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Special program to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

TV Santa Barbara will air a special two-hour program today honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The special will air on channels 17 and 71 at 10 a.m. The program will be hosted by E. Onja Brown-Lawson, President of the Martin Luther King Junior Committee of Santa Barbara (MLKSB). The program includes guest speakers and messages from elected officials and members of the community, as well as winning essayists and poets reading

their work. Pastor J.B. Ficklin of Greater Hope Missionary Baptist will begin the program with an invocation. Wendy Sims-Moten MCed the program, which has a theme that “The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand in times of challenge and controversy.” The program will kick-off at the eternal flame located at UCSB. The eternal flame pays tribute to Dr. King, and is one of only two eternal flames which honor him, according to Dr. Hymon Johnson.

The flame also honors former President John F. Kennedy and former Senator Robert Kennedy. Dr. Johnson is a professor at Antioch University in Santa Barbara, and also served UCSB as a professor and administrator. The flame sits on the lawn of Buchanan Hall and was gifted to the campus by the class of 1969. Dr. King stood for four universal principles of peace, love, justice and human interconnectedness. “The large house in which we live demands that we transform the worldwide neighborhood into a worldwide brotherhood.

Together we must learn to live as brothers, or together we will be forced to perish as fools,” said Dr. King. “Dr. King often talked about the brotherhood of man, and that we should all live as brothers,” said Dr. Johnson. “Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy,” said Dr. King. Freedom is the connection between justice and peace, as pointed out by Dr. Richard Lawrence. “Freedom to stand up and take to the streets, and insist that our freedom is worth dying for, as so many have done in

the fight for civil rights,” said Dr. Lawrence. “We have to get this right. Love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power without love is reckless and abusive. Power standing alone, reckless, abusive, destructive. Both power and love need each other,” said Dr. King. If you are unable to catch the 10 a.m. airing, the program can also be live streamed at any time on TV Santa Barbara’s Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=xtevyY0OsCc&t=1702s COURTESY PHOTO

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The return of the Rincon Classic

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A surfer appreciates the view Saturday at the Rincon Classic, which drew surfing enthusiasts this weekend from Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Surfers, including the one pictured here, enjoyed spectacular waves at the Carpinteria event. The longtime surfing tradition, which was held in-person for the first time since 2019, continued Sunday. For more about Rincon, go to rinconclassic.com.

By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Today marked the second and final day of the 40th year of the Rincon Classic. Magic was in the air before the sun even came up. Conditions were as good as they could get, with a swell that was three and a half feet bigger than usual. “It was the perfect size swell. Just right the size. Not too small, not too big. The goldilocks size in conditions,” Chris Keet, co-founder of Surf Happens, told the News-Press. This is Surf Happens’ 22nd year hosting the event. “There were a lot of perfect tens today,” said Mr. Keet. Vela Mattiva got a perfect 10 in the 17 and under division. Cole Robbins got two perfect tens in different heats. Makenna Burke got a perfect 10 in the women’s division. Tony Luna won the Legends division. “When we all come together everything works out no matter what. Sometimes adversity makes things going right even better. It’s been a blessing,” said Mr. Keet. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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Agency to track those who seek religious exemptions to vaccine mandate By BETHANY BLANKLEY THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) – An obscure agency of the U.S. government, whose stated mission is to reduce recidivism and work with criminal justice partners to enhance public safety, will begin tracking all federal employees who file for religious exemptions to President Joe Biden’s COVID19 vaccine mandate on federal workers and contractors. Religious rights groups question whether the tracking plan will be used to discriminate against federal employees and contractors of faith. “The federal government has no business to create a database of people who file religious exemptions,” Liberty Counsel founder and Chairman Mat Staver told The Center Square. Liberty Counsel, a religious freedom legal aid nonprofit, the state of Florida and other groups sued the Biden administration after the president on Sept. 9 issued by executive order a mandate that all federal employees and contractors receive the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment and/or contract with the federal government for services. After Pres. Biden’s executive order was issued, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued guidance to federal agencies on how and when to grant religious or medical exemptions, which are required by law to be reasonably accommodated. It also provided guidance to agencies on how to track documents related to religious exemption requests. Now, the federal government, through the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (CSOSA), will oversee religious accommodation requests for all federal workers and contractors subjected to Pres. Biden’s mandate. CSOSA is a part of the executive branch. Formed in 1997, the CSOSA “assumed the adult probation function from the Superior Court for the District of Columbia and the parole supervision function from the District of Columbia Board of Parole (which was disbanded).” An independent entity within CSOSA that supervises

pretrial defendants, the Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia, will now oversee the newly created “Employee Religious Exception Request Information System,” according to a public notice filed in the Federal Register. The PSA will process religious accommodation requests and store information about every federal employee, volunteer, intern, contractor, and consultant who falls under the mandate and requests a religious exemption. “The primary purpose of the secured electronic file repository is to collect, maintain, use, and – to the extent appropriate and necessary – disseminate employee religious exception request information collected by the agency in the context of the federally mandated COVID-19 vaccination requirement,” the notice states. And the PSA will use a secured electronic file repository “to log, track, and manage employee religious exception request information while leveraging technology to protect and secure the privacy of the records maintained in the system.” Records may include an employee’s religious affiliation, date of birth, job title, home address, age, where they work, and copies of their accommodation requests and notes and decisions related to them, according to the notice. Unless Pres. Biden’s federal employee vaccine mandate is struck down by the courts, or CSOSA’s proposed rule is halted by a judge, the new tracking system is slated to begin Feb. 10. Unlike other federal agencies’ public comment periods that often last months, CSOSA’s lasts for 28 days. The Federal Register states the “new system will be effective upon publication. New or modified routine uses will be effective February 10, 2022.” But a federal agency that oversees parolees and works with criminal justice partners now being tasked with tracking religious exemptions is raising red flags for those who’ve fought against an administration that hasn’t been open to those seeking religious exemptions. In a lawsuit challenging Pres. Please see mandate on a2

