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And in Santa Barbara County, there are more than 200,000 registered voters By KATHERINE ZEHNDER

Congressional candidates discuss issues varying from inflation to Roe v. Wade

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Nearly 22 million voters are registered to vote in California’s primary on Tuesday. And the secretary of state says that’s a record breaker. “As of May 23, 2022, there were 21,941,212 registered voters in California, which is 81.53% of eligible Californians,” Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber said in a news release. “This is the highest percentage of eligible citizens registered to vote heading into a California Gubernatorial Primary in the past 68 years.” The last 15-Day Report of Registration for a Primary in a gubernatorial election year took place on May 21, 2018. Since the last report: • The total voter registration in the state increased from 19,023,417 to 21,941,212.

• The percentage of eligible Californians who are registered to vote increased from 75.73% to 81.53%. • The percentage of voters who have no party preference decreased from 25.51% to 22.71%. • The percentage of voters registered with a qualified political party increased from 73.69% to 76.10%. You can read the full report here: sos.ca.gov/elections/reportregistration/15day-primary-2022. In Santa Barbara County, there are a total of 235,212 registered voters, as of May 23. That’s according to sbcvote.com, the county elections office’s website. The number breaks down to 110,734 Democrats, 58,341 Republicans, 49,472 nonpartisan voters and 16,395 who registered with other parties. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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Three run in race for new 37th Assembly District KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday during the primary election.

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Santa Barbara independent candidates who plan to caucus with Republicans if elected — Michele Weslander Quaid and Jeff Frankenfield. The 24th Congressional District consists of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties and part of Ventura County. Here’s a summary of what the candidates told the News-Press during previously published interviews.

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Voters in Tuesday’s primary will decide between four candidates in the race for the 24th Congressional District. U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, is seeking his fourth term and is being challenged by Dr. Brad Allen, a Republican candidate with a home in Summerland, and two

REP. SALUD CARBAJAL Rep. Carbajal authored a bill, the Extreme Risk Order Protection Grant, which would provide grants to states to implement or maintain “red flag” laws to keep guns out of the hands of individuals who pose a danger to others or themselves. The bill is expected to go before the House this week, and Rep. Carbajal is optimistic it will get the 60 votes

needed to pass in the Senate. Red flag laws can make a difference, the congressman told the News-Press. He referred to May 23, 2014, when Elliot Rodger shot and killed six people and injured 14 people in Isla Vista, then killed himself. “Here on the Central Coast, we can look no further than Isla Vista, where we had a situation where a Please see CONGRESS on A3

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Republican candidate Mike Stoker and Democrats Gregg Hart and Bruce Wallach are running in Tuesday’s primary to represent the newly created 37th Assembly District. Mr. Stoker, a former member of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, worked during the Trump administration as the leader of the Environmental Protection Agency ’s Region 9, which includes California. He later was appointed by the White House to serve as the U.S. representative on the Western Interstate Nuclear Energy Board. During a previously published News-Press interview, Mr.

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Registration open for kids’ Spudball Camp County Fire personnel respond to the scene of a vehicle vs. tree collision on Saturday.

A vehicle collided with a tree near Highway 101 and Clark Ave.

in Orcutt on Saturday. While the vehicle burst into flames upon impact, the driver was able to exit the vehicle under his own power with only minor injuries, according to Santa Barbara County Fire spokesman

Daniel Bertucelli. County Fire personnel extinguished the fire and provided care to the driver. The incident remains under investigation. - Matt Smolensky

Third-seeded UCSB baseball eliminates fourth-seeded Binghamton By DANIEL MOEBUS-BOWLES UCSB SPORTS WRITER

Third-seeded UCSB baseball survived its first elimination game of the Stanford Regional on Saturday afternoon, sending fourth-seeded Binghamton home with a 9-4 win. Mike Gutierrez (9-1) was stellar in his start, tossing seven full innings and allowing four runs, two of which came in the top of the eighth with the Gauchos trying to stretch his start and save the bullpen. The sophomore southpaw scattered six hits, saw no walks, and struck out eight in his ninth win of the season. Blake Klassen turned in the offensive performance of the day hitting in the lead off spot once again as he went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI. Kyle Johnson collected two RBI on just one swing hitting a monster home run of his own. Christian Kirtley collected a hit to extend his on-base streak to 45 games. UCSB scored its nine runs on just six hits thanks to six free passes to win its first ever matchup with Binghamton, and its first win at Sunken Diamond since the 1983 Stanford Regional. Michael Rice tossed the final

