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Smashburgers and more New restaurant, XO Santa Barbara, provides comfort food in the Funk Zone

State’s $6 per gallon gas prices breaks record – again By MADISON HIRNEISEN THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – California’s average price for a gallon of gas shattered previous records on Wednesday, swelling to an average price of $6.05 per gallon, according to AAA. The record-breaking prices come after California saw costs slightly decrease throughout April, following a $5.90 per gallon peak at the end of March. While California has the highest average price per gallon, prices are up nationwide, reaching a national

average of $4.567 per gallon as of Wednesday. Seasonally, California gas prices typically rise in the spring as the state switches over to a more expensive blend of gas for pollution control. This latest rise in prices, however, has nothing to do with switching to the “summer blend” of gas, which the state began using in February, Marie Montgomery Nordhues, a spokesperson for the Automobile Club of Southern California, told The Center Square in an email. Ms. Nordhues said the latest Please see GAS on A2

CDC panel backs Pfizer booster for ages 5-11 By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

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Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse poses with employees on the day of a ceremony celebrating the opening of XO Santa Barbara, a restaurant in the Funk Zone.

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One of Santa Barbara’s newest restaurants, XO Santa Barbara, opened recently in the Funk Zone, offering comfort food made from scratch. About 30 people, including Mayor Randy Rowse, attended the ribbon cutting ceremony at the restaurant, located at 121 E. Yanonali St. “This is our love letter to Santa Barbara with XO Please see XO on A6

FYI XO Santa Barbara, 121 E. Yanonali St., is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. It’s closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. For more information, go to xosantabarbara.com.

XO Santa Barbara is emphasizing comfort food, everything from smashburgers to breakfast sandwiches.

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Commissioner Robert M. Califf. “The FDA is authorizing the use of a single booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for children 5 through 11 years of age to provide continued protection against COVID-19,” Dr. Califf said. “Vaccination continues to be the most effective way to prevent COVID-19 and its severe consequences, and it is safe. “If your child is eligible for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and has not yet received their primary series, getting them vaccinated can help protect them from the potentially severe consequences that can occur, such as hospitalization and death,” Dr. Califf said. Dr. Ansorg said the vaccine and the booster will help to build immunity in children and reduce hospitalizations. “The side effects are the same as after the first and second shots,” he said. “It is becoming very obvious that the COVID vaccine we have right now requires three shots,” Dr. Ansorg told the News-Press. “The official CDC recommendation will prompt pediatricians and family doctors to recommend the third shot. We are anticipating the FDA to meet in early June to discuss safety and efficacy of the third shot for children under five,” said Dr. Ansorg. And he said people in high-risk categories such as being 60 and older or having underlying health conditions should get a second booster shot, which means a total of four shots including the two initial doses for the vaccine. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee Thursday recommended the Pfizer COVID vaccine booster for children ages 5-11. The booster was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday. “Vaccination with a primary series among this age group has lagged behind other age groups leaving them vulnerable to serious illness,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said. “With over 18 million doses administered in this age group, we know that these vaccines are safe, and we must continue to increase the number of children who are protected,” Dr. Walensky told the Washington Post Thursday. The News-Press asked Dr. Henning Ansorg of the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department if he had any safety concerns with the booster shot for young children. “No, it makes a lot of sense,” the county public health officer said Thursday. “What we have seen during omicron is that more children have to be hospitalized for COVID. In this age group, there were quite a number of admissions to the hospital. “Of those hospitalized, the kids who were unvaccinated were double the number of vaccinated kids, so that is pretty significant,” he said. “The FDA authorized this because with omicron, the immunity gained by the second shot of the vaccine was waning faster than in other age groups. “So it is important that they get the new shot, as the virus has created new versions of itself to bypass the immune system,” Dr. Ansorg told the News-Press. “ In the future, I hope we get an updated version of the vaccine.” Dr. Ansorg explained the children’s dose is smaller than the adult dose. There is also medication now available to treat COVID-19, but that is currently only approved for ages 12 and up. “While it has largely been the case that COVID-19 tends to be less severe in children than adults, the omicron wave has seen more kids getting sick with the disease and being hospitalized, and children may also experience longer term effects, even following initially mild disease,” said FDA

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SB police officers receive H. Thomas Guerry Award for Valor NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The Santa Barbara Citizens Council on Crime selected three Santa Barbara Police Officers to receive the H. Thomas Guerry Award for Valor: Officer Adrian Gutierrez, Officer Christina Ortega, and Officer Davina Valerio. They were presented the award Wednesday by Interim Police Chief Bernard Melekian. These three officers responded to a serious structure fire in the 700 block of Spring Street on Nov. 17. The three officers, along with one community member, rescued a trapped man during a full blown residential structure fire. Without the quick thinking and immediate response of the officers, it is believed the trapped man would have perished in the fire. “It was my honor to award Officer Adrian Gutierrez, Officer Christina Ortega, and Officer Davina Valerio with the H. Thomas Guerry Award for Valor. The Santa Barbara Police Department, as well as the entire community of Santa Barbara thanks these Officers for their heroic actions,” said Chief Melekian. Officer Gutierrez has been serving at the Santa Barbara Police Department for 22 years. He has had numerous assignments during his time here at the department. Those include patrol officer, beat coordinator, school resource officer, crisis negotiations officer and community liaison officer. He is also one of the Police Activities League officers. Officer Ortega has been serving at the Santa Barbara Police Department for nearly 22 years. She has worked as a first aid instructor, crowd control instructor and Drinking Driving

Team officer. She currently is serving as a field training officer on patrol, teaching and mentoring officers who have just completed the police academy. Officer Valerio was on field training with Officer Ortega at the time the call came to rescue the trapped man. It was only her fifth day as a patrol officer. Since then, she has successfully completed her field training program and is currently serving as a solo patrol