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Hawaii to receive $339M to fix bridges By KIM JARRETT THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – Hawaii will receive $339 million over the next five years to repair the state’s 84 bridges that are in poor condition, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The money for the Bridge Replacement, Rehabilitation, Preservation, Protection, and Construction Program – or Bridge Formula Program – comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden. The program also designates $825 million over the next five years for the Tribal Transportation Facilities, according to information on the DOT’s website. Hawaii will receive $67.8 million in fiscal year 2022, according to the DOT. The funding will be split with $57.6 million going toward state bridges and $10.2 million going to bridges owned by a city, town, county or other local agency, also known as off-system bridges. The usual practice of requiring states to provide 20% of federal bridge repair funding for off-system bridges has been waived, and

entities can use 100% of federal funds for the projects. “This record amount of funding, made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will allow states and Tribal governments to fix the bridges most in need of repair,” Deputy Federal Highway Administrator Stephanie Pollack said. “It will also modernize bridges to withstand the effects of climate change and to make them safer for all users, including cyclists and pedestrians.” The program will allocate $26.5 billion to the the 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia over the next five years and help repair about 15,000 bridges, according to the news release. The Federal Highway Administration will oversee the program, which DOT officials said is the “single largest dedicated bridge investment since the construction of the interstate highway system.” “Modernizing America’s bridges will help improve safety, support economic growth, and make people’s lives better in every part of the country – across rural, suburban, urban, and tribal communities,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.

Officers responded to Marian Hospital and contacted the victim. The victim told officers that he was walking in the area of Railroad and McElhaney Ave. in Santa Maria when he was struck by gunfire. Officers were unable to locate a crime scene or evidence of a shooting. There is no suspect description at this time. The investigation is ongoing. The Santa Maria PD Detective Bureau is asking for anyone with information regarding the shooting contact SMPD at (805)928-3781 ext 2277. - Katherine Zehnder

Lawmakers: Administration shuts down energy leases without consulting Alaskans By KIM JARRETT THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – The Biden administration issued a “no action” order on a plan that could have led to the leasing of millions of acres of land in Alaska for energy development without consulting Alaska residents, the state’s legislative delegation said in a news release. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the order that affects the National Petroleum Reserves on Monday. “This is a petroleum reserve, specifically designated for energy development, located within a state that already has tens of millions of acres of parks, refuges, and federal wilderness,” U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in a joint news release with fellow Alaska Republicans U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and U.S. Rep. Don Young. “The current management plan was carefully crafted to protect the reserve’s most sensitive areas and includes numerous safeguards for responsible development. Sweeping restrictions like this – which are being imposed even as the Biden administration implores OPEC+ to produce more oil – demonstrate everything that is wrong with its

energy policies.” The move not only hurts Alaska’s economy, but it could violate federal law, Sen. Sullivan said. “Reverting back to the 2013 management plan is not only arbitrary and contrary to good science, it will be harmful to the very people and issues the Biden administration purports to care most about – indigenous communities and racial and environmental equity,” Sen. Sullivan said. “Instead, the Biden White House is taking its orders from radical extreme environmental groups who care nothing about Alaskans.” Rep. Young called the move “insulting” and “foolish.” “Gas prices around the nation are soaring,” Rep. Young said. “Why then would President Biden and the BLM want to kneecap our domestic production, thereby emboldening our oil-producing adversaries overseas?” Gov. Mike Dunleavy called it another move that will hurt Alaska Natives. “The U.S. Department of Interior proposes to lock-down Alaska, take away local opportunities, resources, and other benefits that the National Petroleum Reserve is intended for,” Gov. Dunleavy said in a news release.

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for religious exemptions serves no legitimate or lawful purpose,” Mr. Staver told The Center Square. “A federal agency compiling a database of people who take their [faith] seriously sets a bad precedent, which is not surprising with the Biden administration that has been hostile to religious freedom.” Requests for comment from CSOSA were not immediately returned. Three years after it was formed, CSOSA was certified as a federal executive branch agency in 2000 by former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno. According to its website, the agency’s scope doesn’t appear to include vaccine

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Gaucho women take first OT victory in over two years By MICHAEL JORGENSON UCSB SPORTS WRITER

The UCSB women’s basketball team came up big down the stretch on Saturday at the Thunderdome, outscoring Cal State Fullerton by 15 points over the final 17 minutes to win its first overtime game in over two years, 78-70. During the home game, UCSB (8-4, 2-1) got clutch performances out of its top three scorers, led by point guard Danae Miller who had 12 of UCSB’s final 16 points. The senior notched her first career double-double, leading all players with 21 points and 11 rebounds while also dishing out a season-high six assists. Junior center Ila Lane (16 points, 10 rebounds) recorded a double-double for the second consecutive outing, her conference-leading fifth of the season.

