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Carpinteria
Vol. 22, no. 28
april 7 - 13, 2016 coastalview.com
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Getting a leg up
Women inspire at Girls Inc.
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Greenhouses open doors
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PhOTO By BILL And ROSAnA SwIng
Carpinteria High School athlete Gaby Fantone flies over a hurdle and catches up to Cate School’s Isabela Montes De Oca in the process at the March 30 Carpinteria Spring Break Meet. Fantone won both hurdle events of the day. Carpinteria Valley Memorial Stadium will host the Russell Cup, the biggest smallschool track meet in the West, on April 16.
Snapshots around town
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Carpinteria history lesson
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Santa Claus Lane plans vex beach users By Lea Boyd
Santa Claus Lane beach users will be funneled through one access point soon if Santa Barbara County’s plans on paper become reality. Improved safety and recreational experience are the county goals of the railroad crossing project, but some Santa Claus Lane beach users and property owners say it will create more problems than solutions at the well loved beach. “Anyone who uses that beach would agree that one crossing will be disastrous,” said Maire Radis, Santa Claus Lane property owner and regular beach goer.
Radis argues that the county should plan for at least three crossings to minimize the impacts of squeezing big crowds through a single opening to the beach. Permission from the Public Utilities Commission is required for the county’s larger scale plans to improve beach facilities and safety, and the PUC is reluctant to approve at-grade crossings, said County Planner Allen Bell. “To try to get multiple crossings? It will never happen,” he said. The single crossing is planned for a midway point along the stretch of road parallel to the beach. County plans are to construct fencing on either side of the tracks and a 10foot wide opening with a path that crosses
the tracks. Oncoming trains will trigger crossing arms to lower and lights to flash. Bell said that the county has counted about 15 crossings currently in use. Parking and safety are major issues, he said, characterizing the situation as a disaster waiting to happen. “If you’ve been down there on a busy summer or spring day, it’s terrible,” he said. The county’s plan to add parking, sidewalks, restrooms and trash facilities at the beach, as well as new landscaping and sidewalks in the commercial area, has been in discussion for several years. The proposal is
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