Coastal View News • April 13, 2023

From left, Carpinteria Unified School District sixth graders Carson Weber, Amaya Kuryliw and Lily Nunoz walked out of their classrooms to march down Linden Avenue with their classmates on Wednesday, April 5, to protest gun violence and call on lawmakers to do more to protect students. The walkout was organized by several locals, including the Carpinteria chapter of Moms Demand Action. See more on pages 12 and 13.

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Women in Communication group to host achievement awards

The Association for Women in Communications – Santa Barbara Chapter will host its 15th annual achievement awards on Thursday, April 27, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. in Santa Barbara. This year, Hillary Hauser, executive director of Heal the Ocean, and Dr. Leah Stokes, associate professor of environmental politics at UC Santa Barbara, will be honored.

The awards will be held at the Cabrillo Pavilion, 1118 East Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara. Tickets are $85 for members, $95 for nonmembers. For more information, contact Joan J. Tapper at joantapper@cox.net.

County seeks input on emergency planning

Santa Barbara County is asking residents to fill out a survey about their emergency plans, to help fortify the county’s emergency response plans. According to Public Information Officer Kelsey Gerckens Buttitta, the survey will help the county “understand constraints and behavior during emergencies such as wildfires, floods, chemical spills, etc.”

The survey will help craft the county’s Evacuation Modeling and Planning Project. It is approximately five minutes long. Both English and Spanish versions can be found at sbcsurvey.kld.engineering.

Carpinteria veterinarian to leave in June

Carpinteria veterinarian and part-owner of the Carpinteria Veterinary Hospital Justin Fischer will leave the hospital in June, Fischer said in a newsletter sent out earlier this week. Fischer and his family are moving out of state.

Covid-19 numbers as of April 6

Reported Covid-19 cases dip

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department reported a dip in the average number of reported PCR-confirmed Covid-19 cases, at 20.6%. The department reminds residents that cases are often underreported in Santa Barbara County due to the rise in rapid at-home testing.

Covid-19 community levels in Santa Barbara County remain low. No new deaths related to Covid-19 were reported over the last week. It is recommended that everyone over the age of six months receive an updated bivalent booster. See more at vaccines.gov.

“This has been an extremely difficult decision for me. The staff, my colleagues and the clients of Carpinteria Veterinary Hospital have made the last decade an exceptional experience both professionally and personally,” Fischer said.

“From the bottom of my heart, thank you all for the last 11 years. It has truly been a pleasure growing relationships with you and caring for your furry family members. This is an amazing community, and it has been an honor,” he added.

Dr. Toby Hill, from Sydney, Australia, will join the Carpinteria Veterinary Hospital next week. Dr. Hill graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in London, and worked at a companion animal practice treating pets, local shelter animals and British wildlife; he then moved to Sydney, where he worked in a small animal general practice.

The Carpinteria Veterinary Clinic is located at 1037 Casitas Pass Rd.

State of the City Luncheon: April 20

A State of the City Luncheon, featuring Goleta, Santa Barbara and Carpinteria mayors, will be held on Thursday, April 20, 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort.

Guest speakers include city of Goleta Mayor Paula Perotte and City Manager Robert Nisbet; city of Carpinteria Mayor Al Clark and Assistant City Manager Michael Ramirez; and city of Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse and City Administrator Rebecca Bjork.

“We are thrilled to bring together the Mayors of Goleta, Santa Barbara, and Carpinteria for our annual State of the City event,” said Kristen Miller, president and CEO of the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce. “We believe it is essential for the business community to understand our region’s strategic focuses and hear directly from our elected officials about the issues that matter most to our local economy and community.”

Each mayor will present on their visions and give updates on their cities, and city managers sit on a panel discussing budget, public safety, homelessness, housing and more. Learn more at SBSCChamber.com.

New proposed bus route would hit Carpinteria during peak hours

Line 19x is part of several proposed MTD changes

BY GILLIAN FLATH

The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) will consider four changes to its service plan during the month of April, including a new Line 19x, which would serve Carpinteria, Santa Barbara’s Eastside and Santa Barbara City College.

The district is also looking a new microtransit service in Goleta, increasing the frequency of Line 28 and adding an endpoint connection of Lines 23 and 25. The proposed changes, scheduled to go into effect on August 14, 2023, are meant to cater to the Santa Barbara transit riders and their reported needs for faster trips and service to more destinations.

Line 19x will have two northbound morning peak trips that originate in Carpinteria, serve Santa Barbara’s Eastside and terminate at the Santa Barbara City College. There will be one round trip at midday, as well as two afternoon southbound routes that will complement the morning peak trips.

While the weekday service of Line 19x will be beneficial for Santa Barbara City College students during the school year, it will not run during the school’s winter and spring breaks.

The new proposed microtransit service in Goleta and Isla Vista would be called “The Wave.” This microtransit would be available to UC Santa Barbara students, as well as the public, and will use electric vans instead of transit buses. “The Wave” buses will be available for drop off and pick up at numerous locations scattered throughout the UC Santa Barbara campus, as well as in Goleta; more details about the logistics of booking a trip on “The Wave” can be found at sbmtd.gov/thewave.

The MTD will also increase the frequency of Line 28, the UC Santa Barbara service, to help increase ridership; the

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goal is to have a vehicle at a stop every 18 minutes. The MTD has seen a decline in ridership over the past 10 years, which was worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Santa Barbara MTD has also proposed an endpoint connection of Lines 23 and 25.

Joining these lines in the Calle Real and Winchester Canyon area will give Western Goleta riders a one-seat ride. While this proposal will allow riders to avoid hectic transfers, it will require the restructuring of various routes. Although

In Vol. 29, No. 29, last month’s tornado was not the first recorded tornado in Carpinteria, as stated in “Consider helping those impacted by the tornado.” According to records, the largest tornado in the Carpinteria area was an F1 in 1977 that caused 0 injuries and 0 deaths.

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there will be no loss of trips or change in the span of service, according to the Santa Barbara MTD, Line 25 would no longer travel on Bradford between Calle Real and Winchester Canyon, or along Cathedral Oaks.

There will be several meetings to discuss these proposed changes, including one scheduled for Tuesday, April 18 at 6 p.m. in the Carpinteria Community Library, located at 5141 Carpinteria Ave. See more at sbmtd.gov/servicechanges/.

Fried Chicken &Waffles, with Hominy Grits

Buttermilk battered chicken breast on grits with two waffles. Served with Vermont Maple Syrup.

Bison Burger Organic ground bison burger with pepperjack cheese. Served with sweet potato fries. Lettuce, tomato, and pickles on side.

Fried Chicken Burger

Buttermilk battered chicken breast on bun, with dill pickle chips, alfalfa sprouts, tomato, and house made special sauce. Served with onion rings, french fries, or sweet potato fries. Gluten Free Avocado Sandwich Avocado, alfalfa sprouts, cucumber, pepperjack cheese, red onions, on gluten free bread. Served with coleslaw or fruit.

Taylor’s Salad

The WaterWise Garden Contest recognizes residents of Santa Barbara County who have attractive and water wise landscapes. An award will be given to a residential property in each participating water provider’s service area. Winners in each area will then be a finalist for a County-wide grand prize.

LUNCHSPECIALS

Local spring mix,

Taylor’s Salad

Local spring mix, tossed with dried cranberries & figs, chopped green apple, buttermilk battered chicken breast. Served with honey mustard dressing.

Spinach Salad

Organic baby spinach, tossed with chopped bacon, cherry tomatoes, dried cranberries, sliced almonds, and goat cheese. Served with house made balsamic vinaigrette.

COURTESY MTD

The newly proposed MTD line, Line 19X, would originate in Carpinteria, service Santa Barbara’s Eastside and terminate at Santa Barbara City College.

Making conservation a way of life

BY ROBERT MCDONALD, GENERAL MANAGER, CARPINTERIA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT

We have received many comments from our customers who are quick to celebrate the “drought being over.” We do not want to rain on your parade, but California is in a perpetual drought cycle, and we are all having to shift to making “conservation a way of life.”

Using water wisely is no longer a temporary shift in our habits that we make in response to drought, but rather an everyday necessity to ensure we have adequate water supplies when faced with consecutive dry years. We are grateful that our surface water supplies are currently nearly full and that the short-term water supply outlook is very positive.

In February, the State Water Project (SWP) stated agencies would be receiving 35% of their allocations; however, by the end of March they increased water deliveries to 75%. This portion of our SWP allocation of 2,200 acre-feet amounts to 1,650 acre-feet that we will receive from this water source.

Although this is a great sign of improved drought conditions across the state, it is important to reflect upon how unreliable and variable this water supply has been over the past 10 years. Yes, we are receiving 75% of our SWP allocation this year, but for the last five years we have not received more than 45%, and in water years 2021 and 2022 we received a mere 5% (110 acre-feet) from the SWP. For some perspective, an average California household uses between one-half and one acre-foot of water per year for indoor and outdoor use. In 2021 and 2022 the water we received from the state could only supply 100-200 single family homes in Carpinteria – not even enough to serve the entirety of the Concha Loma Subdivision for one year. Five percent from the state is a drop in the bucket, and it is not unexpected when looking at our historical deliveries. It is critical that we make our 75% SWP allocation last as long as possible and make every drop count.

In addition to the State Water Project,

we will receive 100% of our 2,813 acre-feet allocation from Lake Cachuma, which is currently spilling at the time of this writing. With this year’s rain and replenished local and state reservoirs, we will hold a public hearing regarding moving from a Stage III Drought to a Stage I Drought on April 26, 2023 at 5:30 p.m.

