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Goats help community Herd helps with Valle Verde’s landscaping for fire prevention By PAUL GONZALEZ NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
A herd of goats is eating its way through Valle Verde to protect the senior living community from wildfires. Steve Freire, Valle Verde’s director of buildings and grounds, enlisted the help of 805 Goats owner Scott Morris and his herd of more than 120 goats to help clear out flammable invasive plant species including invasive weeds, mustard, chaparral, thistle and even poison oak. “Poison oak is their favorite; it’s like dessert to them,” Mr. Morris told the News-Press. His herd will clear out vegetation from a five-acre swath of land off Torino Drive near Hidden Oaks Road. Valle Verde’s main office is located at 900 Calle De Los Amigos. Mr. Freire told the News-Press that Valle Verde first brought goats onto the 60-acre Santa Barbara campus for vegetation control last year. “We investigated it, and I interviewed a couple of goat herd companies to bring their herd so they could graze all of the fire fuel. They graze down the grass, weeds, chaparral and anything else that they can reach,” Mr. Freire said. “It’s doing everything we need from an emergency management and fire obligation standpoint. And it brings so much joy to the community. It’s a triple win,” Mr. Freire said. He explained that the goats don’t need any training or encouragement to start chomping on the flammable brush. Once the goat herders set up a fenced area for them to graze in, the goats mow down practically everything they can get their teeth into. The larger goats will even prop themselves up on small oak saplings trim lowhanging branches. “Goats are great because they consume from the flower and Please see goats on A2
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The Dolores Huerta Street Renaming Project is attempting to rename San Andres Street on Santa Barbara’s Westside to “Calle Dolores Huerta” to honor the labor leader and activist for immigrant and women’s rights.
Movement to rename Westside street Efforts to change name of San Andres Street sees both support and opposition By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT KENNETH SONG/NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS
Goats graze on chaparral and other flammable vegetation at the Valle Verde retirement community.
At left, Valle Verde resident Nadine Tracy cradles a young goat, Moose, as the rest of the herd grazes. At right, 805 Goats owner Scott Morris said his herd can clear up to one and a half acres of brush every two days.
Pure Maintenance sterilization provides effective option for local businesses to combat COVID-19 By JORGE MERCADO Maintaining one’s own health has been the key for people across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wearing masks, constantly washing your hands and avoiding touching your face has been the most prevalent discourse from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the hopes one can avoid catching the novel coronavirus. While person-to-person contact appears to be the most common way to contract the virus, surfaces can also carry the virus, thus the importance of hand washing multiple times a day. This is also why many businesses that have reopened recently have made it a point to constantly disinfect high-touch areas.
And while businesses and schools try their best to sanitize everything, there may be a better option — Pure Maintenance. Pure Maintenance of Santa Barbara County recently became a member of the Master Clean USA family of companies and is the proud owner of a world-class sterilization process. A couple of weeks ago, Pure Maintence’s InstaPURE was included on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency N-List of COVID-19 disinfectants effective at killing the human coronavirus. “InstaPURE... is an organic FDA approved, EPA registered food surface safe chemical. It breaks down into oxygen, water and vinegar, it leaves no residue and has no toxicity. Yet as a cold sterilant it is one of the safest and highly efficacious Please see purification on A9
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Father Larry Gosselin to star in parade
‘Nothing that rivals what we do’ NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
A local group is trying to rename San Andres Street on Santa Barbara’s Westside. The Dolores Huerta Street Renaming Project is looking to change the street name to “Calle Dolores Huerta” to honor Dolores Huerta, a labor leader and civil rights activist who launched the National Farm Workers Association alongside César Chávez to fight for farmworker rights in California. The activist has won several
awards for her service and advocacy for farmworkers, immigrants and women. Her awards include the Presidential Medal of Freedom and induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. She’s the first Latina to receive those honors. Miguel Avila, a real-estate agent who has lived in Santa Barbara for almost 48 years, is one of the leaders of the project. “Her history speaks for itself. She spent 75 years fighting for women’s rights and continues
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Fiesta supporter named Grand Marshal of the 2020 Fiesta Caravan Parade By BRIAN MACKLEY NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT
Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara organizers announced on Wednesday that long-time supporter and friend of Fiesta, Father Larry Gosselin, has been named the new Grand Marshal of the Reimagined 2020 Fiesta Caravan Parade. Featuring classic cars and decorated vehicles, the caravan parade is set to take place on Aug. 7, and will go through Santa Barbara and Montecito neighborhoods. The El Presidente or La Presidenta of Fiesta has chosen a Grand Marshal of El Desfile Historico Parade (The Historic Parade) every year since the 1930s. “I chose Father Larry as the Grand Marshal because of his positive attitude and the way he always strives to unite us in love and friendship — something we need now more than ever,” El Presidente Erik Davis said in a statement. “Anyone who knows Father Larry knows of his kindness,
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Father Larry Gosselin has been named the Grand Marshal of the Fiesta Parade.
joyfulness and dedication to serving all people in the Santa Barbara community.” A native of Washington State, Father Gosselin is a Franciscan priest of the Province of Saint Barbara. Since 2013, he has been serving Please see parade on A3
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Comics................. A8 Classified.............. A9 Life.................... A 4-5
Wednesday’s SUPER LOTTO: 2-16-20-21-34 Meganumber: 20
Thursday’s DAILY 4: 6-7-3-4
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Thursday’s FANTASY 5: 1-24-35-36-37
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Wednesday’s POWERBALL: 7-29-35-40-45 Meganumber: 26
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Thursday’s DAILY 3: 4-5-1 / Sunday’s Midday 6-0-8