap shopping,” Zucker said. “We need to and the off-ramp from Highway 101. Santa units as well as thousands of square feet of shared multiple stores and restaurants, or go out on invest in something that’s more than shopping.” Maria recently put out a bid to contractors to lawn and recreational facilities. a date. It should be a place where people can The Chamber of Commerce’s Singh argued widen the off-ramp since the number of right- Requiring high-density housing in the gather for concerts and other community area was part of Santa Maria’s general plan events, where people want to spend time eating and the Enos Ranch specific plan, along with on a patio outside, or working at a cafe. community facilities like parks and schools. That, Ng said, is not something the In 2017, the Santa Maria-Bonita School businesses at Enos Ranch will ever provide. “I think they’re two totally different District acquired the land that neighbors the developments,” he said. “Ultimately we want site of the proposed apartment complex along [downtown] to be a destination, a place the city College Drive, paying NKT Commercial nearly can be proud of, where residents want to go to, $5.9 million from Measure T bond money. The where people gather.” district put forward plans to the city’s Planning That kind of atmosphere, Ng said, takes Commission for a campus with two-story time to create. In an area as challenging as buildings and sports fields. downtown Santa Maria, where a giant mall NKT Commercial gifted the last remaining and traffic-heavy streets rub shoulders with the piece of land between College Drive and Bradley historic buildings and small businesses that are Road to Santa Maria to be the location of a present in most downtowns, revitalization and new park. That park will be the home of the beautification has been especially difficult. But a streetscape plan that would improve Smith-Enos House, the historic farmhouse that Broadway and Main streets using a Caltrans sat at the top of the hill, visible to Highway 101 grant is in its draft form, Ng said. And although commuters for more than a century. he said he couldn’t get too specific, the city is The house currently sits at the future park’s in the midst of talking with some “interested location, and the city plans to put a new roof on users” about the future of downtown. the building before winter, explained Recreation Planning for the revitalization of downtown and Parks Department Director Alex Posada. is pretty much over, Ng said, and the city just There are already volunteers who want to paint needs developers and business owners to move the house, Posada said, but the restoration into the area. will require a fundraising effort that will be “To some extent, I’m done talking about spearheaded by the department’s nonprofit arm, planning,” Ng said. “I just want to see the People for Leisure and Youth (PLAY). something get built.” The restored home will serve as the park’s centerpiece, with interpretive historical Low-wage workforce exhibits, Posada said. An events building is While some of Santa Maria’s activist base is in the planning stages for the park as well. concerned about development, others question That idea came from the city’s outreach to how Enos Ranch will help the city’s blue-collar community groups, Posada said, that wanted to backbone. see an indoor space for large events available for Lucas Zucker is the policy director for organizations and residents. Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Santa Maria’s proposed design for the Economy (CAUSE), an organization focused building is a barn theme, after the barn that on housing and public transportation issues sat behind the farmhouse long before the affecting the poor and working class in Santa development began, he said. It’s a nod to the old Maria. Zucker said the city is wracked by a Santa Maria and its rural identity right in the lack of affordable housing, which threatens to middle of the new, large-scale development. displace underemployed workers. NOD TO HISTORY: The historic Smith-Enos House currently sits at the location of a future Santa Maria park, where the restored house will serve as a centerpiece with interpretive information about the city’s agricultural history. While developments such as Enos Ranch do “In the time that I’ve been here, Santa Maria bring in much-needed jobs, there’s a reason to has always kind of strived to be the economic be cautious, Zucker explained. that while Enos Ranch may not provide the turn lanes was reduced from two to one, often hub on the Central Coast as far as retail goes, “They are often very low-wage retail jobs,” high, “living-wage” jobs that some say the city backing up cars onto the highway. being the place where people go to shop,” Zucker said. “If we’re not creating the affordable should be pushing for, the business hub is a The Chamber of Commerce’s Singh said Posada said. “I think this project strengthens housing for that workforce then we get the piece of the foundation for future growth. that the traffic issues are all part of the that position, but it was also done on really the problem, as is the case in Santa Maria, where “Sometimes the people that are skeptical redevelopment process and that locals can last piece of agricultural land in the city limits, you have a very high cost of living, low wages, are those that haven’t been anywhere else, are look to the LA area for what unmanageable so our goal was to preserve a little bit of history, and a significant rent burden.” afraid of change, or NIMBYs—nobody wants congestion looks like. keeping in mind that there was an agricultural anything in their backyard,” she said. “But they “There’s always a trade-off when you grow, Big-box retailers such as Enos Ranch past and trying to honor some of those families occupants Dick’s Sporting Goods, Old Navy, want the places to shop.” but usually the growing pains are better than that made the valley what it is today.” ❍ and Petco pay starting salaries ranging between For community activist and local artist not growing at all,” she said. $9 and $13 an hour in California, according Ruben Espinoza, the development isn’t Santa Maria is also considering plans to to estimates from the employment website necessarily a negative, but he would have liked address another common complaint from local Staff Writers Kasey Bubnash and Spencer Cole, glassdoor.com. That amounts to an annual to a see a more complete illustration of the city’s motorists—the need for more access points to Arts and Lifestyle Writer Rebecca Rose, and income of less than $30,000 for the average full- overall character at Enos Ranch. the city’s Costco store along Bradley Road. Managing Editor Joe Payne all contributed to this time retail worker. Once housing costs factor in, “I see the growth that’s happening and Bradley is also the future site of several car story. The Sun editorial staff can be reached at it becomes an even gloomier picture. According it’s nice,” he said. “But it’s becoming like dealerships that were approved for development [email protected].
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Connie Leyva (D-Chino), the author of bill that would require each of the state’s public university student health centers to BE A PART OF OUR 32ND ANNUAL Live. Love. offer abortions via medication by Jan. 1, 2022. COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE Senate Bill 320, which passed the state Senate AUTUMN ARTS SEASON Art. on Aug. 30, will either be signed into law or vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown by the end of September. Chase Artopoeus “It’s probably one of the most radical pieces The St. Joseph Knights were down 24-30. Only seconds of reproductive legislation that has been remained. But in his typical fashion, quarterback Chase put forward in the country,” Steven Ho, an Artopoeus (pictured, No. 9) remained calm and helped his 10-4-18 incoming junior at UC Santa Barbara, told team gain 82 yards in less than 50 seconds. PUBLICATION DATE the Sun, adding that it felt empowering to The Knights beat out Bakersfield Garces Memorial High School with a tie-breaking kick on Aug. 31, and head football see so many lawmakers show support for the coach Pepe Villasenor said the win wouldn’t have been possible bill. “California is really paving the way for without Artopoeus’ renowned focus and determination. reproductive justice.” “I’m most impressed with his composure,” Villasenor Ho, who serves as internal vice president for UC said. “He never gets too high, he never gets too low.” Artopoeus, a senior at St. Joseph High School, led his team AWARENESS Santa Barbara’s Associated Students, said that while to win its first three games this season. He becomes a better the university’s student governing body has yet to player with each and every practice, Villasenor said, and with BOOK YOUR AD BY take official action on SB 320, he and a few other an above 4.0 grade point average, several ivy leagues are 9-27-18 members are planning an informal canvassing showing considerable interest in Artopoeus’ game. event in support of the legislation. That typically “He’s an incredible student athlete,” Villasenor said. ❍ —Kasey Bubnash includes providing community members around October is campus with the governor’s contact information, for the implementation of additional medical Ho said, and sometimes, doughnuts. equipment, medication, and other needs Breast Cancer & Although Ho originally became interested in associated with offering abortion medication. the bill because it was inspired by a UC Berkeley Although each student health center would be LET OUR COMMUNITY KNOW YOU CARE. Domestic Violence student resolution, he said he continues to back provided with a privately funded $200,000 grant GET YOUR AD INTO THIS ONCE-A-YEAR its effort to ease many of the challenges his to cover costs associated with the implementation SPECIAL PUBLICATION Awareness Month peers face when seeking abortions. of SB 320, Molle said that “one-time” funding Nearly 51 percent of all UC and CSU students would not address the need for ongoing staff are considered low-income, according to a training and maintenance. Still, Molle said CSU study published by UC San Francisco in 2017. administrators have been working with the bill’s While only one-third of UC students and two- author on many of these issues. thirds of CSU students have access to reliable 10-25-18 Director of media relations at the UC’s Office PUBLICATION DATE methods of transportation, 22 of the state’s 34 of the President, Claire Doan, said UC leaders campuses are at least 30 minutes away from share similar concerns about funding. abortion providers. And only 15 percent of “According to a UC analysis,” Doan wrote the those providers are open on the weekends, in a statement, “even after taking into account according to the study. the funds pledged by private sources, the bill “This is a step toward eliminating those MENUS would have a significant, ongoing impact on the barriers,” Ho said. university budget, including student fees.” BOOK YOUR AD BY Medication abortions are also considered to Neither UC or CSU have taken official stances 10-11-18 be less invasive than other methods. on the bill, and both agreed that health care in Women who are up to 10 weeks pregnant are all forms should be easily accessible to students. eligible for medication abortions, according to While public universities would be required the Aug. 30 SB 320 analysis. Patients typically to offer medication abortions through the bill, take two pills, mifepristone and misoprostol, participation would be optional for private and within a 72-hour period, causing the uterus to community colleges. If passed, Allan Hancock empty and bleed heavily. Although the method College will not be opting in, according to 60,000 COPIES OF THIS GLOSSY- Make a is almost always effective, complications and spokesman Phil Hamer. incomplete abortions can occur. “Our health center is nurse-run, and we don’t COVERED MAGAZINE ARE DISTRIBUTED Toni Molle, director of public affairs for have staff that would be licensed to perform TO OVER 650 LOCATIONS Reservation. the CSU’s Office of the Chancellor, said that abortions and have no plans to hire practitioners because CSU doctors don’t provide inpatient care that would be able to,” Hamer wrote in a SUN CIRCULATION and don’t have hospital admission privileges, statement. “Doing so would take away resources campuses would need to establish agreements from the many services we currently provide to with local hospitals for students who experience our students.” ❍ 18,000 complications from the medication. Molle also said that while student health Staff Writer Kasey Bubnash writes School Scene Contact your 805.347.1968 centers do provide many reproductive health each week. Information can be sent to the Sun via sales rep today! care services, campuses would need funding mail, fax, or email at [email protected]. [email protected]