Average U.S. gas price surges to $4.85 a gallon Sunday By DAN MCCALEB THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – In what has become a seemingly every day occurrence, gas prices rose to a new record high Sunday as the national average approaches $5 a gallon. Nine states already have surpassed the $5 threshold, and several others are just pennies away. According to AAA, the average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline reached $4.85 Sunday, up an additional three cents from Saturday and 24 cents from last week. Motorists in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon and Washington are now paying more than $5 a gallon. In California, Please see GAS on B3

two innings and, despite allowing one walk, faced the minimum thanks to a double play in the ninth. He added two Ks as well. After a scoreless first inning, UCSB got it going in the top of the 2nd with John Newman, Jr. collecting a lead-off walk followed by a rocket home run by Johnson to put his team up 2-0. Another run scored on a Kirtley single paired with a Bearcat error to make it a 3-0 ball game. The barrage continued in the third with the Gauchos posting a five-spot to take an early 8-0 lead. The bases were loaded on a pair of HBPs and a walk and Mortensen moved everyone station-to-station with an RBI single. Next was Jason Willow driving in one on a sac-fly to right and finally it was

Klassen crushing a monster home run on the first pitch he saw that looked to carry directly over the right field foul pole. The Bearcats finally got to Gutierrez in the bottom of the fourth, scoring a pair to make it a 8-2 game. Jason Willow led off the sixth with a hustle double and found his way home on a sac-fly from Christian Kirtley. Binghamton finished the scoring for the day in the bottom of the eighth with a pair of runs that made the final score 9-4 in the Gauchos’ favor. Daniel Moebus-Bowles writes about sports for UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

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The Lompoc Parks and Recreation Department has announced that registration is now open for Spudball Camp. The camp is designed to teach the fundamentals of baseball outside of a competitive environment and provide social skills for boys and girls ages three to six. The camp will take place Monday, June 13, through Thursday, June 16, at Thompson Park from 4:15 to 5 p.m. for children ages 3-4 and 5:15-6:15 p.m. for children ages 5-6. The registration fee is $50 for Lompoc residents and $60 for non-residents. The registration fee includes a tshirt. Members of the public looking for more information or to register may contact Lompoc Parks & Recreation at 805-875-8100 or stop by the Anderson Recreation Center, 125 West Walnut Ave. Online registration is also available at: https://apm.activecommunities. com/LompocRecreation.

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The Santa Barbara NewsPress has announced its first round of endorsements for the June 7 primary. The News-Press is supporting: • Mike Stoker in the race for the 37th Assembly District. • Bill Brown for Santa Barbara County sheriff. • Christy Lozano for superintendent of Santa Barbara County schools. • Dr. Brad Allen for the 24th Congressional District.

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red flag bill could have impacted the outcome of that tragedy,” he said. Rep. Carajal also favors the codification of Roe v. Wade into law. And he has voiced support for making Vandenberg Space Force Base the permanent headquarters for Space Training and Readiness Command, He told the NewsPress that the selection of Vandenberg for STARCOM would boost the Central Coast economy and create many jobs. Rep. Carbajal said he sees better management of the supply chain as the solution for inflation, which is at a 40-year high.

DR. BRAD ALLEN Dr. Allen said inflation is being caused by excessive government spending. “We need to stop spending and printing money we don’t have,” Dr. Allen told the News-Press. The semi-retired pediatric heart surgeon also called for curbing regulatory costs, which he said are killing small businesses and contributing to the supply chain disruptions and inflation. (Dr. Allen, by the way, was recently endorsed by Arthur B. Laffer, a member of President Ronald Reagan’s Economic Policy Advisory Board.) On the issue of Roe v. Wade, Dr. Allen said he favors letting the states determine their abortion laws. He noted if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, it wouldn’t affect California because of the state’s pro-choice laws. Dr. Allen criticized the COVID-19 lockdown, which included school closures and the requirement that kids learn at home. “We knew more than a year ago that the lockdown caused more detrimental harm than good. The people who were hurt the most were the kids. We kept them out of school.”

Dr. Allen said there has been mismanagement of the COVID19 pandemic and foreign policy mismanagement, which he said led to the war in Ukraine. “I’ve never seen our country develop so many problems so quickly, and the mismanagement is so horrible,” Dr. Allen said.

