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BRIEFS FILE PHOTO BY JAYSON MELLOM Political Watch • alifornia Attorney General avier Becerra recently spoke against President Donald Trump in anticipation 4 of the administration’s forthcoming ruling on children in immigration custody. In a news release, his offi ce said the new rule would “bypass the Flores Settlement Agreement.” “Children don’t become subhuman because they are migrants. All children are God’s children, our children, and America should never treat them otherwise,” Becerra said in the release. “Yet, the Trump administration is about to take America down that dark road stripping protections that spare children from the trauma and harm caused by unlawful, cruel, and prolonged detention. We are prepared to defend the human rights of children and the values and integrity of the United States of America.” The Flores Settlement Agreement came out of a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1985. The legal action was a “response to substandard conditions of confi nement for unaccompanied immigrant children.” The Trump administration has been broadly criticized over its immigration policies, including its separation of children from undocumented parents.
• Assem lyman Jordan unningham R-San uis O ispo has introduced a resolution to dedicate Sept. 21, 2019, as “California Cleanup Day.” His offi ce announced Assembly Concurrent Resolution 136 on Aug. 26. “California’s beautiful coastline is an unmistakable part of our state’s identity,” the assemblyman said in a news release. “As one of our most important and valuable assets, Californians take pride in working together to keep our beaches clean. VOTING FOR REVENUE: After months of debate, the Lompoc City Council is moving forward with holding a sales tax election in March 2020. Each year, thousands of volunteers from throughout the vote. To place a sales ta election on the The council indicated that some of the state converge on our beaches to help keep them clean and ompoc takes fi rst step in arch 2 2 ballot, the city must deliver money could be used to fund three police pristine for the next generation.” holding sales ta election all necessary paperwork to anta arbara officer positions that the city has held County by Oct. 24. vacant since the 2 - budget. ut overall, • Assem lymem er Moni ue im n D-Santa Bar ara After months of contentious debate and f voters approve the percent increase, Lompoc ayor enelle Osborne said she announced her support for Moms Demand Action, a gun pleading from some residents, Lompoc is the new rate of . percent would go into wanted to be clear that this ta wouldn’t moving forward with holding a sales ta safety advocacy group. “I joined the Moms Demand Action effect in uly. The city would begin receiving change much of the city’s service levels. increase election in 2 2 . revenue from this increase in October 2 2 , Any wiggle room is going to go to Rally this past Saturday, because we must work together Lompoc City Council unanimously to keep our communities safe,” she said of an Aug. 21 City anager im Throop said. supporting those that we’ve held back on, approved taking the first step toward an The city estimates the new rate, if Osborne said. Once that’s done, it sounds march in Santa Barbara. She also reiterated her support for election at a special meeting on Aug. 22. approved, would generate an additional like there’s nothing else left. want to be Assembly Joint Resolution 4, which would “urge Congress As the city worked on its 2 -2 biennial million annually. nitially, some of this to swiftly enact” House Resolution 8—the Bipartisan budget, the council majority e pressed revenue could be used to address the city’s NEWS continued page 7 Background Checks Act of 2019, which would establish new concerns about putting a sales ta measure immediate fiscal needs, but eventually background check requirements for gun transfers between on a future ballot. all of the funds would be dedicated to hile trying to resolve a nearly unlicensed individuals. “Specifi cally, it prohibits a fi rearm the city’s pension obligations. WeekendWeather million deficit in the budget, three ike eyer with A Advisors transfer between private parties unless a licensed gun council members had rejected city staff’s dealer, manufacturer, or importer fi rst takes possession of presented the city with an update recommendation to balance the budget on its e isting pension debt at the the fi rearm to conduct a background check,” according to Microclimate Weather Forecast based on a projected revenue from a sales beginning of the Aug. 22 meeting. H.R. 8’s summary on congress.gov. “The prohibition does not ta election. nstead, the council approved Dave Hovde According to the presentation, the city KSBY Chief Meteorologist apply to certain fi rearm transfers, such as a gift between a budget with reductions, including the owes million to the California spouses in good faith.” H.R. 8 passed the House in February, elimination of several staff positions, in late ublic mployees’ Retirement ystem and it had its second reading in the Senate in early March une and said it would revisit the idea at a Cal R and its annual payment Thursday Friday later date. but has yet to come to the Senate fl oor for a vote. continues to increase. At the Aug. 22 meeting, Councilmember Lompoc anagement ervices ictor ega said the decision to move irector ean Albro said the city’s • Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson D-Santa Bar ara forward with a sales ta election isn’t a posted her support on Facebook for the alifornia minimum annual payment will soon be turnaround from the council’s previous million, but it will peak at million. egislative Women s aucus on Aug. 19, posing for a position. Council members just needed COASTAL ➤ High 75 Low 56 COASTAL ➤ High 76 Low 55 f approved, the ta measure would leave INLAND ➤ High 89 Low 54 INLAND ➤ High 90 Low 55 photo. The post said it was a stand against the “Trump to deal with the budget and look at all the city with some additional funding in administration’s regressive policy known as the Title X gag possibilities first, he said. the short term, before all of the revenue Saturday Sunday rule.” The changes to Title X would alter the rules under think it was assumed that no one was generated by the increase gets dedicated which organizations like Planned Parenthood will be able in favor of putting a ta on the ballot, but to pay off Cal R . that’s not what this was about, ega said. to accept money. Planned Parenthood opted out of Title X e’re not going to have an This was here so we could fully vet for the abundance of money coming, Albro saying the funding changes would prevent the organization public any and all other courses of action. from providing important care such as abortions. Jackson said. e’re just going to be able to put The council’s motion at the meeting was our service levels back to where they ended the post by saying, “Millions of women will needlessly the first step in calling for an election. At COASTAL ➤ High 76 Low 56 COASTAL ➤ High 78 Low 56 should be and be able to take care of INLAND ➤ High 90 Low 55 INLAND ➤ High 91 Low 56 lose access to vital preventative health care starting today. a future meeting, the council would have some of our issues that we need to take We’re talking birth control and breast cancer screenings. to unanimously declare a fiscal emergency Night and morning clouds will clear for slightly care of. above normal temperatures thru the weekend. Women, and Californians, deserve better.” ❍ and call for an election with a four-fifths
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6 • Sun • August 29 - September 5, 2019 • www.santamariasun.com Can I crash NEWS [email protected] on your couch for awhile? NEWS from page 4 moving forward with joining Monterey Bay with joining MBCP. Ask us about our careful that the community doesn’t think Community Power (MBCP), as the public Cities and counties that elect to move Foster Program [the tax is] going to be releasing a great electricity provider continues to expand forward with MBCP this year will join the deal of funds long-term to address other throughout the Central Coast. CCE in 2021. FOSTER • SPONSOR • VOLUNTEER • DONATE issues we all know we have.” Community choice energy (CCE) —Zac Ezzone Anyone can help! —Zac Ezzone agencies such as MBCP are governed by a board of directors made up of officials Smokey is ready from participating cities and counties. New use-of-force law won’t for a good home! Dispensary applicants in The organizations handle generating change law enforcement, and purchasing energy, while leaving He is around 8-10 7 Solvang have one building to companies like Pacific Gas and Electric Sheriff’s Office says years old and very Company (PG&E) responsible for gentle, and sweet. choose from Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill transmission and distribution. He would be perfect strengthening the state’s use-of-force Solvang dipped a toe into the marijuana MBCP offers customers the opportunity rules for law enforcement to “one of the for a slower home industry last year when the City Council to save money on their electricity bills Smokey strongest use-of-force laws in the country,” where he could take voted to welcome in medical dispensaries. through annual rebates. Additionally, the his office said in a news release. leisurely walks and The catch, Mayor Ryan Toussaint said, is energy provider relies on a higher percentage Announced in an Aug. 19 news release, cuddle with his person often. This adorable that the city ordinance relegates potential of renewable sources of electricity—such as Assembly Bill 392 was introduced by dispensaries to just one area called the wind and solar—and allocates funding to boy deserves all the love he can get! Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San “Allowable Zone” and there’s only one local renewable energy projects. Contact us today to meet Smokey, and see Diego) and supported by Assemblymember building in the location that’s willing to Councilmember Gloria Soto said if he is the perfect dog for you. Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo). host a dispensary. joining MBCP provides the city with some The legislation narrows the circumstances Three dispensary applications have been local control over its energy generation, under which deadly use-of-force can be turned down so far—two of which were that it currently doesn’t have with used in California, following a series of denied early in the process because they PG&E, which is the city’s sole electricity incidents across the nation in which deadly didn’t have the right paperwork. Those generator and provider. applications were missing a Letter of use-of-force has made headlines and “We are able to fight and give a voice to PO Box 2952, Orcutt, CA 93457 Authorization, which applicants have to received pushback from activists and local the residents of Santa Maria,” Soto said. www.centralcoastspca.org acquire from the property owner. “Whereas right now, with PG&E we don’t communities. Email: [email protected] One applicant for a medical dispensary have a seat at the table. Right now, PG&E is “The bottom line is that deadly force license, Fristaden Wellness, is fighting should only be used when absolutely (805) 937-1766 going to be looking out for the best interest This ad provided by: back with the help of Beverly Hills law firm of the stakeholders, not of the residents of necessary,” Newsom said. Margolin & Lawrence. Santa Maria like we do here.” In a statement to the Sun, Cunningham “It became apparent that the single City Council members first discussed called the bill a compromise. landowner had complete veto power over joining MBCP during a meeting in May. At “It allows new training requirements that applicants, giving unequal opportunity to the time, the majority of council expressed will help lower the number of deadly force The Maxim in Real Estate the dispensary applicants,” the firm said in concerns over the potential move and cases in our state to move forward, and (805) 878-0807 an Aug. 26 news release. “We understand opted to wait to see whether the county preserves officers’ ability to do their jobs that the monopoly on land use was not done decided to join MBCP or create its own safely. I am glad that we can put this issue with intention to make the rules unfair, CCE. The county voted to move forward to rest and start mending the relationship however the reality remains that incorrect with MBCP last month. between law enforcement and the information has led to a situation that is In a 3-2 vote, Santa Maria City Council communities they serve,” Cunningham said. In need of Skilled not in the community’s best interest.” decided to do the same at its meeting AB 392 changes the language that covers Nursing Care? The firm appealed the city’s denial of on Aug. 20. Mayor Alice Patino and the situations in which deadly force can be Fristaden’s application in April, asking the Councilmember Etta Waterfield voted used. The bill says that deadly force may be Ask for us, Country city to push the landowner authorization against the move. Both officials said they feel used only if an officer “reasonably believes, to later in the application process. The there are questions that need to be answered based on the totality of the circumstances, Oaks Care Center, firm also requested that the city institute before council should make a decision. that deadly force is necessary to defend a lottery system where all of the applicants Waterfield said the council had only against an imminent threat of death or a name you can trust! who had completed the necessary forms heard one side of this conversation, as serious bodily injury to the officer or to would be considered. it hasn’t had the opportunity to speak another person.” The council agreed to both, but there with PG&E representatives about the Also called the California Act to Save still remains only one landlord willing to change. Staff reached out to PG&E Lives, the bill was initially introduced host a medical marijuana dispensary. with an invitation to the meeting, but by Weber and Assemblymember Kevin Award Winning “Margolin & Lawrence’s argument representatives declined the offer due to a McCarty (D-Sacramento) on April 9. It on behalf of Fristaden maintains Care with state code of conduct prohibiting CCEs and moved through the Assembly on May 29, Best Senior Living that Solvang’s ordinance restricts the Award Winning private utility companies from advocating the Senate Public Safety Committee on Commitment Community Allowable Zone to a single property, against one another. June 18, and the state Senate on July 9 inadvertently creating a monopoly over “I move that we continue this item and before landing on the governor’s desk. the city regulatory permitting process for let more information and facts further Critics of the bill say that it will restrict establishing a medical dispensary within develop,” Waterfield said. “Because we’re officer’s options in the field, increasing the city,” the firm said. going to go off hearsay and speculation, but the risks of an already dangerous job. The Toussaint said there hasn’t been interest I want to go off facts.” activist organization Black Lives Matter in recreational marijuana, but he does see The majority of the council heard enough also pulled its support from the bill, saying further conversations about altering the to support moving forward with MBCP and it didn’t go far enough. city’s ordinance on medical dispensaries. acknowledged that both individual residents The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s The firm had planned to attend the City and the city itself could later opt out with Office told the Sun that the bill won’t Council meeting Aug 26. but Toussaint little difficulty. Councilmember Michael substantially changed the way it enforces said it asked to table the appeal discussion. Moats said he was swayed by the potential to the law. “I think you’ll see that any lawyer can save residents money. “In this often dangerous profession, argue either side,” Toussaint said. “So it’s “We have a fiduciary duty to the city of peace officers must sometimes make up to council to decide what they want.” Santa Maria to be fiscally responsible, and split second decisions regarding the use —William D’Urso if we have an opportunity to save money, we of force to protect the lives of the public John Henning, Ph. D. have to look at it and vote on it,” Moats said. and themselves. To that end, the Sheriff’s and Sharon Henning, Santa Maria moves to join There are currently 19 CCEs operating Office trains our deputies in state-of- throughout California. MBCP formed the-art defensive tactics, but also in de- Owners & Administrators Monterey Bay Community about two years ago and currently services escalation techniques that can be used in Power Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito an effort to avoid use-of-force encounters, 830 East Chapel Street, counties. Guadalupe, Goleta, Santa Barbara including deadly ones,” the Sheriff’s Office Santa Maria Following in the footsteps of Santa County, and cities throughout San Luis said in an emailed statement to the Sun. m Barbara County, the city of Santa Maria is Obispo County are also moving forward —William D’Urso 805-922-6657