We are hopeful that the Carpinteria Groundwater Basin (CGB) will begin to recover from the past 10 years of drought. If we can reduce strain on the groundwater basin and receive several consecutive

wet winters, there is a good chance of this source fully recovering. However, future weather patterns are unpredictable and highly inconsistent; it may take longer than several years to fully recover.

Recent water accounting analyses have shown a decline in the CGB’s groundwater storage over the past ten years of approximately 30,000 acre-feet, and staff estimates that it would take four to five wet years to refill the CGB completely. To help the groundwater basin recovery, the district is reducing its pumping while surface water supplies are plentiful. Groundwater is a valuable resource that our region is dependent upon in times of drought when we are faced with low surface water supplies. It will be necessary for both the water district and private well pumpers to work together to preserve this shared water resource effectively to ensure the basin can continue to provide high-quality water and avoid potential negative impacts seen by other coastal groundwater basins, such as seawater intrusion. The Carpinteria Groundwater Sustainability Agency’s (CGSA) Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) is currently being developed and public meetings are happening monthly. Join us at the next community meeting on April 19 at the Lions Club of Carpinteria at 6 p.m. Visit carpgsa.org for more information and share your input on future groundwater management in the Carpinteria Valley.

The past few months have demonstrated how erratic our climate can be. The Carpinteria Valley Water District is working on developing a more diverse water supply portfolio that is drought-resistant and locally managed due to increased volatility in surface water allocations over the last decade. The Carpinteria Advanced Purification Project (CAPP) will provide us with the facilities required to capture and purify water that would otherwise be discharged into the ocean. This purified water will then be injected into the CGB and stored for later use by CVWD. In addition to developing new sources of supply, we are also focused on increasing water supply resiliency. Carpinteria Valley Water District and Casitas Municipal Water District are working on the “Casitas Intertie Project” which will allow the adjacent water agencies to exchange water in times of drought or in the event of an emergency.

We urge our customers to keep a water-conscious mindset and encourage you to take advantage of some of our water-saving tools and resources. The district continues to offer rebates for residential and commercial customers for water conservation fixtures and appliances as well as rebates on WaterWise Landscape upgrades. If you are looking for a spring project, you can get some financial assistance with transforming your lawn and replacing it with native and low water use plants. E-mail conservation@cvwd. net for additional information. You can also monitor your water use by signing up for a free EyeOnWater account at eyeonwater.com/signup and set text and e-mail leak alerts to prevent water waste.

Robert McDonald is the general manager of the Carpinteria Valley Water District. For District updates, please visit our website cvwd.net, follow us on twitter @CarpWater, or Carpinteria Valley Water District on Facebook and Nextdoor.

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The Carpinteria Valley Water District will receive 75% of its State Water Project allocation this year; however, over the past five years, the district hasn’t seen more than 45%, and in 2021 and 2022, received only 5%.

We have received many comments from our customers who are quick to celebrate the “drought being over.” We do not want to rain on your parade, but California is in a perpetual drought cycle.

CITY BEAT

Council approves Housing Element, with concerns over funding lower-income units Element now in Housing & Community Development hands for review

BY EVELYN SPENCE

The Carpinteria City Council unanimously approved the city of Carpinteria’s 2023-2031 Housing Element Monday night but expressed concerns over how the lower-income housing units required by the state will be funded.

The Housing Element, a city document which details how the city of Carpinteria can meet its housing needs, presented unique challenges this 2023-2031 cycle, according to consultant John Douglas, who did the bulk of the work putting the city’s housing element together. Monday marked the city’s fifth formal public meeting about the Carpinteria Housing Element.

In each housing element cycle, each city in the state of California must prove to the state they can meet their assigned share of the region’s housing need. This year, the city of Carpinteria was assigned 901 housing units by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), compared to 163 eight years ago; the county of Santa Barbara was assigned 24,856 units, compared to 11,030 eight years ago.

Of the 901 housing units, Carpinteria must allocate 286 housing units for “very low” income levels, 132 for low, 135 for moderate and 348 for above moderate.

The large jump, Douglas explained, is because the California State Legislature declared California has a housing crisis.

“The magnitude of these increases from eight years ago is today being played out all around California,” Douglas said Monday.

“All jurisdictions are seeing large increases – some on a much larger of a percentage (compared) to what Carpinteria has seen, some not so much… cities are expected to use their powers to dramatically increase the availably of land for appropriate zoning for housing development,” he added.

To meet these needs, the city looked at ADUs – estimating 20 ADUs a year over the eight-year period based on people’s interest – pending and approved housing projects, and underutilized and vacant sites.

But while the city met the allocation numbers for moderate- and above-moderate income levels, it fell 288 units short for lower-income units. Because of this, the city must look at rezoning properties around Carpinteria for residential housing.

Lower-income units also must be subsidized by the state, Community Development Director Steve Goggia said, after councilmembers expressed concern over developers’ abilities to build those units.

“We can zone for it… but if there’s not a mandate that the city build them, it’s driven by the developers, and if the money isn’t there to help subsidize their developments, we’re not going to see the numbers the state is looking for,” Goggia said. “It may take a little while. They’ll catch up.”

Goggia and City Manager Dave Durflinger explained there could also

City adopts updated hazard mitigation plan

The Carpinteria City Council voted Monday to adopt an update of the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, a city document that analyzes human-caused, technological, natural hazards and disaster impacts on public and local government, according to a staff report on the item.

Updates to the plan include further information about the impacts of the 2017 Thomas Fire; the 2018 debris flows; the Covid-19 pandemic; and sea level rise and associated coastal plans identified in the 2019 Seal Rise Vulnerability Plan. City staff will work on administrative changes to the plan, according to City Emergency Information Officer Olivia Uribe-Mutal, and submit those changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in June.

First reading of new building gas line ban passes

The Carpinteria City Council approved the first reading of a resolution banning fuel gas infrastructure in new buildings and significant remodels.

The resolution defines a significant remodel as an altercation, replacement or additional that exceeds 50% of the existing building area or 50% of the estimated value of the existing build. Applicants can apply for exemptions, according to Environmental Program Manager Eric Maker, but they are not automatically applied to a build or renovation.

This ban is part of a collaboration between the cities of Carpinteria and Goleta, Santa Barbara County, SoCal Edison, Central Coast Community energy and other local groups. A second reading of this resolution will return to the council.

Library searches for new technician

The Carpinteria Community Library is still looking for someone to fill the technician position, librarian Jody Thomas said Monday; the position has been open since the reopening of the library in July 2022. The position is part-time.

be future conflicts between the Coastal Commission policies and the state housing requirements; the city is waiting to see how those discussions will play out.

The draft now heads up to HCD for further review. The department has 60 days to review the document and return to the city with any comments.

The city of Carpinteria’s housing ele-

ment can be viewed at carpinteriaca.gov/ city-hall/community-development/ planning/housing-element-update.

The county of Santa Barbara submitted its own updated Housing Element to the state of California on March 31; the county added 19 new proposed housing sites to its element, available at countyofsb. org/3177/Housing-Element-Update.

The City Council awarded the 2022 Community Partner/Business Award to the Carpinteria Skate Foundation for its role in raising money for the Carpinteria Skate Park, currently under construction.

City Proclamations: Two Trumpets, Carpinteria Skate Foundation

The Carpinteria City Council approved three proclamations Monday night, designating April 23-29, 2023, as National Library week and awarding the 2021 Community Partner/Business Award to Two Trumpets and the 2022 Community Partner/Business Award to the Carpinteria Skate Foundation.

Two Trumpets Communications, which handles the city’s communications, was honored for its work during the Covid-19 pandemic. Lea Boyd, who spoke on behalf of Two Trumpets, thanked the council for the recognition.

“The pandemic was such a stressful time for so many people, and it was incredibly satisfying for me to be part of an effort to provide tools and informa-

tion and resources to people who really needed it and wanted it at the time,” Boyd said Monday.

Board members Julia Mayer and Peter Bonning spoke Monday the Carpinteria Skate Foundation’s behalf. “We’re here to do this for the kids, and the city’s unwavering support of our youth is something we’re so proud of,” Mayer said.

“It’s with great humility and eager anticipation of what’s to come that we accept this distinguished honor,” Bonning added. “From the outset of this whole project we’ve been motivated to make our community a better place and we see the completion of the skate park as just the beginning of the positive change we can effect on the community.”

The 2023-2031 Housing Element Monday lists possible Candidate Opportunity Sites – places where housing could be built or expanded on in Carpinteria.

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Robert Rosales Jr. 11/12/1951 – 04/03/2023

We mournfully announce the passing of Robert Rosales Jr., 71, of Santa Barbara, California. Robert passed away on April 3rd after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Born on Nov. 12, 1951, at Travis Air Force Base in San Francisco, and raised in Santa Barbara, Robert was always surrounded by his family and loved ones. He never knew a stranger or enemy and

Death Notice

Here comes the sun

always focused on creating a connection with anyone he came into contact with. He was just one of those types of people.

His artistic talents will be forever longed for in the community. Robert was an obvious musician/artist from a very young age; his biggest passion in life was music. An avid trumpet player and guitarist, he spent countless hours perfecting his craft. Robert also found himself involved in a number of other hobbies, including art, singing, writing and reading mystery books. With a large family and even larger group of friends, his loss is truly and deeply felt.