MICHELE WESLANDER QUAID Ms. Weslander Quaid, who formerly worked in national intelligence, has expressed strong support for preserving civil liberties. “Overall, people still value the U.S. constitution and individual liberty, and they’re concerned about that being threatened right now,” she told the NewsPress. When asked about Roe v. Wade, she said she believes abortion issues are best decided by the states. And she stressed that the government must stop overspending. “We are spending more than our gross national product,” Ms. Weslander Quaid. “That’s a national security problem. Who owns our debt? “It’s also a moral problem because we’re saddling future generations with a debt they

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can never repay,” she said. “The government is printing money and devaluing the dollar.” She said she believes in limited government and lower taxes.

JEFF FRANKENFIELD Mr. Frankenfield said he believes that Republicans and Democrats need to work together in Congress and that both parties have good ideas. “I think people are just tired of the status quo of what’s going on with the federal government, with the bad blood between the far left and the far right. It’s been so toxic,” he told the News-Press. “I think most people I talk to are where I am. They’re in the middle, and they’re tired of the fighting,” said Mr. Frankenfield, director of global accounts for a fiber optics business. Mr. Frankenfield said his priorities include government accountability, energy, environment, immigration and the economy. He added he’s concerned about out-of-control deficit spending. He said he doesn’t know the answer for dealing with high gas and food prices. “It’s something I want to look into.” email: dmason@newspress.com

HOW AND WHERE TO VOTE Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday during the primary election. For a list of polling places, go to sbcvote.com. Voters also can drop off their ballots at secure boxes throughout Santa Barbara County. For their locations, go to sbcvote.com. Mail-in ballots will count if the postmark is no later than June 7. No stamp is required. Tuesday’s primary includes races for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state controller, state treasurer, attorney general, insurance commissioner, the state Board of Equalization, U.S. Senate, the 24th Congressional District seat in the House, the newly created 37th state Assembly District seat, Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge, state superintendent of public instruction, the Santa Barbara County superintendent of schools, the county Board of Supervisors (for the 2nd and 5th districts), the county auditor-controller, the Santa Barbara County clerk-recorder-assessor, the county district attorney, the county sheriff-coroner and the county treasurer-tax collector-public administrator.

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As food prices soar with no end in sight, Americans change habits By CASEY HARPER THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – Americans are changing their shopping habits because of soaring food prices. And disruptions in the international farming community have some worried about the food supply heading into 2023. The BMO Real Financial

Progress Index, a quarterly survey from BMO and Ipsos, shows that 42% of surveyed adults “are changing how they shop for groceries,” including “opting for cheaper items, avoiding brand names and buying only the essentials.” The report found “46% are either dining out less or consciously spending less when dining out.”

Record high energy costs and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been major factors in rising food prices. Gas prices hit new record highs every day in the past week. According to AAA, the national average gas price rose to $4.85 on Sunday, with diesel gas prices at their own record of $5.64 per gallon. Please see FOOD on A4

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and a “libertarian Republican.” He said he opposes COVID-19 mandates and regulations that could hurt business. And he stressed he opposes any “defund the police” proposals and noted the support he’s received from law enforcement. Mr. Stoker also said he favors lower taxes. “California is worth fighting for and worth saving,” Mr. Stoker told the News-Press. If elected, Mr. Hart said he would like to focus on education, environment and infrastructure, all of which he said are tied back to the economy.

“The state is the fifth largest economy in the world. That is a major economic force that has a huge responsibility of delivering services for county governments and residents all throughout California,” said Mr. Hart, a current member of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. “The No. 1 focus is to do our best as a state to protect the economy and make that work for working families and residents.” Mr. Wallach, a writer, told KEYT-TV that he is running to help children who have experienced learning loss and food insecurity. He also said he favors housing the homeless in hotels until the proper facilities are built. email: dmason@newspress.com

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Continued from Page A2 it’s $6.326, the only state so far to reach that peak, while in Santa Barbara County, the average is $6.268. If recent trends continue – and there’s no reason to think they won’t – several other states will join the $5 club soon, including Indiana, Pennsylvania, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and others. A month ago, the average cost of a gallon of gas across the U.S.