www.santamariasun.com • August 29 - September 5, 2019 • Sun • 7 The newspaper shuffle Journalism is changing and so is local news 8 BY SUN STAFF
ewspapers are dead. It’s a familiar refrain information about local governments and public policy doesn’t ringing in the ears of journalists across the really exist. The newspapers that once did things like send country. But they aren’t dead, yet. Well, actually, reporters to attend local City Council meetings are gone, and some newspapers are, in fact, dead. But some other news media outlets haven’t filled in the space left behind. are still going strong, while others are struggling Residents are left to their own devises, searching the internet Nto fit in with a digital-first world, and still others are turning for the information they seek. the traditional model on its head. But the news about news isn’t all dim and dark. Journalism is morphing daily, but what does it mean for you, Our staff writers fill you in on the local news industry, the the local news consumer? changing shape of journalism, and what it means for local For some Central Coast communities, it’s meant that governance and the future. truly local news is hard to come by—and unbiased, accurate —Camillia Lanham
Publisher Cynthia Schur and Managing Editor While that may be the case, he said it doesn’t Industry in flux Marga Cooley didn’t return requests for an Shifting platforms dampen the enthusiasm of his students. If they t hasn’t been easy, but San Luis Obispo Tribune interview. ith more and more print news publications want to become print journalists, they’re likely to IEditor Joe Tarica said he’s learned to roll North SLO County is served by two News Wusing other platforms to reach their get a job and, from what he’s seen, be successful. with the punches when it comes to leading a Media Corporation weekly publications: the audience, news industry trade associations Howe said his concern is that the career newsroom in today’s media industry. Paso Robles Press and Atascadero News. Those and higher education institutions are starting ladder that was once laid out for him doesn’t Like many local newspapers across the papers’ staffs have declined in recent years— to shift their focus from print to digital news really exist anymore. So students learn to write country, San Luis Obispo County’s McClatchy- they now share two reporters and an editor. distribution. content for online, write stories for broadcast, owned daily has seen its editorial staff shrink, Upstart community ventures like the Paso The California News Publishers Association produce news segments for the student radio, or its print circulation decline, many of its Robles Daily News, the A-Town Daily News, the (CNPA) is a nonprofit association that create news content for social media pages. operations outsourced or regionalized, and its Santa Ynez Valley Star, and the Estero Bay News represents daily, weekly, monthly, and campus Ironically, or maybe optimistically, he said focus shift to digital platforms. have tried to fill some of these gaps. The Paso newspapers statewide. Traditionally, the more people are consuming more news than ever. “It’s just an evolving process,” said Tarica, a and Atascadero Daily News websites, started association has a contest every year where “People still want what we sell; they don’t 26-year Tribune veteran who’s helmed the paper in 2012 by Scott Brennan, are community the various news publications can submit want it in the form that makes us any money,” since 2017. “There were a lot of hard decisions bulletin boards of sorts, publishing their articles for consideration for awards Howe said. that had to be made across the industry.” community news, events, press releases, and in categories such as breaking news, feature He feels there isn’t a workable business model In the last decade, The Trib moved to smaller announcements. stories, and in-depth reporting, to name a few. for print news publications. The argument to offices in SLO, closed the offices of its sister Brennan said he got the idea for the websites In last year’s contest, for the first time CNPA move online is that at some point the money weekly paper, The Cambrian, shut down the while publishing a SLO County Visitor’s Guide. added a contest for digital-only publications that news media can make via the internet will Morro Bay Sun-Bulletin, and has been hit with “I noticed that I’d get press releases with tons and allowed print members with websites to outweigh the money being made from print— multiple rounds of layoffs. Most recently, the of news and information from nonprofits, local enter digital content into the contest. but few local papers have had success with that. paper announced that it will stop publishing a organizations, clubs, and government agencies,” Joe Writ, who heads CNPA’s news “By moving back from being platform Saturday print edition starting in November. Brennan said. “I saw nobody’s running this department and its California Press specific, you actually could get a lot more “It’s really kind of our first foray into stuff. It’s going unnoticed.” Foundation, said the contest was the nonprofit’s energy, vitality, and immediacy. So I guess I’m this,” Tarica said of the Saturday decision. Dean Sullivan, a longtime local publisher, way of recognizing that a substantial number of torn, because in some ways journalism is more “[McClatchy’s] starting with the smaller papers. has focused on Los Osos, Morro Bay, and publications are moving to digital platforms. interesting and exciting to digest if it’s done ... We’re keeping Sunday because it’s just the Cayucos to fill information gaps. This year, In San Luis Obispo, The Tribune is removing well,” he said. biggest day of the week. The intention is to Sullivan launched Estero Bay News in the its Saturday print edition, putting the content in Cuesta College started to revise its journalism maintain the weekday [papers].” wake of Simply Clear Marketing shutting an online-only format, and incorporating some curriculum about two years ago, according These changes are tough pills to swallow, down its Tolosa Press publications, including of that content into Sunday’s paper. to Madeline Medeiros, the dean of academic Tarica said. But they’re also common in an the SLO City News, Bay News, and Coast “What they’re doing, which is not really affairs for the college’s arts, humanities, and industry that’s seen advertising revenues decline News community papers. Sullivan’s newest surprising, is persuading people to consume social sciences. The first thing it did was change by more than 70 percent since 2005, according venture is a bimonthly publication “dedicated the information on the device they’re more the name of the program from journalism to to the Pew Research Center. The internet and to covering the stories that make this comfortable with,” Writ said. journalism and digital communications. its countless platforms for advertisers continue community special—local business, schools, Creating content for an online audience Medeiros said the program has added new to impact the news industry and reshape news, organizations, and the strong threads is now part of the journalism programs at courses, such as a photo and video class, graphic journalism. that bind our community,” according to the both Cal Poly and Cuesta College in order design, and a course on social media and data Since The Tribune’s heyday in the ’90s, Tarica Estero Bay News website. to provide students with a versatile set of visualization. The latter class allows students to use estimated the paper’s lost at least half of its While the local news industry continues to reporting tools. Cal Poly professor Patrick social media sites—Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, reporters and editors. He said it could’ve been cope with the changing times, Tarica said it’s as Howe said he’s technically a multimedia or Snapchat—to find and report stories. worse. important as ever for community members to instructor, but he teaches the advanced “They consider the impact of social media on “The key is the staff, the on-the-ground support local journalism through readership, reporting course. That course used to focus on news media and its relationship with political people here going out and getting stories. And subscriptions, or advertising. the university’s student newspaper, Mustang and social justice issues,” she said. it’s how do you protect that?” Tarica said. “It’s more important now than it ever was,” News. Now, it’s one of two practicum courses The department’s decision to change the The Tribune’s not alone on the Central Tarica said. “It’s really kind of sad that at that all students—whether their emphasis is program name and add digital-focused courses Coast in facing these challenges. In 2016, Lee a time when the threat to information and public relations, broadcast, or editorial—have was done in an effort to appeal to more students. Enterprises, another national newspaper chain, democracy is at its highest ... that that’s the to take. Students create content through “We would like more students to get into closed the Times Press-Recorder, which served time when we have a smaller staff. That’s the course that’s dispersed throughout the our journalism program because we think it’s the Fives Cities area of South SLO County. That not good. Anything you lose now from this university’s Mustang News Media Group: more important than ever before,” Medeiros paper published twice a week (weekly starting point—whether it’s one reporter or you’re Mustang News, KCPR-FM, and Mustang News said. “We don’t want to exclude any type of in 2008) for 129 years. talking about entire organizations going out of TV. The content always circles back to being journalism, and we want to make sure our Lee continues to print the Santa Maria Times business and creating news deserts—it’s just able to fit an online format. students know all the avenues and various ways six days per week, and the Lompoc Record and many times worse.” “We don’t really train people with the idea that they can work in that field.” Santa Ynez Valley News twice a week. Times —Peter Johnson that they’ll be print reporters,” Howe said. —Karen Garcia
8 • Sun • August 29 - September 5, 2019 • www.santamariasun.com “They’re doing national marketing of the politicians across the nation. Studies suggest According to a survey the Poynter Institute An alternative model national news model,” she said. that a lack of local news coverage is associated conducted in 2018, 54 percent of the 2,000 n their major report, “The Reconstruction Parker hopes that number will double in with lower voter turnout, less-engaged public participants said they have a “great deal” or Iof American Journalism,” Leonard Downie short order, possibly by the end of 2020. But she officials, and less-informed voters. “fair amount” of trust in the media. This is an Jr. and Michael Schudson describe worsening stressed the importance of a diverse group of In San Luis Obispo, Chistianson said the increase from the 32 percent of respondents conditions not just for journalism, but what it funding sources. conversations surrounding city policies have who said they felt the same way about the CalMatters was built on wealthy donors changed. contains. media in 2016. cutting generous checks, Parker said, but not all “I think we’re still in a transition period “What is under threat is independent reporting While those numbers take into account all that provides information, investigation, analysis, nonprofits have that luxury. The Sacramento- where people are getting more sophisticated based media nonprofit has since branched out. about news,” she said. forms of news—including print, television, and community knowledge, particularly in the and radio—trust is even higher among local coverage of local affairs.” Parker said it does events, gets some ad revenue Some people still believe almost anything newspapers. According to the survey, 73 percent Published nearly a decade ago in the from newsletters, has signed up 1,200 members they see online, and Christianson said Columbia Journalism Review, the paper who contribute regularly, and is always on residents often come to City Council of people reported having a “great deal” or 9 describes the evolving business of journalism, the lookout for new grant opportunities. meetings with concerns that are based on “fair amount” of trust in their local papers. drawing a stark portrait of uncertainty for CalMatters recently began a new project called misinformation from obscure sources. A lot of Meanwhile, only 59 percent reported feeling the the future. It also offered ideas, and one of the California Divide, funded by a $500,000 effort goes into dismantling rumors and false same about national print outlets. them was the creation of nonprofit media grant from the Irvine Foundation and The perceptions, she said. The Sun wanted to get a sense for whether organizations as a sort of stopgap for a rapidly GroundTruth Project’s Report for America It’s also getting harder to keep people interested these surveys accurately reflect how readers on program. It’s a two-year program that Parker in complex topics, so the city is working to contracting industry. the Central Coast feel about their own local expects will employ four reporters. create concise staff reports that omit difficult-to- “They proposed the nonprofit as a temporary newspapers. model not a permanent solution,” said Mary “We don’t consider ourselves investigative, understand jargon. The city, she said, is also doing we consider ourselves explanatory. We do have more outreach work online and via social media. According