Officer in the Mesa neighborhood and upper Westside. The three officers received an award named after a Santa Barbara police detective. On Jan. 12, 1970, Detective H. Thomas Guerry was conducting an investigation and driving on Chapala Street when he noticed two wanted men walking in the area of Ortega Street and Bradbury Avenue. As he approached the intersection, the wanted men split apart from one

another and began to walk back to each side of the front of the police vehicle. As the detective stepped from his vehicle, both wanted subjects opened fire with handguns, fatally wounding Detective Guerry. The death of Detective Tom Guerry ripped through the heart of Santa Barbara, as well as the entire region. In memory of the detective, the Santa Barbara Citizens Council on Crime established the H. Thomas Guerry

award. Each year, law enforcement officers from agencies in Santa Barbara County are honored for valor, skill in conflict resolution, and outstanding overall performance. The Guerry Award continues to be the most coveted and respected award one can receive in the county, according to a news release. See Saturday’s News-Press for the names of more recipients of this year’s awards. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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204 new COVID-19 cases reported By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Santa Barbara County reported 204 new COVID-19 cases Thursday. The county is currently conducting quality assurance to align with the California Department of Public Health. As a result, 15 backlogged cases were added Thursday. Of the 204 cases, the highest number, 41, was in Santa Barbara and unincorporated Mission Canyon, according to the Public Health Department. Elsewhere, 20 cases were in Santa Maria. Neighboring Orcutt had seven cases.

Twenty-nine cases were reported in Lompoc and nearby Mission Hills and Vandenberg Village. Eight cases were in the North County areas that include Sisquoc, Casmalia, Garey, Cuyama, New Cuyama and Guadalupe. Santa Ynez Valley reported six cases. Thirty-four cases were in Isla Vista. Sixteen cases were in Goleta. Thirteen cases were in unincorporated Goleta Valley and Gaviota. Seventeen cases were in the South Coast corridor, which includes Montecito, Summerland and Carpinteria. The locations of thirteen cases are pending.

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Twenty-two patients are recovering in county hospitals. Another four are recovering in intensive care units. Santa Barbara County now has a total of 88,818 cases, of which 887 are still infectious. The total number of deaths remains at 688. The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department reported that 73.2% of the eligible 5-and-older population is fully vaccinated. Of the entire county population (all ages), 68.9% is fully vaccinated. All numbers are provided by the health department.

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‘People are feeling deep stress, deep anxiety’ price increases come after the European Union proposed ceasing the use of Russian oil in member countries, which has “created a lot of uncertainty worldwide about meeting future oil and gasoline needs.” She noted that refiners in the U.S. and Canada have begun shipping diesel fuel to Europe to “backfill their supply needs.” “That in turn has created a potential shortage of diesel in the U.S. and also lower inventories of regular gasoline,” she said. “This is all on top of existing inflation pressures, which are made even worse by the high diesel prices since that affects the cost of everything via shipping expenses.”

What about rebates?

rebates. In a statement, Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, said “Senate Democrats do not believe a rebate tied to car ownership does the job,” noting that it leaves out non-car owners and low-income Californians. “We know prices are too high and supplies are too low,” Sen. Atkins said. “The Senate is working to make sure Californians get rebates – not just passing along a one-size-fits-all windfall that benefits millionaires.”

Another group of lawmakers in the bipartisan California Problem Solvers Caucus has also floated a proposal to suspend the gas tax for a year. The proposal, contained in AB 2457, has yet to receive a committee hearing. Proposals to suspend the gas tax have received pushback from several lawmakers in recent months who say doing so would not guarantee any real relief for consumers and would threaten ongoing infrastructure projects funded by the tax.

House passes Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, joined a majority of the House Thursday to pass a measure aimed at lowering inflated gas prices. The legislation is designed to do that by targeting oil companies that are exploiting families for profit, according to a news release from Rep. Carbajal’s office. “At a time when Central Coast residents and people across the country are feeling the pinch at the gas pump, I’m working in Congress to bring down costs,” Rep. Carbajal said in the news release. “What’s infuriating is that, while California families bear the brunt of these costs, gas and oil companies are making record profits and lining the pockets of their shareholders. “Rather than lowering gas prices when oil prices drop, oil companies are taking in record profits and then using those profits to inflate their stock price instead of utilizing unused leases to increase supply or pass lower prices onto their

customers,” Rep. Carbajal said. “Gas and oil companies should be held accountable and should not be making the situation worse by gouging Americans at the pump – and that’s what we are doing with this bill.” The seven largest oil companies have announced billions of dollars in stock buybacks. Despite the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the disruption of the global oil market, first quarter 2022 profits for oil companies topped $35 billion. Shell was at $9.1 billion, Chevron was at $6.3 billion, BP was at $6.2 billion, and ExxonMobil at $5.4 billion, according to news sources. The Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act would enable President Joe Biden to issue an Energy Emergency Declaration, making it unlawful to increase gas and home energy prices in what lawmakers describe as an exploitative or excessive way. The measure now advances to the Senate for further consideration. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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To bring relief to consumers at the pump, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed an $11.5 billion rebate package in his revised state budget. Under the proposal, he wants to provide $400 to every registered vehicle owner, with a cap of two cars per individual. “People are feeling deep stress, deep anxiety,” Gov. Newsom said during the May Revise budget presentation last Friday. “You see that reflected in recent gas prices now beginning to go back up.” The governor expressed a desire to get the rebates out as quickly as possible on Friday, but it could still be weeks until consumers receive relief money, the Los Angeles Times reported last week. Gov. Newsom and the Legislature must agree on a budget framework by mid-June, which includes discussions regarding the governor’s rebate proposal. Leading lawmakers, however, have been working on their own proposal to provide $200 relief checks to individuals and dependents who make under

a certain income. The plan, dubbed the “Better for Families Tax Rebate,” would use $8 billion to deliver rebates to individuals and families who make up to $125,000 for single filers and $250,000 for joint filers. Each taxpayer would receive $200, with an additional $200 made available per dependent. The proposal remains a part of budget discussions, and top lawmakers have outright said they disagree with Gov. Newsom’s approach to delivering