was $4.25. A year ago, it was $3.05. Prices have risen $1.80 a gallon on average since then. Diesel gas prices also hit a new record Sunday, reaching a national average price of $5.64. Rising energy costs are in part driving 40-year-high inflation, where the cost of everything, from food to clothing to other household items, are rising. As gas prices rise, consumer consumption is dropping. Consumption has declined at a rate of 3% to 5% the past seven weeks, according to DataTrek, suggesting that the high costs are

affecting consumer’s behavior. “According to GasBuddy data, weekly US gasoline demand fell 2.3% from the prior week and was 1.5% below the rolling four week average,” Patrick De Haan of GasBuddy tweeted Sunday. “Americans will be spending $94 million more on gasoline today compared to just a week ago,” Mr. DeHaan also tweeted. “We’re spending $1.82 billion on gasoline every 24 hours.” News-Press Associate Editor Matt Smolensky contributed to this report.

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Santa Ynez Valley Summer Classic set for June 25 By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The 2022 Santa Ynez Valley Summer Classic will take place

from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 25. The event will take place outdoors on the shaded grounds of St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church, 2901 Nojoqui Ave., Los

Olivos. Funds raised at this annual event support the church’s community service projects, which benefit the Santa Ynez

Valley and the rest of Santa Barbara County. Those projects include: • The Santa Ynez Valley Community Kitchen, which is now

fully permitted and building the programs and connections long imagined for that space. • Open Doors, which welcomes many nonprofits and communitybased groups. Typically, more than 100 organizations meet annually at St. Mark’s. • A professional preschool that has been offering full, in-person school years since fall 2020 at St. Mark’s. • The Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series at St. Mark’s. It’s now in its 43rd season of chamber music. • St. Mark’s practice of opening its doors to local residents, workers and visitors. The church

offers the use of Wi-Fi, labyrinth, a shady courtyard, restrooms, and other amenities such as ice water on hot days and treats and water for dogs every day. Reservations for the Santa Ynez Valley Classic are required. To make them, go to smitv.info/ summerclassic or call 805-3259280. The suggested reservation donation is $100 per person, but you can make the donation that will work for you. Donations can also be made to smitv.info/servesyv or by texting SERVESYV to 44321. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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Ukraine war, droughts, soaring fertilizer prices all contributing to rising cost of food FOOD

Continued from Page A3 That added cost makes it more expensive for farmers to operate equipment, transport goods to market, and more. “By the economics textbook, higher costs work themselves up through the supply side of the market and raise prices,” said Roger Cryan, chief economist at the American Farm Bureau Federation. “The prices are especially high right now because of the sudden lack of access to Black Sea grain, but if these energy prices stay high in the long run then they will entirely work their way into food prices.” Ukraine is a major food exporter, and it also is an exporter of several key chemicals used to make fertilizer. “Ukraine is one of the largest wheat producers and

suppliers, so wheat is definitely under pressure,” said Maksym Chepeliev, an agriculture professor at Purdue University and a Research Economist at the Center for Global Trade Analysis. “Corn as well, because apart from the fact that Ukraine is a large corn producer and supplier that needs to be replaced, there have been issues with some droughts in South America and also the U.S. that kind of reduced the corn supply, and China is demanding more corn … and that is ... pushing the global corn market.” Fertilizer prices have soared as well, raising the cost for farmers on all kinds of crops, which is then felt by consumers at the grocery store. “Fertilizer prices are translating into increasing cost inputs because not only Ukraine and Russia and Belarus especially, they are large producers of fertilizers

and exporters,” Mr. Chepeliev said, pointing to supply chain disruptions because of the war as well as the impact of sanctions. Other issues have added to the increased food prices as well. Florida’s yield of oranges this year has been diminished in part due to increased bacteria and disease affecting the crop. Egg prices have soared in part because of avian flu. Industry insiders predict the trend of rising food prices will continue as inflation remains at 40-year highs, energy costs rise seemingly daily, and the ongoing supply chain issues from the Russian invasion of Ukraine continue. “The food at home index rose 10.8 percent over the last 12 months, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending November 1980,” the Bureau of Labor statistics said in its latest Consumer Price Index data. “The

index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs increased 14.3 percent over the last year, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending May 1979. The other major grocery store food group indexes also rose over the past year, with increases ranging from 7.8 percent (fruits and vegetables) to 11.0 percent (other food at home).” For now, it remains unclear when prices will come back down. “To have energy, fertilizer, and grain markets all disrupted like this at the same time … could be really devastating in 2023,” Mr. Cryan said. “I think it’s important to recognize that here in the U.S. we have resources. We have safety nets. I don’t anticipate serious hunger problems in the United States as a result of these things because we always provide, but around the world there are going to be a lot of places where feeding the people is going to be a challenge.”