to the combined results of polls Glick, chair of the Cal Poly Journalism some investigative capacity,” she said, “but we’re Similar work is being done in South on the Sun’s website and Twitter page, about Department. really public-policy driven.” County, where local news coverage has 43 percent of respondents said they somewhat But since the publication of the report, With that reporting, CalMatters has amassed 188 dwindled significantly in recent years. The trust local newspapers but find the reporting nonprofits—national and local—have established media partners who use its content free of charge. Times Press-Recorder, a community weekly to be biased. Meanwhile, 23 percent said the roots and sustainable funding sources. —William D’Urso dedicated to Five Cities coverage, closed National investigative site ProPublica level of trust depends on the topic, another 23 in May 2016 after declines in advertising has grown its presence, initially as an open- percent said they trust local newspapers either revenue. The Adobe Press, which served source wire service, and it now offers targeted a lot or completely, and 11 percent claimed Less local news Nipomo, suffered the same fate. partnerships to bolster local investigative they don’t trust local newspapers at all. eople still read local newspapers religiously Pismo Beach City Manager Jim Lewis said reporting, including robust efforts in Alaska Admittedly, these aren’t the most scientific when Carlyn Christianson was just starting those closures were big losses to the community. and Chicago. Sacramento-based CalMatters P polling methods, and the sample size of 35 out as a public official in San Luis Obispo. There are still several local news outlets that boasts a staff of 25 reporters and a $5 million That was in the early 2000s, when people cover SLO County as a whole, but Lewis said respondents is too small for any sweeping annual budget dedicated to covering policy read the paper first thing in the morning with there isn’t as much focus on South County general conclusions. The results are similar and politics in California. Smaller, hyper-local breakfast, or fingered through a few pages issues and residents. to what national studies suggest, and they outlets such as Voices of Monterey Bay exist too, while waiting on a latte at a coffee shop. That, “That means society is less aware of what’s reinforce opinions some local party leaders filling vacancies left by extinct or shrunken city she said, or people watched the news on TV going on in their backyard,” he told the Sun. shared with the Sun about Central Coast and neighborhood papers. during dinner. That hasn’t changed how government runs in newspapers. These nonprofit newsrooms share some Since then, things have changed dramatically. Pismo Beach, Lewis said, and he’s not sure it’s Chair of the Santa Barbara County commonalities: They produce online content Christianson, now a SLO City Council led to any less engagement from constituents. and don’t depend on generating local daily Republican Party Bobbi McGinnis—who member, said residents come to meetings with The city, however, is working harder than said she’s more familiar with South County news. They’ve cut out the costs associated with information they’ve discovered on all kinds ever to get the word out about events and newspapers—believes local outlets are print, namely distribution trucks and people to of platforms, from Nextdoor to advocacy policy changes. Pismo Beach has retooled its trustworthy and accurately cover the issues, drive them, paper, and getting printed. Their organization websites. These sources aren’t newsletter, Lewis said, and increased its social focus is on the reporting. always trustworthy, Christianson said, and the media activity. And public officials do more such as conflicts regarding the county’s Kathy McKenzie, an editor at Voices of information isn’t always factual. in-person community engagement work— cannabis regulations. However, she feels there Monterey Bay, said that’s what her readers want. “So part of it is that it’s not fact-based,” she attending meetings, walking neighborhoods, are sides of some topics, such as oil and gas, that “We have more of a magazine approach,” she said, “but part of it is that it’s just not similar and hosting forums. are being ignored by local media. Most coverage said. “We’re doing a lot of long-form articles so enough to have a conversation. ... There is no Lewis also said the city is putting more is critical of the oil industry while ignoring its we can get into the nuance and big picture of common ground to start from anymore, and effort into ensuring that residents have factual benefits, like the number of well-paying jobs it Monterey Bay.” GRAPHIC BY ALEX ZUNIGA creates locally, she said. The website emerged in 2017 when a group “I think what’s underreported is that we of reporters from the floundering local daily wanted to re-commit to less timely public- Percentage of people who reported have some of the best natural resources, but service journalism. trusting different forms of media we are handcuffed by decisions by [county] So far, she said, the response has been supervisors … that are really hurting our communities,” McGinnis said. dramatic. 76% “We’ve been very fortunate that people like Local television news On the other side of the political what we’re doing, and we just receive checks Local newspapers 73% spectrum, San Luis Obispo County in the mail,” she said. “We’re not talking big Democratic Party Chair Rosemary Wrenn amounts, maybe $50 here and a $100 there, but National newspapers 59% said she believes local journalism is vital it adds up.” to the community and finds it to be fairer National television news The news website got its start with support 55% and more accurate than national broadcast from the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), Online-only news organizations 46% media. However, she said—speaking on the umbrella organization under which Voices behalf of herself and not the entire party— of Monterey Bay operates as a nonprofit. INN Data source: Poynter Media Trust Survey she is disappointed that some newspapers also offers a match program each November, committing to match, dollar for dollar, each contain less local reporting and rely more COMPARING TRUST: According to a 2018 survey from the Poynter Institute, Americans trust local newspapers more than national on national news from national outlets. contribution Voices of Monterey Bay raises. print outlets. McKenzie said they pulled in $48,000 with the She acknowledges this is an industrywide INN’s help last November. that is really, really, really problematic.” information. Anyone with internet access can problem, not just a local one. McKenzie said she and her colleagues The way news is gathered and disseminated publish whatever they want online, and Lewis This sentiment is echoed in a comment left still have a long way to go. They have four has changed drastically over the last two said that’s the real threat. on the Sun’s Facebook page responding to a permanent staff, four columnists, and decades. “I do worry,” he said, “that traditional media question asking readers to share their thoughts sometimes six freelancers, though the number While the increasingly popular news- and as we know it will be no longer.” on the trustworthiness of local newspapers. fluctuates. But McKenzie said not everyone gets opinion-sharing spaces of the internet and —Kasey Bubnash “You are owned by a major corporation, … paid. Two staff members don’t accept payment, social media make it easier than ever to find and so you only care about clickbait stories and she said, investing their time in a mission they spread information, it’s only becoming more what gets you the most attention. No serious believe in. But the excitement they’ve stoked challenging to separate fact from fiction. journalism anymore,” commenter Richard in readers makes McKenzie optimistic that, The changes to the news landscape haven’t Rebuilding trust Smith said. eventually, everyone will get a paycheck. been easy for the newspaper business, and he public’s trust in the media hit a low point Marcia Parker, a board member at INN and it’s been especially hard on local outlets, Taround the 2016 presidential election, during For the record, the Sun is locally owned the publisher of CalMatters, said fundraising many of which have had to cut costs by which time the term “fake news” became and not a part of a major corporation. But isn’t just about the money. Voices of Monterey reducing staff, pages, and printing days—or ingrained in the U.S. vocabulary. Accusations of many newspapers throughout the country Bay, CalMatters, and the 198 other INN closing down completely. biased reporting continue to persist, but trust in are and, according to Smith, that’s part of the members are helping to promote the nonprofit That trend is changing the way the general journalism, and specifically local reporting, is problem. ❍ news model. public interacts with local governments and beginning to recover. —Zac Ezzone
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FILE PHOTO BY JAYSON MELLOM Filling the 10 gaps For local districts, easy- access after-school programs are elementary BY WILLIAM D’URSO hen the Lompoc Unified School District kicked off the new school year, it began an Wexperiment to broaden access to after- school programs for its elementary school students. The district beefed up options with the Boys & Girls Club in Lompoc at La Honda STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math) Academy. It now has 60 students, with another 160 on a waiting list. Unlike ASES—After School Education & Safety Program—students aren’t required to attend a certain number of program hours to participate. Bree Valla, assistant superintendent of the CLASSROOM SUPPORT: Children on campuses across the Central Coast—including Roberto and Dr. Francisco Jiménez Elementary School in the Santa Maria-Bonita School District (pictured)—have Lompoc school district, emphasized the importance several after-school opportunities this school year. Local districts recently bolstered their after-school program offerings because such programs give students more chances to succeed in school. of after-school programs. Although the needs of the students aren’t always the same, she said that regular school hours have “measurable” effects families graduate from high school, compared receiving food for breakfast, too. after-school programs can offer educators more on student academic performance. The report with 85 percent of their more affluent peers, Poverty is common in the district, Bergan said. opportunity to spot issues like learning disabilities. references success in reading and math programs and only 10 percent of individuals from the This problem is reflected in data compiled by They can help students of all socioeconomic initiated for struggling students. And struggling lowest-income quartile families have a bachelor’s the Santa Barbara County Department of Social backgrounds from falling behind in school. students can be more widely represented in poor degree by age 25, compared with 77 percent of Services: 7,675 kids lived below the poverty level The problem, she said, is finding enough and disadvantaged socio-economic circles. individuals from families in the highest income in information gathered between 2010 and 2014 in resources for everyone who wants or needs the The struggle to find adequate resources to serve quartile,” the report states. North County. program. That’s why the district started the pilot students in need is similar for ASES programs ASES programs require annual applications, “North County has the most children, and at La Honda. in the Santa Maria-Bonita district, where each Bergan said, and funding doesn’t always North County has the most poverty,” said Barbara “We’re rolling it out there to see if it works and school site has at least some students on a waitlist. precisely line up with district needs. He said Finch, the children and adult networks director if it’s feasible to roll it out to other campuses,” Bergan said school programs are about giving his district includes many poor families, and for Santa Barbara County Social Services. “But Valla said. students more opportunity to be around people he’s observed that pride sometimes prevents families well above the poverty line can struggle.” There are contrasts between in-district after- who can help. For instance, he said families in families from filling out forms that would boost The difficulty for educators is matching student school programs and collaborations with outside Santa Maria-Bonita often grapple with language funding levels. need with the correct program. Or finding enough nonprofits. For instance, ASES requires students to barriers, which can be prohibitive when it comes But the district has seen improvements in grant money for all the families who want it. Most attend a certain number of hours as a requirement to homework time. After-school programs can funding. Bergan said ASES money has jumped by of Santa Maria-Bonita’s schools serve about 100 for state grant funding, while parents sometimes step in and help with that. more than a dollar per child in the past two years students through after-school programs, but there foot the bill in partnerships with groups like the “The parents are struggling with what the kids to $8.75, and it has a budget of $2.2 million. are more who are still on waiting lists. Boys & Girls Club or YMCA. While funding get assigned for homework. The parents aren’t The program’s main objectives are physical Programs offered by various partners, like sources and the needs of each student may not proficient in English and they need help,” he said. activity and tutoring. Bergan said that students in YMCA or Boys & Girls Club affiliates, can help fill be the same, after-school programs can expose “They want the best for their kids.” ASES often need more than just a place to hang in some of the gaps, said Wendy Bruse from the students to academic skills they may not be After-school programs, particularly ASES, are out and learn. Lucia Mar Unified School District. learning during the regular school day. about building relationships in the community as “For some of them, it’s also just about “I think the partner agencies we have now are Educators such as Rob Bergan, the director of a way to monitor what students are going through, getting food because some of these families meeting our needs,” said Bruse, who coordinates expanded learning for the Santa Maria-Bonita Bergman said. The work done outside of the are struggling,” Bergan said, adding that those of Lucia Mar’s after-school programs. “The YMCA School District, say the value of after-school school day can often be a way to prevent students struggles can follow students into the classroom. has its own curriculum that supports what we’re programs is long established. A 2017 report from from dropping further behind. And those “Thirty percent more exposure to education will doing during the day with 21st century skills.” m the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit public policy students most at risk, according to RAND, tend to help them academically.” think tank, agrees. be low-income. Funding in the district covers dinner for Staff Writer William D’Urso can be reached at In the report, it says programs outside of “Only 70 percent of students from low-income students in ASES programs, with some even [email protected].