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new high-pressure intrusions through our Boycott In-N-Out, really? diminishing drinking water aquifers? Aera We want to know what Online Poll California Democratic Party Chairman Eric Energy and ERG Resources, two oil companies, WRITE NOW! you think about every- Bauman is calling for a boycott of In-N-Out have recently been flooding the media with thing. Send your 250-word letter to Sun Letters, 2450 Do you agree with California’s Skyway Drive, Suite A, Santa Maria, CA 93455. You because they donated $25,000 to the Republican promises of good jobs, community progress, can also fax it (347-9889) or e-mail it (letters@ realignment laws for state prisoners? party. What has California come to? I know that and prosperity for us all if Santa Barbara County santamariasun.com). All letters must include a name, 14 38% Yes, for low-level offenses California is a Democratic “controlled” state, will approve their plans to dramatically increase address, and phone number for verification purposes; but to boycott a company because they donated high-pressure oil and gas drilling upstream may be edited for space or clarity; and will be posted 24% No, they should serve the sentence a modest donation (for a national company) from Santa Maria. to santamariasun.com. 24% Only if counties get needed funds to an opposing party is really showing the Oil company proposals and environmental 14% Build more prisons! arrogance of California’s “senior” Democratic impact statements to the county are riddled with representatives. false, incomplete, and rosy assumptions to justify still attempts to give some credit to the erratic 21 Votes Why is it that anything someone does for the new dangerous drilling activity that will severely performance of President-elect Donald Trump. Vote online at www.santamariasun.com. Republican Party is not only bad, but needs to injure our health and environment long after What’s been reported about Mr. Trump in be punished? This is one of many reasons that they have grabbed their oil profits and left town. the media, and his bullying non-presidential Justin Fareed is going to get my vote, plus any Our land and water will be further poisoned and performance as president, is evidence enough other Republican I can find to vote for. This squandered. These new projects will provide few that he’s a liability for the welfare of America attitude that the Democrats deserve California new jobs in the energy industry and are dwarfed and its citizens. He’s not presidential now, nor to worship them has got to stop! I don’t know by the hundreds of new good-paying jobs will he be in the future. He lacks the demeanor, about you, but I’m eating at In-N-Out tonight. created by clean and safe solar and wind energy intelligence, or class to be president. Northern Santa Barbara County’s development in our area in recent years. News & Entertainment Weekly Just consider, there appears to be sufficient 2540 Skyway Drive, Suite A Alan Eft Our water supply is threatened by drought evidence to support his collusion with Santa Maria, CA 93455 Orcutt and overuse. Our climate is threatened by Russia to affect the outcome of our recent EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING | 805-347-1968 FAX | 805-347-9889 increasing production and burning of fossil presidential election. Also consider, his display E-MAIL | [email protected] WEB | www.santamariasun.com fuels. It is time to conserve our resources and of presidential weakness during his recent visit Veterans deserve better consume responsibly. It is time to live within FOUNDER | Steve Moss 1948-2005 to Helsinki, for Vladimir Putin’s approval of his The late Sen. John McCain will be our means and produce and use our own energy. actions. His so-called tax reform was more of EDITORIAL No more oil leaks and spills. No more natural MANAGING EDITOR | Joe Payne remembered for his integrity, most notably a tax manipulation, benefiting the wealthy and STAFF WRITERS | Kasey Bubnash, Spencer Cole demonstrated by his penchant for straight talk. gas explosions in our homes and businesses. businesses more so than the working taxpayer. ARTS AND LIFESTYLE WRITER | Rebecca Rose There was a great irony locally when Bruce No more oil-soaked pelicans and seals. Please CALENDAR EDITOR | Caleb Wiseblood His immigration policy, if it can be called that, is PROOFREADER | Andrea Rooks Porter wrote a column in the Sept. 2 Santa tell your county Board of Supervisors to stop a crime against immigrants more than anything STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER | Jayson Mellom Barbara News-Press, simultaneously praising this new onslaught of extreme oil development. else. There’s a lot more negatives about this self- ART DIRECTOR | Alex Zuniga Monterey County, San Luis Obispo County, EDITORIAL DESIGNERS | Leni Litonjua, Matthew Oakes Sen. McCain’s integrity while contorting centered individual, if a concerned person takes EXECUTIVE EDITOR | Camillia Lanham the truth and assailing 3rd District County and Ventura County have taken action to stop the time to notice. CONTRIBUTORS | Rob Krider, Glen Starkey, Ross Mayfield, dangerous oil extraction and encourage safe Helen Ann Thomas Supervisor Joan Hartmann for something that And finally, just take notice of the lackluster, never happened. If one is to use John McCain’s energy development. Can Santa Barbara County dysfunctional nature of the Republican Party ADVERTISING legacy as a comparison, facts matter. do the same? in control. Their lack of leadership was evident GENERAL MANAGER | Kimberly Rosa ACCOUNT MANAGER | Colleen Garcia Mr. Porter falsely asserts that Ms. Hartmann during President Obama’s term, and it’s even ACCOUN T EXECUTIVES | Katy Gray, Jason Gann, Jennifer Herbaugh, kicked county veterans department caseworkers Larry Bishop more so now. 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The public good and oil profits Recent letters and articles in local papers have promoted more oil development over and through the Santa Maria groundwater basin. Who will profit and who will be hurt by these
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Bill Brown and other law enforcement agencies turn up Blame game in the not-too-distant future. et’s play a game. But McNeeley did make L Here are the rules: Pick whatever it is that a good point about pot in bothers you about a community, and blame it his battle with Mengel, that on something you hate! Santa Maria was being “more It seems like a lot of Central Coasters are moralistic than realistic” playing that game right now. You don’t have to about it. A city is free to look much farther than the pages of the Sun to enforce or tax weed all it 15 see what I’m chirping about. wants, but can still have all How about the knock-down drag-out fight kinds of problems without between Santa Maria Police Department Sgt. having legal pot shops. Russ Mengel and city resident Gale McNeeley Take a look at Lompoc, and the state of over Measure U, the proposed sales tax increase homelessness there illustrated so clearly in the on the November ballot (see page 7). Santa Ynez riverbed. That problem was there According to McNeeley, ever the thorn in Santa long before the Lompoc City Council agreed to Maria’s side, the city doesn’t need more sales tax allow recreational cannabis in the city proper. revenue for the police department or revenue- The county Board of Supervisors just declared a generating big-box developments like Enos Ranch shelter crisis (see page 4) to help acquire some state (see page 10). If Santa Maria wants to keep kids funding for the cleanup there and the homelessness out of gangs, it needs arts programs, parks, and problem rampant across the county, for crying out fountains for crying out loud. Fountains! loud! Legal cannabis didn’t create that problem, but Mengel, on the other hand, says public safety tax revenue from it could help assuage the problem comes first, which is no surprise coming from a without the city having to declare a “crisis.” cop. But when asked about gaining revenue from But even then, that added cash flow won’t possibly allowing recreational cannabis businesses solve the issue. That’s the problem with the in the city, he did a full-court blame-game press. blame game—there’s hardly ever one reason If you believe Mengel, Denver, Colorado, is why problems arise, and never one magicbullet basically a smoking hole in the ground since cure. Lompoc is the “City of Arts and Flowers,” the state legalized pot and the city allowed everything McNeeley could ask for (including recreational weed businesses to set up shop. the fountains), but it’s still got issues. “It’s devastated the Denver area,” he said. Talking about issues, I wonder if the ongoing feud “The businesses, it hurt them. Many of them between the Santa Maria Public Library’s director, are leaving and going to different places.” Mary Housel, and the Friends of the Santa Maria I wonder when was the last time he visited Public Library is over. Housel contributed a pretty Denver, but I think the city’s doing just fine. lengthy opinion piece last week (“Checking the facts According to The Gazette in Colorado Springs, on the library debate,” Sept. 6) to rebut some of what cannabis is the business not just in Denver, but I said previously (“Frenemies,” Aug. 23) and claims the whole state. Cannabis accounted for “$1.51 from the Friends. billion in 2017, generating more economic Housel and the library just celebrated its own output than 90 percent of all other industries in shop on Sept. 11 (see page 7), basically the same the state,” the paper reported earlier this year. thing the Friends did, just without any friends. To be fair, police departments like Santa Maria’s Aw, how sad. can still treat weed like a menace to society all they But so far, I haven’t heard a peep from the want. In the same article, The Gazette pointed out Friends since Housel’s op-ed. Maybe they’re too that the black market did boom in Colorado, and busy planning their upcoming book sale, which enforcement of illegal grows was up. will happen Sept. 21 and 22 at the library (see That’s why I wouldn’t be surprised if we see page 26). Or maybe they’re tired of playing a more of the same in Santa Barbara County, back-and-forth blame game with her. ❍ which has had more applications for growing permits than any other county in California. The Canary is tired of all the games too. Send We’ll see what the Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff your thoughts to [email protected].