Robert is survived by his father, Robert Rosalez Sr., and mother, Rosie Olivares Rosalez; his sisters, Irene Hernandez (Sonny) and Barbara Martinez; his daughter Naomi Rosales (Blaine); son Edward Rosales (Norma); and his grandchildren, whom he loved very much: Manny, Natalia, Rocco, Caitlynn and Carissa.

Services will be held Thursday, April 13, at Carpinteria Cemetery, 1501 Cravens Ln., at 11 a.m.

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Although I’ve enjoyed sipping hot tea under blankets during the previous storms, I’m happy the sun is returning. Something about spring makes it feel like I’m getting a fresh start. More so than at the beginning of the year in January. With all the rain we’ve had, it feels like it’s washed away the negative energy and left us with a new beginning surrounded by beautiful colorful blooms. It’s brought me a sense of hope.

ROCKWELL, STEPHEN JAMES, 80, of Boise, ID and formerly of Carpinteria, died April 3, 2023 in Meridian, ID. Arrangements are by Summers Funeral Home, Meridian, ID.

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We are in urgent need of drivers and dispatchers to HELP provide this important transportation service for the non-driving members of our community.

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This year as I was getting rid of things in my closet, shoes, clothes and home decor I never used, I started thinking about what else I should clean out of my metaphorical closet – things that no longer serve me. I took time to reflect on these things. Nothing formal; sometimes, it was in the car on my way to a meeting or on a walk to get lunch.

I also completed a yoga challenge that allowed me to meditate and sweat out whatever weighed me down. While taking these small actions, I also thought about what I could incorporate into my life that brings me peace, joy and comfort. I discovered I enjoy yoga more than I ever thought I would; I’ve im -

mersed myself in the stories I read in books of different genres; I traveled with my husband and spent time with my parents soaking in all of their love. Returning to the actual closet cleaning, I discovered that my space felt lighter and brighter after removing clothes that had been gathering dust in my closet, home items, and more. I sold them online to help fund my coffee addiction or brought them to our Carpinteria Children’s Project (CCP) closet to be used by other children and families.

At CCP, we’re enjoying the weather with the children at our site and encouraging them to play outside. Wilderness Youth Project continues to take our Dragonfly classroom out on adventures. There’s a sense of calm when children enjoy the outdoors. Of course, as I write about what I’ve been doing and feeling these past few weeks, we get the thick blanket of fog, but I know the sunshine is coming, and brighter days are up ahead.

What are you cleaning out of your closet? Metaphorically and literally.

Teresa Alvarez is the Executive Director of the Carpinteria Children’s Project. She has over a decade of experience in the nonprofit field and a passion for helping children and families. Teresa was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, and moved to the U.S. with her parents at age two. Growing up as an undocumented student, she learned the importance of having mentors, a strong work ethic, and the value of education. Teresa holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from UCSB and a master’s degree in Psychology from Antioch Santa Barbara. She currently serves on the Future Leaders of America board and is a founding member of the Santa Barbara Latino Giving Circle. Teresa loves to travel, read and chase after her two boys.

Josephine Villegas celebrates 103

Carpinterian Josephine Villegas celebrated her 103rd birthday on March 25, surrounded by friends and family. According to Suzanne Manriquez, Josephine’s niece, Josephine was born in Carpinteria in 1920 and has lived in the area her whole life; she currently lives at home with her family. She attended Aliso Elementary School and worked at Josten’s, a class ring and yearbook producer, in Summerland until her retirement. Josephine is also a lifetime Dodger fan. In response to a question about how she stays healthy and alert, she said, “You need to keep moving. Even if you just walk around at home – don’t sit around all day.”

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The author’s son, Nico, enjoys the spring weather.

There’s a sense of calm when children enjoy the outdoors. Of course, as I write about what I’ve been doing and feeling these past few weeks, we get the thick blanket of fog, but I know the sunshine is coming, and brighter days are up ahead.

COURTESY SUZANNE MANRIQUEZ

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Teachers union ratifies tentative agreement with school district

The Carpinteria Association of Unified School Employees (CAUSE) has ratified its certificated agreement with the Carpinteria Unified School District (CUSD), with the majority of members voting to approve the tentative agreement reached with CUSD.

The union and the school district reached a tentative agreement in March this year, which includes a 10% retroactive raise for all certificated staff employed by the district as of July 1, 2022

– an increase from the previously agreed upon 8% raise.

The agreement also includes clauses to increase the stipend for teachers who hold the Board Certified Coach (BCC) or the Bilingual, Cross-Cultural, Language and Academic Development (BCLAC) credentials, and increase the amount the district pays for retirees’ medical premiums. After reaching the agreement, CAUSE members voted to support or deny the

changes; the majority of the union voted to ratify the agreement. “As of this evening, we have ratified our certificated agreement,” CAUSE president Jay Hotchner told CVN. “We are in the midst of the classified collective bargaining cycle.”

CAUSE has also recently sent out a survey to its members, asking them to rank 13 potential contract improvements, including a transportation program, stipends and hazard pay, multi-year wage increases, hiring and retention bonuses

and bilingual service stipends. The survey will help the union determine which issues are most crucial to its members. Going forward, Hotchner said the union will focus on its classified bargaining cycle, which includes articles regarding compensation and benefits, leave provisions and safety. The next bargaining session is scheduled for Wednesday, April 19.

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CUSD plans extensive Earth Day celebrations

tions, and to learn respect and reverence for our natural resources here in Carpinteria.

SUPERINTENDENT’S DESK

DIANA RIGBY CUSD SUPERINTENDENT

Elementary students throughout Carpinteria Unified School District partake in Earth Day celebrations during the months of April and May, which included an all-district third-grade trip to the Carpinteria Bluffs on Wednesday, April 5.

Volunteers with Citizens for the Bluffs facilitated the annual event, which involved a rotation of small group activities, including learning from the Eyes in the Sky, a rescue organization for red tail hawks and owls, participating in a Chumash tradition of creating your own clam shell, water coloring of the Bluffs and learning how the Chumash utilized native plants for resources.

Bluffs Day is a day of appreciation and advocacy to preserve our natural lands. Third graders also do walking field trips to Tomol Park, a Rotary Club investment, to learn more about Chumash lands and tradi-

First- and second-grade students at Canalino Elementary and Carpinteria Family School are doing walking field trips to the state beach during low tide to study living creatures, shore birds and the impact humans have on this delicate ecosystem. Students are also doing walking field trips to Carpinteria Salt Marsh to learn about the crucial importance of our salt marsh as a nursery for marine life, as well as plant life that is part of the food chain and habitat.

In April, all CUSD fifth-grade students take a three-day, two-night trip to Catalina Island Marine Institute, and learn a lot about delicate ecosystems and how to minimize human impact. They also will gain an appreciation for the natural environment.

In May, fourth-grade students will take a boat trip in celebration of Earth Day to Santa Cruz Island, where the focus is on human impact on the island ecosystem as well as the ocean. The students learn about the flora and fauna on the island, and sometimes see dolphins and whales when crossing the Channel. Finally, at all our sites, we are working hard to teach our students to separate their waste into trash, recycle and compost during breakfast and lunch, and to utilize reusable containers.

Appreciation

I would like to recognize the Human

Resources team, Diana Zapata, Lise Main and Sandra Alonzo, and the site interview teams led by the principals for their remarkable efforts in recruiting new staff for the 2023-24 school year.

Congratulations

On April 1 at the Carpinteria Community Awards Gala, the Junior Carpinterian of the Year finalists were recognized from Carpinteria High School: Hugo Alvarado, Monica Delgado and Stephanie Ramirez. We are proud to announce the 2022 Junior Carpinterian of the Year is Stephanie Ramirez.

We also congratulate School Board Trustee Andy Sheaffer and his wife, Kathy Sheaffer, for receiving the 2022 Merit award from the city of Carpinteria for their many years of volunteer service to youth programs.

Carpinteria Woman’s Club Art Contest

Congratulations to CHS Art student, Alondra Guerrero, who won the Senior Merit Top Prize. Other contest winners from CHS include Iltze Alvarado, An Nguyen, David Rodriguez, Marika Stellwagon, Bella Velasquez, Lupita Cintura, Paul Bitters, Maya Shelly and Monica Delgado.

Spring Open Houses

All families are welcome to participate in our Spring open houses: April 20, Carpinteria Middle School; May 4,

Summerland School; May 15, Carpinteria High School; May 18, Aliso; and May 25, Canalino Elementary and Carpinteria Family School.

Certificated Staff Recruitment for 2022-23

We are recruiting and interviewing for the following: speech and language pathologist; preschool special education teacher; elementary music teacher; Canalino DLI teachers; CMS/CHS special education teachers; and CHS culinary arts, music, Spanish, and agriculture teachers.

Rotary Talent Showcase

On April 15 at the Alcazar Theatre, the Rotary Club of Carpinteria will produce its annual variety show with proceeds supporting the CUSD music program. We appreciate their generosity in sponsoring the Arts, Music and Theater programs in our schools.

Measure U

The Measure U Bond Project Status of February 2023 will be presented during the April 11 CUSD Board of Trustees meeting. Approximately $80 million bond funds have been spent with $10.3 million remaining for future bond projects.

Diana Rigby is the current superintendent of Carpinteria Unified School District. For more information about CUSD, log on to cusd.net, or contact Diana at drigby@cusd.net or (805) 684-4511x222.

Carpinteria’s new playground

Kids eagerly climb over the newest piece of playground equipment at Linden Field: an old tree that toppled over during last month’s storm, as photographed by CVN photographer Robin Karlsson.

