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Legislative breakfast addresses hot topics for Carpinteria
Once upon a time
BY LEA BOYD
Representatives from three layers of government— local, county and state—presented at the Carpinteria Valley Chamber of Commerce’s first Good Morning Carpinteria Valley Legislative Breakfast on Oct. 16. Designed to inform on legislative updates, economic development and relevant issues that affect the community, the breakfast meeting turned over the podium to Carpinteria Mayor Gregg Carty, Santa Barbara County First District Supervisor Salud Carbajal and State Assemblyman Das Williams.
Carty shares city news
Mayor Gregg Carty elaborated on the many events and activities for the City of Carpinteria’s 50th Anniversary that have taken place in Carpinteria over the last year. He spoke briefly on the upcoming Caltrans projects through Carpinteria, noting that the work will include construction of a trail from the east end of Carpinteria Avenue to Rincon County Park, a trail connecting Santa Claus Lane to Carpinteria and a community garden. He noted that the city is working to draft an ordinance limiting vacation rentals in an effort to protect longterm housing stock. In September, Carty said, the city began a comprehensive Land Use Plan Update, which is expected to take four years to complete and will require approval by the California Coastal Commission.
Carbajal talks SB County
The four-phase Highway 101 widening project is two phases down with two left to go, and Supervisor Salud Carbajal, who quipped about the breakfast event being a campaign kickoff for his 2016 bid for Lois Capps’ Congressional seat, presented on the highway widening work that is complete and incomplete. Phase one, which was finished in 2012, added a lane between Milpas and Hot Springs Road at a cost of $65 million. Phase two wrapped up recently, adding a carpool lane from south of Mussel Shoals to north of Bailard Avenue. That $150 million project included construction of a bike path along the 6-mile length and a new pedestrian undercrossing at La Conchita. Phase three is the Linden-Casitas Interchange Project, which is scheduled to begin in 2016. The fully funded $63 million project will widen the Linden Avenue and Casitas Pass Road overpasses in addition to extending Via Real from its current end at Carpinteria Creek to Casitas Pass
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BILL AND ROSANA SWING
Freshly crowned Homecoming Queen Ariana Macias gets a whirl around the Carpinteria Valley Memorial Stadium track with Mr. Warrior Jacques Jougla. The festivities celebrating Warrior red and the traditions of Carpinteria High School lasted all of last week. The cherry on top was the 54-0 football win over Cantwell Sacred-Heart. For full coverage of the peppy week including the Homecoming ceremony and Mr. Warrior variety show, see pages 12 and 13.
Carpinteria woman dies in car crash A 27-year-old Carpinteria woman died as a result of injuries from a collision on Southbound Highway 101 near Evans Avenue in Summerland on Oct. 17 at around 1:10 a.m. Witnesses observed the driver, Maria Patricia Mitropanopoulos, who was alone in the vehicle, driving within the right lane, when the vehicle drifted off the roadway. It collided into the left side of a parked semi-truck trailer stopped along the wide right shoulder. The vehicle, traveling at an unknown speed, continued in a southerly direction where it collided into the left rear of an additional semi-truck trailer, which was parked just ahead of the first collision. The vehicle spun across the freeway in a clockwise direction and subsequently collided into the metal guardrail in the center median. Mitropanopoulos was transported to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital but succumbed to the injuries.
THE WEEK IN PHOTOS: An Evening in Bloom p.14-15 Doc Carty Classic p.4 Mr. Warrior p.12 Homecoming Halftime p.13 Sports Pics p.17-18