Junior guard Alexis Tucker added 14 points on another efficient night off the bench. Whereas in Thursday’s loss to Long Beach State, UCSB conceded a momentum-shifting 6-0 spurt to end the opening half, this time it was the Gauchos who closed strong. They trailed 33-24 with 4:24 left in the second, but would head into the half on a 10-2 run to trail 35-34. The Titans (6-7, 1-2) pushed their lead back up to 50-43 with a couple minutes left in the third quarter. However, the Gauchos would score the final seven points of the period, five coming from freshman guard Kennedy Johnson whose tough buzzer-beating layup tied it at 5050. Miller, Lane and Tucker accounted for seven of UCSB’s final eight field goals. Lane tied it at 56-56 with a bucket over

two defenders plus a foul at the 5:33 mark. The next time down, she put in a beautiful dropstep lefty hook off the glass to make it 59-56. A cold-blooded corner three by Miller looked like it could be the dagger, and senior Taylor Mole hit two go-ahead free throws with 29 seconds to go, but Fullerton fought back to tie it twice in the final minute and send it to overtime. Miller was the only Gaucho with a bucket in OT, where she scored nine of UCSB’s 11 points. A 15-foot pullup put the Gauchos ahead 69-67 on their first possession and they never looked back, ending the game on a 35-20 extended run. Fullerton outshot the Gauchos for most of the night and had half of their turnover total (18-9), but a crushing UCSB advantage on the boards played a huge part in deciding the game. The Gauchos nearly doubled the Titans

UCSB swim teams seize dual victories over Cal Baptist By DANIEL MESSINGER UCSB SPORTS WRITER

The UCSB men’s and women’s swim teams earned a dual sweep over Cal Baptist on Saturday afternoon at Campus Pool. During the home match, the men (1-4) picked up their first dual meet win of the season with a decisive 152-102 victory, while the women (2-3) finished with a final score of 149-105. The Gauchos honored the graduating senior class with a senior day ceremony at the meet, and in return the seniors put on quite a performance. Molly McCance finished first in the 200 Fly (2:03.65) and second in the 100 Free (53.19), Marriott Hoffmann was first in the 50 Free (24.06), and Dora Seggelke touched first in the 100 Fly (56.53). Maya Lee contributed a second-place victory in the 400 IM (4:30.26) and a third in the 1000 Free (10:43.89). Kian Brouwer was first to finish in the 100 Fly (50.07) and third in the 200 Free (1:41.78), Tim Lee finished second in the 50 Free, and Ethan Archer added thirdplace finishes in the 100 (51.28) and 200 Back (1:53.69). On the women’s side, sophomore Reagan Nibarger had yet another impressive performance, finishing

first in both the 100 (53.19) and 200 Free (1:55.06). Freshman Kristin Bartlett had her strongest performance of the year, finishing first in both the 100 (58.45) and 200 Back (2:05.11). Maelynn Lawrence had a first-place finish in the 500 Free (5:08.33) and touched second in both the 1000 Free (10:37.79) and 200 Fly (2:05.97). Freshmen Tyryn Empremsilapa and Michelle Tekawy contributed first-place wins of their own, Empremsilapa in the 100 Breast (1:06.18) and Tekawy in both the 200 Breast (2:23.19) and 400 IM (4:30.02). Gillian Flath and Hannah Joseph each had second and third-place finishes, while Paige Gambetta added a second-place win. Sydney Rouse, Katie Nugent, and Katie Ryan each had thirdplace finishes. The 50 Free saw Santa Barbara take the top four spots. The women also snagged all the top three spots in the 400 Medley Relay to kick off the meet, including the “A” team of Bartlett, Nugent, Seggelke, and Hoffmann taking first in 3:54.36. On the men’s side, freshmen Kyle Brill, Taber daCosta, Austin Sparrow, and Matt Driscoll combined for eight first-place wins. Brill finished first in the 100 Back (50.21), 200 Breast (2:04.39), and 400 IM (4:02.39), daCosta in

the 500 (4:42.98) and 1000 Free (9:36.28), Sparrow in the 100 (1:39.04) and 200 Free (45.87), and Driscoll in the 200 Back (1:52.17). Kennan Hotchkiss contributed second-place wins in the 500 (4:47.30) and 1000 Free (9:39), while Will Schodorf finished third in the same events (4:47.30 and 9:39.76). Sophomore Shogo Moridaira took first in the 100 Breast (57.65) and third in the 200 Breast (2:06.50). Christopher Roling added a second-place finish in the 200 Fly (1:56.27), while Jude DiStefano and Justin Wong each had third-place finishes. The strongest events for the men were the 200 Fly and 1000 Free, both of which saw the Gauchos take the top three spots. Santa Barbara’s 400 Medley Relay “A” team of Driscoll, Corban McIntosh, Lee, and Sparrow earned a first-place win in 3:22.08. The Gauchos will return to action next weekend, as the women head to UC Davis on January 21 for a 2:00 PM matchup and both the men and women take on Pacific January 22 for an away meet at 12:00 PM. Daniel Messinger writes about sports for UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

Santa Ynez girls water polo takes part in Oxnard Tournament By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The Santa Ynez girls water polo team played five games in last weekend’s Oxnard Tournament. The team is coached by Jen Nash. In the first game, SY played Camarillo and lost 125. Hannah Allen had three assists and four steals, Jordan Gann had one goal and one steal, Sydney Gills had two goals, including a five-meter goal, and Lily Mazza had one goal and two steals. Goalie Jessi Rae Flynn had one steal and one five-meter save. In the second game, Santa Ynez played Foothill Tech and won 22-5. Hannah Allen had four goals, three assists and eight steals. Cierra Cloud had three goals, one assist, and two steals. Jordan Gann had three goals, two assists, and two steals. Sydney Gills had five goals, one assist and one steal. Lily Mazza had five goals, four assists and six steals. Janey Pakulski had two goals and one steal. Goalie Jessi Rae Flynn had six saves and three