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CMS student to take on state spelling bee

Carpinteria Middle School (CMS) student

Emiliano Jimenez recently won the Santa Barbara County Spelling Bee and will now move on to the state competition, according to CMS Principal Lisa O’Shea.

Jimenez has received financial support and recognition for his efforts from the Masonic Lodge of Carpinteria, and O’Shea expressed gratitude for the club’s contributions. “Good luck, Emiliano!” O’Shea said.

Howard School hosts Hoedown

The Howard School will hold a “Howard School Hoedown” for its annual auction on Friday, April 14, a western-themed event held to build community and raise funds for the school.

The Hoedown is scheduled for 5–9 p.m. at the Carpinteria Lions Park, and will include a silent and live auction, raffles and a full bar and dinner contributed by The Food Liaison.

The silent and live auctions will include a handful of destination getaways, sports memorabilia, group trips, date night and family fun items. The goal of the auction is to raise $100,000 to support the school and its students; as of April 6, from ticket sales and donations alone, the auction has raised $12,000.

Those who are interested may purchase tickets at ticketstripe.com/howardhoedown. Anyone interested in supporting students through donating to the auction, may do so at 32auctions.com/THSAuction2023.

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CUSD students celebrate Bluffs Day

Third-grade students from Carpinteria Unified School District celebrated Bluffs Day by participating in several nature-oriented activities at the Carpinteria Bluffs on Wednesday, April 5. The all-third grade trip to the Carpinteria Bluffs is one of several Earth Day activities celebrated by the district in April and May.

Volunteers from the local group Citizens for the Bluffs facilitated the event, leading students through a rotation of small group activities, including a presentation from Eyes in the Sky, an educational program run by the Santa Barbara Audubon Society, a rescue organization for red tail hawks and owls.

Students also created their own clam shells as part of a Chumash tradition, painted with watercolors and learned about how the Chumash utilized native plants for resources.

Franklin Trail tree planting event rescheduled

The Franklin Trail Green Thumb Familia has rescheduled its tree planting event at Carpinteria High School, now set to take place April 29 and April 30, from 7:30 a.m. until noon.

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From left, Howard School students Sean Henry, Vivian McFarlin, Sienna Kelly, Benjamin Griffin, Paulina Alcaraz and Beckett Franke don their best western attire.

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A volunteer from Eyes in the Sky introduces third grade students to a barn owl.

CHEF RANDY

RANDY GRAHAM

This is not your ordinary quiche. What I like best is the combination of earthy baby Portobello mushrooms (Cremini) and nutty Gruyère cheese. Carefully layering the mushrooms and shredded Gruyère ensures consistently good flavor throughout.

When not making this as a refrigerator dish reheated the next day, I like to take it to potluck gatherings, where it is always a hit. If paired with a slightly chilled* Pinot Noir and a fresh garden salad, it is a complete and nutritious late lunch or early dinner.

(*By slightly chilled, I mean 15 to 20 minutes in the refrigerator – no more).

Crust ingredients:

1 cup flour

¼ cup wheat germ

⅛ teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

5 tablespoons ice water

Filling ingredients:

1 teaspoon olive oil

16 ounces Cremini mushrooms (sliced thickly)

1 small onion (chopped)

3 cloves garlic (minced)

1 tablespoon fresh thyme (chopped fine)

Mushroom & Gruyère Quiche

2 large eggs

3 egg whites

1½ cups whole milk

2 teaspoons Dijon mustard

¼ teaspoon grated fresh nutmeg

7 ounces grated Gruyère cheese

Salt and pepper to taste

Crust directions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Whisk flours, flaxseed meal and salt together in a large bowl.

Heat butter in a small skillet over low heat; cook until butter turns golden brown. Stir browned butter and oil into the flour mixture with a fork. Gradually stir in ice water until the dough forms an easy-to-handle ball. Roll the ball into a 12-inch circle, and then press the dough into a 9-inch spring form pan. Crimp dough at edges, and prick sides and bottom with a fork. Pre-bake for 10 minutes at 425 degrees. Remove from oven to cool and reduce oven to 350 degrees.

Filling directions:

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and onion; sauté eight minutes, or until browned and mushroom liquid has evaporated. Stir in garlic and thyme.

Whisk together eggs and egg whites in bowl. Whisk in milk, mustard and nutmeg – season with salt and pepper to taste.

Assembly:

Sprinkle half of the grated cheese on a pre-baked crust. Top with mushroom mixture, then the remaining cheese.

Pour egg mixture over the top, ensuring mushrooms remain well-distributed in the crust.

Bake the completed quiche at 350 degrees for one hour or until firm. Let cool for about 10 minutes before serving.

Randy Graham is a noted chef and writer and has been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for over 38 years. Chef Randy has written and

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Tani Conrad displays nature portraits at Zookers

Carpinteria resident Tani Conrad recently had several of her nature paintings put on display at Zookers Restaurant, where they will remain until May 27. Conrad has been living in Carpinteria since 2005; her father, Barnaby Conrad, was a well-known American artist and author, who lived and painted on Rincon Point.

Young Artists showcase still accepting submissions

The Santa Barbara Puerto Vallarta Sister City Committee will hold its Young Authors and Artists Showcase on Saturday, April 22; all students interested in participating must submit their works by April 15. The showcase is open to all students in Santa Barbara, Goleta and Carpinteria.

The showcase is open to all students between 13 and 18 years old throughout the county. The theme for this year is “Peace by Piece: Food Insecurity in My Community.” All poetry submitted must not exceed 200 words, and must be written in English; artwork submitted must be two dimensional, unframed and no larger than 24 by 36 inches.

Artwork and poetry can be mailed to Garcia Architects, at 122 East Arrellaga St. in Santa Barbara. The reception will be held on Saturday, April 22, from 2–4 p.m. at the home of Marti and Gil Garcia, 2215 Santa Barbara St. Arts

Center, nonprofits to hold volunteer fair

The Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center will hold a volunteer fair on Saturday, April 22, from 2–4 p.m. to celebrate existing and potential volunteers in honor of National Volunteer Month.

The arts center has collaborated with more than a dozen other local nonprofi ts – including the Carpinteria Children’s Project, the Lions Club of Carpinteria and the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History – to share information, provide treats and raffl e prizes. The fair will take place at the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center at 865 Linden Ave.

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“Not one more”: CUSD students protest gun violence with walkout

PHOTOS BY ROBIN KARLSSON

Dozens of students from the Carpinteria Unified School District (CUSD) participated in a national school walkout last Wednesday, leaving their classrooms to march down Linden Avenue and demand local lawmakers take action to prevent gun violence in schools.

The national event was initiated by the group Students Demand Action, in response to the recent shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, where three children and three school staff members were killed.

Locally, several students and parents across the district, as well as the Carpinteria chapter of Moms Demand Action, organized the walkout on Wednesday. Students and their families brought their handmade signs – with phrases such as “Never Again” and “Protect people, not guns” – to the intersection of Carpinteria and Linden avenues.

The majority of students in attendance at the walkout were from Canalino Elementary, Carpinteria Family, Aliso Elementary and Carpinteria Middle School; at least 25 students from Canalino and CFS participated in the walkout, according to Canalino principal Jamie Persoon.

The day before the walkout, district principals sent out a notice to parents, advising them that students would only be able to leave campus if a parent or guardian signed them out. The school district did not sponsor the event, Superintendent Diana Rigby told CVN, but did allow students to participate.

“Gun violence has no place in our schools or communities, and legislative action needs to be taken to prevent any more carnage,” Rigby said. “Last week’s student walk out was organized by local citizens including parents of students in our schools.”

The Carpinteria chapter of Moms Demand Action was formed in June 2022; the group has more than 50 members. The group was formed after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the same year.

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Elementary and middle school students from Carpinteria protested gun violence with a school walkout on Wednesday, April 5.

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The Carpinteria chapter of Moms Demand Action helped organize the walkout Wednesday.

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Rotary Club hears from Roots Cannabis co-founder

The Rotary Club of Carpinteria recently heard from Luis Castaneda, co-founder of Roots Cannabis Dispensary. Rotary Club President Tom Collins invited Castaneda to speak to the group. Castaneda answered questions about the newly approved medical and adult-use dispensary set to open on Santa Claus Lane.

Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning celebrates 21st anniversary

The Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning celebrated its 21st anniversary by looking back at its previous community projects, and awards received, during dinner at Thario’s restaurant in Carpinteria.

A recent significant Rotary project reviewed at the dinner was the creation and maintenance of the Tomol Park Interpretive Play Area and the Carpinteria Calendar. District Governor Scott Phillips, who also attended the anniversary dinner, awarded rotary members Karen Glancy and Debbie Murphy a Paul Harris Award, the highest honor received for acts of service and donations to the club.

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Nomura travels to Honduras for Rotary water projects

Carpinteria City Councilmember and former mayor Wade Nomura recently traveled to Puerto Cortes and Roatan Honduras on behalf of the Rotary Foundation, to evaluate drinking water projects in the nearby villages of Milla Tres and Saint Helene. The purpose of the projects is to bring 500 households, or 2,200 people, safe drinking water at an affordable price. Households in villages such as Milla Tres live off about five gallons of water per month, and at a cost of $1 per liter bottle. The Rotary Foundation water projects will bring water directly to each household for $2-5 a month, and will include enough water for washing clothes, bathing and doing dishes daily.

“Rotary clubs, including those of Carpinteria, help fund these projects through contributions to the Rotary Foundation, and many of these projects would never have happened had it not been for our local Rotarians investments in improving the lives of others, both locally and internationally,” Nomura said.