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90/63/s 100/70/s 75/43/s 95/54/s 68/56/pc 84/55/s 80/59/pc 58/49/pc 91/62/s 79/61/pc 74/45/s 86/57/s 67/50/s 82/50/pc 71/52/pc 83/57/s 70/58/pc 104/76/s 80/59/s 91/49/s 86/54/s 71/63/pc 71/53/pc 78/54/s 77/50/s 71/61/pc 72/37/s

Tue. Hi/Lo/W 92/56/s 78/56/pc 66/49/s 73/52/s 68/49/s 90/52/s 65/50/s 69/59/pc

85/69/pc 73/59/pc 72/56/t 99/76/s 78/52/pc 96/78/s 89/76/t 73/55/pc 80/63/s 83/63/s 105/81/s 68/50/c 78/66/t 79/56/pc 64/48/c 83/64/s

POINT ARENA TO POINT PINOS

Wind west-northwest 7-14 knots today. Waves 3-5 feet with a south-southwest swell 3-6 feet at 13 seconds. Visibility clear.

POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO

Wind west-northwest 7-14 knots today. Waves 3-5 feet with a south-southwest swell 3-6 feet at 13 seconds. Visibility clear.

SANTA BARBARA HARBOR TIDES Date Time High Time June 6 June 7 June 8

1:53 a.m. 5:28 p.m. 3:13 a.m. 5:53 p.m. 4:45 a.m. 6:19 p.m.

4.2’ 3.8’ 3.8’ 4.2’ 3.6’ 4.6’

LAKE LEVELS

Low

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0.4’ 3.0’ 0.6’ 2.4’ 0.8’

AT BRADBURY DAM, LAKE CACHUMA 95/64/s 102/71/s 78/43/s 98/56/s 73/59/pc 87/58/s 82/57/pc 59/56/c 96/64/s 80/62/s 80/47/s 92/60/s 66/52/s 87/55/s 71/55/s 87/62/s 69/57/pc 105/77/s 83/63/s 97/52/s 93/57/s 69/61/pc 70/55/s 79/57/s 77/53/s 72/62/pc 77/44/pc

NATIONAL CITIES Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Houston Miami Minneapolis New York City Philadelphia Phoenix Portland, Ore. St. Louis Salt Lake City Seattle Washington, D.C.

Wind west-southwest 7-14 knots today. Waves 2-4 feet with a west-southwest swell 3-5 feet at 7 seconds. Visibility clear.

TIDES

LOCAL TEMPS Today Hi/Lo/W 85/51/pc 76/55/s 66/49/pc 74/50/pc 70/49/pc 86/48/pc 64/52/pc 69/58/pc

MARINE FORECAST

SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL

88/73/pc 75/62/pc 73/58/pc 96/74/pc 79/52/pc 94/76/pc 88/77/t 74/58/sh 78/66/pc 81/68/pc 105/81/s 77/57/pc 78/66/c 81/60/s 71/55/pc 80/70/t

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 84,318 acre-ft. Elevation 707.27 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 35.9 acre-ft. Inflow 0.0 acre-ft. State inflow 36.2 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. -105 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

SUN AND MOON Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset

First

Full

Jun 7

Jun 14

Today 5:47 a.m. 8:09 p.m. 12:01 p.m. 1:05 a.m.

WORLD CITIES

Last

Jun 20

Tue. 5:47 a.m. 8:10 p.m. 1:01 p.m. 1:33 a.m.

New

Jun 28

Today Tue. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Beijing 86/57/pc 83/59/c Berlin 77/57/t 74/56/c Cairo 94/74/s 96/75/s Cancun 88/76/t 86/78/t London 64/53/sh 70/56/pc Mexico City 83/57/pc 83/56/t Montreal 77/62/c 77/61/r New Delhi 108/86/pc 110/87/pc Paris 71/58/c 72/57/sh Rio de Janeiro 77/68/pc 80/69/pc Rome 87/64/s 86/64/pc Sydney 62/49/s 59/45/s Tokyo 67/61/r 66/61/sh W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Helping animals in need COURTESY PHOTO

Draughtsmen Aleworks released a limited-edition “Paws Blonde Ale,” sold in a can featuring a photo of Bear, as part of its efforts to help animals in need.