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BY RON IN fee schedule the management services director considering citizen-generated appeals of staff The wor together ust ine in ompoc needs help going forward, and said it should be ready for the council in “a decisions he seems to be “unrestrained by law or other counties. one would think the City Council would couple of months.” But people are in the process constitution.” When discussing matters of the be leading the charge of positive change, of trying to build A s to accommodate not budget or interacting with staff during council The count needs to change L only their “granny” but other family members as hearing the needs of the citizens, deciding what meetings he frequently acts as a “browbeater,” regulations be ore it can wor . is best to move the city forward, and so on. well. They can’t wait for the cumbersome process “bully,” “bulldozer,” and “authoritarian.” No, the ’re simpl incompatible. If you have people seated as political leaders of of public hearings to play out. Mosby and his associates give the impression otes a city who are intent on encouraging appeals of uring the council discussion, Councilman that they think that government services should ot onlin at santa arias n co staff decisions concerning long-established city Jim Mosby was visibly upset and very vocal be free they’re not. Just like it costs when policies based on federal and state regulations, about how this new interim policy was created you call for a plumber, electrician, roofer, or they become the leaders of tyranny. “behind locked doors” rather than in a public landscaper to provide services to your home, A tyrant is defi ned by the Merriam-Webster meeting. e argued that the meeting wasn’t it also costs money to pick up the trash and to Northern Santa Barbara Count ’s dictionary as “an absolute ruler unrestrained “transparent,” and even though it may have provide electrical, water, wastewater, police, and News Entertainment ee l been legal to do it the way it was being done, it fi re services. S wa ri e, suite A by law or constitution.” Tyranny is defi ned as Santa aria, CA 3 cruel and oppressive government or rule. In should have been brought to the council in a is behavior exposes a serious concern. the thesaurus, related words to defi ne a tyrant public hearing. ow can a decision maker who has had several EDITORIAL AD ERTISING A The staffer tried to explain that there were E AIL ail santa arias n co WEB santa arias n co are “browbeater,” “bully,” “bulldozer,” and run-ins with city and county code enforcement “authoritarian.” two permits pending at the time and some offi cials over the years in his business life, O N E Ste e oss 1 uring the Aug. 6 ompoc City Council guidance was needed concerning the assessment who clearly dislikes established regulatory EDITORIAL meeting, the subject of how fees were assessed of fees. The primary purpose of the interim requirements, and has a negative bias toward the E TO Camillia anham action was to provide some consistency in the validity of the professional staffs’ decisions make ASSOC ATE E TO Andrea oo s for accessory dwelling units A s, aka “granny STA TE S Zac E one, illiam ’ rso fl ats” was discussed. The problem arose when application of fees. sound judgments of fact A TS E TO Caleb iseblood Councilman Mosby further alleged that Councilman Mosby doesn’t appear to be P OO EA E Nic agala Sacramento hurriedly passed Senate Bill 1069, STA PHOTO APHE a son ellom amending sections of the government code to the process was “an arbitrary, cruel, and someone who can help ompoc going forward. A T ECTO Ale Zuniga reduce the barriers California homeowners unreasonable use of control, and that’s called sing words like “tyranny” when referring to E TO A ES NE S eni iton ua, Ta lor Saugstad the city staff is another of many reasons why his CONT B TO S len Star e , oss a ield, Anna Star e , face when seeking to build A s. This only tyranny, and that’s what we have going on here.” Nic Powell added confusion concerning what fees would be The city attorney then said that since this was approach to leadership will not provide a path to success. ❍ AD ERTISING assessed based on the impact of each new unit. a logical extension of an existing fee that this SEN O ACCO NT E EC T E Kimberl osa Because fees being charged for new units policy was created legally and advised Mosby to ACCO N T E EC T ES Kat ra , ason ann, enni er Herbaugh, direct his obvious discontent with the process on ink is a resident of ompoc. Send our ee Ann ermeulen, e anildi were varying, the city manager in conjunction A KET N E ENTS achelle amire with several city offi cials developed interim toward the city attorney, not the staffer making thoughts to [email protected]. policy guidance for assessment of fees pending the report. Mosby has been warned before PROD CTION ASS STANT P O CT ON ANA E E a ipson completion of a fee study. Basically, the fees concerning the way he treats city staff. APH C ES NE S E a ipson, Ellen u umoto, e pe ian, would be based on the relationship of the Councilwoman ilda Cordova, in a move adison Starnes LETTERS A size to the square footage of the primary to calm down the rhetoric, then read from the B SINESS residence. No fees would be charged for solid staff report that the fees were derived from the Sono a s canna is ca Cind uc er C C AT ON ECTO im Parsons waste, water, or sewer if the A shared the applicable sections of the government code. So, C C AT ON ichael errell service to the primary unit. they weren’t just something the staff made up cr at co ati ilit P B SHE S Bob uc er, Ale Zuniga The staff is in the process of preparing a new out of thin air. So why is cannabis cultivation compatible E EC T E ASS STANTS Patricia Horton, Karl Colombo with wine in Sonoma County but not in Santa S B ITTING LETTERS Barbara County TE ail our letter to Sun etters, S wa ri e, Suite A, Santa aria, CA 3 . nclude our name, address, and phone number. The cover story of last week’s Sun “Struggling A 3 to get along,” Aug. 22 about confl icts in Santa E A mail santamariasun.com, letters santamariasun.com Barbara County between cannabis and other TO AD ERTISE crops points out that in Sonoma County, the two SP AY A S ates and special discounts are a ailable. industries are compatible. What’s the difference Call our ad department at 3 1 . C ASS E S Call , E t. 11. Well, Sonoma County allows only 1 acre of Or a our ad to 1. cannabis cultivation per parcel Santa Barbara isa and asterCard accepted. County has no caps resulting in applications for ONLINE grows that dwarf the Sonoma industry such as isit the Sun web site at www.santamariasun.com. Busy Bee 23 acres, about 17 football fi elds , Santa Our site was de eloped and designed b i to igital, a Central Coast web site de elopment compan www.gainli to .com . Barbara West Coast 50 acres, 38 football fi elds , Santa Rita Valley Ag 37 acres, 28 football fi elds , The Sun is published e er Thursda or our en o ment. One cop o each issue is a ailable ree to Northern Santa Barbara Count residents and Organic reen 40 acres, 31 football fi elds , and isitors. Subscriptions to the Sun are 1 per ear. The entire contents Terra Tambor 147 acres, 113 football fi elds . o the Sun are cop righted b the Sun and cannot be reproduced without speci ic written permission rom the publisher. All of these are west of Buellton on ighway 246, the Santa Rita ills wine area, world Because a product or ser ice is ad ertised in the Sun does not mean renowned for fi ne pinot noir and chardonnay. that we endorse its use. e hope readers will use their own good udgement in choosing products most bene icial to their well being. It’s easy in Sonoma for wine to be compatible with a cannabis industry in which all growers are e welcome submissions. Please accompan them with a sel addressed, stamped en elope. All letters to the editor become the propert o the Sun. limited to 1 acre per parcel. Far more diffi cult in Santa Barbara County to be compatible 1 Sun with grows that are so large that odors do not dissipate, spraying for mildew can’t be done on grapes because giant cannabis farms are close by, and the view is of acres and acres of white plastic. esson from Sonoma If you want wine and cannabis to be compatible, cap the number of acres of cannabis per parcel at 1 acre. That way Santa Barbara can be like Sonoma, and everyone will be happy.
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14 • Sun • August 29 - September 5, 2019 • www.santamariasun.com OPINION 9-12-19 Down is up PUBLICATION DATE ’m not sure what’s going on around here. STUDENT I Maybe it’s the end of summer and the fact that the days are getting GUIDE shorter, or maybe it’s the 15 chemicals in the water, but BOOK YOUR AD BY the city of Santa Maria is 9-5-19 making moves to join a community choice energy provider (gasp!) and the city of Lompoc is heading toward REACH OVER 30,000 COLLEGE STUDENTS, Be a part of putting a special tax AND THOUSANDS OF PARENTS AND measure (yes, new taxes?) FACULTY IN THIS THIS SPECIAL on the primary ballot! Hang on a second while I pick my beak up off NEW TIMES PUBLICATION the equation! the floor of my little cage. The three musketeers on both City Councils—Mayor Alice Patino and Councilmembers Etta Waterfield and Michael Moats in Santa Maria and Councilmembers Victor Vega, Jim Mosby, and Dirk Starbuck in 9-26-19 Lompoc—have broken rank! PUBLICATION DATE A conservative-minded City Council actually voted to join Monterey Bay Community Power! Community choice energy is such a hippy-dippy California thing to do. What happened Moats? It really seemed like you weren’t going to vote for AUTUMN it. Patino and Waterfield were betting on you to side with poor little PG&E, the giant monopoly of a corporation that’s screwing everyone in ARTS California over because it can’t figure out how to take care of its own transmission lines, BOOK YOUR AD BY started some major wildfires, and then filed for 9-19-19 bankruptcy. All the while, it’s sticking ratepayers with the bill! Councilmember Gloria Soto—the most liberal member of the council—practically jumped out of her seat with excitement at your surprise vote! I bet your fellow musketeers are so THIS PULLOUT IS OUR 33RD ANNUAL Live. Love. pissed right now. Wanting to save the ratepayers a little bit of money on their electricity bills. COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE As if. Now everyone in Santa Maria is going to UPCOMING ARTS SEASON Art. have the option of choosing from two electricity providers and deciding what percentage of their go-juice will come from renewable sources. And isn’t capitalism about choices and competition? Now, the residents of Lompoc might finally 10-3-19 get a choice! They can decide whether or not to raise their own taxes to pay for the pension debt PUBLICATION DATE that’s crippled city services and dampens the future outlook of a city on the brink. OK, maybe that’s dramatic, but the discussions I’ve had to follow in Lompoc have pushed me over the edge! Vega, Mosby, and Starbuck—nicknamed “The Triad” by opinion writer Ron Fink (cue AWARENESS eyeroll)—switched their opposition to putting a tax on the ballot to being all for it. What? We had to listen to you guys be anti-tax. We had to watch BOOK YOUR AD BY you guys hand out pink slips. And, now, all of 9-26-19 sudden, you dudes are all for it? What gives? As Vega tells it: This was the plan all along! Duh! Well, I’m not sure it was, but either way your Breast cancer & plan is dumb. You should have been leading the conversations about a potential tax measure LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW months ago! Not poo-pooing them. Then the domestic violence city’s budget cuts wouldn’t have been such a YOU CARE ABOUT THESE painful conversation. And it was painful. IMPORTANT ISSUES awareness month Speaking of poo-poo. The Solvang City Council voted to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in one area of town and only one building owner in said zone is willing to allow cannabis under his or her roof. So, that person basically gets to handpick the dispensary that’s SUN CIRCULATION Contact your allowed to open. What? That shit cray. m Watch out for Canary poop. It could come 18,000 sales rep today! 805.347.1968 from anywhere. Send comments to canary@ santamariasun.com. [email protected]
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LIFE’S A BEACH A National Beach Day celebration event takes place at Oceano Beach on Friday, Aug. 30, from 4 to 8 p.m. The public is invited to meet at the end of Pier Avenue to enjoy Frisbee throwing, kite fl ying, and other beach activities. Lounge chairs and bikes are welcome. Admission is free. Visit pacifi ccoastpro.com to fi nd out more. —Caleb Wiseblood