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Rotary District Governor Scott Phillips, left, awarded Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning member Karen Glancy, right, and Debbie Murphy (not pictured) with the Paul Harris Award.

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From left: Tom Collins, Luis Castaneda, Cheryl Wright, Whitt Hollis and Barry Enticknap

From left, Rojelio Castillo, Project Engineer for the Roatan area of Honduras, Wade Nomura and Mike Wittry, a former president of the Rotary Club of Roatan, evaluate drinking water in Honduras.

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Employees at Rori’s Artisanal Creamery met up for the annual Spring/Summer Scoopers event, readying the teams for the upcoming busy season. Rori’s is in the process of opening three new locations, in Arroyo Grande, Bel Air and Ventura.

A family adventure down under

bottoms that still serve an eclectic niche of surfers drawn to the design’s particular attributes. Phil worked directly with Col Smith, who is credited with taking the influence of Jim Pollard to create the channel bottom in its present form, and I am honored to have been brought into the fold and invited to now shape these boards under license in the U.S.

IT’S ALL SURFING

CHRISTIAN BEAMISH

My family and I are just back from two-and-a-half weeks in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. We’re now tempted to sell the house and everything we own to get back down there permanently. Of course, we wouldn’t be the first Californians to do so, with George Greenough laying down the template long ago.

It’s the warm water and semi-tropical air, the brilliant boiling cloud formations and sparkling forests, as well as, naturally, the quality and consistency of the surf that has us dreaming. But Australia needs another surfboard shaper like Italy needs another pasta maker, and their immigration system makes the U.S. look borderless. (Let’s just skip that debate, shall we?)

I love California though, its intricate native plants, the bubble and splash of the creeks and the surf, too – when we get it. Australia just tempts us with a better standard of living for a broader segment of society.

What sort of commentary is it on life in the United States when one of the main impressions my 11-year-old daughter has of her time in Australia is her surprise at not seeing any homeless people; or when, walking our friend’s children to school one morning, a teacher, upon learning we’re American, says, “I don’t know how teachers do it over there, with the fear of school shootings?”

For Natasha, it was a return to familiar territory as she had lived there for about a year before meeting me and launching into this life together. I’d only been to Western Australia decades before, in the early ‘90s, staying with a surfer from Margaret River I’d met while surfing in Indonesia. Queensland, however, is a place apart from almost anywhere else I’ve ever been, and ground zero for the surfing era that most inspired me growing up in Newport Beach.

There were no significant swell events on our trip, which was actually a blessing because even when there is “no surf” the ambient pulse of the Southern Ocean is good for two- to three-foot waves – not big enough to draw the masses, but plenty fun to whip and slash on anyway. At this point in surfing history there are generations to draw from, events from the pre-digital time that resonate across the culture in a single photograph, or section of film.

Heading out to surf at Angourie, where our host grew up, he pointed out the rock shelf that Baddy Trelor of “Morning of the Earth” used as his jump-off spot, and I scrambled over to jump from the same place and touch-in, however distantly,

to that lineage. My buddy’s uncle was Wayne Williams of Wilderness Surfboards, and a photo of him in full tear through the Angourie bowl hangs prominently in his widow Lyndall’s home.

Back on the Gold Coast I paid a visit to Dale Wilson, a shaper I admire greatly, who worked with Allen Byrne up until AB’s death nearly 10 years ago – two maestros of the channel bottom, who made the boards that embody the height of modern performance surfing. I snuck out to Snapper Rocks afterwards on another of those sub-par days that nevertheless produced beautiful waves.

Even at waist- to chest-high, the surf bends to the sand bank with precision and a powerband of energy that allows top-speed, full-rail turns and the experience of surfing the exact coordinates where surfers like Michael Peterson in the late ‘70s, and Rabbit Bartholomew in

the same era and beyond, put down their most-iconic performances.

Another connection I made was with the shaper Phil Myers of Free Flight Surfboards at Lennox Head, who was among the first crew to build the channel

In a trip with so many highlights (including a date-night our friends provided us in Byron Bay, complete with a scramble down a forest track in the backcountry to an amazing waterfall) perhaps the greatest day was in Noosa Heads, surfing with the kids in a lightly attended bay and riding waves together on our friend Tom Wegner’s 12-foot surfboard made from lightweight paulownia wood and cork. Gentle rollers carried us three-hundred yards from out beyond the point and across a bay, time after time: “Daddy, let’s get one-more!” becoming a mantra.

We glimpsed something in Australia that we want more of here, beyond the warmer ocean and abundance of surf. It’s a slight ease of being that comes with a society that favors the working middle class with good, affordable health care and fair pay for labor. But what can we do? We’re not Australian, and even if we did move there – at least for myself – I feel we’d be forever just outside the conversation, not having the cultural fluency of being raised in the country.

And it’s not as if there are not the same issues of despondency haunting their country, of which drug and alcohol addiction are but symptoms (to say nothing of gun violence). But they don’t have mass shootings every week in Australia, because they have sensible gun laws. Given the chance to switch places I think we’d stay here, ultimately. Because California and the United States are our home, and to the extent that we can do something about the problems we’re facing as a society, it’s our responsibility to stay and do our part. We can also get lots of great surfing in too.

Christian Beamish took leave of his position at Coastal View News in October 2020, to pursue his surfboard business, “Surfboards California,” full time. He continues his monthly column, and shapes at the surfboard factory showroom at 500 Maple Ave., in Carpinteria. The former Associate Editor of The Surfer’s Journal, Beamish is also the author of “Voyage of the Cormorant,” (Patagonia Books, 2012) about his single-handed expedition down the coast of Baja California by sail and oar in his self-built Shetland Isle beach boat. He now lives with his wife and two children in Ventura.

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Lightning loves CVN

Lightning, a foster dog with the county of Santa Barbara, fell asleep “reading” a copy of CVN, his foster parent, Mark Field, told CVN. “Coastal View News has a wide diversity of readers,” Field said. “Lightning loves CVN!” Lightning is available for adoption through the Santa Barbara County Animal Services in Santa Barbara.

It’s not as if there are not the same issues of despondency haunting their country, of which drug and alcohol addiction are but symptoms (to say nothing of gun violence). But they don’t have mass shootings every week in Australia, because they have sensible gun laws.

Miles gets down to the basics at Noosa Heads.

Karaoke, 8 p.m., Carpinteria & linden Pub, 4954 Carpinteria linden Ave.

Dusty Jugz Country Night, 9 p.m., the Palms, 701 linden Ave., 684-3811

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CVCC Lunch & Learn, noon-1 p.m., Curious Cup, 929 linden Ave., 684-5479 x10.

The Peace Vigil, 5-6 p.m., corner of linden & Carpinteria Ave.

“John Wick: Chapter 4”

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DUNCAN’S REEL DEAL

MATT DUNCAN

I like John Wick. I feel like I shouldn’t. But I do.

The whole series is hopelessly violent, and there’s not much plot. There are intriguing-sounding references to a code of assassins, a mysterious group called “The High Table,” and fun jargon like being declared “excommunicado” but, even so, “John Wick” is pretty much just a mass-murdering overreaction to the death of a pet.

Still, I like it.

As Chapter 4 begins, the High Table is after Wick (Keanu Reeves). They’ve been pissed at him for a while, but after he kills “The Elder” who evidently “sits above the Table” – that’s it, they’ve had enough.

The High Table guy in charge of getting Wick is the Marquis Vincent de Gramont (Bill Skarsgard) – or just “Marquis” for short. The Marquis calls in good ol’ Win-

Saturday, March 16

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Magicarp Pokemon League, 11 a.m., Curious Cup, 929 linden Ave., (619) 972-3467

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ston (Ian McShane) and Charon (Lance Reddick). Winston is the proprietor of the Continental, a famed hitman hideout, and Charon is his faithful concierge. They’ve both helped Wick out in the past, so the meeting with Marquis is not a happy one. Marquis sort of blows up their spot.

“The Quiet Man,” 8 p.m., Plaza Playhouse theater, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., $5

The Groovie Line, 9 p.m., the Palms, 701 l

Monday, March 18

Women of Inspiration, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Girls foothill road, $70, 684-6364

Basic Bridge, 1 p.m., Sandpiper Mobile Village clubhouse, 3950 Via real, 684-5921

Mah Jongg, 1 p.m., Sandpiper Mobile Village clubhouse, 3950 Via real, 729-1310

Bingo, 1 p.m., Veterans Building, 941 Walnut Ave.

Celebrate Recovery (Hurts, Hangups, Addictions) irst Baptist Church, 5026 foothill rd., 684-3353

Marquis then hires ex-assassin Caine (Donnie Yen), who happens to be blind, to find and kill Wick. Caine doesn’t want to do it, both because he’s retired and because Wick is his friend. But you know how these things go – the bad guys can always insist that you owe them something, remind you that they’re really mean, threaten your family, etc., and there’s not much to be done other than to roll up your sleeves and do whatever they tell you.

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Meanwhile, Wick is hanging out in Japan with his friend, Shimazu Koji (Hiroyuki Sanada), when the first wave of would-be Wick killers arrives. That’s when “John Wick: Chapter 4” really begins.

warriors too. Caine, in particular, is both outrageously entertaining to watch and a good character to cheer on.