LETTERS from page 14 nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that Trump’s tax break for the rich will add Fact checking Justin Ruhge at least $1 trillion to the national debt. That’s 1,000 times $1 billion, or a million times I am responding to the letter “Too much $1 million. And who will pay for what amounts Kool-Aid” (Aug. 16) by Justin Ruhge. There to corporate welfare? We, the middle class and seems to be a pattern to his frequent letters and our children and their children will pay. this one is no exception. Now the BIG LIE. “Obama gave away billions First, he insults the person who wrote of dollars to Iran because they are Muslim.” the commentary he is responding to (Ken Here are the facts. The Shah of Iran ordered McCalip’s “Misdeeds in La-La Land,” Aug. $400 million in military aircraft and paid for 9) and then proceeds to spout his dogma and it. He was deposed before delivery. The U.S. outright lies. He never attributes the source held onto that money to ensure the return of his BS, but he often quotes Fox Fake News of the captive Americans. Iran then sued in talking points word for word. international court for $10 billion to cover He claims MSNBC makes “accusations interest, fees, etc. When it looked as if we without substance.” I guess he never watches would lose the court battle and have to pay the MSNBC or he would know that they have whole $10 billion, Obama made a deal to give actual reporters who go out and interview real them back the $400 million plus $1.1 billion people about real news. As a Fox Fake News in interest. This had nothing to do with the devotee, he wouldn’t understand the concept. prisoner exchange that was going on at about Then he gets into the Fox dogma: The the same time national debt doubled under Obama. It did These are the facts. Unfortunately, Mr. Ruhge not. All Obama did was put the cost of George cannot say the same. It would appear that he W’s illegal war in Iraq into the budget, whereas has the same dubious relationship with the Bush had been paying for it on the national truth as Mr. Trump. credit card, so to speak. Mr. Ruhge then says that Trump didn’t Dan Dennis increase the national debt. Absurd! The Orcutt
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DANE DAYS The 82nd annual Solvang Danish Days celebration takes place Sept. 14, 15, and 16. This festival features live entertainment, arts and crafts, kids activities, food, beer, the Danish Days Parade, and more. Admission is free. VIP packages are available for $55. More info: solvangdanishdays.org.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SOLVANG DANISH DAYS Expo Center, 100 Madonna Rd, San Luis Obispo. boys, girls, and infants), toys, sporting goods, brownpapertickets.com. Chapman Estate, 1243 kitchenware, crafts, art, and household items for Ocean Blvd., Shell Beach. NATIONAL DRIVE ELECTRIC WEEK: RIDE SPECIAL EVENTS sale. Proceeds support the Dunes Center. Sept. 22, AND DRIVE Dealer and private electric vehicles SAN LUIS OBISPO SANTA YNEZ VALLEY 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 805-343-2455. dunescenter. available for test drives. Also features electric org/event/rummage-sale/. Far Western Tavern, 899 18TH ANNUAL ROTARY HOMES OF 82ND ANNUAL DANISH DAYS This festival bikes. EV drivers will be available to answer Guadalupe St., Guadalupe. DISTINCTION TOUR Take an exclusive look into features live entertainment, arts and crafts, kids questions about their experience with their 5 homes. Proceeds fund local student scholarships activities, food, beer, the Danish Days Parade, and vehicles, including pros and cons of leasing versus FALL CRAFT FAIR Featuring local crafters and and nonprofits. Hosted by Rotary Club of SLO more. Sept. 14-16 solvangdanishdays.org. Danish owning, “range anxiety”, and why they drive an vendors of jewelry and knitted items. Guests can Sept. 16, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $25. 805-546-8806. Days, Town-wide, Solvang. EV. Sept. 15, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. 805-704-1549. enjoy food, games, kids activities, and more. slorotary.org. Rotary Homes of Distinction Tour, carbonfreeslo.org. Madonna Inn Expo Center, 100 Sept. 15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 805-264-2128. odox.org. SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo. Madonna Rd., San Luis Obispo. Orthodox Church of the Anunciation, 877 Francine BOOGIE ON DOWN WITH RIPTIDE BIG BAND Ln., Santa Maria. 80’S FOR ANIMALS Features a costume contest, NORTH SLO COUNTY Santa Maria Recreation and Parks and the Santa cruelty-free appetizers, drinks, music, a live and LIONESS CLUB OF CAYUCOS ANNUAL Maria Valley Senior Club present this dance 3RD ANNUAL SHOWDOWN CORNHOLE silent auction, and more. Sept. 22, 6-10 p.m. $40. ENCHILADA SALE Proceeds benefit numerous concert featuring Riptide Big Band and In Time TOURNAMENT Proceeds benefit the Atascadero High 805-543-3786. greenerpasturessanctuary.org/ club projects, including Hardie Park Pool Trio. Funded by the Community Foundation of SLO Greybots. Features breakfast, lunch, raffles, a costume events.html. Odd Fellows Hall, 520 Dana St., San equipment, swimming lessons for all Cayucos County. Sept. 23, 1:30-4 p.m. Free. 775-813-5186. contest, and a Jenga challenge. Sept. 22-23, 9 a.m.-5 Luis Obispo. School students, and scholarships for graduating RiptideBB.com. Elwin Mussell Senior Center, 510 p.m. Entry info online. visitatascadero.com/events. high school seniors, the Mutt Mitt Program, and AN EVENING WITH BILL MCKIBBEN: YES ON Park Ave., Santa Maria. Sunken Gardens, 6505 El Camino Real, Atascadero. others. Mondays-Sundays, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. through G CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISER Join McKibben, RAISE THE WOOF: BENEFITING SBC ANIMAL FALL FAMILY FUN FEST Features family-friendly Oct. 9 $10 for 2 beef, chicken or cheese enchiladas; Mayor Heidi Harmon, and other local leaders to CARE FOUNDATION Guests can enjoy standup activities including crafts, a 32-foot inflatable obstacle $55 for a tray of 12. 805-995-1432. cayucoslioness. hear how SLO County can help lead the transition comedy, a 3-course dinner, beer, wine, soda, a course, seasonal treats, face painting, opportunities to org. St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 298 S. away from fossil fuels. Sept. 17, 6 p.m. $40-$100; silent auction and drawing, and more. Featuring live meet firefighters and police officers, and more. Sept. Thompson Ave., Nipomo. $10 for students and seniors. 510-844-7160 x music by the Clark Street Flyers. Sept. 22, 5 p.m. 22, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. 805-237-3988. prcity.com. 313. protectslo.nationbuilder.com. Cuesta College SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY $75; $125 per couple; $420 for private table of 6. Centennial Park, 600 Nickerson Dr., Paso Robles. Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Highway 1, 805-298-2968. woofraise.com. Masonic Lodge, 6TH ANNUAL CHARITY RUMMAGE SALE All San Luis Obispo. MORRO BAY KAYAK WINE TOUR Dinner and 700 E. Lakeview Blvd., Santa Maria. proceeds benefit Friendship Bridge, a non-profit wine served on the dunes on the outer bank of the MOTHER EARTH GRAND CELEBRATION organization empowering Guatemalan women SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY bay. Enjoy Lone Madrone wines while watching the FUNDRAISER: VOTE YES ON MEASURE G Enjoy to find solutions to poverty through micro-loans. sunset. Sept. 22, 4-8 p.m. $110. 805-238-0845. live music, food, and auctions featuring paintings AVILA APPLE FESTIVAL AND GALA DINNER Sept. 21, 12-3 p.m. and Sept. 22, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. lonemadrone.orderport.net. Lone Madrone Winery, by Marcia Burtt and other local artists and other Features live music by Brett Mitchell and Matthew Friendship Bridge, 467 Ramona St., Grover Beach, 5800 Adelaida Rd, Paso Robles. items from artisans. Erin Inglish Band performs. 805-545-8949. Evans, wine tastings by members of the Avila Wine Sept. 15, 4-8 p.m. $125. 805-441-4897. protectslo. Trail, local beers and cider, a multi-course, apple- SWINGIN’ BY THE SEA A fundraising event to nationbuilder.com/mother_earth. Tiber Canyon inspired menu prepared by Debbie Collins, and FUNDRAISERS support the Chapman Estate property. Features Ranch, 280 W Ormonde Rd, San Luis Obispo. live and silent auctions. Sept. 22, 5-9 p.m. $100- plein air artists-in-action, artwork, unique Estate- $800. 805-627-1997. Avila Beach Community NORTH COAST SLO COUNTY SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS only experiences for auction, docent tours, food Center, 191 San Miguel St., Avila Beach, and beverage samplings from local vendors, and 24TH DENIM AND DIAMONDS The Templeton avilabeachcc.com. THE DUNES CENTER SEPTEMBER RUMMAGE SALE Features gently live music. Sept. 22, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $125 Education Foundation presents this event to raise SAN LUIS OBISPO used clothing (for men, women, table seating; $100 chair seating. 805-741-8899. funds for Templeton schools. Sept. 22, 5-10 p.m. $80 per single ticket; $1,000 per table. eventbrite. APPLES AND HONEY FESTIVAL com. Hummingbird House, 4015 Almond Dr., Guests can enjoy food, crafts, Templeton, (805) 226-8575. activities, and more. Live The Sun and New Times now share their community entertainment includes the Charles 25TH SILVER ANNIVERSARY GOLF listings for a complete Central Coast calendar running INDEX Paddock Zoo Show and Tell and Bonnie TOURNAMENT Proceeds to benefit the SLO Lee book storytelling. Sept. 16, 10 a.m.-4 from northern Santa Barbara County through SLO County. Special Events ...... [16] County Builders Exchange Scholarship Fund. p.m. Free. jccslo.com/. Mitchell Park, 1445 Submit events online by following the link on the calendar widget Admission includes green fees, golf cart, range Arts ...... [18] Santa Rosa St., San Luis Obispo, 208-901-0104. at santamariasun.com. Submissions require logging in with your balls, a breakfast burrito, a barbecue lunch, beverages, and a goodie bag. Sept. 21, 7:15 a.m.-4 INSPIRED HOME AND GARDEN EXPO OF SLO Google, Facebook, or Twitter account. You can also email calendar@ Culture & Lifestyle ...... 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SLO Wind Orchestra: 7th Annual Empty Bowls The Jason Harnell A Conce Burning James The Devil & Daniel Webster Movies & Video Games POPS Luncheon for 5CHC Solo Drum Experience for Hope and the Funky Flames FRI–SUN, OCTOBER 5–7 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 By the Sea CPAC at Cuesta College St. Patrick’s Church Hall Cuesta College Presqu’ile Winery Point San Luis Lighthouse Productions
Inspired Dinner Series Tribute to SLO Tease Burlesque Cabar-esque Series: Morro Bay Wild Cuesta Choirs: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 Laura Nyro HUNGER Dynamite Dawson SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 Autumn Blessings A Pop-up Dining Establishment TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 FRI. & SAT. OCTOBER 12 & 13 FRI. & SAT. OCTOBER 12 & 13 Wildlife Rehabilitation SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 The Yard Morro Bay Wine Seller South Bay Community Center Cambria Center for the A s Theater Center CPAC at Cuesta College