Local brewery partners with Santa Barbara Humane By MATT SMOLENSKY NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Having a cold one can show a warm heart for local beer aficionados, thanks to a partnership between Draughtsmen Aleworks and Santa Barbara Humane. On May 5, Draughtsmen, a local brewery, released a

limited-edition “Paws Blonde Ale,” sold in a can featuring a photo of Bear, a boxer mix at Santa Barbara Humane. Proceeds from sales of the beverage, whether from the tap or in a four-pack, are donated to help animals in need. The special release is the final phase of the Santa Barbara microbrewery’s spring

fundraising campaign for Santa Barbara Humane. The brewery also worked to raise awareness and funds to support thousands of communityowned and homeless dogs and cats countywide throughout March, after which they began brewing the limited-release ale. Draughtsmen Aleworks, established in 2015, is no

stranger to supporting charitable causes. Each of the brewery’s two locations — Mosaic Locale in downtown Santa Barbara and Santa Felicia Drive in Goleta — feature an ongoing “Karma Tap” that supports local organizations by donating one dollar to the selected beneficiary for each pint poured.

Santa Barbara Humane depends on partnerships of this kind in its mission to provide veterinary care, behavior support, shelter and love to animals and families in need, according to a news release. The organization’s two campuses — one in Goleta, the other in Santa Maria — annually provide free veterinary care

to more than 20,000 animals, facilitate more than 1,200 animal adoptions and provide more than 1,000 animals with training. To learn more about Santa Barbara Humane services, go to sbhumane.org. To donate, visit sbhumane.org/give. email: msmolensky@newspress. com

Summer reading program kicks off at Goleta, SYV libraries By MATT SMOLENSKY NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

he 2022 Summer Reading Program, hosted by the Goleta Valley and Santa Ynez Valley libraries, began Friday and will run for eight weeks, ending on July 30. The program is being held in person for the first time in two years, and includes participation categories for children, teens and adults. “We are really excited to be holding our Summer Reading Program in person once again this summer,” said Elizabeth Saucedo, children’s librarian at Goleta Valley Library. “It’s fantastic to see our community come together to enjoy the gift of reading with us!” Those who wish to participate can pick up a youth or teen reading log, used to record the books read over the summer, at the Goleta Valley Library, Isla Vista Bookvan, Buellton Library or Solvang Library. To receive prizes, participants simply bring the log back. Adult participants can enter one ticket for each book read during the program for weekly prize drawings. The program will include live shows throughout the summer, beginning with a magic show by

Shawn McMaster scheduled for Saturday. The show can be seen at the Solvang Library at 10 a.m. or at the Goleta Valley Library at 2 p.m. Subsequent events include puppet shows, concerts, crafts and more. For a full list of events, go to www.GoletaValleyLibrary.org. Teen volunteers are central to the success of the event and are still being accepted. Teens interested in volunteering are invited to email Ms. Saucedo at esaucedo@cityofgoleta.org. A broad array of local businesses and organizations contributed prizes for the program. Sponsors for the Summer Reading Program include Albertsons, Bennett’s Toys & Educational Materials, Blenders in the Grass, California Electric Supply, Chipotle, Friends of the Goleta Valley Library, Friends of the Library of Santa Ynez Valley, Golf ‘N’ Stuff, Ice in Paradise, Isla Vista Food Co-op, Island Burgers, Kyle’s Kitchen, Los Arroyos, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Ocean Nails & Spa, Old Town Coffee, Pattibakes, Pollofino, PowellPeralta, Santa Barbara Axxess, South Coast Deli, South Coast Montessori, South Coast Railroad Museum - Goleta Depot, UCSB Gauchos and Wingstop. email: msmolensky@newspress.com

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The Goleta Valley Library, pictured above, and the Santa Ynez Valley libraries have launched their summer reading program.