Westmont basketball game canceled The women’s basketball game scheduled for Saturday between No. 5 Westmont (14-2, 7-1) and San Diego Christian (5-11, 2-6) was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols. The decision to cancel the game came on the heels of the men’s basketball game being canceled on Friday. The Warriors are scheduled for two home games this week. On Thursday, they will host Ottawa (Ariz.) at 5:30 p.m. Then on Saturday, Westmont will host Arizona Christian in a game scheduled for a noon tip-off. — Ron Smith, Westmont sports information director

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assists. In the third game, Santa Ynez lost to Thousand Oaks, 5-9. Sydney Gills had two goals, both 5 meter shots, and 2 steals. Cierra Cloud had 2 goals. Hannah Allen had one goal, one assist, five steals, and two positive kick-outs. Goalie Jessi Rae had five blocks. In game four Santa Ynez played Villanova and lost 0-11. Lily Mazza had three steals and two positive kick outs. Goalie Jessi Rae had three blocks and one steal. In the fifth and final game, Santa Ynez played Santa Paula and won 13-5. Hannah Allen had five goals, two assists, five steals and one positive kick out. Sydney Gills had five goals, three assists, and one steal. Cierra Cloud had two goals and one steal. Lily Mazza had one goal, two assists, and three steals. Goalie Jessi Rae made six blocks, two assists and one steal.

45-23 on the glass as Miller (career-high 11 rebounds) and Lane (10) became the first Gaucho duo to record double-doubles on the same night since Bri Anugwom and Taylor Mole on Dec. 27, 2020. Miller tallied her 400th career assist early in the second half, becoming the seventh player in program history to reach that milestone. She now needs four assists to pass Barbara Beainy (404, 1988-92) for No. 6 all-time in a Gaucho jersey. It was also her 12th career 20point game and her fourth 20-point, 6assist outing. Tucker connected on 6-of-9 field goal attempts, scoring in double-figures while shooting at least 50 percent for the seventh time in 11 games off the bench. At 51.2 percent shooting this year, she joins the Big West-leading Lane (57.4%) as the only Gauchos connecting at over 50 percent.

Sophomore guard Anya Choice tied Miller for game-high honors with a career-best six assists of her own. She is third on the team this year averaging 2.4 per game. “Obviously we’ve got to get better defensively, but I was happy with our resilience and toughness,” Head Coach Bonnie Henrickson said. “You can create those situations in practice, but in a real game it’s different. That’s why we’re serious about it on both ends of the floor, and it’s certainly good to go through those and find a way to win.” UCSB will return to the road this week to play Thursday at UC Davis Thursday and Saturday at UC Riverside. Michael Jorgenson writes about sports for UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com.

SBCC beats L.A. Pierce in women’s basketball By MICHAEL JORGENSON SBCC SPORTS WRITER

The Santa Barbara City College women’s basketball team won its fourth straight game by at least 14 points Saturday, winning at L.A. Pierce 53-35. For the second straight game, the Vaqueros (7-9, 2-0) were led in scoring by forward Asia Kirven’s 14 points (7-12 FG) and held their opponent to a season-low in points. Kirven also led the way on the glass with a season-high 12 rebounds, recording her second

double-double this year. Point guard Katrina Regalado notched her second doubledouble this season, but this time in extremely rare fashion. Along with 13 points, she snagged a season-best 10 steals, even approaching quadrupledouble territory with seven rebounds and seven assists. She also enjoyed her most efficient shooting night knocking down 6of-9 attempts. Off the bench, forward Lia Rodriguez was two shy of a season-high with 10 points on 3-

of-5 from the field. The Vaqueros led 12-7 through one and 26-18 at the half. Heading into the fourth up 4031, they would hold Pierce to just four points in the final period. SBCC remains on the road this Wednesday to face Allan Hancock in Santa Maria at 7 p.m. Michael Jorgenson works in communications/media relations at Santa Barbara City College. email: sports@newspress.com.

Fullerton defeats UCSB in men’s basketball By DANIEL MOEBUS-BOWLES UCSB SPORTS WRITER

FULLERTON — The UCSB men’s basketball team fell 79-73 at Cal State Fullerton on Saturday evening. Freshman guard Cole Anderson led the Gauchos with a career-high 21 points going 5-for-6 from the field and 4-for-5 from deep. Ajare Sanni saw 12 points and added five assists and three steals. Miles Norris both joined them in double figure scoring with 11 points.

UCSB led for much of the first half extending its lead to as much as 12 points at 39-27, but the host Titans were set to even the score before heading into the locker room. CSUF ended the period on a 12-0 run to ice the game at the half. UCSB was outshot, outrebounded, and outscored in the second half. Daniel Moebus-Bowles works in communications/ media relations at UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

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Lady Warriors water polo team comes up big on second day of Oxnard Tournament By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The Warriors will play Santa Ynez at 3:15 p.m. Monday at the Carpinteria Pool. In the first game, the Warriors got out in front of Marymount 52 in the first quarter, a lead that the Warriors extended to 8-3 at halftime. Briana Rodriguez had six goals;Piper Clayton had three; Natalia Perez had two; Serena Smith and Jocelyn Pena had one each. Erin Otsuki blocked ten shots. In the second game, the warriors used counter attacks to get out to a comfortable lead, allowing the team the opportunity to give their reserves quality minutes. Giulia Piccoletti and Lilli

The Carpinteria girls water polo team made amends to their misfortunes and mistakes from day one of the Oxnard Tournament to win all the contests on the second day. Briana Rodriguez had a good day, finding her groove at the two meter position, while Piper Clayton relentlessly shut down the opposition two-meter players. Before Saturday’s game, the Warriors had not competed since December 17. “The intensity and focus were present, however timing was an Please see TOURNAMENT on A4 issue,” said Coach Jon Otsuki.