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www.santamariasun.com • September 13 - September 20, 2018 • Sun • 19 ARTS from page 18 COLOR AND MOTION: AN ARTISTS PHOTO COURTESY OF WILDLING MUSEUM PERSPECTIVE See the work of local artist Kathy Dr., Solvang, 805-688-1082, wildlingmuseum.org. Badrak on display at the Terry Dworaczyk office of Ameriprise Financial. This exhibit is one of a ARTIST TALK: ART AS ALCHEMICAL PORTAL continuing series of shows to spotlight local art TO NATURE Susan Rowland’s talk uses depth and artists. ongoing 805-938-9724. ampf.com. psychology and alchemy to show what modern Ameriprise Financial, 2605 S Miller St., Suite 104, western life has repressed and explores the notion Santa Maria. that imagination is the most important natural resource, one that connects us to non-human SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY nature as an essential part of our being. Sept. 23, ART BY SLOPE AT DANA ADOBE A collection 3-4 p.m. $5 members; $10 general admission. 805- that culminates art and history to educate the 686-8315. wildlingmuseum.org. Wildling Museum community. Fridays. through Sept. 30 805-929- of Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang. 5679. danaadobe.org. DANA Adobe Cultural Center, SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY 671 S. Oakglen Ave., Nipomo. SOUTH COUNTY POETRY An open mic follows FROM ARTISTS, FOR ARTISTS, BY ARTISTS each month’s featured poet. Fourth Sunday of Featuring fine art oils and pastels from Corynn 20 Wolf, acrylics from Ryan Adams, and works from every month, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. 805-268- 9216. CanDoJack.com. South County Poetry, St. various mediums by Marc Wolf ongoing Free. 805- Barnabas’ Episcopal Church (annex), 301 Trinity 773-6563. Puffers of Pismo, 781 Price St., Pismo Beach, puffersofpismo.com/. Way off Traffic Way, Arroyo Grande. SHE SANG ME A GOOD LUCK SONG A statewide traveling exhibit featuring the California EXHIBITS Indian photographs of Dugan Aguilar. ongoing 415- 525-1553. exhibitenvoy.org. DANA Adobe Cultural SANTA YNEZ VALLEY Center, 671 S. Oakglen Ave., Nipomo, 805-929- COMMUNITY DAY AT THE WILDLING Wildling 5679. offers free admission during Community Day. Enjoy drop-in art activities, current exhibits, and more. CALLS FOR ARTISTS PERFUME PERFECTION Third Wednesday of every month Free. 805-688- Perfumer and aromatherapist Susan Farber hosts a natural perfume workshop on Sept. 1082. wildlingmuseum.org. Wildling Museum of Art SAN LUIS OBISPO 15 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature in Solvang. Participants and Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang. CALL FOR ENTRIES: SLO PART-TIME PLAYERS will learn how to make fragrances using botanical essences gathered from around the NATURE IMAGINED This exhibit celebrates 10-MINUTE PLAYS Accepting submissions of world. Admission is $85. All materials are provided. More info: (805) 686-8315 or nature through art by Cheryl Medow, Ellen Jewett, 10-minute plays with 5 or fewer characters (1-3 wildlingmuseum.org. and Hilary Brace. These artists used diverse preferred), few or no props, simple staging, and an materials and methods to create their works. emphasis on the text. Writers should have theater Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. are based on audience suggestions making interested in anime and manga. Sept. 21, 4:30- experience (please include brief description). Email $5. 805-686-8315. wildlingmuseum.org. Wildling every show unique. Saturdays, 8-10 p.m. $5. 5:30 p.m. Free. 805-925-0994. engagedpatrons. submissions to [email protected]. ongoing centralcoastcomedytheater.com. Kreuzberg Coffee org. Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., Free. Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro St, San Luis Obispo. Solvang. Company, 685 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, St., Santa Maria. 805-430-0260. NATURE REGENERATED Photographers were COFFEE AND CONVERSATION Tuesdays, 1 p.m. encouraged to capture examples of nature’s ability STAGE SLOLIO: A GATHERING OF TRUE STORIES AT oasisorcutt.org. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares to regenerate and thrive. This exhibit showcases LINNAEA’S This monthly storytelling event is open Ave., Orcutt, 805-937-9750. SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY to anyone who has a true story to share based on winning entries in the Adult and Junior categories. DCSMV MONTHLY MEETING Speaker a theme and that can be told without notes. ongoing Free. 805-686-8315. wildlingmuseum.org/ GOLD FEVER AT THE ROUGH AND READY A sessions open to the public. Meeting The theme of September is “Test Time”. photography-competition/. Wildling Museum of Art spoof of traditional melodramas by Neil LaVine. for registered Democrats only. Third Sept. 19, 7-9 p.m. Free. 805-995-2867. and Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang. Wednesdays-Sundays, 7-9:30 p.m. through Sept. Thursday of every month, 5:30-8:30 slolio.org. Linnaea’s Cafe, 1110 Garden 16 $21-$28. 805-489-2499. americanmelodrama. p.m. Free. santamariademocrats. PAVLOV GALLERY: FEATURED ARTISTS St., San Luis Obispo. Showcasing new collections on a weekly basis. com. Great American Melodrama, 1863 Front St., info. IHOP, 202 Nicholson Ave, Santa Featured artists include Chris Pavlov, Iris Pavlov, Oceano. Maria. Robert Hildebrand, Doug Picotte, and more. THE MIX TAPE An original musical comedy set CULTURE & HI-WAY DRIVE-IN SWAP MEET ongoing, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 805-686-1080. in the late ‘90s. Through Sept. 15 805-489- SEPT. 13 – SEPT. 20 Come to the Hi-Way Drive-In for the pavlovgallery.com. Pavlov Art Gallery, 1608 2499. americanmelodrama.com. Great American 2018 Sunday Swap Meet. Sellers: $20; Copenhagen Dr., Ste C, Solvang. Melodrama, 1863 Front St., Oceano. 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MEDITATION CLASS: A STUDY OF TRADITION Office, 936 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande. operation. Sept. 13, 6-9 p.m. Free. 805-704-1549. KIDS & FAMILY AND PRACTICE With AnnKathleen, who has been carbonfreeslo.org. San Luis Obispo Farmers YOUTH SERVICES The City Church Central meditating since 1992 when she was introduced to Market, Broad and Higuera, San Luis Obispo. SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS Transcendental Meditation from teacher Sri John Coast holds youth services for junior high school students. Mondays, 6:30 p.m. Free. 805-929-8990. SLO FARMERS MARKET Hosts over 60 vendors. AFTERNOON STORY TIME Story time for kids Karuna. Wednesdays, 6:30-7:45 p.m. $10-$15. 805- thecitycc.org. Faith Life Community Church, 726 W Saturdays, 8-10:45 a.m. World Market Parking Lot, ages 6 and up. Features stories, movies, and a craft. 598-1509. divining.weebly.com. Art of Alchemy, E. Tefft St, Nipomo. 2650 Main St., San Luis Obispo. Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. through Oct. 9 Free. 805- Orange St, Santa Maria. 925-0994. engagedpatrons.org. Santa Maria Public WISDOM READINGS AnnKathleen uses tarot VOLUNTEERS Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. and oracle cards to guide participants to solutions EVENTS BABYNAUTS STORY TIME This story time is for that bring peace, happiness, and positive thinking. SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS babies up to 12 months old and their caregivers. Fridays-Sundays, 1-5 p.m. $60-$100. 805-598- GUADALUPE NATIVE GARDEN SAN LUIS OBISPO Fridays, 10-10:30 a.m. through Oct. 12 Free. 805- 1509. Art of Alchemy, E. Orange St, Santa Maria, BEAUTIFICATION DAY Seeking volunteers 7SISTERS BREWING CO. ONE YEAR divining.weebly.com. 925-0994. engagedpatrons.org. Santa Maria Public interested in gardening and helping to beautify ANNIVERSARY PARTY Features special beers Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. WISDOM READINGS AT COVENTREE the Guadalupe Native Garden. This event is led by all night, wine tasting, live music with B and The Judith Evans. Third Saturday of every month, 9 BILINGUAL STORY TIME/ HORA DE CUENTOS AnnKathleen, the Mistress of Alchemy, uses tarot Hive, a drag show with SLO Queerdos, and more. a.m.-noon through Dec. 15 Free. 805-343-2455. This story time features stories, songs, and and oracle cards to guide participants to solutions Sept. 21, 4-11:45 p.m. Free. 805-868-7133. dunescenter.org/event/guadalupe-native-garden- rhymes in both Spanish and English. Wednesdays, that bring peace, happiness, and positive thinking. 7SistersBrewing.com. 7Sisters Brewing Company, beautification-days/. Guadalupe Native Garden, 5:30-6 p.m. through Oct. 10 Free. 805-925-0994. Every other Friday, 1-5 p.m. $60-$100. 805-598- 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo. 1509. divining.weebly.com. CovenTree: Books and Corner of Campondonico and 7th Ave., Guadalupe. engagedpatrons.org. Santa Maria Public Library, BUBBLE AND RAW BAR Visit Foremost’s new Gifts, 722 E Main St., Santa Maria. 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. Bubble Bar where guests can get bubbles by the KTS ALL STAR GYMNASTICS: NINJA SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY FOOD & DRINK glass or by the bottle along with a bites from a special raw menu created by Chef Thomas Drahos. WARRIOR CLASSES Bring out your DRUM CIRCLE With Julie Jensen. You Thursdays-Saturdays, 5-9 p.m. 805-439-3410. inner warrior with kids parkour may bring your own drum if you wish. FARMERS MARKETS foremostslo.com/. Foremost Wine Co., 570 Higuera classes in a safe setting. For ages 5 Those without drums are welcome. and up. Wednesdays, Fridays, 5:30 St. Ste 105, San Luis Obispo. Additional instruments will be LOMPOC/VANDENBERG & 6:30 p.m. 805-349-7575. Santa available for use. Third Wednesday of FLAVORS OF THE CREAMERY An afternoon of Maria Town Center, 142 Town Center LOMPOC FARMERS MARKET Features fresh every month, 6:30-8 p.m. Donations food and drink tastings. Faeturing live music by East, Santa Maria. SEPT. 13 – SEPT. 20 fruit and vegetables, flowers, entertainment, and accepted. 805-489-2432. Halcyon Dave Aguallo. Sept. 16, 12-4 p.m. Free; food and 2018 activities for the whole family. Fridays, 2-6 p.m. LEGO CLUB Either build to the Store Post Office, 936 S. Halcyon Rd., drinks for purchase within restaurants. Creamery Lompoc Farmers Market, Ocean Avenue and I assigned challenge or just hang out and Arroyo Grande. Marketplace, 570 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, Street, Lompoc. build with friends. Sept. 13, 4-5 p.m. Free. 805- GUIDED SOUND HEALING MEDITATION With 805-781-3133, creameryslo.com. 925-0994. engagedpatrons.org. Santa Maria Public VANDENBERG VILLAGE FARMERS MARKET Julie Jensen. Third Monday of every month, 6:30-8 FRIDAY NIGHT PINT NIGHT Buy logo glass for Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. Locally grown produce and food stuffs are available year p.m. $25. 805-489-2432. Halcyon Store Post $8 and bring it in every Friday for $2 off refills. round. Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Vandenberg Village MOMMY AND ME CLASSES Brief gymnastics Office, 936 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande. Wine offered at happy hour pricing. Fridays, 4-10 Farmers’ Market, 120 Burton Mesa Blvd., Lompoc. classes for ages 1 to 3 (as soon as they can start HOUSE OF GOD CHURCH SERVICES Join p.m. Free. 805-868-7133. 7sistersbrewing.com/ walking on their own). Mondays, Wednesdays, Pastor Joseph and Amanda Anderson every Sunday SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS events-page. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Fridays, 9:30-10 & 10:15-10:45 a.m. $35-$55. KT’s Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo. for prayer, healing, and more. Sundays, 9:30-11 ORCUTT FARMERS MARKET Presents local All Star Gymnastics, 237 Town Center E, Santa a.m. 805-888-7714. House of God Church, 946 farmers and small businesses. Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-1 TASTE OF SLO: WALKING FOOD TOUR Visit five Maria, 805-349-7575. Rockaway Ave., Grover Beach. p.m. Orcutt Farmers Market, Bradley Road, Orcutt. different destinations in downtown SLO per tour. All PRESCHOOL STORY TIME Features stories, food and drinks are included. Mondays, Saturdays, INTUITIVE CIRCLE CLASSES Explore your gift of SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY songs, finger plays, digital storytelling, and a book- receiving and giving intuitive information during these 1-4 p.m. through Sept. 5 $85. 320-420-9853. on-DVD. For kids ages 3 to 5 and their families. classes hosted by Julie Jensen. Every other Tuesday, ARROYO GRANDE FARMERS MARKET Includes tasteofslowalkingfoodtour.com. Downtown SLO, Wednesdays, 10:30-11 a.m. through Oct. 10 Free. produce, artists and musicians. Saturdays, 12-2:25 6:30-8 p.m. $25. 805-489-2432. Halcyon Store Post Higuera St., San Luis Obispo. 805-925-0994. engagedpatrons.org. Santa Maria p.m. Arroyo Grande Farmers Market, Olohan Alley, Office, 936 S. Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande. Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. Arroyo Grande. TGIF @ TMC Proceeds benefit the Monday MEDIUMSHIP DEVELOPMENT Learn the basics Clubhouse Conservancy Fine Arts Awards Program. READALOUD The Buellton Library presents NIPOMO FARMERS MARKET Includes a of communicating with spirit in a safe environment Enjoy music, food, drinks, and more. Sept. 14, ReadAloud, a play-reading group for adults, teens large variety of locally grown produce. Open with Mike Smith. Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $15. 5:30-8:30 p.m. $25 in advance; $30 at the door. and children 9 and up. Fridays, 4-5 p.m. Free. 805- year round Sundays, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 805-480-2432. Halcyon Store Post Office, 936 S. 805-541-0594. themondayclubslo.org. The Monday 688-3115. Buellton Library, 140 W. Highway 246, nipomofarmersmarket.com/. Nipomo Farmers Halcyon Rd., Arroyo Grande. Club, 1815 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo. Buellton. Market, Via Concha Road, Nipomo. REFUGE RECOVERY Refuge Recovery is a non- WOODSTOCK’S SLO PINT NIGHT With the first SANTA MARIA VALLEY RAILWAY HISTORICAL SAN LUIS OBISPO theistic, Buddhist-inspired approach to treating pint as low as $5, Woodstock’s gives half-off refills MUSEM The Santa Maria Valley Railway Historical and recovering from addictions of all kinds. Open FARMERS MARKET Farmers Market in SLO is the in the same glass. Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m. Free. Museum features a locomotive, boxcar, caboose, to people of all backgrounds and respectful of largest Farmers Market in California. Thursdays, 805-541-4420. woodstocksslo.com. Woodstock’s railroad artifacts, and diorama. Second and fourth all recovery paths. Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m. Free; 6:10-9 p.m. Downtown SLO, Higuera St., San Luis Pizza, 1000 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo. Saturday of every month. 12-4 p.m. ongoing 805- donations welcome. The Haven (classroom), 621 E Obispo. 714-4927. Santa Maria Transit Center, Miller and WOODSTOCK’S SLO TRIVIA NIGHT For Grand Ave, Arroyo Grande, (805) 202-3440. Boone St., Santa Maria. NATIONAL DRIVE ELECTRIC WEEK: SLO trivia aficionados and fun-lovers in general SUNDAY FOR SPIRIT PSYCHIC READINGS FARMERS MARKET Check out several models alike. Tuesdays, 9-11 p.m. Free. 805-541-4420. SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY Features an assortment of psychic readers. Sundays, of electric cars and bikes, talk to their owners, woodstocksslo.com/events/. Woodstock’s Pizza, DRAGONFLY CIRCLES (AGES 7-11) IN AG This 1-5 p.m. Vaires. 805-489-2432. Halcyon Store Post and get general information on EVs and their 1000 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo. ❍
22 • Sun • September 13 - September 20, 2018 • www.santamariasun.com DJ/DANCE 25 | KARAOKE/OPEN MIC 25 LOCAL NOTES PHOTOS COURTESY OF RON COLONE Live Music Beyond the tavern SANTA YNEZ VALLEY ALASTAIR GREENE BAND LIVE Sept. 23, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Tales from the Tavern concert series Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, expands to include all-day Ya Ya Festival coldspringtavern.com/entertainment.html. 23 THE BRAMBLES LIVE Sept. 22, 1-4 p.m. Cold BY JOE PAYNE Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/ ore than a decade ago, Siblings Ron and Carole Ann Colone entertainment.html. decided to start a concert series in Santa Ynez Valley, a place where they say live music was sorely lacking at the time. THE BRYAN TITUS TRIO LIVE Sept. 21, 6-9 M p.m. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach The music-going community of the valley and the greater Central Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, Coast was waiting for it, they said. The very first season of their series, coldspringtavern.com/entertainment.html. which they dubbed Tales from the Tavern in 2003, sold out in an hour. CHILL DAWGS LIVE Sept. 16, 1-5 p.m. “I just think it was a new thing in the community for people, a Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, new experience,” Ron said. “It was really part of a collective effort, a 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org. collective will to bring more live music to the valley.” CRAFTED: LIVE MUSIC SERIES Features The series has been a sold-out success ever since, bringing singer- artists from all genres of music. Thursdays, 6 songwriters to the valley for intimate shows that prize storytelling artists over p.m. and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. 805-686- flashy bands or famous faces. They’ve cultivated an audience of sponsors and 4742. bottlest.com. Bottlest Winery, Bar & true music fans, they said, just as much as a roster of talented performers. Bistro, 35 Industrial Way, Buellton. Now the Colones are bringing something else new to the Santa Ynez CROWN ROYAL AMBASSADORS/PHANTOM Valley, an all-day music festival at the Solvang Festival Theater, called POMPS Sept. 14, 8 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, the Ya Ya Festival, on Sept. 22. The event is presented by Tales from the mavericksaloon.org. Tavern; the Artist Advocacy Foundation, the Colones’ nonprofit; and THE DYLAN ORTEGA BAND As part of KRAZy their partner, local businessman Jonathan King, who came up with the Country Honky-Tonk Thursday. Thursdays, 7 festival’s name. The festival will feature some of the most beloved artists p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa that have performed for Tales from the Tavern over the years. SIBLINGS FOR SONGS: Ron (pictured left) and Carole Ann Colone (right) spent years touring with Ynez, 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org. The Ya Ya Festival’s headlining performers include Dave Alvin & The their brother’s group before moving to the Santa Ynez Valley and starting the Tales from the Tavern THE EXCELLENT TRADESMEN LIVE Enjoy Guilty Ones, Michael on Fire, Ruthie Foster, and Steve Poltz. The Colones concert series that celebrates working singer-songwriters. a mix of retro-country and neo-surf originals have always carefully curated the lineup for their concert series, something and classics. Sept. 15, 5-8 p.m. Free. Cold that has ensured not just an excited audience, but artists motivated to Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/ perform for them as well. entertainment.html. “These musicians who make their living on the road, they’re not household names, they’re not the image-based artists,” Carole Ann said. HOLLYWOOD HILLBILLIES LIVE Sept. 21, 8 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa “These are people who are working people who are making their living on Ynez, 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org. the road and they’ve heard of Tales from the Tavern. They want to work JACOB COLE AND THE ECHOES LIVE here because they’ve heard about our audience.” Sept. 22, 6-9 p.m. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 One of the Ya Ya Festival’s headliners is another Colone sibling, Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, Ron and Carole Ann’s brother, Michael, who’s performed for years as coldspringtavern.com/entertainment.html. Michael On Fire. They all used to tour together, Michael explained, JIM RANKIN LIVE No outside food or drinks when Carole Ann played in his band and Ron handled transportation allowed. Sept. 15, 1-4 p.m. Free. Cold Spring and other management duties for his group. Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, Across years of touring, they all knew firsthand what made a bad gig, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/ entertainment.html. Michael explained, and so when Ron and Carole Ann moved to Santa Ynez and decided to start Tales from the Tavern, they tried to remove every JUST DAVE BAND LIVE Sept. 15, 8 p.m. annoyance that artists face. They called their brother to be the first featured Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org. act, and he offered his guidance and ideas as well before the season began. They created a dream experience for the artists, he explained. LIVE MUSIC ON THE PATIO Local acts perform every Saturday. Saturdays, 5-8 p.m. “When I go there it’s always really exciting because I know I’m walking into Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, a professional environment,” Michael said. “People know they can go in there 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org. and get, whether they like the artist or not, they know they are going to get LOW DOWN DUDES LIVE No outside food or something that is honest. They don’t have any amateurs in there.” drinks allowed. Sept. 16, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Free. That curated experience was present from the beginning of Ron Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., and Carole Ann’s efforts to bring live music to the valley, but it’s also BACK IN THE VALLEY: Michael on Fire is one of the headlining groups at the Ya Ya Festival in Solvang, something they’ve had to cultivate to throughout the years. which is part of the Tales from the Tavern concert series. Siblings Ron and Carole Ann Colone began the MUSIC LISTINGS continued page 24 LOCAL NOTES continued page 24 series in 2003 with their brother Michael’s group headlining the first show, and now, the all-day festival.
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LOCAL NOTES from page 23 it’s going to be tonight depends in part on me “She’s amazing, she’s great.” to provide a music festival experience, but not being a good listener.’” The daylong festival will also include more at the multi-day scale that requires camping New festival in town The Colones’ judgement on which artists to than just the music in the Solvang Festival and days of setup and tear-down. It’s a one-day Tales From the Tavern and the Artist Advocacy Foundation bring in partly explains the loyal audience base. Theater’s famous outdoor amphitheater, but celebration, the Colones said, that rests on the present the Ya Ya Festival featuring Dave Alvin & The Artists like Steve Poltz have become favorites in also local groups performing in the courtyard foundation of their concert series but strives for Guilty Ones, Ruthie Foster, Michael on Fire, and Steve Poltz the valley, Ron explained, and newcomers are before and between the main stage acts. more. live on Sept. 22 from 2 to 10 p.m. at the Solvang Festival always greeted with a listening crowd. The festivities begin at 2 p.m., the Colones “Tales from the Tavern is such a quiet, Theater, 420 2nd St., Solvang. More info: (805) 688-0383 or The Ya Ya Festival will bring an artist “new explained, and there will be plenty to see and do intimate listening concert,” Ron said. “Ya Ya talesfromthetavern.com. to the valley,” Ron explained, named Ruthie in the courtyard beyond just the music. Festival is Tales from the Tavern trying out its 24 Foster, an acclaimed blues singer and guitarist. “People will walk into this world of wonder,” outside voice. We’re looking for energy and fun.” “We really made it our business to try Foster is a veteran who was in the Navy band, Ron said. “There’ll be food and drink and “Yes,” Carole Ann added, “spirit in the whole and communicate to the audience what the he said, and signed to Atlantic Records before booths with clothing and jewelry and arts and event.” ❍ audience’s role is in creating a great gig,” Ron walking away from her contract after differences crafts and all kinds of stuff going on, on a small said. “And after two years, people were starting with the label over her artistic direction. scale, obviously.” Managing Editor Joe Payne uses his outside voice inside. to come to us going, ‘I get it, I get it. How great “She went this really rootsy route,” he said. Part of the mission of the Ya Ya Festival is Contact him at [email protected].