PHOTO CO TESY O PAC C COAST P O ESS ONA E A Features original art and handmade crafts created by local national parks, monuments, preserves, and recreation artists, food, live music, and more. First Sunday of every areas located within the state of California. Mondays, SPECIAL EVENTS ARTS month, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. through Dec. 1 Free. 805-704-7083. Wednesdays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through Jan. 20 $5. LOMPOC/VANDENBERG artintheparkshellbeach.com. Dinosaur Caves Park, 2701 805-686-8315. wildlingmuseum.org/news/celebrating- CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Price St, Pismo Beach. the-national-lands-of-california-art-exhibit. Wildling FABING-MCKAY-SPANNE OPEN HOUSE Built in Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang. SAN LUIS OBISPO 1875, this historic Victorian farmhouse in Lompoc has SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS NATURE IMAGINED This exhibit celebrates nature been fully renovated and furnished. You can tour the BALLROOM, LATIN, AND SWING LESSONS ART AFTER DARK SLO Unites visual, literary, and through art by Cheryl Medow, Ellen Jewett, and Hilary museum, carriage and car displays, blacksmith shop Marie King and Kings of Swing offer dance lessons for performing artists with the community and participating Brace. These artists used diverse materials and and reference room. Aug. 31, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Fabing all ages and skill levels. Couples and singles welcome. venues. Visit site for full list of programs and events. First methods to create their works. Mondays, Wednesdays- McKay Spanne House, 207 N. L St., Lompoc, 805-735- Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $36 for 4-week session. 805- Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. 805-544-9251. artsobispo. Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $5. 805-686-8315. 4626, lompochistory.org. 928-7799. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt. org. SLO County, Countywide, San Luis Obispo. wildlingmuseum.org. Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang. BEADING WORKSHOP Thursdays, noon oasisorcutt. SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS NORTH SLO COUNTY org. Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave., Orcutt, NATURE REGENERATED Photographers were CA’ DEL GREVINO VINEYARD MUSIC AND 805-937-9750. ART AFTER DARK PASO Unites visual, literary, encouraged to capture examples of nature’s ability to and performing artists with the community and regenerate and thrive. This exhibit showcases winning WINE FESTIVAL Musical acts include The Electric CHILDREN’S BOOK WORKSHOP Learn how to write participating venues. Visit site for full list of programs entries in the Adult and Junior categories. ongoing Free. Waste Band, the Walter Brothers, and Loose Change. and illustrate your book, how to choose age, type of and events. First Saturday of every month, 6-9 p.m. 805-686-8315. wildlingmuseum.org/photography- Features wine tasting, tri-tip, and more. Lawn chairs and book, typeface, printing, layout, design, type of art, and 805-544-9251. artsobispo.org. Participating locations, competition/. Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B blankets welcome. Aug. 31, 1-8 p.m. Ca’ Del Grevino a bit of marketing. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon through Sept. Paso Robles, City-wide. Mission Dr., Solvang. Estate Winery, 2510 East Clark Ave., Santa Maria, 14 $150 for 5 weeks. 805- 910-9548. bunkybooks.com. Treasures 1, 210 W. Fesler St., Santa Maria. PAVLOV GALLERY: FEATURED ARTISTS 805.621.5889, grevino.com. NORTH COAST SLO COUNTY Showcasing new collections on a weekly basis. EVERYBODY CAN DANCE Ballet workout classes for To celebrate the County Featured artists include Chris Pavlov, Iris Pavlov, Robert SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY teens and adults. Tuesdays, 6 p.m. everybodycandance. CENTENNIAL FILM FESTIVAL of SLO Public Library system’s centennial, the Cambria Hildebrand, Doug Picotte, and more. ongoing, 10 a.m.-5 webs.com. Everybody Can Dance, 628 S. McClelland AGING IN PLACE: STAYING PUT FREE SEMINAR Library will be showing a different classic fi lm from the St., Santa Maria, 805-937-6753. p.m. Free. 805-686-1080. pavlovgallery.com. Pavlov Art Learn the pros and cons about aging in place during this previous century every last Thursday. Last Thursday of Gallery, 1608 Copenhagen Dr., Ste C, Solvang. lively and informative panel discussion. Aug. 29, 10- every month, 3:15-5 p.m. through Oct. 31 Free. 805-927- THREE VIEWPOINTS Three regionally recognized 11:30 a.m. Free. 805-710-2415. Hilton Garden Inn, 601 SPECIAL ART EVENTS 4336. Cambria Library, 1043 Main St., Cambria. Gallery los Olivos artists join in August to exhibit James Way, Pismo Beach. MORRO BAY ART IN THE PARK A place for artists and landscapes from oceans to deserts. Carrie Givens and LABOR DAY BRUNCH ON WHEELS FEATURING SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS artisans to showcase and sell their work. Through Sept. 2 Morgan Green will exhibit pastel paintings and Ellen TRUE ZION The Labor Day Weekend edition of Brunch FIRST FRIDAY ARTIST RECEPTIONS Valley Art 805-772-2504. morrobay.org. Morro Bay City Park, Corner Yeomans will exhibit oil paintings. Mondays-Sundays, on Wheels will feature live music by TrueZion, local Gallery features 12 artists each year. Enjoy art, wine, and of Morro Bay Blvd. and Harbor St., Morro Bay. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through Aug. 31 805-688-7517. food trucks, lawn games, and more. Sept. 1, 10 a.m.-2 food at these opening receptions. First Friday of every GalleryLosOlivos.com. Gallery Los Olivos, 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. p.m. Free. 805-595-4000. Avila Beach Golf month, 5-7 p.m. Free. 805-937-2278. valleygallery.org. EXHIBITS Resort, 6464 Ana Bay Road, Avila Beach. Valley Art Gallery, 125 W. Clark Ave., Orcutt. SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS WOODSTOCK ON THE WEST SANTA YNEZ VALLEY SOUTH COAST SLO COUNTY ART EXHIBIT: MARGIE BOWKER A display of COAST: POPS BY THE SEA ART IN THE PARK AT DINOSAUR CAVES CELEBRATING THE NATIONAL LANDS OF painting and art tiles. ongoing Santa Maria Country Club, Celebrating the 50th Anniversary CALIFORNIA A showcase of fi ne art inspired by 505 W. Waller Lane, Santa Maria. of one of the defi nitive music FEATURED ARTISTS: MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST events for an entire generation: the The featured artists at the gallery during the months of Woodstock Music Festival. Aug. 31, New Times and the Sun now share their community INDEX May, June, July, and August are TBA. Saturdays, 10 a.m.- 2-7 p.m. $25-$95. 805-595-4000. listings for a complete Central Coast calendar 3 p.m. and Tuesdays-Fridays, 12-6 p.m. through Sept. 1 events.avilabeachresort.com. Avila running from SLO County through northern Santa Special Events ...... [16] Valley Art Gallery, 125 W. Clark Ave., Orcutt, 805-937- Beach Golf Resort, 6464 Ana Bay Road, Barbara County. Submit events online by logging 2278, valleygallery.org. Avila Beach. Arts ...... [16] in with your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account LOCAL ART AND ARTISTS: CONTINUING SERIES at newtimesslo.com. You may also email calendar@ An ongoing series of shows, facilitated by advisor Terry SAN LUIS OBISPO Culture & Lifestyle ...... [19] newtimesslo.com. Deadline is one week before the issue Dworaczyk, to spotlight local art and artists. Each BREWS AND BITES: BEER AND FOOD FEST date on Thursdays. Submissions are subject to editing Food & Drink ...... [21] show includes an artist reception. ongoing Ameriprise Features beer, food, live entertainment, and more. and approval. Contact Calendar Editor Caleb Wiseblood Financial, 2605 S Miller St., Suite 104, Santa Maria. Aug. 31, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $22-$54. Mission Plaza, 989 directly at [email protected]. Music ...... [22] Chorro St, San Luis Obispo. continued page 1
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McClelland St., Santa Maria. Saturday of every month. 12-4 p.m. ongoing 805-714- 4927. Santa Maria Transit Center, Miller and Boone St., SPORTS Santa Maria. TEEN GAMING FRIDAYS Teens, join us on select SAN LUIS OBISPO Fridays for an afternoon of gaming. Aug. 30, 4-5:30 CAL POLY FOOTBALL VS SAN DIEGO All kids ages p.m. Free. 805-925-0994. Santa Maria Public Library, 13 and under get in for free, and the first 3,000 fans 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. will get a free clear Cal Poly tote bag. Aug. 31, 2 p.m. SAN LUIS OBISPO gopoly.com/. Alex G. Spanos Stadium, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7297. CUPCAKE DECORATING FOR TEENS Have fun CAL POLY VOLLEYBALL VS NORTH TEXAS It’s decorating and eating cupcakes with your friends. the first match of the ShareSLO Mustang Challenge as For grades 6-12. Sept. 5, 4-5 p.m. Free. 805-781- Cal Poly takes on North Texas in the 2019 home opener. 5775. San Luis Obispo Library, 995 Palm St., San Sept. 5, 7 p.m. gopoly.com/. Mott Athletics Center, 1 Luis Obispo. Grand Ave, San Luis Obispo, 805-756-7297. POTTERY CLASSES AND PAINTING POTS Kids are welcome to come and learn various ways of working with clay, including sculpting, slab building, and throwing onto KIDS & FAMILY the pottery wheel. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 3:30-5 p.m. $30. 805-896-6197. anamcre.com. Anam Cre Pottery SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS Studio, 1243 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo. CHEESE PLEASE Dare 2 Dream Farms in Lompoc hosts its Cultured Cheeses and Yogurt Class on Saturday, BODY SAFETY FOR PRESCHOOLERS The Rape Crisis Center of Santa Maria presents a special puppet Sept. 7, from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission to participate in this culinary workshop is $44.95. show designed to teach young children about the SPIRITUAL The venue is located at 890 La Salle Canyon Road, Lompoc. Call (805) 735-3233 or visit sensitive issue of good, bad, and confusing touches. dare2dreamfarms.com to find out more. SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS Sept. 5, 4-4:30 p.m. Free. 805-925-0994. Santa Maria — C.W. Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. FREE WOMEN’S EXERCISE CLASS Open to all
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First Friday of every month, 8:30-11:30 p.m. $10 after 8 p.m. Maverick Saloon, esort FILE PHOTO COURTESY OF YLAN ORTEGA 3687 Sagunto St., Santa ne , 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org. FLANNEL 101 LIVE Aug. 31, 8:30 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa ne , 805-686-4785, mavericksaloon.org. HOODLUM FRIENDS LIVE Food and drinks available for purchase. No outside food or drinks allowed. Sept. 1, 4:30 p.m. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967- 0066, coldspringtavern.com entertainment.html. LIVE MUSIC ON THE PATIO Local acts perform every Saturday. Saturdays, 5-8 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa ne , 805-686- 4785, mavericksaloon.org. ODDLY STRAIGHT LIVE Food and drinks LICE SE T T RILL T e C ma Ca o Re or pre e o a R B ar G a g o F S a p m Amo g available for purchase. No outside food or drinks g p e ora of e eme o g for License to Kill allowed. Sept. 7, 1-4 p.m. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967- held in the resort’s Samala Showroom, ranges 0066, coldspringtavern.com entertainment.html. Y C LE ISE L UELLT SE Lo a o r ger o g r er a from 49 to 79. The casino is an age 21-and- Or ega perform a Pre e er o S S a PARADISE ROAD LIVE Food and drinks available o need to keep soul searching, the iconic mpress of Soul can be found at the older venue and is located at 3400 . ighway a par of A Co er for Hope ar a p m for purchase. No outside food or drinks allowed. 246, Santa nez. Call 800 248-6274 or visit Aug. 31, 1-4 p.m. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Chumash Casino Resort in Santa nez on Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, , at 8 p.m. chumashcasino.com to fi nd out more. Presqu’ile Winery is located at 5391 Presqu’ile coldspringtavern.com entertainment.html. was only 7 years old when rive, Santa Maria. Call 805 937-8110 or visit RED FISH LIVE Aug. 30, 8:30 p.m. Maverick she started performing in 1952, forming her presquilewine.com for tickets and more info. Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa ne , 805-686- own musical group, The Pips, with her brother, 4785, mavericksaloon.org. sister, and cousins. What started as a childhood Presqu’ile Winery hosts A Concert for ope, THE ROBERT THOMAS BAND LIVE Food hobby became a professional touring act by a benefi t for Marian Regional Medical Center’s and drinks available for purchase. No outside 1961, although the band members had changed Mission ope program, on , What better way to fi ght the blues than with food or drinks allowed. Aug. 30, 6-9 p.m. Cold at 6 p.m. Country artists and Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd., Santa except for Knight, of course . more blues Barbara, 805-967-0066, coldspringtavern.com The group signed on with Motown Records are set to perform during this performs at Cold Spring Tavern on entertainment.html. in 1966. Among their fi rst major hit singles was fundraiser event. Although primarily known , from 6 to 9 p.m. The tavern also hosts soft THE TAILGATERS LIVE Food and drinks available “I eard It Through the rapevine” two years for playing country and roots, Baldridge cites rock band , whose infl uences for purchase. No outside food or drinks allowed. before Marvin aye’s rendition was released . infl uences as eclectic as Michael Jackson and include The Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Aug. 31, 5-8 p.m. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 In the late ’80s, Knight opted to pursue a solo arth, Wind Fire. Ortega fi rst became known ardbirds, on , from 1 to 4 Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, career, a decision that culminated in the artist locally in 2014 for competing in Santa Barbara’s p.m. bring a splash of surf rock coldspringtavern.com entertainment.html. being chosen to perform the theme song for Teen Star competition at age 16. The Buellton- and classic country to the venue’s stage just an UNCLE UNCLE LIVE Food and drinks available 1989’s icense to ill. What higher form of based singer-songwriter specializes in modern hour later, performing from 5 to 8 p.m. for purchase. No outside food or drinks allowed. validation is there for a musical artist than and classic country as well as soul. Sept. 7, 5-8 p.m. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Blues and rags duo Stagecoach Rd., Santa Barbara, 805-967-0066, getting to score a James Bond movie Strike Advance tickets to the fundraiser are 35 for play their weekly gig at the tavern on coldspringtavern.com entertainment.html. that, Prince proved differently the same year club members and 40 for non-members. All , from 1 15 to 4 p.m. Folk, rock, with atman tickets on the day of the show are 45. Food and USIC LISTI S o e page 2 Admission to Knight’s upcoming show, wine will also be available for purchase on site. L C L TES o e page 2