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Tuesday, March 19

Coffee with Cops, 9-11 a.m., Crushcakes, 4945 Carpinteria Ave., 684-5405 x437

Carpinteria Writers’ Group, 10 a.m.-noon, Carpinteria library multipurpose room, 5141 Carpinteria Ave., 684-7838

Would-be Wick killers typically end up dead. This is no exception. The first fight sequence has a sort of samurai bent, incorporating swords, nun chucks and other hand-to-hand battle items. But there’s also plenty of time for handguns and assault rifles mixed in there too.

Sandpiper Duplicate Bridge Club, 1 p.m., Sandpiper Mobile Village Clubhouse, 3950 Via real, 684-5522

Battle of the Books club, 3:30 p.m., Curious Cup, 929 linden Ave., 220-6608

With that said, it’s still John Wick’s winning formula that does the trick. Guns, Jiu jitsu, insane action. At this point, the filmmakers have really blurred the line between what can and can’t kill Wick. Extremely hard falls, car accidents and other blunt trauma are out of the question – Wick can take it all. It’s almost like he can die only if he decides to do so willingly.

Beginner Meditation Workshop, 6:30 p.m., Curious Cup back meeting room, 929 linden Ave., 705-4703

Al-Anon Meeting, 7-8 p.m., faith lutheran Church, 1335 Vallecito Place, 331-4817

ESL Class, 7 p.m., first Baptist Church, 5026 foothill road, free, 684-3353

And knives and explosives and bows and arrows…and eventually cars and motorcycles and exploding rounds and even play cards – everything is a potential weapon, a potential instrument of Wick’s craft.

Wednesday, March 20

Morning Rotary meeting with Cyndi Macias, The Gym Next Door, 7-8 a.m., Woman’s Club, 1059 Vallecito rd., $10

The same goes for the series. They could just keep making more of these ad infinitum; no external force could kill “John Wick” it seems. However, it’s unclear whether there will be a “John Wick: Chapter 5.” Director Chad Stahelski says he and Keanu Reeves “are done for the moment.” So, the party may be over.

Meditation, 10:30-noon, Carpinteria Woman’s club, 1059 Vallecito rd., 847-208-6520

Knitting Group, 1-4 p.m., Veterans Memorial Hall, 941 Walnut Ave., free, 684-8077

I could continue to summarize the plot, but let’s be real, it’s basically just twoand-a-half more hours of fighting with an occasional narrative breather. “John Wick: Chapter 4,” like its predecessors, is a ballet in which the dance, not the story, is key.

John Wick’s got to die sometime. I’m glad it wasn’t yet.

Fighting Back Parent Program, 5:30-7 p.m., Canalino School, 1480 Carpinteria Ave., 963-1433 x125 or x132

Kiwanis Club Meeting, 6 p.m., Veterans Memorial Hall, 941 Walnut Ave., 368-5644

“John Wick: Chapter 4” is rated R for pervasive strong violence and some language.

Coastal View Book Club meeting, 7:30 p.m., Carpinteria Branch library, 684-4428

8 Ball Tournament, 7:30 p.m., Carpinteria & linden Pub, 4954 Carpinteria linden Ave.

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Or maybe it’s better described as an over-the-top, guns and ammo gonzo porn. Anyway, the point is, it keeps your attention, glues your eyes to the screen, gets your heart pumping; and the conduit for this captivation is not cerebral – it’s strictly mid-brain and below.

Lani Garfield photography show, island Brewing Co., 5049 6th St., 745-8272

Michael Fisher Fish art show, Corktree Cellars, 910 linden Ave., 684-1400

Liz Brady art show, Porch, 3823 Santa Claus lane, 684-0300

However, “John Wick: Chapter 4” does have some things other chapters don’t. This time it’s not just John Wick you’re rooting for – there are other compelling

Matt Duncan, a former Coastal View News editor, has taken physical but not emotional leave from Carpinteria to be a philosophy professor at Rhode Island College. In his free time from philosophizing, Duncan enjoys chasing his kids around, watching movies and updating his movie review blog, duncansreeldeal.blogspot.com.

Arturo Tello art show, friends of the library used Bookstore, 5103 Carpinteria Ave., 566-0033

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OF CARPINTERIA 5775 CARPINTERIA AVENUE CARPINTERIA, CA 93013 (805)684-5405/www.carpinteriaca.gov

PUBLIC NOTICE SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 764

(AS PRESCRIBED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 36933(C)(1))

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARPINTERIA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING TO TITLE 8 OF THE CARPINTERIA MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 8.30 ENTITLED

PROHIBITION OF FUEL GAS PLUMBING INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT this Ordinance was duly introduced for first reading at the Carpinteria City Council meeting of April 10, 2023. A second reading and adoption of the Ordinance is scheduled for April 24, 2023, at 5:30 pm, City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA.

If adopted, this Ordinance will amend the Municipal Code to prohibit fuel gas infrastructure in “new construction,” generally defined as a building that has never before been used or occupied for any purpose, and projects where the alteration or addition exceeds 50% of the area of an existing building or where the value of the alteration exceeds 50% of the estimated value of the existing building. Approval of Ordinance No. 764 is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to sections 15061(b) (3), 15307, and 15308 of the CEQA Guidelines.

A certified copy of the full text of the ordinance is posted in the Office of the City Clerk, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA. The full text can also be viewed on the City’s website at https://carpinteriaca.gov/city-hall/public-hearingslegal-notices/, under “Public Hearing & Legal Notices.”

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NOTICE OF FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 765 MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2023 at 5:30 p.m.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Ordinance No. 765, amending Carpinteria Municipal Code (“CMC”) Sections 8.20 and 12.24 pertaining to public sleeping and camping, will be duly introduced for a first reading at the Carpinteria City Council meeting of April 24, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. at the Carpinteria City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA. A second reading and adoption of the Ordinance will be scheduled for a future City Council meeting.

The City of Carpinteria is considering amending CMC Sections 8.20 and 12.24 pertaining to public sleeping and camping to reflect recent case law regarding the enforcement of local agency regulations that prohibit public sleeping and camping. Specifically, Ordinance No. 765 amends CMC Section 8.20 such that (i) the prohibition on camping shall not be enforceable against homeless persons when there is no available shelter, subject to limited exceptions, and (ii) the penalty for a violation of CMC Section 8.20 is only a misdemeanor or an infraction, and violators receive a warning and referral to services prior to citation. The exceptions where CMC Section 8.20 is enforceable against a homeless person without access to shelter are where there is a substantial danger to any person, where there is an immediate threat and/or an unreasonable risk of harm to public health or safety, and where there is a disruption to vital government services. Ordinance No. 765 also amends CMC Section 12.24 so that the prohibition on camping therein is subject to the limitations in CMC Section 8.20. The City also proposes to find that approval of Ordinance No. 765 is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to Sections 15060(c) (2), 15060(c)(3), and 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines.

A copy of the full text of Ordinance No. 765 is available in the Office of the City Clerk, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA. The full text will also be posted as an attachment to the relevant agenda item on the agenda for the April 24, 2023 meeting, which agenda will be posted here: https://carpinteriaca.gov/city-hall/ agendas-meetings/. Ordinance No. 765 will become effective 30 days after its adoption at a second reading.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as KBS BUILDING at 1130 MARK AVENUE, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013. Full name of registrant(s): (1) EAST VALLEY SERVICES INC. II GP OF PETER KAUFMAN FAMILY LTD PARTNERSHIP II at SAME ADDRESS AS ABOVE (2) R&M MARK AVENUE LLC at 4581 VIA BENDITA SANTA BARBARA, CA 93110 (3) SCOBY FAMILY ENTERPRISES, LLC at 1470 EAST VALLEY ROAD #5607, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108. This business is

State, or common law (see section 1441

Et Seq., Business and Professions code). I hereby certify this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/ are doing business as LEO’S PLUMBING at 312 S VOLUNTARIO, APT 6, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93103. Full name of registrant(s): LEONARDO LEON CARDENAS at SAME ADDRESS AS ABOVE. This business is conducted by an Individual. This statement was filed with the County 03/15/2023. The registrant began transacting business on N/A.

Signed: LEONARDO LEON CARDENAS, OWNER. In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (see section 1441 Et Seq., Business and Professions code). I hereby certify this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as PEE BEE & JAYS at 1007 CASITAS PASS RD, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013. Full name of registrant(s): REVA & MARIO INC. at SAME ADDRESS AS ABOVE. This business is conducted by a Corporation. This statement was filed with the County 03/08/2023. The registrant began transacting business on N/A. Signed: ROMARIO MIEDAA, PRESIDENT. In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (see section 1441 Et Seq., Business and Professions code). I hereby certify this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/ are doing business as HUGS FOR CUBS at 4299 CARPINTERIA AVENUE, SUITE 201, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013. Full name of registrant(s): SANTA BARBARA FORESTERS at SAME ADDRESS AS ABOVE. This business is conducted by a Corporation. This statement was filed with the County 03/30/2023. The registrant began transacting business on March 15, 2004. Signed: BILL PINTARD, PRESIDENT. In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (see section 1441 Et Seq., Business and Professions code). I hereby certify this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk-Recorder (SEAL) FBN2023-0000855.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as PRAYRIEHEART at 500 MAPLE STREET, STE 3, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013. Full name of registrant(s): EMELIE M NORDHOLM at 160 HOLLY AVE, APT 6, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013. This business is conducted by an Individual. This statement was filed with the County 03/20/2023. The registrant began transacting business on Nov, 08, 2018. Signed: EMELIE NORDHOLM, OWNER. In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (see section 1441 Et Seq., Business and Professions code). I hereby certify this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk-Recorder (SEAL) FBN2023-0000747.