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TRAFFIC, CRIME AND FIRE BLOTTER DUI checkpoint today in Goleta GOLETA — The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office will hold a DUI checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. today at an undisclosed location in Goleta. Checkpoint locations are based on a history of DUI crashes and arrests. The primary purpose of checkpoints is not to make arrests but to promote public safety by deterring drivers from driving impaired, according to a news release.’ During the checkpoint, officers will look for signs that drivers are under the influence of either alcohol or drugs. “The safety of our community is and always will be our mission. We are looking for impaired drivers because driving under the influence is dangerous and puts others on the road at risk,” said Sgt. Noel

Chumash Earth Day Celebration open to public SANTA YNEZ — The public is invited to the annual Chumash Earth Day Celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Kitiyepumu’ Park,c100 Via Juana

Rivas in the press release. Law enforcement would like to remind the public that driving impaired is not just from alcohol. Some prescription medications and over-the-counter drugs can interfere with driving. Motorists are advised to follow directions for use and read warning labels about driving or “operating heavy machinery,” which includes driving a car. While medicinal and recreational marijuana are legal in California, driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal. Police are reminding motorists that if you plan on drinking or taking medications that may impact your ability to drive safely, stay home. Drivers charged with a first-time DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, as well as a suspended license. — Katherine Zehnder

Road on the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation in Santa Ynez. Hosted by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Environmental Department, this zero-waste event will feature activities for all ages including arts and crafts, a raffle, special appearances by Woodsy Owl and Smokey Bear, and a food truck with tacos and fry bread for sale.

The first 150 people to register at the event will receive a swag bag. Attendees are asked to bring gently used clothing items for a clothing swap. For more information, contact Melissa Mercer at mmercer@ santaynezchumash.org. — Marilyn McMahon

Poll: Biden’s approval rating falls again, particularly among Hispanics By DAN MCCALEB THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – A majority of Hispanic voters disapprove of the job President Joe Biden is doing, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University. The polling of 1,586 adults was conducted May 12-16. Asked “Do you approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as president?”, 60% of Hispanic voters said they disapproved, 26% said they approved and 13% didn’t know or didn’t provide a response. The latest poll was released just days before the Biden administration’s scheduled ending of Title 42 enforcement next week. Title 42 is a health care authority implemented under President Donald Trump during the pandemic that allowed border agents to quickly expel illegal immigrants to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Illegal immigration has surged

under President Joe Biden as he implemented more open border policies. Last month alone, more than 234,000 people entering the U.S. illegally were apprehended, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data released Tuesday show, the most in a single month in U.S. history. Border observers are concerned that once Title 42 ends, illegal border crossings will surge even further. Overall, President Biden’s approval rating slipped to 35%, with 57% of all voters disapproving. In Quinnipiac’s previous national poll released in April, Mr. Biden received a negative 38% to 52% job approval rating with 10% not having an opinion. When asked if they approved/ disapproved strongly or somewhat, 46% of all voters said they disapproved strongly while just 17% said they approved strongly. Among Hispanics, 43% disapprove strongly to just 10% approving strongly. The poll has a margin of error

By BETHANY BLANKLEY (The Center Square) – Then-White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in October that inflation increases “will be transitionary.” But today, they have surpassed 40-year highs, and many believe the U.S. is already entering a recession or soon will be. Ms. Psaki said in a press briefing Oct. 8 that “experts, including the Federal Reserve, OECD, and others” expected “inflation rises will be transitory, that they will come back down next year.” She said, “one of the best things we can do” to bring inflation down “is pass his agenda,” referring to the Build Back Better and infrastructure bills that cost trillions of dollars. More than seven months later, several business leaders say the U.S. already is in a recession or is heading into one after the Federal Reserve increased interest rates twice already this year and is expected to do so again. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said the U.S. is probably already in a recession in a discussion with the hosts of the All-In podcast. “We probably are in a recession and that recession will get worse,” Mr. Musk said. ... “There will probably be some tough going for a year, 12 to 18 months is usually the amount of time that it takes for a correction to happen.” One of the hosts, CEO of The Climate Corporation David Friedberg, said, “it feels like it started. Technically we need two quarters of negative growth to be in a recession. But it feels like we’re in one. Feels like it started. The software businesses that we invested in are like the canaries in the coal mine. And there’s a lot of dead canaries.” Mr. Musk also said, “The obvious reason for inflation is the government printed a zillion amount of more money than it had. The government can’t just issue checks for an excessive revenue without there being inflation. Velocity of money held constant. “It’s hard to tell what Biden’s doing, to be totally frank,” Mr. Musk added. Last December, in response to being asked when the next recession would be, Mr. Musk said, “Predicting macroeconomics is challenging,” but “around spring or summer 2022, but not later than 2023.” Deutsche Bank economists said last month that a recession is “far from inevitable” because consumers and companies are “flush” with cash, Bloomberg News reported. “The U.S. economy is expected to take a major hit from the extra Fed tightening by late next year and early 2024,” they said. Several financial analysts spoke this week about an impending recession. Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein told CBS News’ Face the Nation a recession is “a very, very high risk factor,”