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MAVERICK SALOON MUSIC LISTINGS from page 23 SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS GENERATIN GAP PERFORMANCE Featuring Alisa Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern. BILL WOODS LIVE Sept. 15, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Mounts, Gary Liwanag, Bob Barr, com/entertainment.html. Moxie Cafe, 1317 W. McCoy Ln., Santa Maria, 805- Jim Miller, and Doug Shelton. 361-2900, moxiecafe.com. SALT MARTIANS LIVE Sept. 23, 1:15-4 p.m. Sept. 21, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free; Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa BOB CLARK LIVE Sept. 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. tips welcome. 805-489-9099. Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com/ Moxie Cafe, 1317 W. McCoy Ln., Santa Maria, 805- branchstreetdeli.com/livemusic. entertainment.html. 361-2900, moxiecafe.com. Branch Street Deli, 203 E. Branch St., Arroyo Grande. STEVE AND THE REGULARS LIVE Sept. 23, 1-5 JAZZ JAM Instrumentalists and vocalists are p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa welcome to join in with the house trio. Third LIVE MUSIC AT LIDO Ynez, 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org. Saturday of every month, 6-9 p.m. Free. 805-937- Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 5-8 p.m. Free. 805-773-4300. SUNDAY ROUND-UP Enjoy live music on the 6400. Ca’ Del Grevino Cafe and Wine Bar, 400 E. patio and special menu offerings every Sunday Clark Ave., suite A, Orcutt. thedolphinbay.com. Lido Restaurant at Dolphin Bay, 2727 morning. Sundays, 11 a.m. Free. Maverick Saloon, L’ENFANT TERRIBLE LIVE Sept. 15 Presqu’ile Shell Beach Rd., Pismo Beach. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, Winery, 5391 Presqu’ile Dr., Santa Maria, 805-937- mavericksaloon.org. 8110, presquilewine.com. LIVE MUSIC AT PUFFERS THUNDER ROSE LIVE This group performs a Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free. PHANTOM THREAD LIVE MUSIC AT CA’ DEL GREVINO Enjoy live 805-773-6563. puffersofpismo. blend of rock’n’roll and blues. Sept. 14, 6-9 p.m. The Maverick Saloon presents The Phantom Pomps, a music from a different band/musician each week. com. Puffers of Pismo, 781 Price Free. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Goleta-based rockabilly and blues group, on Sept. 14 at Wednesdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. 805-937-6400. St., Pismo Beach. Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern. facebook.com/cadelgrevino. Ca’ Del Grevino Cafe 8 p.m. Special guest performers include Crown Royal com/entertainment.html. and Wine Bar, 400 E. Clark Ave., suite A, Orcutt. OPEN BLUES JAM Wednesdays Ambassadors. The Maverick Saloon is located at 3687 TOM BALL AND KENNY SULTAN LIVE No Mongo’s Saloon, 359 W. Grand Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. More info: (805) 686-4785 or LIVE MUSIC AT COSTA DE ORO Enjoy live Ave., Grover Beach, 805-489-3639. outside food or beverages allowed. Sundays, music and complimentary appetizers every week. themavsaloon.com. 1:15-4 p.m. Free. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Thursdays, Fridays, 5-7 p.m. and Saturdays, 3-5 SIDE EFFECTS Tuesdays Free. Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, 805-773-6563. puffersofpismo. p.m. Free. Costa De Oro Winery, 1331 S. Nicholson LIVE AT SLO BREW: PATO BANTON Reggae coldspringtavern.com/entertainment.html. com. Puffers of Pismo, 781 Price St., Pismo Beach. Ave., Santa Maria, 805-922-1468, cdowinery.com. artist Pato Banton performs. For ages 18 and over. THE YA YA FESTIVAL Enjoy live music from Dave LIVE MUSIC AT MOXIE CAFE Enjoy live music from SIZZLIN’ SUMMER CONCERT SERIES Sept. 16, 7-11 p.m. slobrew.com/live. SLO Brew, Alvin & The Guilty Ones, Ruthie Foster, Michael On local artists, food, and drinks. Thursdays-Saturdays, Concerts include acts that perform various 736 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, 805-543-1843. Fire, and Steve Poltz. This event also features arts 5-8 p.m. Free. moxiecafe.com/music/. Moxie Cafe, genres, from traditional rock to blues. Sundays, PINT NITE WITH JOANMARIE & THE and crafts, food and drink, and clothing and jewelry 3-6 p.m. through Sept. 30 Free. 805-473-4580. 1317 W. McCoy Ln., Santa Maria, 805-361-2900. WAVEBREAKERS Central Coast vocalist vendors. Sept. 22, 2-10 p.m. $60. talesfromthetavern. groverbeach.org. Ramona Garden Park Center, 993 JoanMarie Asher teams up with Tom Bringle com/tftt-concerts/. Solvang Festival Theater, 420 2nd LIVE MUSIC AT O’SULLIVAN’S Featuring live Ramona Ave., Grover Beach. and Wendy Stockton of The Wavebreakers for St., Solvang, 805-928-7731. entertainment from local and touring alternative, indie, rock, punk, reggae, ska, alt-country, and SMOOTH SUNDAY LIVE MUSIC Fourth Sunday an evening of bluegrass-inspired covers and LOMPOC/VANDENBERG other left-of-center musicians several times of every month, 2-5 p.m. through Oct. 28 Free originals. Sept. 14, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-868-7133. 7SistersBrewing.com. 7Sisters Brewing Company, SIP MUSIC CLUB Pairing music and local wine throughout each month. ongoing Free. O’Sullivan’s with wine purchase. 805-627-1443. morovino.com. 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo. with 4 seasonal releases each calendar year. Price Pub, 633 E. Main St., Santa Maria, 805-925-0658, Morovino Winery, 468 Front Street, Avila Beach. includes 3 VIP access tickets to each SipMusic osullivanspub.net. WEDNESDAYS: LIVE MUSIC Enjoy live music SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: BOB DYLAN event, and 1 album and 1 bottle of premium LIVE MUSIC AT PRESQU’ILE Different acts every in the fireplace room. Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m. TRIBUTE Performers are Miss Leo, Archie wine every 3 months. ongoing $40. Lompoc Wine Friday evening. Fridays, 4-6 p.m. Free. Presqu’ile Seaventure Restaurant, 100 Oceanview Ave, Pismo Logsdon, Holly Ann Lewis, David Foster Evans & Factory, 321 N. D St., Lompoc, 805-243-8398, Debra Windsong, Bruce Goldish, Loren Radis, Steve Winery, 5391 Presqu’ile Dr., Santa Maria, 805-937- Beach, 805-779-1779, seaventure.com. lompocwinefactory.com. Kindel, Dan Grant, and Nick Rolen. Sept. 20, 6:30-9 8110, presquilewine.com. SAN LUIS OBISPO p.m. $10. 805-204-6821. songwritersatplay.com/ THOMAS PANDOLFI LIVE Opening performance LIVE MUSIC AT ROONEY’S Live music or a DJ calendar/. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank of the Lompoc Concert Association 2018-19 AARON PORTER LIVE Sept. 15, 6-8 p.m. Free. every Friday night. Fridays, 9 p.m. Free. 805-934- Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo. season. Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m. $5-$25. 805-588-5971. 805-868-7133. 7SistersBrewing.com. 7Sisters 3777. rooneysirishpub.net. Rooney’s Irish Pub, 241 lompocconcert.org. First United Methodist Church, Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: LAUREN HATCHER S Broadway St., Ste. 101, Orcutt. 925 North F St., Lompoc. San Luis Obispo. Guests can enjoy pop-rock anthems and tender T-BONE RAMBLERS LIVE ANNUAL CPAC BENEFIT: PONCHO SANCHEZ ballads. Special guests include Cleo Millenia, Edie PHOTO COURTESY OF COLD SPRING TAVERN Sept. 14 Presqu’ile Winery, 5391 AND HIS LATIN JAZZ BAND Admission includes Irving, Sara Biklen, and Amalia Fleming. Sept. 13, Presqu’ile Dr., Santa Maria, 805- salsa dance lessons to the first 50 attendees, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. 805-204-6821. songwritersatplay. 937-8110, presquilewine.com. refreshments, wine tasting, silent auction, raffles, com/calendar/. 7Sisters Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo. SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY and more. Sept. 16, 3-6 p.m. $40. Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Highway 1, SUMMER JAZZ CONCERT SERIES Fridays, 6:30- ACOUSTIC SUNDAYS San Luis Obispo, 805-546-3198, cuesta.edu. 9 p.m. through Sept. 28 $5-$15. 805-547-0278. Sundays, 3-6 p.m. Seaventure Sept. 13, 10 p.m. $10. SLO The4Cats.com. The 4 Cats Cafe and Gallery, 1531 Restaurant, 100 Oceanview Ave, BRASSTRACKS LIVE Brew, 736 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, 805-543- Monterey St., San Luis Obispo. Pismo Beach, 805-779-1779, 1843, slobrew.com. seaventure.com. TIM JACKSON LIVE Sept. 22, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-868- 7133. 7SistersBrewing.com. 7Sisters Brewing Company, FRIDAY MUSIC NIGHT AT GYPSY JAZZ NIGHT With the Gypsy All Stars: 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo. AVILA BEACH RESORT Enjoy Laurel Mitchel (vocals), Daniel Cimo (violin), James Gallardo, Ben Arthur, and Toan Chau. Every other acoustic music from local artists TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN Presented by Thursday, 9:30-11:30 p.m. Barrelhouse Brewing Co. with food and drinks from Songwriters at Play. Performers include Miss Leo, Speakeasy, 1033 Chorro St., San Luis Obispo, 805- Mulligan’s. Fridays, 5-8 p.m. Archie Logsdon, Holly Ann Lewis, David Foster 296-1128, barrelhousebrewing.com. Free. 805-595-4000. Avila Beach Evans & Debra Windsong, Bruce Goldish, Loren Resort, 6464 Ana Bay Dr., Avila KBONG LIVE For ages 21 and over. Sept. 15, 10 Radis, Steve Kindel, Nick Rolen, and Dan Grant. THUNDER ONLY HAPPENS Beach. p.m. $14. SLO Brew, 736 Higuera St., San Luis Sept. 20, 6:30-9 p.m. $10. 805-868-7133. 7Sisters Obispo, 805-543-1843, slobrew.com. Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, Cold Spring Tavern presents Thunder Rose on Sept. 14 FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE MUSIC San Luis Obispo, 7SistersBrewing.com. from 6 to 9 p.m. This group performs a blend of rock ’n’ roll Enjoy live music and food on KCPR PRESENTS: FLAMINGOSIS AT SLO and blues. Admission is free. No outside food or beverages the patio. Fridays, 5:30-8:30 BREW Enjoy electronic music with jazz influences. THE ZOMBIES LIVE Sept. 13 The Fremont are allowed. Cold Spring Tavern is located at 5995 p.m. Free. 805-489-9099. For ages 18 and over. Features opening support Theater, 1035 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, 805- Stagecoach Road, Santa Barbara. More info: (805) 967- branchstreeetdeli.com. Branch from UNIIQU3. Sept. 19, 10 p.m.-midnight slobrew. 546-8600, fremontslo.com. 0066 or coldspringtavern.com. Street Deli, 203 E. Branch St., com/live. SLO Brew, 736 Higuera St., San Luis continued page 25 Arroyo Grande. Obispo, 805-543-1843. MUSIC LISTINGS