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PARADISE FOUND: The Cold Spring Tavern presents soft rock band Paradise Road on TIME IS ON YOUR SIDE: Acoustic duo About Time, featuring Aaron Salazar and Caitlyn • Boys and Girls Club of Santa Saturday, Aug. 31, from 1 to 4 p.m. Vassaur, performs at Vino et Amicis Wine Bar on Friday, Aug. 30, from 7 to 10 p.m. Maria LOCAL NOTES from page 22 brewery also hosts Lompoc-based folk artist More music Jacob Cole on Saturday, Aug. 31, at 6:30 p.m. • CASA of Santa Barbara County and surf act Hoodlum Friends follow the pair, Despite their name, The Monotones are The Gun Metal Gray Band follows Cole’s show, performing from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. The three- anything but. The local act is performing at performing the same night at 10 p.m. • Central Coast Future Leaders day weekend lineup concludes with classic rock Moxie Cafe in Santa Maria on Thursday, Aug. Acoustic duo About Time, featuring Aaron cover band Tina Schlieske and the Graceland 29, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The cafe continues Salazar and Caitlyn Vassaur, performs at Vino • Central Coast State Parks Exiles, who perform a special Labor Day show its weekly live music series with pop/rock cover et Amicis Wine Bar in Orcutt on Friday, Aug. on Monday, Sept. 2, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. band The WaveBreakers on Friday, Aug. 30, 30, from 7 to 10 p.m. The bar also hosts solo pop Association Also in the Santa Ynez Valley, Red Fish from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., and solo artist Yael Gott artist Nataly Lola, best known locally for her performs at the Maverick Saloon on Friday, on Saturday, Aug. 31, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. work with Ghost/Monster, on Saturday, Aug. 31, • Central Coast Writer’s Conference Aug. 30, from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. The saloon also Blast 825 Brewery in Orcutt presents local from 7 to 10 p.m. m hosts ’90s tribute band Flannel 101 on Saturday, singer-songwriter Keith Cox on Friday, Aug. 30, • Dunes Center Aug. 31, from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., and solo pop at 7 p.m. Cox, best known for his collaborations Arts Editor Caleb Wiseblood wrote this week’s artist Bear Redell on Sunday, Sept. 1, from 1 to with Different Strings, performs classic rock Local Notes. Contact him at cwiseblood@ • Ian M. Hasset Foundation 2 p.m. Entry to each show is complimentary. and country covers as well as originals. The santamariasun.com. • Orcutt Children’s MUSIC LISTINGS from page 22 fan favorite film scores.Sept. 1, 2:30-6 p.m. $35 single Company, 1547 Mission Dr., Solvang, 805-688-2337. seats, $350 table of 10, $1,000 sponsor table. 805-792- OPEN MIC NIGHT AT SOLVANG BREW Arts Foundation LOMPOC/VANDENBERG 2711. orchestranovo.com/labor-day-weekend-pops/. Alex Wednesdays Free. Solvang Brewing Company, 1547 Madonna Expo Center, 100 Madonna Rd, San Luis Obispo. SIP MUSIC CLUB Pairing music and local wine with 4 Mission Dr., Solvang, 805-688-2337. • PCPA seasonal releases each calendar year. Price includes 3 WILLOW SMITH LIVE Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m. SLO Brew VIP access tickets to each SipMusic event, and 1 album Rock, 855 Aerovista Pl., San Luis Obispo, 209-417-7748. SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS • Restorative Partners of Santa and 1 bottle of premium wine every 3 months. ongoing RINGO STARR AND HIS ALL STARR BAND The band KARAOKE WITH DJ RANDY Fridays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $40. Lompoc Wine Factory, 321 N. D St., Lompoc, 805- features Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Gregg Rolie, Warren Anthony’s, 859 Guadalupe St, Guadalupe, 805-219-0977. Maria 243-8398, lompocwinefactory.com. Ham, Gregg Bissonette, and Hamish Stuart. , 8-10 Aug. 31 KARAOKE WITH DJ RICARDO Thursdays, 9-11:30 p.m. $75-$175. 805-286-3680. vinaroblesamphitheatre. SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS p.m. spotoneventservices.com. Blast 825 Brewery, 241 com. Vina Robles Amphitheatre, 3800 Mill Rd., Paso Robles. • Rotary Club of Santa Maria S Broadway St., Ste. 101, Orcutt, 805-934-3777. ABOUT TIME LIVE Aug. 30, 7-10 p.m. Vino et Amicis, 156 S. Broadway, Orcutt, 805-631-0496, vinoetamicis.com. KARAOKE WITH YSABEL Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. • Santa Maria Arts Council DJ/DANCE Anthony’s, 859 Guadalupe St, Guadalupe, 805-219-0977. FOXEN SECOND SUNDAYS: LIVE MUSIC AND Every second Sunday of every month, WEDNESDAY NIGHT KARAOKE Guests are FOOD TRUCK SANTA YNEZ VALLEY • Santa Maria Elks Rodeo Foxen will have live music and a food truck on property. welcome to take the stage and sing. Wednesdays, 9 Second Sunday of every month, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Free KRAZY COUNTRY HONKY-TONK THURSDAY p.m.-1:30 a.m. 805-863-8292. Louie B’s, 213 E. Main admission. 805-937-4251. foxenvineyard.com. Foxen Thursdays, 6 p.m. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Maria. m • Santa Maria Noontime Kiwanis Winery & Vineyard, 7600 Foxen Canyon Rd., Santa Maria. St., Santa Ynez, 805-686-4785, PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HOLY CROW JAZZ BAND mavericksaloon.org. GOSPEL BRUNCH WITH BROTHA FRANK First • Santa Maria Valley Discovery Sunday of every month, 2-5 p.m. Anthony’s, 859 LOMPOC/VANDENBERG Guadalupe St, Guadalupe, 805-219-0977. Museum THIRSTY THURSDAYS WITH DJ VEGA THE GUN METAL GRAY BAND LIVE Aug. 31, 10 Playing today’s and yesterday’s hits. No cover p.m. Blast 825 Brewery, 241 S Broadway St., Ste. 101, charge. Bring your dancing shoes. Thursdays, • St. Louis De Montfort Knights of Orcutt, 805-934-3777, rooneysirishpub.net. 9 p.m.-2:30 a.m. Free. 805-478-3980. DJ’s JACOB COLE LIVE Aug. 31, 6:30 p.m. Blast 825 Saloon, 724 E Ocean Ave., Lompoc. Columbus Brewery, 241 S Broadway St., Ste. 101, Orcutt, 805- 934-3777, rooneysirishpub.net. SANTA MARIA VALLEY/LOS ALAMOS • The Teal Journey KEITH T. COX LIVE Aug. 30, 7 p.m. Blast 825 805 NIGHTS For ages 21-and-over Brewery, 241 S Broadway St., Ste. 101, Orcutt, 805- only. Come enjoy dancing to your favorite 934-3777, rooneysirishpub.net. music videos. Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-2 NATALY LOLA LIVE Aug. 31, 7-10 p.m. Vino et a.m. Free. 805-219-0977. Anthony’s, 859 Amicis, 156 S. Broadway, Orcutt, 805-631-0496, Guadalupe St, Guadalupe. vinoetamicis.com. DJ VEGA: OLD SCHOOL AND PARTY THE WAVEBREAKERS BAND LIVE Covering hits MIX Saturdays, 9 p.m. Anthony’s, 859 from the 1950s to 1980s. Aug. 30, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Guadalupe St, Guadalupe, 805-219-0977. Free. 805-361-2900. moxiecafe.com/. Moxie Cafe, 1317 NIGHTLIFE AT RANCHO BOWL Enjoy W. McCoy Ln., Santa Maria. DJ’s 6 nights a week in the Rancho Bar and SONGWRITERS AT PLAY: SARAH MOLLY All ages Lounge. For ages 21-and-over. Tuesdays- are welcome. Sept. 4, 6-8:30 p.m. Free; tips accepted. Sundays, 9 p.m. Free. 805-925-2405. 805-489-9099. songwritersatplay.com. Branch Street ranchobowl.com/nightlife. Rancho Bowl, Deli, 203 E. Branch St., Arroyo Grande. 128 E Donovan Rd., Santa Maria. NEVER SHINE IF YOU DON’T CROW RANDY LATIN PARTY MIX Fridays, SAN LUIS OBISPO The Holy Crow Jazz Band performs at the Solvang 9:30 p.m. Anthony’s, 859 Guadalupe St, Festival Theater on Sunday, Sept. 8, at 3 p.m. FIFTH ANNUAL POPS ON! GOES HOLLYWOOD Guadalupe, 805-219-0977. 805.347.1968 A live performance of popular soundtrack favorites This LA-based ensemble plays old-time jazz and from Hollywood conductor Michael Nowak and blues from the early 1900s through the 1930s. SantaMariaSun.com Orchestra Novo. Sept. 1, 2:30-6 p.m. Starts at $35. KARAOKE/OPEN MIC Admission is $30. The theater is located at 420 orchestranovo.org. Alex Madonna Expo Center, 100 2nd St., Solvang. Call (805) 686-1789 or visit 2540 Skyway Dr., Suite A Madonna Rd, San Luis Obispo. SANTA YNEZ VALLEY solvangfestivaltheater.org for more info. MICHAEL NOWAK AND ORCHESTRA NOVO: THE KARAOKE AT SOLVANG BREW —Caleb Wiseblood Santa Maria FIFTH ANNUAL POPS ON! Enjoy a performance of Thursdays Free. Solvang Brewing
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GALLERY IMAGE COURTESY OF EMIL MORHARDT birds, providing reference material for his acrylic Arts Briefs portraits. “Painting allows me to simplify the images that I PCPA resident artist get from the camera, with the intent of representing the unadorned fundamental essence of the bird,” receives Wilde Award Morhardt said. “Every species, I’ve found, has its own Pacific Conservatory Theatre (PCPA) resident artist Emily personality, as do individuals within the species, so 24 there’s no shortage of interesting material to paint.” Trask recently received the Wilde Award for Best One Person Show, for her performance in An Iliad, which ran at the Hope Morhardt learned to paint at an early age from his Summer Repertory Theatre in Holland, Michigan. father, a watercolorist and art teacher, while growing “It seems fortuitous to receive a Wilde Award while I’m up in Bishop. Long before turning his attention to currently doing a Wilde play,” Trask said in a press release. bird portraits, most of the artist’s early acrylic works The actor is currently playing Gwendolen Fairfax in PCPA’s were landscapes. After moving to the Bay Area in production of The Importance of Being Earnest, which runs the late ’70s, Morhardt enjoyed capturing locales in through Sunday, Sept. 8, at the Solvang Festival Theater. San Francisco and the Eastern Sierra during his free For more info on the Wilde Awards, which recognizes time, while working as an operations director for an professional theater artists throughout the state of Michigan, environmental consulting firm. visit encoremichigan.com. Morhardt’s passion for the environment carried IMAGE COURTESY OF PCPA over to his next gig, teaching environmental biology at Claremont McKenna College, which he retired from in 2017. It’s a passion that carried over to his art as well, one that has only amplified in response to an “unrelenting onslaught of bad environmental news” over the last decade, Morhardt said. “Abundant wild birds are to me the essence of a healthy natural environment,” Morhardt said. “And documenting them living their complicated lives is an effective antidote to all the time I’ve spent thinking about the gradual degradation of the BIRD IS THE WORD: “Abundant wild birds are to me the essence of a healthy natural environment,” artist and retired biologist Emil environment that I’ve seen all over the world.” Morhardt said, discussing his acrylic works on display in Feathers and Fur. Some of Morhardt’s most recent bird portraits will be showcased in a new duo show, Feathers and Fur, at Gallery Los Olivos, opening Sept. 1. Fellow Santa Barbara-based artist Claudia Chapman is providing the fur to complement Morhardt’s feathers, although Animal crossing she paints quite a few birds herself. “I love to paint wild cats and all kinds of birds,” Feathers and Fur showcases art from local environmentalists Chapman told the Sun. “But I’ve also painted rhinos, Cypress Gallery presents at Gallery Los Olivos an elephant, zebras, and Icelandic horses. Between Here and There “I only paint what I’ve seen,” added Chapman, BY CALEB WISEBLOOD who has traveled extensively to observe and An opening reception for Between Here and There, a new Natural habitat photograph wildlife, journeying to Kenya, Tanzania, South Feathers and Fur, a duo show featuring paintings exhibition at Cypress Gallery in Lompoc, takes place fter moving to Santa Barbara in 2011, retired Africa, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Iceland, among other paintings by Emil Morhardt and Claudia on Saturday, Aug. 31, from 2 to 4 p.m. The show features biologist and lifelong artist Emil Morhardt found a destinations. She’s also visited a few national parks closer to Chapman, opens at Gallery Los Olivos on Sept. abstracted landscapes and pure abstracts from local artist Mikel Anew muse in the form of plovers, pelicans, and other home. avians inhabiting the city’s shoreline. 1 and runs through Oct. 1. The gallery is open FILE IMAGE COURTESY OF MIKEL NACCARATO Naccarato. Subjects of daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and located at All of Chapman’s animal portraits on display in Feathers the landscapes range “[I] realized that the birds on the beach were 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. Call (805) 688- and Fur are oils, painted on either canvas or linen. from areas in Hawaii approachable, relatively easy to photograph, and had very 7517 or gallerylosolivos.com to find out more. “Even though it’s slow going for the most part, I enjoy the to the Central Coast. interesting behaviors,” said Morhardt, who upgraded his process of painting in oil,” Chapman said. “Many famous Most of Naccarato’s art camera at the time and began photographing the coastal wildlife artists have turned to acrylics because they are is inspired by Richter, IMAGE COURTESY OF CLAUDIA CHAPMAN easier to thin, dry faster, etc.” Diebenkorn, and other Like Morhardt, Chapman strives to capture personality in her works, and contemporary abstract usually depicts animals interacting with each other. Juvenile Romp, for example, artists. depicts two playful leopards; one trying to reach the other, perched on a tree Between Here and above. In Item of Interest, two eagles share a view from their neighboring branches. There will remain on Also similar to Morhardt, Chapman is driven by concern for animals and display at Cypress preserving their natural environments. Gallery through Sept. “It breaks my heart to know about jungle clearings to make way for palm 29. The gallery is located oil and other farms, even less severe human encroachment, and now climate at 119 Cypress Ave., change,” Chapman said. “We will see big changes and extinctions happening Lompoc. Naccarato’s must faster now.” art is also currently on display at Santa Maria Ameriprise Chapman’s love for animals began at a young age, around the same time Financial through Friday, Sept. 27. The office is located at IMAGE COURTESY OF CLAUDIA CHAPMAN she realized how much 2605 S. Miller St., Santa Maria. For more info on the artist, she loved drawing and visit mikelnaccarato.com. painting, the artist said. “I believe my sixth Santa Maria Library grade teacher saw that I liked to draw, so she screens Contact had me paint a leopard on a large mural-sized The city of Santa Maria Public Library hosts a free screening paper,” Chapman said. of Contact (1997) on Monday, Sept. 9, from 3 to 5:45 p.m. “We were studying Adapted from the Carl Sagan sci-fi novel, the film follows jungles at the time. scientist Elli Arroway (Jodie Foster) as she contends with the I believe that’s what government, religious fanatics, and other combative forces after sparked me.” m first contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence is proven. Although no tickets are required, seating is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Fresh popcorn will Arts Editor Caleb also be served to guests free of charge. The library is located at Wiseblood’s favorite 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. Call (805) 925-0994, Ext. Muppet is Animal. 8562, for more info. m Send comments to cwiseblood@ WHO LET THE CATS OUT? Santa Barbara-based artist Claudia Chapman’s oil painting Juvenile FLY LIKE AN EAGLE: In Claudia Chapman’s Item of Interest, santamariasun.com. Arts Briefs is compiled by Arts Editor Caleb Wiseblood. Send Romp depicts two leopards she had photographed herself. two eagles share a view from their neighboring branches. information to [email protected].