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Different ways to enjoy the beach

Youngkin announces secretary picks, Dems may try to block one By TYLER ARNOLD THE CENTER SQUARE

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A visitor last week to Leadbetter Beach in Santa Barbara kicks back and enjoys the sight of sailboats. Meanwhile, another visitor, a foil surfer, hovers above the waters.

E(The Center Square) – Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin, who will assume the position Saturday, announced his nominees for several secretary positions, one of which is likely to receive some pushback in the Senate. Although Mr. Youngkin will be sworn in as governor, his cabinet secretaries will need to be approved by the General Assembly. Lawmakers rarely block secretary nominees, but several Senate Democrats have already voiced their objection to Mr. Youngkin nominating Andrew Wheeler for Secretary of Natural Resources. Mr. Wheeler served as the acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump from July 2018 until January 2021. Republicans hold narrow control of the House of Delegates, but Democrats still maintain a two-seat majority in the Senate. To successfully block Mr. Wheeler, Democrats would likely need every party member to vote against his confirmation because Lt. Gov.-elect Winsome Sears will have the tie-breaking vote. During his Senate confirmation to the EPA, Mr. Wheeler said he believes that human actions contribute to climate change, but said no one completely understands what the specific impact is. As the EPA administrator, he generally supported lower regulations. He did not approve any new rules on air pollution or carbon emissions and he loosened mercury regulations he believed to be unnecessary. During the COVID-

19 pandemic, he declined to fine companies for certain violations if the company could show the violations were caused by the pandemic. In addition to nominating Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Youngkin will also nominate Michael Rolband to be the next Director of Environmental Quality, which has not garnered the same controversy. His company Wetland Studies and Solutions started the commonwealth’s first wetland mitigation bank in 1991 and has also worked on stormwater management and regulatory policy for streams and wetlands. Mr. Youngkin also plans to nominate Kay Cole James, a former president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, to be the next Secretary of the Commonwealth. She served on the National Commission on Children during the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and served in the George W. Bush presidential administration and the Gov. George Allen administration. The governor-elect will also nominate Bryan Slater to be the next Secretary of Labor. Mr. Slater served in every Republican presidential administration since Reagan and has held senior positions with Freedom Partners, Generation Opportunity and United for Life. For Secretary of Public Safety, Mr. Youngkin plans to nominate Sheriff Bob Mosier. Sheriff Mosier was elected the Fauquier County sheriff in 2015 and served on the Criminal Justice Services Board in 2021 and the Substance Abuse Services Council in 2020 under Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration.

LOCAL FIVE-DAY FORECAST TODAY

TUESDAY

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Guadalupe 61/49

Santa Maria 62/49

Vandenberg 60/50

New Cuyama 59/43 Ventucopa 57/43

Los Alamos 62/48

Buellton 61/44

Solvang 61/45

Gaviota 59/51

SANTA BARBARA 61/47 Goleta 60/48

Carpinteria 59/50 Ventura 60/52

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Nemetz scored three goals each, while Kate Isaac, Alondra Badillo, Briana Rodriguez and Taylor Classen each contributed two. Goals were also scored by Monica Delgado, Jocelyn

Pena, Piper Clayton and Sofia Olvera, while Maddison Mora blocked five shots. “In the third and final game, Cabrillo of Lompoc played a solid first quarter ending in a 3-3 tie. Piper Clayton threw in an eight-meter buzzer beater to end the first half, putting the Warriors up 6-4. Briana Rodriguez then closed the game scoring four of the last five

Warrior goals,” said Otsuki. The Warrior defense tightened up on Cabrillo leading to a second half shut out. Briana Rodriguez had six goals, Piper Clayton had three and Natalia Perez had two. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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POINT ARENA TO POINT PINOS

Wind west-southwest at 3-6 knots today. Wind waves less than a foot with a west swell 1-3 feet at 12-second intervals. Visibility clear.

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Wind west-southwest at 3-6 knots today. Wind waves less than a foot with a west swell 1-3 feet at 12-second intervals. Visibility clear.

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Wind southeast 3-6 knots today. Waves 2 feet or less with a west swell 3-5 feet at 12 seconds. Visibility under 3 miles in showers.

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MARINE FORECAST

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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 93,383 acre-ft. Elevation 712.25 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 3.1 acre-ft. Inflow 40.3 acre-ft. State inflow 13.2 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. +19 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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‘At Heaven’s Door’

Santa Barbara author explores personal stories and research in new book about shared death experiences

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Santa Barbara author William Peters, seen here at the city’s Leadbetter Beach, discusses shared death experiences in his book “At Heaven’s Door: What Shared Journeys to The Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better.”