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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said the U.S. is probably already in a recession in a discussion with the hosts of the All-In podcast. CNBC reported. A Morgan Stanley Wealth Management CIO on Monday projected a recession is 27% more likely in the next 12 months. On Tuesday, former Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharft said at a Wall Street Journal event, “It’s going to be hard to avoid some kind of recession.” In April, inflation was reportedly 8.3%. However, many suggest it’s much higher, pointing to grocery and other costs being 20% more than they were last year and gas costing 50% more than it did a year ago in many parts of the country. While Ms. Psaki pointed to 17 Nobel laureates having “conveyed in order to reduce the risk of inflation over the long term,” the spending bills needed to pass, it’s the federal government’s spending that’s creating inflation, critics argue. “Mountains of money cause inflation,” Ron Surz, CEO of Target Date Solutions, argues in a report published by Nasdaq. “Inflation causes increases in interest rates, lowering bond prices” and increases interest rates, which “cause reductions in stock values.” The federal government’s “all-in spending was approaching $13 trillion as of mid-2021. That’s more than the U.S. spent in its 13 most expensive wars combined,” he said. This includes $5.2 trillion in COVID relief, $4.5 trillion for quantitative easing and $3 trillion for infrastructure. COVID-19-related funding cost more than World War II did in today’s dollars, $4.7 trillion, Mr. Surz added. The Federal Reserve is “accountable to get inflation down to 2%, and that we have the tools and we have … the strong desire to get inflation under control,” Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told Marketplace. Getting inflation down to 2% “without having the economy go into recession,” or to keep “the labor market remaining fairly strong,” he said, “will also include some pain.” “But ultimately the most painful thing would be if we were to fail to deal with it and inflation were to get entrenched in the economy at high levels, and we know what that’s like. And that’s just people losing the value of their paycheck to high inflation and, ultimately, we’d have to go through a much deeper downturn. And so we really need to avoid that.”

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Dr. Hilda Maldonado, the superintendent of the Santa Barbara Unified School District, addresses the audience during the State of the Schools program, hosted by the Santa Barbara Education Foundation.

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The Santa Barbara Unified School District is digging deeper into how to better prepare students “for a world that is yet to be created.” That was the message from Dr. Hilda Maldonado, the schools superintendent, as she discussed the State of the Schools during a talk hosted Thursday morning by the Santa Barbara Education Foundation at Elings Park. The approximately one-hour program at the Santa Barbara park also featured speeches by student leaders, including the outgoing and incoming student representatives on the district board. The students discussed issues such as mental health and campus safety. But first, Dr. Maldonado talked about the district’s core values of “respect, integrity and community.”’ “Are we where we need to be? Not yet,” Dr. Maldonado said. “We have plenty to do. “But it’s admitting that we’re not perfect but accepting we’ll make progress that gets us where we will get to be,” she said. “We don’t have to see eye on eye on all the issues to work hand in hand.” “What we’re doing is not the Hilda Maldonado Plan. It’s the Santa Barbara Unified Plan,” Dr. Maldonado noted. “We have to recognize we serve a diverse population of

students.” Dr. Maldonado said she has spent several months visiting schools and listening to staff and student concerns about issues such as campus safety and gaps in the curriculum. She said the district is addressing improving literacy and math skills, and she explained that involves digging through data. She also noted the district is exploring new curriculum to better meet the needs of its diverse student population. “We have to be committed to a truly inclusive school environment and set conditions for students to thrive, not just survive,” Dr. Maldonado said. The superintendent discussed racial incidents at Santa Barbara schools. “During recent months, we have addressed concerns about anti-blackness,” she said. “At board meetings, we have heard the hurt and anguish. We could have stuck our heads in the sand and said it’s beyond us. “But instead, at the board’s direction,” she said, gesturing toward board members in the audience, “we’re going to hold ourselves accountable to track the racial incidents in our schools. We’re going to proactively address them.” “We created an anti-blackness group that has met twice and consists of students, teachers, principals and community leaders.

We’re having a much needed discourse on how the school district can impact the community at large.” Dr. Maldonado also said the district is invested in reducing class sizes and has raised substitute teachers’ pay. Dawson Kelly, the outgoing student representative on the school board and a San Marcos High School student, told the audience he has been passionate about mental health issues and noted the district has increased staffing in areas such as counselors. “We don’t have to wait for a crisis to happen to get people the help they need,” he said. San Marcos High School student Kavya Suresh, the incoming student representative on the board, told the audience that campus safety includes not only physical safety but “creating an emotionally responsive and welcoming space.” She noted students’ support of law enforcement being on call but not being stationed all the time on high school campuses. (She said a school resource officer is on campus all the time at Dos Pueblos High School.) “I urge the district to continue investing in social workers and campus security,” she said. email: dmason@newspress.com

Justice Thomas: ‘We are in danger of destroying the institutions ... required for a free society’ By BETHANY BLANKLEY THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) – It’s been two weeks and there’s still no word on who leaked the U.S. Supreme Court draft brief indicating that the court was set to overturn Roe V. Wade and returning the issue of abortion back to the states. At a recent event in Dallas, Texas, hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, the Hoover Institution, and the Manhattan Institute, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke about the leak and his concern for the rule of law and credibility of the court. A roughly 8-minute clip of his talk was published by C-SPAN, in which he said, “I think we are in danger of destroying the institutions that are required for a free society. You can’t have a civil society, a free society without a stable legal system.

“You can’t have one without stability in things like property or interpretation and impartial judiciary. I’ve been in this business long enough to know just how fragile it is.” Prior to the draft opinion being leaked this year, Justice Thomas said it was impossible to think that even one line of one opinion would be leaked by anyone. “No one would ever do that,” he said. “There’s such a belief in the rule of law, belief in the court, belief in what we were doing, that that was beyond anyone’s understanding or at least anyone’s imagination, that someone would do that.” Now, “look where we are,” he said. “That trust and belief is gone forever. When you lose that trust, especially in the institution that I’m in, it changes the institution fundamentally. You begin to look over your shoulder. It’s like kind of an infidelity, that you can explain

it, but you can’t undo it.” New York University professor Melissa Murray holds a similar sentiment. She told the New York Times last week that the leak “violates the omertà that traditionally has shrouded the court’s deliberations. To the public, this not only looks like the kind of maneuvering that we’ve come to expect from politicians, it also strips the court of the mystique it has generally enjoyed.” Meanwhile, Chief Justice John Roberts’ reputation is also at stake. He has a lot riding on whether or not the leaker is identified and punished, Dan McLaughlin at National Review Online notes. “John Roberts’s Court is at stake here,” he argues. “If decisions can be leaked in draft form with impunity in order to influence their outcomes, this will become a regular feature of high-profile

cases, placing the Court under even worse pressures and threats than already exist.” The Supreme Court isn’t the only institution that’s changing, Justice Thomas said. Universities, colleges, law schools have all changed over the last few decades. Today, the climate on most campuses doesn’t allow for peaceful debate of differing views, instead policies of censorship are creating a “chilling effect” on speech. He recently met with students attending the University of Georgia, where he said students expressed that they can’t publicly affirm pro-life or traditional family views because of the climate on campus. At Yale Law School, his alma mater, students could once freely speak about anything, “it was anything goes, you do your thing I do my thing,” he said. Now. there’s censorship, he said.