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MUSIC LISTINGS from page 24 Hall, 2880 Broad St., San Luis Obispo. COUNTRY NIGHT Thursdays, 8 p.m.-2 a.m. DJ/DANCE 805-541-096. slograd.com. The Graduate, 990 Industrial Way, San Luis Obispo. SANTA YNEZ VALLEY KRAZY COUNTRY HONKY-TONK THURSDAY KARAOKE/OPEN MIC Thursdays, 6 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org. SANTA YNEZ VALLEY LOMPOC/VANDENBERG KARAOKE AT SOLVANG BREW Thursdays Free. THIRSTY THURSDAYS WITH DJ VEGA Playing Solvang Brewing Company, 1547 Mission Dr., today’s and yesterday’s hits. No cover charge. Solvang, 805-688-2337. 25 Bring your dancing shoes. Thursdays, 9 p.m.-2:30 OPEN MIC NIGHT AT SOLVANG BREW a.m. Free. 805-478-3980. DJ’s Saloon, 724 E Wednesdays Free. Solvang Brewing Company, 1547 Ocean Ave., Lompoc. Mission Dr., Solvang, 805-688-2337. SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY HULA DANCING Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. 805-598- FRONT ROW KARAOKE Thursdays, 9 p.m. 6772. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt. 773-1010. Harry’s Night Club And Beach Bar, 690 LINE DANCING Mondays, 6:30-9 p.m. $5. 805- Cypress St., Pismo Beach, harryspismobeach.com. 310-1827. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., JAWZ KARAOKE Thursdays, 9 p.m. Harry’s Night Orcutt. Club And Beach Bar, 690 Cypress St., Pismo Beach, 805-773-1010, harryspismobeach.com. NIGHTLIFE AT RANCHO BOWL Enjoy DJ’s 6 nights a week in the Rancho Bar and Lounge. For KARAOKE WITH DJ SAM Sundays Mongo’s ages 21-and-over. Tuesdays-Sundays, 9 p.m. Free. Saloon, 359 W. Grand Ave., Grover Beach, 805- 805-925-2405. ranchobowl.com/nightlife. Rancho 489-3639. Bowl, 128 E Donovan Rd., Santa Maria. SAN LUIS OBISPO SEPTEMBER 27 AT 7PM SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY KARAOKE NIGHT SUNDAYS AT BUFFALO PUB DJ CAMOTE Thursdays, 5 p.m. Harry’s Night Club AND GRILL Sundays, 8 p.m. Free. 805-544-5155. BANDA MS And Beach Bar, 690 Cypress St., Pismo Beach, Buffalo Pub And Grill, 717 Higuera St., San Luis 805-773-1010, harryspismobeach.com. Obispo. SEP 30 DJ DRUMZ AT MONGO’S Fridays Free. 805-489- OPEN MIC NIGHT AT 7SISTERS For musicians, KEITH URBAN 3639. mongossaloon.com. Mongo’s Saloon, 359 W. poets, and comedians. Family-friendly. Performers OCT 08 Grand Ave., Grover Beach. get a free beer. Sundays, 6-8 p.m. Free. 805-868- 7133. 7sistersbrewing.com/calendar. 7Sisters ARCTIC MONKEYS SAN LUIS OBISPO Brewing Company, 181 Tank Farm Rd. Suite 110, San Luis Obispo. OCT 19 80’S PROM Enjoy an evening of food, drinks, and dancing to 80’s hits. For ages 18 and over. Formal OPEN MIC NIGHT AT KREUZBERG Wednesdays ROD STEWART 80’s attire and costumes encouraged Proceeds Free. 805-439-2060. kreuzbergcalifornia.com. OCT 21 benefit RISE SLO. Sept. 15, 6-11 p.m. $12 and up. Kreuzberg Coffee Company, 685 Higuera Street, 805-503-0170. slogrrrl.com/80-s-prom. SLO Guild San Luis Obispo. ❍ TICKETS AVAILABLE: SB BOWL OR AT AXS.COM / SBBOWL.COM / GOLDENVOICE.COM
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ART SCENE PHOTO COURTESY OF KATHY BADRAK Arts Briefs Local artisans sought for Pour it up Guadalupe Makers Market Local artists use acrylic pour 26 Local nonprofit Peoples’ Self-Help Housing is seeking painting process to create work crafters and artists for the first ever Makers Market in Guadalupe on Oct. 20. BY REBECCA ROSE Peoples’ Self-Help Housing is looking for vendors for aint has a mind of its own. photography, fine art, pottery, clothing, jewelry, decor, and Artists know this frustrating truth about the food. Priority will be given to those artists who live, work, or Pmedium all too well. Sometimes it’s hard to attend/attended school in Guadalupe or have an otherwise blend; sometimes it decides to dry into a different strong connection to the community. color. It’s a sneaky element of the artistic process. The deadline for the application is Sept. 14. The market will But for some artists who specialize in a technique take place at the Guadalupe Maple Cottage, located at 945 called acrylic pour or paint pour, their work is all Guadalupe St. Admission is free. To apply to be a vendor or about the unpredictable path their paints take. artisan or to find out more about the event, visit pshhc.org/ “I just think it’s fun and different,” said artist makersmarket. and pour painter Beverly Johnson. “It’s a different way of engaging with paint and art.” Acrylic pour or paint pour is a technique that Oceano’s Melodrama to involves a few supplies including paint, a pouring medium, canvas, and a few tools to help bring out present Scary Poppins the colors and shapes in the work. Acrylic paints are mixed with a pouring medium (which allows CELLEVISION: Kathy Badrak’s acrylic pour work features techniques that help highlight cells, spherical colorful shapes that appear The Great American Melodrama is set to present Scary them to stay wetter longer and flow together) and when paint is swiped with a large or small flat tool. Poppins, a musical spoof recounting the story of Jack and Jill poured over a blank canvas. Artists then manipulate PHOTO COURTESY OF KRISTEN BATES Peabody and their nanny, Mary Poppins’ twin sister, Scary. the medium either by physically moving the canvas or by using tools such as Jack and Jill (played by Ben Abbott and Annali Fuchs- Pouring in palette knives to swipe over the paint, creating dynamic shapes and unusual Wackowski, respectively), live with their widowed father in Beverly Johnson is currently new colors. featured as the artist of the month London. Professor Peabody (Jeff Salsbury), an inventor who It may sound easy, but the technique can be tricky to master, especially at Orcutt’s Valley Art Gallery, 125 spends little time with his children, hires Scary Poppins as when attempting to create certain shapes or effects. Shapes known as “cells,” W. Clark Ave., suite 101. More info: their nanny, a frightening creature with mind control powers especially large or colorful ones, are highly prized in acrylic pour paintings. (805) 937-2278. and more. Scary Poppins is directed and choreographed by Eric Cells are circular shapes that emerge when a tool is swiped over the pour, Holt and written by Ben Millet. The production also includes the releasing the paint trapped underneath. Artists go to great efforts to perfect every time, and I can subtract Halloween Party Vaudeville Revue, a holiday-themed costume their pouring and swiping techniques as well as experiment with different or add elements to it and get party with original and parody songs. pouring media and recipes to get the desired effects. different effects.” The Halloween show runs from Sept. 20 through Nov. Johnson, who is featured as September’s artist of the month at Valley Unlike traditional 11. The theater is located at 1863 Front St., Oceano. Tickets Art Gallery, spent years working as a painter until she decided to try painting, the blending of are $21 to $28. For more information or to buy tickets, visit something new and explore the pouring technique. colors occurs on the canvas, americanmelodrama.com or call (805) 489-2499. “I’m always looking for something a little different,” Johnson said. “I leaving little room to perfect started creating some really cool images. Now I just keep experimenting or manipulate color before POUR ME: Artists such as Kristen Bates manipulate Book sale to benefit Santa and coming up with new images on the canvas.” it is laid down. The pouring acrylic poured on canvas to create unusual works of Johnson, who frequently paints on silk fabric, said she connects to the medium helps slow the abstract art. Maria Public Library process because of its unexpected results. Artists never know what’s going drying process, which then PHOTO COURTESY OF BEVERLY JOHNSON to come out of the process because there is always an element of surprise in The Friends of the Santa Maria Public Library will hold a allows artists to move and how the paint, medium, canvas, and tools will react together. book sale to raise money for the library from Sept. 21 through shape the paints until they One technique she uses is called a “dirty pour,” where paints mixed 22 in the library’s Shepard Hall. achieve the desired look. with products to thin them out are layered color by color into a cup. The A variety of books on topics including history, art, religion, Kathy Badrak is widely pouring medium helps the colors stay crisp rather than muddying as they science, and more will be for sale ranging in price from $1 known for her gourd art, are layered together. Once poured onto a canvas, the colors then separate, to $5. Greeting cards and a set of Great Books will also be sculptures made from creating distinct color blends, streaks, and cells. available for purchase. carving and painting dried While artists may sometimes use stencils or other tools to create less The sale is scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. hard-shelled gourds. For abstract images, rarely, if ever are traditional paint brushes used in paint on both days at the library. The general public is invited, and her, acrylic pouring offers a pouring. The idea is to think outside the box and come up with new or chance to explore another there is no admission fee. The Friends will hold a special inventive ways to manipulate the pour on the canvas. Techniques include avenue of creative expression preview night from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 20, limited to members spinning the canvas, pulling string through the poured paint, or tilting the from her usual line of work. only. canvas in multiple directions. “The acrylic pour is such a A $5 coupon will be available to anyone purchasing $10 worth “There’s little bit of control where I can create some images,” Johnson different way to work,” she said. POURTRAITS: Beverly Johnson, who is featured as of books or more. The library is located at 421 McClelland St., Santa said. “But I do not use a paint brush at all.” ❍ “For me, it was a release. It was September’s artist of the month at the Valley Art Gallery, Maria. For more information, visit cityofsantamaria.org. Kristen Bates is a local artist who became drawn to abstract painting an adventure, an exploration specializes in acrylic pour painting, a style that does not when she was pursuing an arts degree at Chico State. She drew her use brushes or traditional paint methods. PHOTO BY JOE PAYNE inspiration for her work, which she described as “nature-based abstracts,” of color and texture … it is so from the scenery on the Central Coast. totally different.” Drawn to images of water, but unable to achieve the effects she was The pour does what it wants, Badrak explained. Approaching most new looking for in her work, Bates turned to the internet, where she discovered art projects often entails having a design in mind before starting. But each an artist in Norway who made tutorial videos of her acrylic pours. Bates, pour is truly one of a kind. who had brain surgery in 2015, spent a year in recovery, practicing and “There are certain elements you can control,” Badrak said. “I can decide I’m studying the techniques. going to do a dirty pour with blues, yellows, and greens, but that’s all I can do.” Without the aid of paint brushes, the pouring medium becomes an While the element of control might be difficult for some painters to give essential tool for the artist. Along with the paints, a silicone-based product up, Badrak said the pouring process can be relaxing. The expectations of is added, which helps generate the large and more intricate cells many are creating a perfectly specific work are gone, she said. looking for when they pour paint. Many pour painters recommend treadmill “I find it very peaceful,” Badrak said. “It’s just a very enjoyable way to lubricant, which is 100 percent silicone and doesn’t have a harsh smell. paint and make art.” ❍ Some artists, such as Bates, spent months (or years) perfecting their recipes for Arts Briefs is compiled by Arts and Lifestyle Writer Rebecca Rose. product-to-paint ratios or color mixes and are tight-lipped about sharing them. Arts and Lifestyle Writer Rebecca Rose watches it all fall out; still has her Send information to [email protected]. “It took me over a year to perfect that conconcotion,” she said. “I use it money. Contact her at [email protected].