By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Santa Barbara author William J. Peters’ book, “At Heaven’s Door: What Shared Journeys to The Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better,” will be released Tuesday by Simon & Schuster. Mr. Peters, the founder of the Shared Crossing Project and its Research Initiative, is a practicing grief and bereavement therapist with degrees from UC Berkeley and Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. His new book explores the shared death experience and contains years worth of research, clinical practice and personal stories, including stories from Mr. Peters’ own personal life. To launch the book, Mr. Peters will discuss shared death experience with author Eben Alexander during a free virtual program at 5 p.m. Tuesday. To watch it, go to www.facebook.com/ events/4721784294604358/?active_ tab=discussion. “At Heaven’s Door” will be available at bookstores and amazon.com. In addition to the book, there’s an audio version narrated by Mr. Peters. According to the author, the shared death experience and the near death experience contain very similar if not identical phenomena. Mr. Peters’ own near death experience first began his journey and his interest in the SDE. “It’s not what I anticipated growing up as a suburban kid outside Silicon Valley,” Mr. Peters

told the News-Press. “ I had my first NDE at 17 years old, on a skiing trip. “My skiing was a little bit rusty and as I was skiing, I began accelerating a bit and I caught an edge,” he said. “The back of my skis crossed, and I tried to correct mid-course, causing the front of my skis to cross, catapulting myself into the air. I flew up into the air until I crashed into the hard snow, somersaulting and crunching my back. “It was exhilarating at first, then terrifying, because I knew that it wasn’t going to end well. I sailed up out of my body. I saw Lake Tahoe, North America, and eventually I had a satellite view of planet Earth,” Mr. Peters said. “As I was sailing away from planet Earth I was soon in a beautiful galaxy, and I was very Please see BOOK on B4

FYI “At Heaven’s Door: What Shared Journeys to The Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better” (Simon & Schuster) by William Peters will be released Tuesday at local bookstores and amazon. com. In addition to the book, there’s an audio version narrated by Mr. Peters, a Santa Barbara author. For more information, go to www.sharedcrossing.com and www.sharedcrossing. com/story-library.

“We need to honor and accept the shared death experience because it is a gift which allows us to grieve more fully and completely,” William Peters said. “The SDE may often give birth to subsequent after-death communication or experience.”

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John Ruskin knew it all, from economic theory to classical myth

.H. has a collection of 23 volumes of “The Collected Works of John Ruskin,” NY: Frank F. Lovell & Co., 1920, bound in tan calfskin with gilt decorated spines. G.H. wonders how one author could be so prolific. John Ruskin (1819-1900) was a polymath, a fancy-pants term for someone who acquired wideranging knowledge to solve problems in unique ways. These 23 volumes contain Ruskin’s thoughts on art and artists, geology, bird life, literature, architecture, the working man, economic theory, botany, fairy tales and classical myth. He was a firm believer in nature, art, morality, and craftsmanship. His writings fell out of favor after the 1930s, but because of his stance

on sustainability, his works are prized today, as a highly influential late Victorian. The most valuable volume in this set is the 1843 book “Modern Painters,” in which he defended the maligned JMW Turner, then labeled a hack, now considered one of the finest British watercolorists, for what Ruskin perceived as Turner’s “truth to

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These are the 23 volumes of “The Collected Works of John Ruskin,” (NY: Frank F. Lovell & Co., 1920). They contained Ruskin’s thoughts on everything from art to artists, geology, bird life, literature, architecture, the working man, economic theory, botany, fairy tales and classical myth.

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but Ruskin uniquely combined aesthetics with high moral ethics. Ruskin found truth in the image of nature painted by Turner, and because Turner painted what he saw, Ruskin found his work to be truthful, honest and therefore moral. In 1843, his defense of Turner was contentious because Turner did not paint in the accepted style of the Old Masters, postRenaissance artists who composed in an academic style in the studio. Ruskin slammed the Old Masters, writing that they did not observe nature. Turner, now considered one of the first abstract painters, “caught” the atmosphere of nature in shapes of light and shadow, such as steam, clouds and water. Lack of form was as intriguing to Turner as detailed structure was to the Old Masters. Ruskin found truth in Turner’s spontaneity and personal vision. Ruskin championed the outré contemporary style of his day, influencing the Pre-Raphaelites, named such because they endeavored to paint in a style practiced before the Old Masters. Ruskin became a professor of art at Oxford and formed “The Ruskin School” of drawing; immediate, informal, unstylized, with an emphasis of truth to nature, because only direct observation was right and moral. He also taught drawing at the Working Man’s School in London and was an admirer of young female artists, teaching in girl’s schools. You might say, ‘Here’s a scholar

who thought all people were equal,’ but no, he did not. He believed that equality in society is not possible and believed that some men were naturally superior; however, he saw ompetition as destructive. He longed to return to the Medieval era, when rank and status were observed, and obedience to the established order and God was life itself. Another notable volume in G,H.’s set is “The Seven Lamps of Architecture” (1849). Ruskin writes that truth in architecture is found in the style before the Renaissance, before Classical Architecture was rediscovered. Ruskin advocated a return to the Medieval Gothic style, and he himself illustrated this book with examples. Ruskin proposed that the Medieval Craftsman’s Guild system be reinstated, as an alternative to the workers in factories of industrial capitalism. In “The Seven Lamps” he set forth the guiding principles of architecture as sacrifice, truth, power, beauty, life, memory, and obedience. If G.H. has the time to read 23 volumes, he will discover a high moral tone, although Ruskin’s personal life was checkered with scandal. You may wonder why Ruskin matters to a Californian who lives in a bungalow with California plein air paintings on the walls. Ruskin’s philosophy was adopted by William Morris, the founder of the Arts and Crafts Movement in England, who

founded a Craft Center devoted to the following principles: 1.no division of labor, 2. the adoption of the Medieval Guild system, 3. hand- crafted materials (antimachine) and 4. anticapitalistic cooperation. Craftsman Architecture should be fitting to the land and handbuilt, and the best style for homes was the bungalow style. From England, in the late 19th century, this style came to California. Santa Barbara is a notable example of the arts and crafts influence. Ruskin’s admiration of JMW Turner extended past the artist’s death, as Turner had appointed Ruskin his executor; 20,000 of Turner’s works on paper were bequeathed to the British National Gallery. Ruskin catalogued and curated all those works, and hand-built the Turner Gallery, exposing the Nation to Turner’s exquisite oeuvre. The value of the 23 volumes is slightly diminished because G.H. is missing one of the original 24 volumes. The collection’s value is $1,000. Dr. Elizabeth Stewart’s “Ask the Gold Digger” column appears Mondays in the News-Press. Written after her father’s COVID19 diagnosis, Dr. Stewart’s book “My Darlin’ Quarantine: Intimate Connections Created in Chaos” is a humorous collection of five “what-if” short stories that end in personal triumphs over presentday constrictions. It’s available at Chaucer’s in Santa Barbara.