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California Residents Are Among the Least Likely to Own Their Homes in the Nation By SAMUEL STEBBINS 24/7 WALL ST. VIA THE CENTER SQUARE

The American housing market took off during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The homeownership rate - or the share of housing units occupied by their owner - jumped by 2.6 percentage points from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2020, by far the largest increase ever recorded. By the end of 2020, there were 2.1 million more homeowners in the United States than there were a year earlier. The surge in home sales was fueled by several factors, including historically low mortgage rates, and, as many experts speculate, the pandemic, which led many Americans to re-evaluate where and how they live. Here is a look at the mortgage rate in America every year since 1972. Nationwide, the

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homeownership rate stands at 64.4%, according to fiveyear estimates from the 2020 American Community Survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau. This rate varies substantially from state to state, however. In California, the homeownership rate stands at 55.3%, lower than the national average. Homeownership rates in different parts of the country are impacted by many factors, and one of them is housing costs. Though it is not always the case, states where housing is more expensive often have lower than average homeownership rates, while areas where home prices are lower often have high homeownership -- and California is no exception. The typical home in California is worth an estimated $538,500, more than the national median of $229,800.

(The Center Square) – Hospitals in Hawaii ranked among the best for patient safety during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report. The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization that assigns letter grades to hospitals based on patient safety measures, ranked Hawaii 6th in the nation. Fifty percent of its hospitals received an “A” grade in the report. The state demonstrated improvements in patient safety since Fall 2021 when Hawaii ranked 7th and had 46.2% of its hospitals receive A’s. The overview of the report showed a general decrease in patient safety nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. Only 33% of the nearly 3,000 hospitals the group analyzed received an “A,” 24% received a “B,” 36% received a “C,” 7% received a “D,” and less than 1% received an “F.” The report calculated the letter grades based on over 30 patient safety measures, including nursing workforce, nurse and doctor communication, staff responsiveness, communication about medicine, and patient outcomes, among other things. It also evaluated patient experience data,

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Only 33% of the nearly 3,000 hospitals the group analyzed received an “A,” 24% received a “B,” 36% received a “C,” 7% received a “D,” and less than 1% received an “F.” which remains a strong indicator of patient safety, the report said. It reinforced the group’s findings that the pandemic negatively impacted the safety of hospital care, with patients’ experience with inpatient hospital care declining “significantly” and inpatients reporting less favorably across almost all domains of patient experience, according to the report. An investigation into the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Hospital Survey (HCAHPS) discovered fewer patients felt their doctors and nurses listened to them or treated them with respect during the pandemic. It also found decreases in the responsiveness of hospital staff and patients were less likely to feel their doctors and nurses carefully explained new medications or side effects. “Even before the pandemic, patients indicated the least favorable responses about

PUBLIC NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT, FBN No: 20220001219 First Filing. The following person (s) are doing business as: WALNUT SHELL AND MARKET, 5097 HOLLISTER AVE, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93111, County of Santa Barbara. Full Name(s) of registrants: PRICE PROPERTIES LLC: 101 W CARRILLO ST, SANTA BARBAA, CA 93101. This business is conducted by: A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS NAMES: THE POINT MARKET AT WALNUT SHELL, WALNUT SHELL, THE POINT MARKET. This statement was filed in the office of JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, County Clerk-Recorder of SANTA BARBARA COUNTY on 05/09/2022 by E30, Deputy. The registrant commenced to transact business on: Not Applicable. Statement Expires on: Not Applicable. NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14400, ET SEQ., Business and Profession Code). (SEAL)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT, FBN No: 20220001083 First Filing. The following person (s) are doing business as: LOS ALAMOS GALLERY, 515 BELL STREET, LOS ALAMOS, CA 93440, County of Santa Barbara. Full Name(s) of registrants: THOMPSON ADM INV LLC: 515 BELL STREET, LOS ALAMOS, CA 93440. This business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, STATE OF INC.: CALIFORNIA. This statement was filed in the office of JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, County Clerk-Recorder of SANTA BARBARA COUNTY on 04/22/2022 by E30, Deputy. The registrant commenced to transact business on: Jan 01, 2016. Statement Expires on: Not Applicable. NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14400, ET SEQ., Business and Profession Code). (SEAL)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT, FBN No: 20220001089 First Filing. The following person (s) are doing business as: A&A MANAGEMENT COMPANY, 1524 ½ STATE ST, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101, County of Santa Barbara. Full Name(s) of registrants: PETER A KIRK: 3408 MADRONA DR., SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105. ASHLEY P KIRK: 3408 MADRONA DR., SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105. This business is conducted by: A MARRIED COUPLE. This statement was filed in the office of JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, County Clerk-Recorder of SANTA BARBARA COUNTY on 04/25/2022 by E20, Deputy. The registrant commenced to transact business on: Sep 01, 2004. Statement Expires on: Not Applicable. NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14400, ET SEQ., Business and Profession Code). (SEAL)