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SUN SCREEN PHOTOS COURTESY OF LAKESHORE ENTERTAINMENT she supposedly learned all manner Film Reviews of combat techniques. The entire backstory is given mere minutes and Editor’s note: Santa Maria 10 (805-347-1164) films and Plain vanilla one video clip of her cage fighting in show times were unavailable at press time. ierre Morel (District B13, Taken, The some Asian country. This feels like Gunman) directs Chad St. John’s (London THE MEG fly-by-night, in-and-out, no-time- Has Fallen) action-thriller script about a What’s it rated? PG-13 P for-a-second-take filmmaking. 28 young mother (Jennifer Garner) with nothing to What’s it worth? Stream it Anna: It certainly would have lose, out to avenge the deaths of her husband and Where’s it showing? Hi-Way Drive-In made for a more interesting overall Jon Turteltaub (Phenomenon, Instinct, National Treasure) daughter who were killed in a drive-by shooting. story if we got to see what Riley directs Jason Statham as former Naval Captain Jonas (102 min.) Taylor, whose career and marriage were destroyed after he went through to become a badass
abandoned part of his crew during a failed exploration of vigilante; at least it may have offered Glen: Welcome to the end-of-summer dumping the Mariana Trench in what he claimed was an attack by a some dimension to this very flat 70-foot shark. Five years later when a sub crew is stranded ground, where terrible films try to squeeze the film. Riley’s life is quickly summed in what may be an attack by the supposedly long-extinct last few bucks out of the film-going public. BEFORE THE STORM: Riley North (Jennifer Garner, right) spends one last 70-foot Carcharodon Megalodon, Taylor is recruited to up in the first few scenes: She’s a Peppermint had potential. Pierre Morel directed moment with her family—husband Chris (Jeff Hephner) and daughter Carly attempt a rescue. doting mother and wife trying to do the wildly successful 2008 Liam Neeson vehicle (Cailey Fleming)—before they’re murdered, starting her on a path to vengeance. Man did I want this to be good. Action hero Jason it all. Her boring bank job just helps Statham (The Transporter, The Italian Job, Crank) is a badass, Taken, which injected effective emotion and the young parents scrape by, and the Rainn Wilson (The Office, Juno, The Rocker) is usually real drama into the often-tired action genre. to even care. Aside from distinctive-looking hilarious, and who doesn’t love a humongous shark? Sadly, rival Stepford mothers of the school look down character actor Richard Cabral, the bad guys The Meg is a steaming pile of chum. Sticking a strong female lead like Garner into on Riley and her family with disdain. That’s Wilson plays Jack Morris, the moneyman behind Mana a vigilante role usually reserved for a male star are interchangeable Hispanic men. Even the One, a research center trying to prove that under a freezing pretty much what we get as far as setup goes drug kingpin Diego Garcia (Juan Pablo Raba) might have added a feminist in this film, except for a loose cloud of hydrogen sulfide at the bottom of the Mariana twist to the proceedings. is forgettable. The gulf between the Rotten Trench lies an even deeper unexplored world. Soon his string side plot involving Riley’s Tomatoes’ critic and audience score is vast—14 submersible crew—Taylor’s ex-wife Lori (Jessica McNamee), But alas, Morel’s direction is PEPPERMINT husband, Chris, that sets up the percent critics to 82 percent audience—so Toshi (Masi Oka), and The Wall (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson)—are pretty standard and wholly What’s it rated? R drive-by shooting. I like Garner, stranded six-miles below, so after encouragement by head underwhelming, especially in What’s it worth, Anna? Stream it clearly some viewers are liking Peppermint even researcher Dr. Minway Zhang (Winston Chao) but against the and while I have no doubt the What’s it worth, Glen? Stream it if critics aren’t. If you’re a Jennifer Garner fan advice of team physician Dr. Heller (Robert Taylor), Morris close-quarter fight scenes that woman could kick my ass to Where’s it showing? Movies or you love revenge flicks, maybe this is worth travels to Thailand to recruit Jonas Taylor, who now spends worked so well with Neeson in the pavement no problem, there Lompoc, Parks Plaza a trip to the theater, but I’d have been fine his days drunk on beer while simultaneously retaining his Taken, and instead of a female just isn’t much for her to do here amazing six-pack abs. waiting for it to show up on Netflix. It’s wholly lead turning the action genre except emote sadness and kill off Taylor agrees to attempt the rescue after he learns his forgettable. ex-wife Lori is on board, but he almost immediately falls for on its head, we basically get a anyone who steps in the way of her vengeance. Anna: I agree, and while action movies can gain Zhang’s daughter Suyin (Bingbing Li). Long story short, his woman in a man’s role acting just like a man. It’s a totally forgettable film that at almost two rescue opens a hole in the hydrogen sulfide cloud, and up a lot from a view on the big screen, the tight yet Sure, there’s a little subplot with Garner’s hours starts to feel a bit like a chore. Frankly, swims a shark so big it can bite a whale in half. sloppy way the fight scenes are shot leaves quite Riley North acting as guardian angel to the I’m surprised audiences have rated it so highly What’s not to like, right? Well, first of all, the film’s minor a bit to be desired. I doubt you’ll lose much if attempts at humor fall flat. If this film had approached residents of L.A.’s skid row, but nothing much on Rotten Tomatoes. It isn’t painful, but it isn’t its story with the sort of campy hilarity of, say, Piranha 3D is made of it. There’s even less made of the fun—I’d much rather re-watch Taken than this you wait and watch at home. There doesn’t seem (2010), it might have been salvaged. Instead, it plays it five-year backstory in which Riley, after the underwhelming attempt at vigilante justice. to be enough here for me to justify the ticket straight, and another movie—2010’s Deep Blue Sea with price even for a matinee. Even the film’s name Thomas Jane—already told a similar story better. death of her family and being denied justice by Glen: Part of the story has to do with the two Then there’s the CGI shark, which looks really sinister but a corrupt system, goes on a world tour where LAPD detectives working Riley’s seems derived from a scene that ended up on seems to be of inconsistent size, probably because different case—Stan Carmichael (John the cutting room floor. The filmmakers must teams of CGI programmers were working on different Gallagher Jr.) and Moises Beltran have been so eager to get to Garner kicking scenes. I’ll take the old rubber shark from Jaws (1975) any bad-dude butt that they decided developing a day over this series of ones and zeros. The Meg has none (John Ortiz)—who worked both her of the menace and psychological terror of a film like Open family’s murders and the vigilante backstory was a waste of time. While Riley’s Water (2003) or The Shallows (2016), and none of the fun of killings she commits upon her motivation is clear, her path to the end result Sharknado (2013). isn’t, and what’s meant to be surprising in the And don’t even get me started about the science. return five years later. There’s a bit Wouldn’t a giant shark species thought to be extinct for 2 of intrigue concerning dirty cops end falls flat—the script backs itself into a million years but trapped in total darkness at the bottom of within the LAPD, and to further corner it can’t get out of. If you need a dose of the sea evolve into a sightless creature? convolute the proceedings, FBI female badassery, how about a re-watching The Long Kiss Goodnight or the more recently made FILM REVIEWS continued page 29 agents Lisa Inman (Annie Ilonzeh) and Li (Eddie Shin) also join the Atomic Blonde? I’m guessing you’ll be much investigation after Riley kills Judge more satisfied and have movie money left to see SCORING ❍ FULL PRICE ...It’s worth the full price of an evening showing Stevens (Jeff Harlan), who corruptly something that rises above mediocre. MATINEE ...... Save a few bucks, catch an afternoon showing let the original killers go free. As RENT IT ...... It’s worth a rental BAD JUDGE: After getting no justice from the system, including dirty Judge for those drug-dealing gangbangers Sun Screen is written by New Times Senior STREAM IT .....Wait ’til Netflix has it Stevens (Jeff Harlan, left), Riley North (Jennifer Garner) takes matters into her who’ve become Riley’s targets, it’s Staff Writer Glen Starkey and his wife, Anna. NOTHING ...... Don’t waste your time own bloodied hands. hard to keep track of who’s who or Comment at [email protected].
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www.santamariasun.com • September 13 - September 20, 2018 • Sun • 29 [email protected] FOOD PHOTO COURTESY OF RAINA HUANG Crazy fun Competitive eater Raina Huang will attempt the Danish Days Aebleskiver Eating Contest on Sept. 15 at 11:30 Big bite a.m. at the Danish Days Midgaard Pavilion in parking lot 2, Competitive eater Raina Huang downtown Solvang. On Sept. 15 she will be at Tom’s Burgers, 30 115 E. College Ave., suite 13, Lompoc, at 5 p.m. for the burger challenge. On Sept 16, Huang will compete in the hot dog brings her unique talents to challenge at the Doggy Door, 2446 Alamo Pintado Ave., suite D, Santa Ynez and Lompoc Los Olivos. Time TBD. The Bacon Anaconda Burrito challenge takes place at 11 a.m. on Sept. 18 at 1410 Burton Mesa Blvd., BY REBECCA ROSE Lompoc. Admission is free and open to the public for all events. ow much of your favorite food do you think Huang is on Instagram at instagram.com/rainaiscrazy. you could eat during one sitting? HIf you’re a fan of competitive eating, a it was normal,” Huang said. “I was eating with popular event that’s gained steam over the some coworkers one day, and they said, ‘You eat years, you might have a chance to put your skills a lot, girl.’ I never heard of food challenges or to the test. From Sept. 15 through 18, Raina contests before but they told me to go try it out.” Huang, a rising YouTube star in competitive She entered a nearby burrito eating challenge eating, will host and compete in three separate and did well enough to feel like she could try events in the Santa Ynez and Lompoc valleys. again. But it was putting that video on YouTube that The event includes a timed challenge to beat the changed everything. Interest in Huang’s eating skills world record for most aebleskivers eaten in five skyrocketed thanks to the attention from her videos. minutes, an attempt to eat her way through all 26 “I’ve only been doing this for about a year, and it’s booming,” she said. “I am constantly burgers on Tom’s Burgers alphabet menu, a hot looking for content to film.” CRAZY GAL: Raina Huang, who dubbed her website and Instagram “RainaIsCrazy,” is a YouTube star who competes in timed dog eating challenge at the Doggy Door in Los The quest for new content for her popular eating events. She is set to host several events in the Santa Ynez Valley from Sept. 15 through 18. Olivos, and a chance to tackle Lompoc’s Mariscos YouTube channel has sent her on the road searching La Rancherita’s Bacon Anaconda Burrito. for bigger and better challenges. She’s produced of time doing cardiovascular activities such as heard of it before learning of the competition. Huang is a popular YouTube and Instagram videos featuring the entire menus of Chik-fil-A, swimming or walking. She also said that during The Aebleskiver Eating Contest takes place as personality, with fans following her from across the part of Solvang’s annual Danish Days, which Five Guys, and Panda Express. She has nearly long stretches of competitions she doesn’t eat a lot globe. But it all started over a lunch with coworkers. happens Sept. 14 through 18. The event, located 90,000 subscribers to her YouTube page, which other than the challenge food, which makes sense “I generally ate a lot my whole life, but I thought at Danish Days Midgaard Pavilion in parking frequently features Huang because who could feel hungry after consuming lot 2, Solvang, is free and open to the public. PHOTO COURTESY OF TOM’S BURGERS chowing down on In- 5 pounds of pasta or a 10-pound burger? Anyone is welcome to join in and attempt to N-Out burgers, Subway The competitive eater recently competed in best Huang’s eating prowess. sandwiches, and more. a challenge to consume more than 1,600 Pocky It seems like a dream come true (for me at “I always wanted to be sticks, a thin wafer stick covered in chocolate. In least) to travel all over the country, eat food to some sort of entertainer,” less than 50 minutes, Huang devoured 1,512 of the your heart’s delight, and get famous for it. But said Huang, who also acts, sweets. Huang’s favorite food to eat is Asian food Huang is pleasantly grounded and practical sings, and models. “I just because she grew up eating it and has no trouble about her newfound fame. She’s not as viciously wanted to do something tackling the big portions. competitive as some might expect, despite often with social media, and “When it comes to American burgers or things being challenged by men who can’t believe a this happened to work out like pancakes, it’s hard because I didn’t grow up woman like her can actually eat so much food. for me.” eating that,” she said. “Also, doughnuts. I actually really hate donuts … they’re super sweet, and it’s She said she tries to stick to the fun aspects of her She eats massive challenges, focusing less on winning or setting really hard for me to eat a lot of them.” amounts of food in her records than putting on a show for her fans. In Solvang and Lompoc, Huang will tackle videos, many times by “I just want to make people happy and give some pretty hefty challenges, including the scooping large handfuls them something fun to watch,” Huang said. aebleskivers contest and an attempt to make of the product into her “I’m not the best eater. In a lot of my videos, I her way through Tom’s Burgers famous mouth or soaking them definitely fail. As long as I make the video fun, A-to-Z burger menu. Mariscos La Rancherita’s in water. To combat any I’m OK with that.” ❍ physical side effects of Anaconda Burrito challenge features a bacon- eating so much food wrapped burrito nearly 2 feet long stuffed with Arts and Lifestyle Writer Rebecca Rose is ready to BIG STUFF: Competitive eater Raina Huang will try to eat her way through Tom’s Burgers’ (that’s typically fried a variety of meats and vegetables, a challenge leave the rat race and become professional competitive alphabet menu, possibly making it to the F burger, which stands for “frustrating how well our or filled with cheese many have tried and failed. eater. Contact her at [email protected]. international burger has caught people’s imagination,” with bacon, ortega chili, and swiss and sauces), Huang The famed Danish treat is proving an cheese.” said she spends a lot interesting challenge for Huang, who had never EATS continued page 32
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