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sense of power over your own destiny, Libra. Perhaps hard work has paid off in career and financial advancement. Support and encouragement from friends and family are likely to spur you on to further accomplishments, particularly in areas requiring leadership. Scorpio: Visitors in the home could share stories of strange experiences of some sort, perhaps intense and vivid dreams, visions, or maybe premonitions that have come true. This could spark some deep thought, Scorpio, causing you to reflect on similar experiences of your own. It might be a good idea for you and your friends to attend some classes or workshops on psychic development. Sagittarius: Today you could enter a new romantic relationship, Sagittarius, or you could experience a new sense of unity and commitment within an existing one. Whichever it is, the relationship might become very intense, so be sure that you and your partner make the effort to give each other plenty of space. Capricorn: Today you’re likely to be feeling especially fit and healthy and able to take on the most monumental of tasks, Capricorn. Therefore, you could well decide to clean out the basement or tear all the weeds out of the backyard. Take care to pace yourself! These things need to be done, but not all at once. Aquarius: An intense conversation with a close friend or romantic partner could bring you closer to this person. You probably share a number of goals, Aquarius, and discussions could lead to how you could work together in order to make them happen for both of you. You’re more likely to take the lead, however, since your communicative abilities are particularly high right now. Pisces: Discussions with others could result in new plans and opportunities for advancing yourself on any level you wish: career, financial, or social. Inner resources may come to light that you might not have been aware of before. You could also decide to make use of creative abilities that have lain fallow for a while. Give some careful thought to the next couple of months, Pisces. So many ideas may come your way that it might not be feasible to try to use them all.

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By Horoscope.com Monday, January 17, 2022 Aries: Your life circumstances may have altered so much in the past few months that you could be in an entirely different space than ever before, Aries. Success and good fortune have increased your self-image, and business and money matters should be going well. Today you should pause to take some time to assess your situation and decide in which direction you want to go. Taurus: You may have preferred not to acknowledge your own psychic abilities in the past, Taurus, but today they could prove impossible to ignore. Visions, premonitions, and telepathic messages from others could pop into your mind all day. Gemini: The recent completion of one or more long-term goals may cause you to pause today and consider what you’re going to aim for next. Don’t be afraid to be more ambitious than before, Gemini, because you’ve acquired an inner power that gives you more confidence and a stronger belief in yourself. Cancer: Recent career advances may have you wondering where to go next. You could be considering taking some time off to travel or perhaps advance your education. You aren’t likely to want to rest on your laurels, Cancer. Striving to reach new horizons is important to you, and today is the perfect day to consider what horizons are the most critical to you now. Leo: A new and highly compelling interest may have captured your imagination. You could find it difficult to think of much else, Leo, and so it might be a good idea to try to find the most beneficial ways to pursue this subject. Your abilities for in-depth study are enhanced by intuition, so reading could well prove especially beneficial right now. Virgo: Today you might turn your attention toward discovering new ways to advance yourself financially, Virgo. You’re likely to be more aware than usual of your inner power. Reading about various possibilities could be enlightening, especially as you’re feeling particularly capable today and therefore more likely to be able to zero in on whatever method is best for you. Libra: Events both in your personal and public arenas could give you a new and unexpected

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Book explores stories of those who’ve had near death experiences BOOK