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THROWBACK

Oil fever in old Carpinteria

BY STEPHEN BATES

In the mid-1800s, some of California’s earliest oil activity took place around Carpinteria, although the results often proved disappointing.

Historians credit Charles Morrill, a San Francisco druggist, with establishing the state’s first refinery. In 1857, he shipped a boiler by steamship from San Francisco to Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara at the time had no wharf, so sailors sealed the boiler’s openings and floated it to shore. Morrill then transported it to Carpinteria.

At Morrill’s Oil Ranch, as it came to be known, workers gouged into the seaside bluffs. About eight to 10 feet from the surface, according to Henry G. Hanks, California’s first state mineralogist, they reached “a stratum of coarse sand, of a yellow color, two feet thick and lying horizontally, or nearly so, that is saturated with maltha, mineral tar or liquid asphaltum.”

With cast-iron retorts heated by six furnaces, Morrill distilled the tar-soaked sand into so-called coal oil, which could be burned in lamps. He shipped several thousand gallons to San Francisco. Its quality was “fairly good,” writes Hanks, but for unknown reasons, the refinery closed around 1861. Some 30 years later, Hanks saw Morrill’s equipment rusting on the beach.

But which beach? Hanks, writing in 1884, says it was near Rincon Creek. An earlier source, an article in the Daily Alta California from 1865, says it was near Carpinteria Creek. Either way, it might have been in the vicinity of asphalt deposits – those at La Conchita, not far from Rincon Creek, or those at the tar pits, not far from Carpinteria Creek. (In the Carpinteria Creek area, you may have seen old brick structures and a wooden retaining wall jutting out of the sand by the state campground. Those are remnants of a later extractive operation, the Las Conchas Asphalt Mine, which opened in 1891.)

In 1864, a few years after Morrill abandoned his refinery, one of the nation’s leading experts declared that vast oil deposits probably lay beneath the Carpinteria area.

Under contract to eastern investors, Yale professor Benjamin H. Silliman Jr. came to California to scout sites for gold and silver mining. After a brief investigation, he decided that oil was going to be more lucrative than gold and silver, and the investors told him to shift his focus.

At one point, Silliman evaluated oil prospects along the coast from Carpinteria Creek past Rincon Creek – part of the Mexican land grant Rancho El Rincon, which at the time belonged to Dr. Mateo H. Biggs of Santa Barbara.

In a report dated Dec. 24, 1864, Silliman cited four signs of oil in the Carpinteria area. First were indications of disruption in the strata. The geological layers were tilted and jagged on the face of cliffs at the shoreline, he said, and upturned and exposed on the beach. The shale was heavily fractured, and some of it “exhaled the odor of oil when freshly broken.” These were signs that oil had once flowed,

THURSDAY

In 1864, Yale professor Benjamin Silliman Jr. concluded that Carpinteria probably sat atop a substantial oil deposit. He based his conclusion on the oily sheen visible on the ocean, the prevalence of beach tar and other indicators.

This photo of Thomas R. Bard was taken shortly before Eastern investors sent him to California to manage their oil interests in 1864. Bard visited the Rincon Volcano and considered it “the most remarkable phenomenon I ever saw.”

Some of his other conclusions also proved over-optimistic. Relying on his guidance, the investment consortium drilled a series of wells, including one on a bluff on Rancho El Rincon, but most came up dry. Geologist W. W. Orcutt estimated the group’s losses to be $200,000.

The investors also sent Thomas R. Bard to California to help develop their projects. Descriptions of the Rincon Volcano fascinated him. He decided to see it for himself.

perhaps many thousands of years ago.

Second, Silliman said he found tar nearly everywhere. On cliff faces, it “pours out in a sluggish stream running down in fantastic forms.” On the bluffs, it “sweats out” of the ground. The beach is “strewn with fragments and rolled pebbles” of it. Tar, he said, is another marker of oil deposits.

Third, Silliman rhapsodized about the oil sheen on the ocean: “The whole surface of the sea is a vast liquid rainbow of irised colors... It rises in great globules, flashing into every conceivable imitative shape, marbled in ever-changing colors, disappearing but constantly renewed.” He considered it “one of the most surprising and beautiful sights in nature.” He spotted oil on the surface of Carpinteria Creek, too.

Finally, Silliman noted the vent on the Rincon hillside facing the sea, between Rincon Point and La Conchita. He made his way to the Rincon Volcano (its grandiose nickname) and found “beautiful crystals of sulfur” as well as “offensive gases.”

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He dug a shallow hole. Underground rocks, he said, were “dripping oil.”

Given these four features, Silliman concluded that the likelihood of a profitable oil strike around Carpinteria was a near certainty. The investors leased oil rights to Rancho El Rincon from Dr. Biggs, who, according to the Daily Alta California, anticipated “great wealth.” Silliman was also bullish on Ojai (his report tells how to pronounce the name) and other areas.

Silliman’s reputation, however, took a drubbing in 1865, when he declared that the quality of unrefined oil from Pico Canyon, in Los Angeles County, matched that of Pennsylvania oil. It turned out that a promoter had doctored the Pico Canyon sample, probably by mixing it with Pennsylvania oil. Silliman wasn’t responsible for the fraud, but he seemed easily hoodwinked.

In a letter to his sister in 1866, when he was 24, Bard told of clambering down a steep embankment of loose shale to reach the site. He judged it “the most remarkable phenomenon I ever saw,” with the vent emitting vapor that was too hot to touch. But the sulfurous fumes nearly choked him, and when he looked at wagons on the road far below, it “made my head giddy.” As he made his way back up the hill, “the rolling and sliding debris which followed my steps gave evidence that there was some danger in the enterprise.”

Bard – who would go on to become the founding president of the Union Oil Co., a U.S. Senator, and the namesake of Bardsdale in Ventura County – told his sister that the volcano expedition would appeal only to “those foolish fellows whose necks are worthless.” He added: “In that class of vagabonds you will have to class your brother.”

Stephen Bates is coauthor (with Vince Burns) of the book “Rincon Point,” on sale at the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History and elsewhere. He is a professor of journalism at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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In 1864, a few years after Charles Morrill, a San Francisco druggist, abandoned his refinery, one of the nation’s leading experts declared that vast oil deposits probably lay beneath the Carpinteria area.

Freshman

Gabe Martinez pitched a complete game against Nordhoff to earn his third win of the year on the mound.

Carpinteria baseball picks up two wins in busy week

Carpinteria baseball is in the final stretch of the year with only eight games left in the regular season, and the Warriors are keeping their postseason hopes alive, winning two out of their last four Citrus Coast League games.

The Warriors faced Nordhoff for a three-game series over five days last week. After Nordhoff claimed the first game, 11-7, on Monday, the Warriors recovered two days later with a decisive 6-1 win at home at John Calderwood Field on Wednesday.

In the win, freshman Gabe Martinez led the way both on the pitcher’s mound and in the batter’s box.

The young starter gave up one run in the first inning before locking in and earning his third win of the year, pitching a complete seven innings while striking out four Nordhoff batters and only giving up one hit and two walks.

On offense, Martinez broke up a Nordhoff no-hitter with a single in the fifth inning and scored the eventual winning

BY RYAN P. CRUZ • PHOTOS BY ROSANA SWING

run in the same inning.

Carpinteria scored five runs in the fifth, scored off singles by Martinez, junior Judah Torres, and senior Diego Nieves, and a sacrifice fly from senior outfielder Erich Goebel. Four Warriors reached the base on walks.

“It was a solid team win for our group as we were scuffling a little bit,” said Carpinteria coach Pat Cooney.

“We were grinding our teeth after Monday’s game and Martinez gave us every chance to work through the tough spots. The battery was good, the defense played well, and the offensive approach got better as the game went on. Even our bench players found ways to be important factors. It was a muchneeded win.”

Two days later, the teams faced off in Ojai for the third game of the series, with Nordhoff claiming a low-scoring affair, 4-2, led by some stellar pitching from senior ace Roman Mahler, who struck out nine Carpinteria batters and

survived a late-game push by the Warriors in the final inning.

Junior righthander Joaquin Ramirez got some good experience on the mound for the Warriors; he gave up five hits and struck out five batters and recovered from giving up four runs in the first two innings by holding the Rangers scoreless for the remainder of the game.

Beto Martinez scored both runs for the Warriors – in the second and fourth innings – and Carpinteria had the tying run at the plate in the top of the seventh, but Mahler was able to squash the threat and give Nordhoff the win.

“The Ranger pitcher was good and especially good when he needed to be,” Cooney said. “Sometimes you just tip your cap and turn the page.”

After a weekend rest, Carpinteria started this week with a Monday afternoon matchup at home against Fillmore.

Fillmore won both of its previous matchups, including an extra-inning 8-7 thriller when the teams faced off on

March 24.

This time around, the Flashes scored a run in the opening inning, but Carpinteria responded with a solo home run from Goebel in the first inning and a three-run rally in the second, which was enough to take the win for the Warriors, 4-2.

Carpinteria righthander Shane Goodmanson earned his second complete game win and fourth overall win of the year, giving up six hits and two walks against four strikeouts on just 97 pitches.

With the win, Carpinteria is now 7-5 overall and 6-5 in the Citrus Coast League as the team prepares to head into the final three weeks of the season, which will decide the final league standings and playoff picture.

“These three game weeks will be tough to survive, and every game is still vital to the standings in the Citrus Coast League,” Cooney said. “Winning the Monday game sure helps but we know that we have a tough task ahead and will need to continue to grind.”

Junior Joaquin Ramirez contributes all over the field for the Warriors, both with his bat and on the pitcher’s mound.