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THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS: One theme Babette Stanbridge strives to express in the Bunky Book series is the power of positive thinking. @ @SantaMariaSun BETWEEN THE LINES: Local children’s author Bobette Stanbridge has written and illustrated four entries in her Bunky Book series, which began in 2006 with her debut book A Joyful Day. #SantaMariaSun Oh, the places you’ll go Local author Bobette Stanbridge discusses Bunky Book series and children’s book workshops BY CALEB WISEBLOOD n the mid-1970s, illustrator Bobette Stanbridge was hired to design a cast of animal characters for a line of children’s clothes, quilts, pillows, and Iother items. Decades later, Stanbridge’s daughter brought the characters @ up out of the blue, after finding one of the illustrations in a family member’s home. The conversation rekindled her own affinity for the characters, Stanbridge explained, and opened her up to new possibilities for them. “She told me I should do something with them. I decided to write stories @SantaMariaSun and use the characters as my framework,” the local author told the Sun. #SantaMariaSun “Bunky Books were born, and I wrote several stories and proceeded to illustrate them. “I decided to name them Bunkies, since most of the characters were animals that could communicate with each other,” added Stanbridge, COEXIST: Grasshoppers, turtles, and other creatures inhabit the shared universe of Babette whose books are inhabited by cats, Just take a look, it’s in a book Stanbridge’s Bunky Book series. bears, butterflies, dogs, elephants, Check bunkybooks.com to find out more grasshoppers, and turtles alike. about the Bunky Book series and updates on author Bobette Stanbridge’s upcoming Aside from sharing life advice through her stories, Stanbridge “They are all adventure stories and occasionally offers writing, illustrating, and publishing tips through her very colorfully illustrated.” children’s book workshops, periodically offered at Treasures 1, located at 210 W. periodic workshops for aspiring authors. The author has released four “The children’s book industry is difficult to break into,” Stanbridge said. entries in the series so far, which Fesler St., Santa Maria. Call (805) 361-0524 @ “Each agent and publisher is looking for their specific things, so one thing I started with A Joyful Day in 2006, for more details. teach is how to approach them.” and continued with The Magic Kite, The Amazing Piano, and No Wishy Each workshop series takes place over five weeks, and is held at Treasures Washy Wishes. Stanbridge hopes for the series to provide young readers 1 in Santa Maria. After participants write their own stories, Stanbridge with positive insights on life, through traditional lessons most parents provides critiques and tips on how to best illustrate and market their works. would expect as well as more unique topics not usually addressed in most Several factors are taken into account, the author said, such as realizing children’s books, she explained. which age group the book is most appropriate for. SantaMariaSun.com “Bunky Books were written to help kids live their best lives by teaching a “The type of illustration that would be best suited, as well as the layout, mindset and some important things in life that we don’t usually talk about, is discussed,” Stanbridge said. “I also discuss getting it printed and such as the power of our thoughts,” said Stanbridge, who also incorporates published, as a self-publisher, and some marketing ideas as well.” m mindfulness tips she’s acquired as an avid meditator. “I’ve been meditating since 1967,” the author said, “and have gleaned much Arts Editor Caleb Wiseblood used to dream about becoming the next Dr. Seuss. wisdom from meditating over the years and thought it important to share.” Rekindle those aspirations, or shut them down, at [email protected]. www.santamariasun.com • August@ 29 - September 5, 2019 • Sun • 27 [email protected]
SUN SCREEN PHOTO COURTESY OF MYTHOLOGY ENTERTAINMENT wealth disparity and Film Reviews privilege with a wacky AFTER THE WEDDING delivery. I definitely What’s it rated? PG-13 echo your thoughts. It’s Where’s it showing? Parks Plaza Not ready not a unique theme at The past and present collide when Isabel (Michelle Editor’s note: Arts Editor Caleb Wiseblood and all, and it wasn’t done Williams), an orphanage owner in Kolkata, travels NEW New Times Staff Writer Karen Garcia took over in a groundbreaking 28 to New York for a meeting with a mysterious new benefactor Sun Screen while the Starkeys enjoyed the week off. (Julianne Moore), in this American remake of director Susanne way. However, it was Bier’s 2006 Danish drama of the same name. (112 min.) weirdly entertaining to —Caleb Wiseblood Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler hate-watch, you know, Gillett (the duo behind Devil’s Due), this comedy call out how terrible ANGEL HAS FALLEN horror witnesses Grace’s (Samara Weaving, The some of the lines are, What’s it rated? R Babysitter) wedding night take an evil turn when the grandiose acting What’s it worth? Stream it she’s forced to participate in a time-honored Where’s it showing? Hi-Way Drive-In, Movies Lompoc, that feels like overkill, Parks Plaza tradition of her new husband’s (Mark O’Brien, or just the absurdity of In case you need a refresher, this is the third offering of the Halt and Catch Fire) rich, eccentric family to play the film. I don’t loathe Fallen franchise that started in 2013 with Olympus Has Fallen a terrifying and deadly game. (105 min.) it because I can’t take and was followed in 2016 with London Has Fallen. Each stars it seriously. I feel like noble Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler). In this Caleb: Ready or not? Umm, definitely not. newest iteration directed by Ric Roman Waugh (Felon, Snitch, they could have found Shot Caller), after being framed for attempting to assassinate I won’t beat around the bush: I mercilessly a better cast to execute the president, Banning must evade the FBI and his own agency loathe this film. The 88 percent score on Rotten the satire of the story as he works to clear his name and find the true culprit, who aims Tomatoes is 100 percent flabbergasting. Many because, let’s be honest, to take out President Thumbull (Morgan Freeman). of the film’s supporters point to its subversive there is a following Well, thank God for Nick Nolte, whose mid-film appearance nature, describing it as a social commentary on as Mike Banning’s estranged father, Clay Banning, managed for a film packed with to stop me from napping through this predictable, by-the- the class system—rich versus poor, all that jazz. thriller, gore, and It’s there, but the same can be said of numerous numbers actioner. Clay is a grizzled old Vietnam vet who long comedy themes. So HERE COMES THE BRIDE: Samara Weaving plays Grace, who spends her wedding night fighting before abandoned his wife and child for a life living off the horror films in the last few years, brilliant Us( ) Grace married into the for her own survival against murderous in-laws, in the comedy horror, Ready or Not. grid and away from a culture and government he rejects as and not-so-much (The First Purge) alike. But Le Domas family— corrupt. Nolte, the former heartthrob of films such as The Deep also, so what? Subtext loses its potency when they got their fortune finding her outside the estate’s gates (when (1977) and 48 Hrs. (1982), has really embraced his scruffy it’s spoon-fed, especially when carbuncular old age in films like Tropic Thunder (2008) and from making board games, card she briefly escapes the family’s clutches at one said spoon is in the hands of Warrior (2011). In Angel Has Fallen, he actually manages to give games, etc.—and their tradition point). That’s funny right? He’s so refined, yet bombastic characters trying to READY OR NOT this otherwise hollow, wooden affair a beating heart. is that the new family member sadistic at the same time! It’s revolutionary. After the opening set piece, an idea stolen from an old James choo-choo train heavy themes What’s it rated? R must play a game the night of the Bond film, we get the set-up: Banning’s friendship with former Oh, not to mention the family’s upstanding down my throat. Guess I’m just What’s it worth, Karen? Stream It ceremony as a right of passage. patriarch and father of the groom, Tony (Henry fellow soldier Wade Jennings (Danny Huston), who now runs a What’s it worth, Caleb? Nothing struggling private sector military company (think Blackwater). more of an airplane guy. The The one game you don’t want Czerny), dropping F-bombs left and right. Wow! Where’s it showing? Stadium 14, When Huston turns up as a supposed good guy in anything, film opens with a wedding, to pick, which naive little Grace Aristocrats cuss? But that’s so unlike them. Parks Plaza regular cinemagoers know to be wary because Huston is a between bride Grace (Weaving) of course chooses, is hide-and- Karen: Will Grace make it out of the grasp of helluva bad guy! His character Jennings needs a president willing and groom Alex (O’Brien). The seek. Grace hides and the family the Le Domas family alive? Will she and Alex to employ firms like his on the global battlefield, which Thumbull couple spends their first night as isn’t, and since Banning is up for director of the Secret Service, is seeking to find and kill her to live happily ever after away from his filthy rich maybe he could put in a good word for his old comrade in arms. husband and wife with Alex’s wealthy family at protect their name, fortune, and existence. The and violent family? If you care enough to make Trust me: What’s coming is telegraphed from a mile away. their large, eerily foreboding estate—basically family gears up with a freaking crossbow, plus fun of the movie, then just wait for the film to What follows will appeal to fans of the franchise, which Disney’s Haunted Mansion but better well- guns, a battle ax, and arrows to hunt her down. become available on your streaming services once again delivers explosions, gunfights, vehicle chases, and kept, minus the ghosts and spiderwebs. Alex The family has your run-of-the-mill losers, to see. I can’t say I loved the acting, or that the hand-to-hand combat. Unfortunately, it’s a familiar path from tries his best, which isn’t very good at all, to and one of them is Emilie (Melanie Scrofano), beginning to end, right down to Banning’s wife, Leah (Piper cinematography was good. I guess they were Perabo), and toddler daughter being imperiled. There are prepare Grace for a game she’s about to play that who snorts cocaine to prepare for the game and going for an old-money, dark-atmosphere vibe, exactly zero surprises awaiting viewers, which is maybe why the evening—“It’s hide and seek, except, guess what you can’t help but laugh at the film (not with but it just didn’t match. I know the point is audience score on Rotten Tomatoes are 95 percent while critics honey, we’re gonna hunt you down with guns, it) when she accidentally shoots two different satire, but there’s good satire and then there’s scores are 40 percent. If you want to see something familiar, by knives, and crossbows,” (I’m paraphrasing, of maids to death in comical ways. trying too hard to compensate for a lame-o all means go. If you were hoping to be in any way surprised by the course, but you get the idea). It’s as if the writers Caleb: I really wish Ready or Not crossed over storyline. Again the only thing that made it story, you’ll leave as dissatisfied as I was. (120 min.) —Glen Starkey assumed the eccentricity of that concept alone into that “so bad, it’s good” realm for me, but somewhat enjoyable for me was making fun of would carry the film, but the procedural that its own self-importance deprived it of even that. the terrible one-liners like, “You’re just another FILM REVIEWS continued page 30 follows just can’t live up to such a promising I felt like the comedy relied too much on the sacrifice.” If you do end up seeing this film, don’t premise. The end result isn’t scary or funny, and obvious contrast between the family’s elegant go in with high expectations. They’ll just get SCORING I don’t know which disappoints me more. old-money mannerisms and their ritualistic blown to shreds. m FULL PRICE ...It’s worth the full price of an evening showing Karen: I read an article in the LA Times where blood lust. The family’s white-gloved butler, MATINEE ...... 