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Santa Barbara police, city firefighters and medics respond to an incident involving shootings Sunday evening in the 1200 block of Liberty Street.
Four shot in SB’s eastside One fatal wound reported By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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Customers stroll past the single-story storefronts of Seaside Makers Collective and the Worker Bee Cafe.
Four victims were shot in the 1200 block of Liberty Street in Santa Barbara at approximately 5:40 p.m. Sunday, according to Santa Barbara police. One victim suffered a fatal gunshot wound, and another was transported to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital with lifethreatening injuries, police reported. The other two were treated for minor injuries. The suspect(s) fled the scene.
The Santa Barbara Police Department is investigating the incident as street gang-related, spokesman Anthony Wagner told the News-Press. Santa Barbara city fire and police departments as well as American Medical Response arrived on scene. Anyone with information is urged to call the SBPD detective division at 805-897-2335 or the anonymous tip line at 805-5692677. email: ahanshaw@newspress.com
By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Small businesses in Carpinteria are clinging to customers during the regional stay-at-home order. Each business is impacted differently, as health officer orders are not a one-size-fits-all. “The community has been wonderful about coming out as far as shopping for the holidays, but we’re moving into January and February, which are usually the two worst sales months of the entire year. And the slowest month of the entire year,” said Kristin Fraser, owner of Seaside Makers Collective at 961 Linden Ave. in Carpinteria, and the Grapeseed Company. “It’s hard enough to keep a business open, but keeping staff during this is extremely hard as well, just with business not being what it normally is,” she said. Because hotels and vacation rentals are closed to tourism, businesses get most of their customers locally, though they also see visitors from nearby cities coming to spend a day in Carpinteria. Paul Wright, owner of Island Brewing Company at 5049 6th St., has noticed people driving to Carpinteria from Los Angeles. He describes his tasting room as a place for community members to gather and hang out. “We get a lot of calls saying, ‘Are you open? Are you guys open for the patio?’ And of course we’re not. We should know that by now. Good grief, nobody’s open,” he said. “We still encourage them to come in and get some beer to-go, but that’s all we can do right now.” He sells six-packs, growlers and kegs to-go, but he’s still had to furlough staff. “It’s tough all around,” he said.”You drive down the street, and there’s a number of places that are shut and closed. And you
Light rain possible tonight By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR
The Island Brewing Company, at 5049 6th St. in Carpinteria, was open for takeout Sunday.
don’t know if they’re just closed for the short term or whether it’s going to be a major change for them and not be able to open again; you don’t know.” He is thankful for opportunities to sell in Trader Joe’s, mini marts and other grocery stores. But his tasting room is around 60% of his income, he estimates. When the county was in the purple tier, he had to serve food alongside the drinks. He bought and sold local food and even brought in food trucks. Ms. Fraser has adapted too. She is currently converting a trailer into a mobile retail space. She is also creating baskets that customers can order to have delivered — a perfect match for Please see carp on A7
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Decorative items for sale at Seaside Makers Collective show an appreciation for Carpinteria.
Several weak storm systems are expected to move through Santa Barbara County starting today, bringing a chance of rainfall to the area. An upper level, low-pressure system is on target to form south of Alaska and move through northern California today. It will carry a cold front that will work its way down the coast. “While this system is not as impressive as we were looking at a few days ago, light rain is likely across San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties (today) and (this) evening,” read the forecast report by the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Rainfall amounts are not expected to be more than a quarter-inch, while up to a half-inch is possible over the Santa Lucia Range. A 10% chance of rain is forecast
today, with a 20% chance this evening. In addition to the rainfall, northwest wind gusts between 25 to 45 mph will “quickly follow the rain threat” later tonight into Tuesday, when a warming trend will begin, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures will be in the mid-60s through Friday, according to officials. One or two additional lowpressure systems are projected for the West Coast, though all projections as of this weekend said that little rain was expected. “Wednesday and Friday still look to be the windows of opportunity, with the Friday system having a better chance of bringing rain from Santa Barbara county northward,” the report noted. There will again be potential for gusty northwest to north winds Wednesday and Thursday, as well as the weekend.
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