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he 14-inch glass relief vase with silver and black overlay Art Deco designs gives me a perfect opportunity to write about how and where Art Deco was born. From the 19th century to fairly recently, the world saw the “new” at world’s fairs or expositions. We take their existence for granted today, as in our youth we may have attended such a fair, but before 1855 nothing like a world’s fair was convened. And this is where something similar to D.F.’s vase was originally shown, at a French exposition. D.F. sends me a design by Rene Lalique from his later years; his previous glass designs were in the Art Nouveau style (more about that later.) Lalique defined the early years of the Art Deco movement, as his style evolved from Art Nouveau or “New Art.” By the 1920s Art Deco was the style that was “new,” and unlike Art Nouveau, Art Deco was geometric, functional, with organic motifs, in luxury materials, such as the black and silver enameling on D.F.’s vase. Although Lalique is famous for Art Nouveau and Art Deco designs in the French taste, other nationalities presented their own take on “new art,” notably Belgium, which produced amazing furniture by Victor Horta, and the new art style called Jugendstil, in designs by Bruno Mohring, as well as the predecessor to the Bauhaus, Vienna Secessionist designs of Otto Wagner. Art Nouveau began in Belgium and France in the 1880s as the first utterly unique style of design known for 300 years. The U.S. market, although only the wealthy patrons, bought Tiffany glass in Art Nouveau designs. A short-lived style, it is beloved today; it was expensive then and still is today on the auction market. There is a theory in the history of design that says that most new styles begin in metalwork, and Art Nouveau and Deco is no

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This Art Deco vase is valued at $450.

exception. Rene Lalique was, upon graduation from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs de Paris, a jewelry designer, and his work was purchased by the wealthy and famous such as actress Sarah Bernhardt. In his later life he focused on glassmaking and was known for surfaces of dramatic relief (raised) designs. After 20 years of glassmaking, he built his own factory at Wingen-sur-Moder in Alsace in 1921. But Art Nouveau and the seeds of Art Deco were born at the 1900

Exposition Universelle in Paris; Lalique brought his Art Nouveau jewelry to show there from April 14 – Nov. 12, 1900. This cemented his reputation. The concept of the World’s Fair or Exposition was born in 1851 in London; upon seeing the Crystal Palace, a magnificent marvel of glass and steel greenhouse-style engineering, Napoleon III was impressed with the variety and attendance and brought the idea to France to celebrate everything French (The London Fair was international.) He oversaw the

Paris Universal Expositions in 1855, 1867 and another in 1878 to celebrate the historic defeat of the Paris Commune, and another in 1899 celebrating the centennial of the French Revolution. France became known for her fairs, the height being the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in 1925. The fair attended by Lalique in 1900 was unique in offering some of the ‘firsts’ of technology to the world: a total of 50 million people may have seen one or more of the following: “Galalith,” the first synthetic plastic, Russian nesting dolls, the Ferris wheel, the moving sidewalk, a passenger trolleybus, escalators, diesel engines, electric cars and fire engines, dry cell batteries, the magnetic audio recorder and talking films. Not just decorative art was viewed, but many marvels celebrating French design, putting France at the center of the design world. Structures built for the Exposition which still stand today are the Grand Palais, Pont Alexandre III, the Gare d’Orsay Railroad station and a few of Hector Guimard’s Paris Metro archways. Many of the structures built in the Beaux Arts style for the exposition were decorated with ironwork and relief features in the Art Nouveau style, and to mention only one of the restaurants that featured Art Nouveau designs, I think of Maxim’s. If you own a piece of Lalique — be it a bowl, a vase or a perfume bottle — you can picture a piece, although more “Art Nouveau” in style than D.F.’s vase, on show at the exposition of 1900. D.F.’s vase is pure geometric high style Art Deco, but the stylistic dividing line between Art Nouveau and Art Deco is blurred as one style moved into the next. The value is $450. Dr. Elizabeth Stewart’s “Ask the Gold Digger” column appears Mondays in the News-Press. Written after her father’s COVID-19 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 present-day constrictions. It’s available at Chaucer’s in Santa Barbara.