Senior Erich Goebel reaches second base in the Warriors’ home win against Nordhoff.

SHORT STOPS

BY RYAN P. CRUZ • PHOTOS BY ROSANA SWING

record throw of 89’1’’, while senior captain Ariana Lounsbury rounded out the top three with a season best throw of 86’1’’. In the shot put, softball standout Amarisse Camargo showed off her skills with a first-place throw of 28’5.5’’.

Sophomore Averi Alexander took the top spot in the triple jump with a 32’7.25’’ and set a new personal record in the long jump with a 15’5.5’’; sophomore Carel Bautista set a personal record with 13:58.06 in the 3200 meters; and junior Mika Mullikin took two individual wins in the 300 hurdles and high jump.

While the girls are tied at the top spot and undefeated in league play, the boys are close behind Fillmore in second place in the Citrus Coast League at 3-1.

Several boys set new personal records in the win over Nordhoff, including senior Ivan Vargas (pole vault and long jump); senior Chris Ceja (200 meter and a relay split); senior Juan Vargas (discus); senior Erick Trejo (300 hurdles); and freshman Jeremy Haines (high jump).

“What we thought to be a close meet on paper turned into convincing wins for the Warriors,” said Carpinteria coach Van Latham. “Nordhoff has some good athletes. We rose to the challenge against their stars and took care of business where they were thin.”

Carpinteria is heading into its “biggest week of the season,” Latham said, with a league match against Channel Islands on Thursday that will decide first place for the girls in the Citrus Coat League, followed by the 103rd Russel Cup on Saturday.

Alexiana Jaimes makes a clutch grab near the fence.

Carpinteria softball drops two league games

It has been a tough stretch for the Warriors on the softball field in the month of April. Since beating Malibu 15-1 at the end of March, Carpinteria has lost two in a row and dropped to 3-12-1 overall on the season.

The Warriors hosted Nordhoff at home on April 7, but the Rangers held Carpinteria scoreless and took the win, 3-0.

Three days later, Carpinteria headed to Hueneme for a road game, and the Warriors had a little bit more success on offense with two runs, but the Vikings took the victory, 6-2.

Senior Renata Martinez singled in the opening inning against Hueneme, and junior catcher Amarisse Camargo brought her in to score the opening run with a double in the same inning. Later in the sixth inning, Carpinteria’s Ashlee Mora provided the only other score with a solo home run shot to left field – the first home run of her career.

“I am proud of her, she puts in a lot of work, and you can see it,” said head coach Matt Mora.

The junior leads the team in batting average, on base percentage, on base slugging, hits, runs scored, walks and stolen bases, as well as serving as Carpinteria’s leading pitcher.

In the loss against Hueneme, Mora started in the pitcher’s circle, giving up eight hits and striking out two batters before Martinez took over for the remainder of the game.

Carpinteria is now 3-12-1 overall and 3-7 in league play heading into the final three week stretch of the season with seven games remaining.

Warriors volleyball swept by Nordhoff, Channel Islands

Carpinteria boys volleyball dropped to 1-14 after losing two more league games against Nordhoff and Channel Islands.

On Tuesday, April 6, Carpinteria hosted Nordhoff at home, where the Warriors were swept 3-0. Two days later, Channel Islands defeated Carpinteria in Oxnard 3-0.

Carpinteria is now 1-14 overall, and 1-4 in the Citrus Coast League heading into the final three-weeks of the season.

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Thursday, April 13

Carpinteria Boys Golf at Ventura (Olivas Links), 2 p.m. Carpinteria Boys Tennis at Hueneme, 3 p.m.

*Carpinteria Softball vs Hueneme, 3:30 p.m.

Warriors track & field sweeps Nordhoff

Both the Carpinteria boys (86-45) and girls (86-48) track and field teams came out victorious in a dual meet against Nordhoff last week.

With the win, the girls are still undefeated at 4-0 in Citrus Coast League meets.

Once again, Carpinteria dominated in the field events, especially in the throwing events, with the Warriors out scoring Nordhoff 18-0 in the shotput and discus.

Warriors sophomore Melanie Avalos won the discus with a personal record 93’5’’ throw; junior Danna Mora took second with her own personal

*Carpinteria Track & Field vs Channel Islands, 3:30 p.m. Carpinteria Boys Volleyball at Hueneme, 6 p.m.

Friday, April 14

*Carpinteria Baseball vs Hueneme, 3:30 p.m. Carpinteria Softball at Nordhoff, 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 15

*Carpinteria Track & Field hosts 103rd Russell Cup, 9 a.m. Carpinteria Swimming at Royal Invitational (Simi Valley), 9 a.m.

*Denotes Home Game

Renata Martinez has been great at the plate and in the pitcher’s circle for Carpinteria.

Carpinteria’s front line taps the ball over the net against Nordhoff.

Carpinteria hosted league leader Nordhoff two days later for a Citrus Coast League match, but the Rangers were able to take control for the 12-6 win.

Nordhoff is undefeated at 12-0 this year, and among the top ten in CIF Division 3 boys tennis.

“They lost in the CIF finals last season and did not graduate anyone, so we knew we were up against a tough side,” Bryant said. “Max Stone was a bright spot for us today as he swept his three sets and did not drop a game.”

Carpinteria is now 5-5 overall and 3-2 in the Citrus Coast League, with three matches over three days this week.

Carpinteria splits two swimming meets

The Warriors swimmers had mixed results at both swim meets in the past week, with the boys team taking wins against Nordhoff and Newbury Park and the girls team taking losses in both meets, despite impressive individual performances throughout.

Against Nordhoff, Carpinteria captain Erin Otsuki took the 200 individual medley, finishing a good three seconds under the automatic CIF-qualifying threshold.

Taylor Classen took the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke, earning CIF-consideration times and season bests in both races; Lilli Nemetz took the 500 freestyle for the girls.

On the boys side, junior Jackson Melton broke his 100-breaststroke record for the third time this year, along with earning a CIF-consideration time of 23:42 in the 50 freestyle. Senior Justin Main topped his season best with consideration times in the 100 and 100 freestyle, while Jacob Otsuki (100 butterfly), Eli Sheaffer (500 freestyle), Matthew Endow (200 individual medley) and Asher Smith (100 backstroke) each took home individual wins for the Warriors.

Against Newbury Park, the much smaller Carpinteria squad had an impressive show, with the boys team coming out on top once again, 100-70. Newbury Park took the girls team win, 111-53, but Otsuki and Nemetz both finished with two wins each on the day.

Melton led the way for Carpinteria once again, topping his school record in the breaststroke for the second time in two days and for the fourth time this year. Melton also nearly broke the school record in the 200 individual medley, swimming two seconds faster than his previous season best.

In the boys relay, Melton teamed up with Smith, Main and Otsuki for two relays, with the group earning automatic CIF-qualifying times in both the 200 medley and the 4x50 relays. In the 4x50, the quartet set a new school record, which they previously broke earlier in the season.

Several more Warriors boys won individual events, with almost all of the individual winners finishing with CIF-consideration times.

Carpinteria returns to action this week against Channel Islands at Hueneme High School.

Carpinteria boys golf grabs win over Nordhoff

Carpinteria boys golf grabbed its first overall team win of the year in a dual match against Nordhoff at Saticoy Regional Golf course in Ventura, 197-218.

Junior Carter Cox was the low medalist in the match, leading all competitors with a score of 44. The Warriors underclassmen also had much improved performances against Nordhoff: sophomore Sawyer Kelly scored a 50; freshmen Taylor Lenci scored 51; freshman Dylan Walker had a 52; sophomore Luke Fancher had a 57; and freshman Joel Occhipinti scored a 60.

“All had their best score in a match ever,” said Carpinteria coach Craig Cook. “I’m proud of their progress and continued growth.”

Sophomore Nolan Martin keeps the ball in play with a forehand.

Warriors boys tennis loses two in a row

Carpinteria tennis has dropped two matches in a row, losing a close match to Laguna Blanca and a tough matchup against a highly ranked Nordhoff Ranger squad in the past week.

The Warriors traveled to Hope Ranch to face Laguna Blanca, in a tightly contested match where the teams tied 9-9 in sets and the Owls ultimately took the win in games played 71-65.

In singles play, junior Troy Zimmerman took two out of three sets and junior Max Stone swept all three sets, losing only one game on the day.

“He was impressive again as he was really hitting some big and consistent serves today,” said Carpinteria coach Charles Bryant about Stone’s performance.

In doubles, senior Connor Gralewski and sophomore Lucas Martin teamed up for a 3-0 sweep, while the duo of Servando Campuzano and junior Nolan Martin finished 1-2.

Jacob Taff earned a CIF consideration time in the 100-meter breaststroke.

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Carter Cox was the low medalist with a match-best score of 44 against Nordhoff.

SNAPSHOTS

Out with the old, in with the new

Workers replaced a cracked electrical pole with a new one at the corner of Sawyer and Holly avenues on Monday, as captured by CVN contributing photographer David deMoulpied.

Progress at Carpinteria’s new skate park

Construction workers pour cement at the site of the future Carpinteria Skatepark, soon to be up and running next to the Carpinteria City Hall. The 19,5000 square-foot facility skating area will have 23 parking spaces and more than 7,000 square feet of plaza and picnic areas.

Bake sale draws emergency responders

The Carpinteria-Summerland Fire District firefighters stopped by the CSD School of Performing Arts bake sale, grabbing some treats in support of the 4915 Ninth St. studio.

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