Continued from Page B1 much at peace,” he said. “I was watching snippets of movies, from the most significant scenes of my life up to that point, and realizing every action I had ever taken mattered. Then I noticed I was entering a ribbed tunnel, and then I saw a light, and then as I saw the light, I realized I was dying. “I realized I had been in this space hundreds of times before, and I was upset because I did not want to die,” Mr. Peters said. “I sensed that I had not completed what I was on Earth to do, and I was pleading with the light, which I called God. ‘God, I don’t want to die! You have to let me go back!’ ” This is an unusual response, according to near death researchers. Mr. Peters explained that most near death experiencers report they wanted to stay in this beautiful state of being in the afterlife, and they returned because they were typically told that it was not their time. The author said he stayed in this life because either it was not his time, or the powers that be seemed to honor his request. “I was later told, by my orthopedic doctor, also a family friend, that I was one 32th of an inch away from being a parapeligic, when he showed me the X-ray. He said I was ‘fortunate’ as he put his ruler on the X-ray. “It was the gradual end of my experience as an athletic and adventurous young man,” Mr. Peters said. “I lost my identity as a healthy, active, athletically inclined young-man.” While attending college in 1984 at UC Berkeley, Mr. Peters traveled to Europe with friends behind the Iron Curtain. “I was on a bus ride, in southern Yugoslavia, in what is modern-day Bosnia,” he said. “After an overnight bus ride, I awakened groggily, realizing I was looking out on a sea of Muslim women in burkahs, through the bus window. “The women had a look of intense desperation in their eyes, pleading with the passengers in the bus, begging for money and food,” Mr. Peters said. “I was mesmerized. Something touched me deeply in that moment about wanting to be with people who shared that experience. “I looked like a healthy guy, but I was broken,” he said. “I made a commitment to myself to be with people who shared that level of pain. It was the direct hit that I think my soul was yearning for.” During his college career, Mr. Peters worked with refugees and studied language in Guatemala and Peru. That’s when he had what he calls his first shared death experience. “In Tacna, I was at the beach and coming back, and there was a body on the road. He had a pulse but he wasn’t breathing. I put him in the car and gave him CPR until we got to the hospital,” Mr. Peters recalled. “He was a man of the fields. He was dressed in a white, rough cotton shirt, a rope around his waist as a belt, long tattered pants and sandals. “While giving CPR, I could taste the salt around his mouth, but no alcohol. As I was administering CPR, I was drawn up and felt an affirming presence,” Mr. Peters said. “He eventually died, and I wept tears of gratitude and joy at being able to experience this man and this experience. This was a kind of shared death experience, but as I would learn later, most SDEs have a greater diversity of sensory experience and NDE features.” Mr. Peters then worked in San Francisco as a social worker with gay men during the AIDS epidemic. Prior to contracting AIDS, these men were fully-functioning, working and contributing members of society. Mr. Peters shared the story of Brad, an individual he had come to know during his time as a social worker, who lived in a homeless encampment. Brad helped people through the death process. One day, Brad walked in and said to Mr. Peters, “Randy passed.” Mr. Peters replied, “I’m sorry to hear that. It’s so sad.” “Brad replied, “I’m sad too, but it was so beautiful.’ ” “So beautiful?” Mr. Peters asked. “Randy rose to a cylinder of light and looked down on all the caretakers and said, ‘Thank you.’ Randy appeared younger, happier and healed. The caretakers saw Randy in his body, fully healed,” Brad told Mr. Peters. “The key motif is the journey, to share the passage from this life and into what lies beyond,” said Mr. Peters. Mr. Peters met Raymond Moody in 2009. “Moody defined shared death experience as being similar, if not identical, to the phenomena around a near death experience,” Mr. Peters said. Seeing deceased loved ones, seeing mystical or heavenly realms, seeing the light, having a life review, etc. — all of these phenomena occur in both the near and shared death experiences, according to Mr. Peters. Mr. Moody was supportive of Mr. Peters when he told Mr. Moody that he thought

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William Peters holds his book, “At Heaven’s Door,” which will be released Tuesday at bookstores and amazon.com.

he knew how to help people have these experiences. To accomplish that, Mr. Peters developed methods and a series of programs. Eventually, Mr. Peters started a group that met to discuss life after death. After the first group, there was increasing interest and requests for more groups. He conducted the group a dozen times over the next three to four years. People wanted more in-depth study, so Mr. Peters started a new group, which he called “the sequel.” “People were so excited and energized to talk about experiences around death and dying. People appreciated the authenticity,” said Mr. Peters. He began his research to document these shared death experiences. “These are not hallucinations or delusions,” he said. “We would only get the attention of the medical community through rigorous research. The first part was to study the methods I had devised to facilitate the shared death experience. The next study is our current study, which is the shared crossing testimonial project.” Mr. Peters founded the Shared Crossing Project and its Research Initiative in 2013. He previously volunteered in San Francisco for the Zen Hospice Project — a progressive organization that believed in Buddhist principles of sitting with the dying. Mr. Peters described an experience he had with a dying patient while working for the Zen Hospice Project. The patient was Ron. “I popped out of my body and was floating above Ron,” Mr. Peters said. “Ron shared with me telepathically ‘This is where I have been. Isn’t this cool?’ ” The author said he hopes his book, “At Heaven’s Door,” normalizes shared death experiences. “I want the readers to know that these experiences happen more than is being culturally acknowledged,” Mr. Peters told the News-Press. “Our research has shown the benefits of the shared death experience. The experiencer expresses that their departed loved ones are alive and well in a benevolent afterlife. “They feel that they will be reunited at some point. Their fear and anxiety surrounding death are greatly alleviated,” Mr. Peters said.

“We need to honor and accept the shared death experience because it is a gift which allows us to grieve more fully and completely. “The SDE may often give birth to subsequent after-death communication or experience,” Mr. Peters said. For Tuesday’s launch of the new book, Mr. Peters will participate in a virtual, free event, where he will have a dialogue with New York Times-bestselling author Eben Alexander, who wrote “Proof of Heaven.” Mr. Alexander praised “At Heaven’s Door.” “This brilliant and fascinating research about shared death experiences removes the conventional myth of death’s finality and shows how love binds us together beyond the material realm. Highly recommended!” Mr. Alexander said of Mr. Peters’ book. Tuesday’s program will feature the two authors’ conversation about the shared death experience. The authors are drawing on years of research as well as personal experiences to provide a close look at NDEs and SDEs, including why they happened and what they mean for people. “We are living through a period of immeasurable loss,” Mr. Peters said. “More than one in 400 Americans has died due to COVID-19, creating ripples of bereavement and loss,” he said. “Death is also finding us sooner. In 2021, U.S. life expectancy fell to its lowest levels in nearly 20 years and experienced the biggest single-year drop since the worst days of World War II. “Not only are we unable to outrun death, we cannot even keep it at bay,” he said “I hope these stories from ordinary people just like you and me will provide solace for those of you who may fear death, and inspiration for those of you who want to cross this great divide with confidence and courage.” Mr. Peters encourages people to go to www. sharedcrossing.com and its story library (www. sharedcrossing.com/story-library) to learn more. “The story library has video narratives taken from our research,” he said. “It’s an extraordinary opportunity to hear ordinary people from around the world share their stories.” email: kzehnder@newspress.com