PETITION OF: KEITH JAMES BETAR FOR CHANGE OF NAME. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 22CV01349 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: KEITH JAMES BETAR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: KEITH JAMES BETAR to Proposed name: KEITH JAMES THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: June 15, 2022 Time: 10:00 am Dept: 3 Address: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Santa Barbara News-Press Date: 04/22/2022 Name: THOMAS P. ANDERLE, Judge of the Superior Court. APR 29; MAY 6, 13, 20 / 2022--58237 PETITION OF: DIANE MARIE WIRT FOR CHANGE OF NAME. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 22CV01335 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: DIANE MARIE WIRT filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: DIANE MARIE WIRT to Proposed name: DYAN MARIE WIRT THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: June 15, 2022 Time: 10:00 am Dept: 3 Address: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Santa Barbara News-Press Date: 04/21//2022 Name: THOMAS P. ANDERLE, Judge of the Superior Court. MAY 6, 13, 20, 27 / 2022--58295

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clearly understanding their care transition once they left the hospital: whether they were aware of their responsibilities and purpose of their medications, and if their preferences were taken into account,” the report said. “Providing clear, understandable discharge information, like symptoms or health problems to monitor, can reduce harm and the likelihood of a patient being readmitted to the hospital.” The Leapfrog Group said its hospital safety grades reports are to give people the information they need to make informed decisions about where to receive their health care services. The five states with the highest percentage of hospitals that received an “A” were North Carolina, Virginia, Utah, Colorado, and Michigan. Four states had no “A” hospitals: Wyoming, West Virginia, the District of Columbia, and North Dakota.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT, FBN No: 20220001289 First Filing. The following person (s) are doing business as: MAGIC NAILS, 3621 STATE STREET, UNIT A, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105, County of Santa Barbara. Full Name(s) of registrants: YOUNG HOA NGUYEN: 3621 STATE STREET, UNIT A, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105. This business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL. This statement was filed in the office of JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, County Clerk-Recorder of SANTA BARBARA COUNTY on 05/16/2022 by E29, Deputy. The registrant commenced to transact business on: Not Applicable. Statement Expires on: Not Applicable. NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14400, ET SEQ., Business and Profession Code). (SEAL)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT, FBN No: 20220001088 First Filing. The following person (s) are doing business as: EMERGENCY DRAIN SERVICES, 7641 PISMO BEACH CIRCLE, GOLETA, CA 93117, County of Santa Barbara. Full Name(s) of registrants: DAVID J VILLA: 7641 PISMO BEACH CIRCLE, GOLETA, CA 93117. This business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL. This statement was filed in the office of JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, County Clerk-Recorder of SANTA BARBARA COUNTY on 04/25/2022 by E20, Deputy. The registrant commenced to transact business on: Not Applicable. Statement Expires on: Not Applicable. NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14400, ET SEQ., Business and Profession Code). (SEAL)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT, FBN No: 20220000844 First Filing. The following person (s) are doing business as: ABATEX, 650 WARD DR. SUITE #100, GOLETA, CA 93111, County of Santa Barbara. Full Name(s) of registrants: ABATEX, LLC: 650 WARD DR. SUITE #100, GOLETA, CA 93111. This business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. STATE OF INC.: DE, CA. This statement was filed in the office of JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, County Clerk-Recorder of SANTA BARBARA COUNTY on 03/31/2022 by E35, Deputy. The registrant commenced to transact business on: Jan 01, 2014. Statement Expires on: Not Applicable. NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14400, ET SEQ., Business and Profession Code). (SEAL)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT, FBN No: 20220001051 First Filing. The following person (s) are doing business as: ORGANIC ESSENTIALS, 1115 LAS CANOAS LANE, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105, County of Santa Barbara. Full Name(s) of registrants: SONIA BATTAILLE: 1115 LAS CANOAS LANE, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105. This business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL. This statement was filed in the office of JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, County Clerk-Recorder of SANTA BARBARA COUNTY on 04/21/2022 by E955, Deputy. The registrant commenced to transact business on: Not Applicable. Statement Expires on: Not Applicable. NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14400, ET SEQ., Business and Profession Code). (SEAL)

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NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONS ON APPLICATIONS REGARDING PROVISIONS OF TITLE 28 AND/OR 30 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA (SBMC) The Secretary of the Staff Hearing Officer has set a public hearing for Wednesday, June 1, 2022 beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the David Gebhard Public Meeting Room, 630 Garden Street. On Thursday, May 26, 2022, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 will be available online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/SHO. Agendas, Minutes, and Staff Reports are also accessible online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/SHO. TELEVISION COVERAGE: This meeting will be broadcast live on City TV-Channel 18 and online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTV. See SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTVProgramGuide for a rebroadcast schedule. An archived video of this meeting will be available at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/SHOVideos. WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT: Public comments may be submitted via email to SHOSecretary@ SantaBarbaraCA.gov before the beginning of the Meeting. All public comments submitted via email will be provided to the SHO and will become part of the public record. You may also submit written correspondence via US Postal Service (USPS); addressed to SHO Secretary, PO Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990. However, please be advised, correspondence sent via USPS may not be received in time to process prior to the meeting and email submissions are highly encouraged. Please note that the SHO may not have time to review written comments received after 4:30 p.m. the Tuesday before the meeting. All public comment that is submitted before 4:30 p.m. the Tuesday before the meeting will be published on the City’s website at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/SHO Comments provided via USPS or e-mail will be converted to a PDF before being posted on the City’s website. Note: comments will be published online the way they are received and without redaction of personal identifying information; including but not limited to phone number, home address, and email address. Only submit information that you wish to make available publicly. APPEALS: Decisions of the SHO may be appealed to the Planning Commission. Appeals may be filed in person at the Community Development Department at 630 Garden Street or in writing via email to SHOSecretary@SantaBarbaraCA.gov. For further information and guidelines on how to appeal a decision to the Planning Commission, please contact Planning staff at (805) 564-5578 as soon as possible. Appeals and associated fee must be submitted in writing, via email to PlanningCounter@ SantaBarbaraCA.gov and by first class mail postage prepaid within 10 calendar days of the meeting that the SHO took action or rendered a decision. Appeals and associated fee post marked after the 10th calendar day will not be accepted. NOTE TO INTERESTED PARTIES: Only those persons who participate through public comment either orally or in writing on an item on this Agenda have standing to appeal the decision. Grounds for appeal are limited to those issues raised either orally or in written correspondence delivered to the review body at, or prior to, the public hearing. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: If you need services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the SHO Secretary at (805) 564-5470, extension 3308. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange. 1. 229 Mohawk Road Assessor’s Parcel Number:

041-324-004

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E-3/S-D-3 (One-Family Residence/Coastal Overlay)

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PLN2021-00457; Filing Date: December 1, 2021

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Construct residence with garage and detached Accessory Dwelling Unit

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Restaurant hopes to set itself apart from SB dining XO

Continued from Page A1 and a way to have a fun meal in an exciting environment,” Sherry Villanueva, owner and managing partner of Acme Hospitality, said during her speech at the May 12 ceremony. “We are doing smashburgers and salads and chicken sandwiches. We just launched a breakfast program with breakfast sandwiches that are absolutely out of this world. “Dark Coffee is our neighbor here doing outstanding artisan coffee as well. We would love for you to come in and try XO,” she said. “It’s really fun, and we are really proud of it.” The restaurant plans to set itself apart from other Santa Barbara dining, rather than blending into the local cuisine. “XO Santa Barbara serves simple comfort food made from scratch by hand using the highest quality ingredients,” Daniel Bendett, director of operations, told the News-Press in an email. “It’s fast, affordable, fun and seriously delicious,” he said. “XO

Santa Barbara is the perfect (place for a) meal to grab with friends when you are exploring the Funk Zone or headed to the beach.” The ribbon cutting itself was a special moment, according to Mr. Bendett. “The ribbon cutting ceremony went great” he said. “We are thankful for the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce, VisitSanta Barbara, Mayor Randy Rowse, City Councilman Oscar Gutierrez and all of our friends from the Santa Barbara community who showed up to show their support.” Another special moment during the event was “the camaraderie of everyone staying after the ribbon cutting to share a smashburger together,” said Mr. Bendett. “The vision for XO Santa Barbara is to deliver a craveable experience for our guests to enjoy for breakfast, lunch or dinner,” he said. “Our simple, no-fuss solution is perfect for eating in or on-thego. XO Santa Barbara … we love you.” email: kzehnder@newspress.com

“XO Santa Barbara serves simple comfort food made from scratch by hand using the highest quality ingredients.” Daniel Bendett, director of operations

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Lawmakers advance hundreds of bills out of ‘suspense’ file By MADISON HIRNEISEN THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – California lawmakers reviewed hundreds of bills in the Legislature’s “suspense file” on Thursday, advancing a myriad measures to be mulled over on the Senate and Assembly floors. The bills, advanced out of the Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees, represent a broad range of policy interests, from housing legislation to tax credits to gun violence. Lawmakers in the Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced around 430 bills on Thursday, including a bill that would allow legal action against gunmakers and dealers who are “irresponsible, reckless, and negligent in the sale or marketing of their products.” Lawmakers also advanced an amended bill that proposes a one-time Child Tax Credit payment to low-income families. On the Senate side, lawmakers in the Appropriations Committee advanced hundreds of bills to the Senate floor, including a measure backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that would allow state residents to sue anyone

who “manufactures, distributes, transports or imports” guns designated as assault weapons and ghost guns in California. Lawmakers also passed a measure supported by a legislative Vaccine Work Group that would require schools to create COVID-19 testing plans. While the bills ranged in policy area and magnitude, they all had one thing in common – they were unleashed from the suspense file.

What is the Suspense File? The suspense file acts like something of a parliamentary purgatory for fiscal bills. The measures qualify for the suspense file when they cost more than $50,000 to the General Fund or $150,000 or more to a “special fund,” according to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Bills are placed in the suspense file following a regular hearing earlier in the legislative session. Then, both the Assembly Appropriations Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee conduct a voteonly suspense hearing, where all the bills are heard at once. Committee members vote on whether to advance the bill for a floor vote or hold the bill in committee, which means it is

functionally dead without lawmakers taking an official “no” vote. This process has been in place for several decades and came about as a way for lawmakers to review and consider fiscal bills at once, Alex Vassar, the communications manager at the California State Library, told The Center Square in an interview on May 12. “The money that’s available to the Legislature to spend is finite; there’s only so much you can spend,” Mr. Vassar said, adding that the suspense file allows lawmakers to evaluate the bills altogether rather than saying “yes” before hearing all the fiscal bills and running out of money. He also noted that lawmakers could choose to keep a bill “held in Suspense” instead of killing it by a “no” vote. Thus, the suspense file “preserves good relationships between the members,” Vassar said. Thursday was the last opportunity for bills to be passed out of a fiscal committee and sent for a floor vote ahead of Friday’s deadline. Remaining bills now have until May 27th to be passed out of their house of origin to meet legislative deadlines.

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At Lake Cachuma’s maximum level at the point at which water starts spilling over the dam holds 188,030 acre-feet. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, equivalent to the amount of water consumed annually by 10 people in an urban environment. Storage 85,837 acre-ft. Elevation 708.13 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 31.1 acre-ft. Inflow 37.9 acre-ft. State inflow 12.5 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. -89 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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Arts by the Sea

COURTESY PHOTOS

One of the kids jumps for joy during the always popular theater games at Arts by the Sea Summer Camp at Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center. The Carpinteria center will begin its next camp on June 20.

Every week ends with an art exhibition to share with families and the public.

Summer camp for children begins June 20 in Carpinteria By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Registration is now open for the Arts by the Sea Summer Camp for children ages 6 through 12 at the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center, 865 Linden Ave. in Carpinteria. Camp begins June 20 with six separate sessions including five one-week camps and one two-week camp. All supplies, snacks and a camp T-shirt are included in the cost per week of $295. Financial aid is Please see CAMP on B2

FYI For more information about Arts by the Sea Summer Camp, contact Joyce Donaldson, outreach director, at 805-684-7789, ext. 5, or joyce@ carpinteriaartscenter.org. Program aides are needed.