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PHOTO COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES CLASSICS PHOTO COURTESY OF ARMORY FILMS Johnson , the trio embarks on a Mark T ain like odyssey. T Y ST Y This s eet cro d pleaser hits all the right notes and is What s it rated enriched by a stellar cast. It opens ith 22 year old Zak, a What s it orth Full pri e ard of the state, stuck in a nursing home because the state Where s it sho ing o ies ompo has no here else to put him. The nursing home residents Josh Cooley directs this fourth love him because he s a s eet young man, but he doesn t I feature in the Toy Story franchise. belong there. His roommate is Carl an e cellent Bruce Dern , This time around, Woody voiced by Tom Hanks ho s e ceedingly tired of atching Zak s old restling tapes must convince his toy pals to elcome a ne of his favorite pro restler The Salt Water Redneck, aka Clint addition, Forky Tony Hale , into their fold, even an e ually e cellent Thomas Haden Church , ho runs a small though Forky is ust a spork made into a toy restling school. Long story short, Zak eventually slips out of in arts and crafts class by their child, Bonnie. 30 the home and is on the road. When Bonnie s family goes on a road trip, Forky Mean hile, e meet Tyler, ho s stealing crabs out of crab takes off, so Woody and a fe other toys go in pots. Through flashbacks, e learn he had a brother, Mark search of him. Jon Bernthal , ith hom he fished but ho has since passed Other ne characters include a perfectly a ay. 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Those three collectively The humor throughout is pitch perfect, and there s Jon Watts Spider an Homecoming, Clo n directs deliver the best punchlines in the movie, hands FI I WS from page 2 something special about atching differently abled actor Zack this story that follo s the events of A engers do n. But in all seriousness, the most badass character in the Gottsagen embody Zak, ho has a lot to teach audiences about I film is series veteran Bo Peep Annie Potts , ho gets a ell ndgame. Peter Parker Tom Holland oins besties Ned Jacob B YS hat it means to have Do n syndrome. There s a scene hen deserved return to the franchise. 100 min. ❍ What s it rated Zak and Tyler are talking about good guys and bad guys in pro Batalon and MJ Zendaya on a European vacation, hoping —Caleb What s it orth atinee restling, and it sets up the heart of the film. for a little heroics free rest and rela ation, but hen Nick Fury Where s it sho ing o ies ompo ar s la a Johnson as Eleanor is perfectly cast, and she and LeBeouf Samuel L. Jackson comes calling, Peter orks to uncover the Sun mo ie re ie s ere compiled by Arts ditor Caleb Co riter Gene Stupnitsky ad Teacher, The O ice have great chemistry as their t o characters spark a romance. mystery of other orldly attacks plaguing Europe. 12 min. Wiseblood this eek. Contact him at c iseblood I directs this buddy adventure comedy, in hich an The film is ultimately about finding your o n family, the po er of —Glen santamariasun.com. invitation to a party ith cool kids leads a group of goody good acceptance, but also about redemption, especially for Tyler, hose si th graders Lucas eith L. Williams , Thor Brady Noon , and e istence hovers bet een good guy bad guy status. Ma Jacob Tremblay to skip school, buy drugs, and sip beers. This is a small film ith a big heart. I loved it. min. not shy about sharing information It s a tried and true comedy formula, and as much as I F I N S —Glen like being married to a lesbian, having ant to be annoyed that Good oys is ust the little boy version When a uestionable third nipple, dating an of ooksmart, and that ooksmart is ust the girl version of What s it rated T older man, or someone at ork eating BLAST Superbad, I loved it. I loved them all, O Sue me Just kidding, A Y N T please don t. 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Siblings Ross David Sch immer impression on me because I anted a On the surface, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a fairly and Monica Courteney Co oin their close small group of people that I felt boring and formulaic teen horror movie. A group of high ne and old high school and college completely comfortable ith, could be schoolers decide to e plore the centuries old Bello s mansion friends Rachel Jennifer Aniston , myself ith, and could be friends ith on Hallo een, here the family kept their daughter, Sarah, Phoebe Lisa udro , Joey Matt for a long time even if life moved us locked in a dark room because she as off. There, the teens LeBlanc , and Chandler Matthe in different directions. I anted to be stumble upon Sarah s infamous book of scary stories, hich Perry at Central Perk and Monica s there for them, and I anted them to be according to legend, ere ritten in the blood of the many apartment to laugh, talk, cry, and en oy there for me, too corny right . children she killed using black magic. The teens take the book each other. Whether it s Chandler s one liners, IN T I A S Three si th graders skip school and big mistake and soon find that the scary stories ritten about My older siblings atched this sho Joey s disdain for sharing food, or the go on an incredible adventure involving stolen drugs, teenage them ill force them to face their biggest and most secret constantly hen it as on air. They re ill they on t they bet een Ross and girls, and the promise of an epic party, in Good oys. fears. Like, in real life. no nearing their late 0s and early 40s, Rachel, I laugh at every single episode Not real thought provoking. And yet, I had a blast atching. but I didn t really understand hat the even though I kno e actly hat s There s something to be said for the mediocre, purely fuss as about until high school, my going to happen. The riting as T ANUT BUTT FA N entertaining horror movies that act as a gate ay for young and college years, and the present. I ll admit funny, the life scenarios could happen, What s it rated budding horror lovers to the really good movies. They re fun to it, Friends is the only series I ll atch and the on screen chemistry as alive What s it orth Full pri e atch, and they bring more people over to the dark side. And from start to finish I ve done that more and thriving. Where s it sho ing ar s la a that s really hat the original books aimed to do, too. 107 min. T F Y U It s hard to times than I can keep track of. So pivot your couch in the direction Writers directors Tyler Nilson and Michael Sch artz — asey pinpoint hat my favorite Friends It as in my early 20s hen I of your screen and look for the series I helm this adventure dramedy about Zak Zack episode is, but The One ith All the associated ith Monica and her need to that ill al ays be there for you hen Gottsagen , a young man ith Do n syndrome, ho runs S I AN FA F T N UT Thanksgi ings season , episode be organized Rachel s drive to move up your ob s a oke, you re broke, and your in a career she admired Joey s struggle love life is DOA. ❍ a ay from a nursing home to pursue his dream of becoming a What s it rated has to be one of them. professional restler. With the help of small time outla Tyler What s it orth atinee to be noticed in his career field — aren Garcia Shia LeBeouf , and kind nursing home employee, Eleanor Dakota Where s it sho ing o ies ompo
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This drink features Los Amantes mezcal from Oaxaca, she took the time to guide us through her kumquat liqueur, grapefruit juice, agave, and ground new cocktail menu, explaining that gin and habanero on the rim. mezcal are the hot new craft liquors, with small distilleries worldwide taking the time to At this point in the dinner service, I was perfect their batches. happier than I’d ever been with a meal, and “I had to tirelessly taste dozens of gins, then the entrees arrived. My wife’s was a pair poor me!” Chef ink said. “Everyone thinks of octopus tentacles charred to perfection and of grandma’s gin—that overpowering served alongside crispy chicharrones in a pool mouthwash and rubbing alcohol fl avor—but of salsa verde. ’Twas damn good. My meal these are sipping gins, with botanicals that we was classic steak and potatoes with greens. can specially match with unique tonics.” There was nothing especially elevated about I ordered the Monkey gin and Fever- it, yet it seemed perfect, like the potatoes in Tree citrus tonic, which had Thai-inspired particular had no right to be that good. embellishments of kaffi r lime leaf, ginger, Before dessert, Chef ink came back to chat cilantro, and orange peel. It was served cold a bit and explained how she began her adult with smoldering dry ice in a deep wine glass that captured the bubbling fog and herbal life as an artist and had some success selling aromas in every sip. paintings but could never quite fi gure out the Chef ink offered to choose our courses for e searc for fanc coc tails ends business end of things. She said she’d been us, so my wife and I sat back and enjoyed the lounging on a couch when she saw an ad for ride. First came a course of Morro Bay oysters at oot in ol ang a culinary arts school and went for it. She’d with house-made cocktail sauce, Meyer been raised around food, with a mom who lemons, and a St. Germain mignonette, which waited tables and tended bar and a dad who are some words I’ve never heard before. They FEELING FROTHY: A new addition to Root 246’s cocktail menu is the Bees Bootie, with local Bettie Page spiced rum, honey, lemon, fi shed for abalone. described a clear liquid with garlic that was and whisked egg white, served chilled. “The second I walked in the door of my damn good on those oysters. fi rst kitchen, I knew I’d never do anything Then came a pair of vibrant salads. Mine evening. Hers had deep red tomatoes, sweet and arranged next to a spread of rich, nutty else,” she said. “I fell in love with kitchen was shaved heirloom squash and herbs atop peaches, ricotta cheese, and pearls of balsamic mole sauce. culture. The chaos and the control.” fresh burrata, my new favorite cheese. It’s vinegar that Chef ink had encapsulated with By then, our fi rst round of drinks was Chef ink said she strives to speak through soft and melty without being hot. My wife’s either voodoo or science, hard to tell. getting low. I toyed with the idea of trying her food and serve sustainable, locally salad was probably my favorite morsel of the ext, a heaping bowl of roasted Brussels Root ’s new fl ight of mezcal samplings sourced concoctions. She quit one of her sprouts appeared, straight from Oaxaca, Mexico, but that fi rst kitchen gigs in Santa Barbara when she delicious and crispy seemed excessive for someone who had to realized that she didn’t know anything about Nothing’s s uare about this Root with sesame seeds drive later. I got a mezcal cocktail instead, farming except that no one growing or raising Root 246 offers a long list of local wines and craft beers, but Chef Pink sets the place apart with and tamari sauce. the Smoky aloma. This thing was a the food she served could afford to eat at her her whiskey fl ights and the recent addition of mezcal fl ights, Spanish-style gin and tonics, and seven At the same time, masterpiece. There was kumquat liqueur and restaurant. She worked a ranch for a year and new handcrafted cocktails. The seasonal summer menu will be replaced Sept. 24 with autumn’s Diana brought grapefruit juice to sweeten the deal, but they has been fi ghting to purge the pretense from offerings. Root 246 is located at 420 Alisal Road, Solvang, and is open every evening except Monday. five grilled shrimp didn’t try to hide the smoky and powerful coated in spices taste of the mezcal. EATS continued page 33
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samples, and instruction led by livestock manager Rachel EATS from page 31 Powell’s Picks fine dining ever since. Meeker. Visit dare2dreamfarms.com for more information. • Piper’s Kombucha Brew is celebrating its grand A meal at Root 246 might seem expensive for working-class • I’ve said before that Atari Ya has the Central Coast’s folk, but it’s not so outlandish that it can’t be enjoyed for a opening Aug. 31 from 1 to 7 p.m. at 195 S. Broadway, suite best sushi, but if you’re in Lompoc, Sake Sushi and Korean special occasion. It’s certainly worth every penny. m 104. Support a new local business! BBQ at 1325 N. H St. is the next best thing. m • Learn to make cultured cheeses and yogurt at Lompoc’s When contributor Nick Powell isn’t feigning fancy, he’s searching for that next Dare 2 Dream Farms on 890 La Salle Road on Sept. 7 from Contributor Nick Powell is cooking up ideas for food recommendations. great hole-in-the-wall place. Send peaks to [email protected]. 1 to 5 p.m. Attendance costs $44.95 and includes recipes, Send a grocery list of ingredients to [email protected].
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