During the afternoon performing arts sessions, campers can create their own skits.

NEWS

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FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2022

Cottage Hospital Foundation ‘Reaching Higher Together’ By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation announces the public phase of “Reaching Higher Together: The Cottage Campaign for Excellence” with $15 million left to raise by Dec. 31. The $130 million campaign is designed to strengthen patient care programs, fuel innovation and respond to health challenges while maintaining Cottage Health’s state-of-the-art facilities and exceptional level of care. To-date, more than 4,000 individual donors, corporations, foundations and other organizations have contributed more than $115 million to Cottage during the campaign’s “quiet phase.” “This comprehensive fundraising campaign supports our mission of providing superior health care and improving the health of our communities,” said

FYI To learn more about the “Reach Higher Together” campaign, call 805-8798980 or visit cottagehealth. org/reachinghigher.

Ron Werft, president and CEO of Cottage Health. “The generosity of so many of our friends and supporters is remarkable. It’s an example of people coming together to care for each other” “Reaching Higher Together” supports capital projects, improves clinical programs and services, advances research and funds endowments for teaching and research initiatives. This campaign will fuel innovation in four strategic areas including: — Emergency, Trauma and Critical Care: Doubling the size of the Emergency Department, upgrading equipment and technology and ensuring the hospital is prepared for major emergencies. — Cottage Children’s Medical Center: A new and expanded pediatric outpatient clinic featuring medical specialties to meet the needs of the children of the Central Coast including cardiology, oncology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and diabetes care. The campaign will also provide expanded patient and family assistance programs including a new Hospitality House to serve more patient families who need overnight accommodations while a child is hospitalized. — Education, Research and

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Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation has $15 million left to raise by Dec. 31 during its “Reach Higher Together” campaign.

Clinical Care: A new Simulation Training Center with high-tech, interactive teaching capabilities plus investments in clinical care, research, nursing, physician leadership and education including a new pediatric residency program. — Population Health: Investments to expand partnerships and collaborations especially to support the most vulnerable in the community, breaking the cycle of homelessness, improving access

to care for the underserved and reducing the long-term impacts of childhood trauma. Jelinda DeVorzon and Greg Faulkner, longtime volunteer leaders and supporters of Cottage, are co-chairs of the “Reaching Higher Together” campaign. It’s also being led by a campaign task force of philanthropists, volunteer community leaders and Cottage representatives. “This campaign is already having a significant impact on Cottage’s ability to serve the

people in our community,” said Steve Zola, chair of Cottage Health’s board of directors. “We are grateful to all who are choosing to participate in this campaign by making philanthropic investments to help improve facilities, fund new programs and strengthen health care for our future.” The campaign coincides with an historic milestone. In December of last year, Cottage marked 130 years of continuous service to the community. It is also symbolic of

the legacy of philanthropy that started 130 years ago when Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital first opened its doors. “It’s not only large gifts that drive our success,” said David Dietrich, vice president for advancement. “We are grateful to all of our donors. Every gift makes a difference and helps fuel our mission and commitment to helping people live better lives.” email: mmcmahon@newspress.com

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This is Wifredo Lam’s “The Eternal Presence (An Homage to Alejandro García Caturla)” (detail), 1944, oil and pastel over papier-mâché and chalk ground on bast fiber fabric. Mr. Lam’s art will be discussed June 2 during a talk at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

Cuban artist topic of Art Matters Lecture By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

“The Multiple Surrealisms of Wifredo Lam” will be the topic of an in-person Art Matters Lecture by Mey-Yen Moriuchi, an art history associate professor at La Salle University in Philadelphia, at 5:30 p.m. June 2 in the Mary Craig Auditorium at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1130 State St. The Cuban artist Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) is acclaimed for

FYI For more information, call the museum at 805-8846430 or email kcarl@sbma. net.

his semi-abstract, polymorphic paintings that draw on African motifs and the Santeria religion, in addition to avant-garde movements such as Cubism and Surrealism. His hybrid animalhuman figures and fragmented, flattened compositions are linked to his Afro-Cuban culture, as well as to his experimentation with automatism and surrealist games. The emphasis on Mr. Lam’s African roots and his encounter with European modernism has neglected the influence of his Chinese culture on his art, according to a news release. Is there a convergence of Chinese and Afro-Cuban traditions that have been overlooked? This lecture explores the impact of Mr. Lam’s Chinese heritage on his artistic production and considers

the significance of multiple Surrealisms — European, Caribbean, Asian — present in his oeuvre. Admission is free for students and Museum Circle members, $10 for SBMA members and $15 for nonmembers. To purchase, go to tickets.sbma.net. Visitors who plan to attend the event must show proof of being fully vaccinated with a booster (if eligible) or, in some cases, supply a negative COVID-19 test result taken within 72 hours before the event, along with an official photo ID, before entering the venue. All visitors must also follow SBMA’s mask policy and wear a mask while attending events in SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium. email: mmcmahon@newspress.com

Every week at summer camp features a unique theme CAMP

Continued from Page B1 available. Carpinteria Arts Center members receive a 10% discount. Class size is limited to 14. Mornings include hands-on-art and feature a weekly field trip for Watercolor Wednesday painting at the beach. Afternoons include either a music session or a performing arts session, depending on the week. Every week has a unique theme, and on Fridays, campers participate in an art exhibit and live performance, which families and the public are invited to attend. “Arts by the Sea Summer Camp has been such a fun experience that many of our campers come back as program aides to help out when they are high school students,” said Janey Cohen, program committee liaison and Instructor. “This summer we are looking forward to welcoming five new instructors who will join our long-standing instructors, all who will bring enthusiasm and innovation to our student experience.” email: mmcmahon@newspress.com

FLASHBACK FRIDAY ON HIATUS The weekly historical photos will return May 27 in Life.

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Sara Leo, the summer camp’s creative director, has been with the annual event for 11 years.

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CODEWORD PUZZLE

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