Shelters seek homes for pets

Local animal shelters and their nonprofit partners are looking for homes for pets. For more information, go to these websites: • Animal Services-Lompoc, countyofsb.org/phd/animal/home. sbc. • Animal Shelter Assistance Program in Goleta, asapcats.org. ASAP is kitty corner to Santa Barbara County Animal Services. • Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter in Goleta, bunssb.org. BUNS is based at Santa Barbara County Animal Services. • Companion Animal Placement

Assistance, lompoccapa.org and facebook.com/capaoflompoc. CAPA works regularly with Animal Services-Lompoc. • K-9 Placement & Assistance League, k-9pals.org. K-9 PALS works regularly with Santa Barbara County Animal Services. • Santa Barbara County Animal Care Foundation, sbcanimalcare. org. (The foundation works regularly with the Santa Maria Animal Center.) • Santa Barbara County Animal Services in Goleta: countyofsb.org/ phd/animal/home.sbc. • Santa Barbara Humane (with

campuses in Goleta and Santa Maria), sbhumane.org. • Santa Maria Animal Center, countyofsb.org/phd/animal/home. sbc. The center is part of Santa Barbara County Animal Services. • Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society/DAWG in Buellton, syvhumane.org. • Shadow’s Fund (a pet sanctuary in Lompoc), shadowsfund.org. • Volunteers for Inter-Valley Animals in Lompoc: vivashelter. org. — Dave Mason

Getting ready for a walk

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A mallard is prepared to put its best step forward at Andree Clark Bird Refuge in Santa Barbara.

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Thought for Today

Aries: Your self-confidence is likely to skyrocket today, Aries. Good news about money could reach you while you’re at home, causing family members to want to celebrate. You might be a little tired, but you’ll be up for it anyway, since the news gives you a second wind. Taurus: It’s time to get in touch with the people in your neighborhood, Taurus. By reaching out to the people you live near in a jovial and congenial way you build community spirit. You can expect a lot of stimulating conversation once you take the initiative. Valuable business contacts could be made today, although you might not be aware of it at the time. Gemini: Today could bring a lot of physical activity, possibly including workouts and dancing, as your energy, enthusiasm, and stamina are all high, Gemini. Life may be mentally demanding, too, but you can handle it. Communications with friends and colleagues should be warm, congenial, and full of goodnatured banter. Cancer: Children cross your path today for a reason. You might get caught up in their games and momentarily experience being a child again yourself. This could increase your appeal for love partners, Cancer, so don’t be surprised if you’re the recipient of admiring advances from others. Leo: Communication flows freely today, Leo. Land might be discussed. At some point you’ll be reminded of someone from the past and experience a momentary wave of longing to see this person again. This won’t last, however. You’ll be too busy relating to those you’re currently talking to. Expect to learn a lot and accomplish more throughout the course of the day. Virgo: Expect to hear some great news from relatives or neighbors, perhaps involving money. You could hear this from more than one source, Virgo, so it’s likely true. You might spend a lot of time driving around, mainly running errands but also seeking people who are in the know. Someone you need to reach won’t be available, but don’t let that stop you. Libra: The forthcoming completion of a frustrating project could be moved closer by one intense burst of energy from

you, Libra. Self-confidence and determination come together to make sure you tie up all the loose ends and finish it all up. However, don’t expect to be able to relax for long. The enthusiasm generated by the success of this project will only whet your appetite for new ones. Scorpio: Today you might plan a trip, Scorpio, perhaps a longdistance vacation. You may be planning far in advance, but you love to dream about the possibilities now. You’re in the position where you feel secure enough financially and established enough in your working life to cut yourself a little slack and make time for enjoyment. Sagittarius: Sagittarius, some interesting insights could steer you in the right direction regarding a goal you’ve been working toward for a long time. You generally prefer logic to ESP, but today your intuition is so strong that it’s difficult to resist. You could also feel a burst of physical energy that spurs you on to do whatever needs to be done. Don’t worry about what’s rational. Follow your heart. Capricorn: Expect to spend a lot of time communicating with others, perhaps texting multiple friends at one time either individually or in a group chat. At least one could end up being helpful to your professional life. A lot of stimulating conversation could take place today, Capricorn, perhaps giving you clues to opportunities or trends that you want to follow. Aquarius: Your health is likely to be glowing and your physical energy high, Aquarius. You’ll probably want to spend some of your time today working out or otherwise getting some exercise. This gets the endorphins going so you feel that much more motivated to pursue job-related or personal projects. Relations with others should be stimulating and jovial, although not deep or intimate. Pisces: Intense communication throughout the day could bring you closer to a friend or lover, Pisces. Conversations about a number of different subjects could increase your understanding of one another and leave you with a lot of wonderful memories of the day. If possible, you could drive into the country or just hang out together, too.

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Abbott directs TEA to create rules mandating enhanced safety standards for schools By BETHANY BLANKLEY THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Education Agency to create rules mandating enhanced safety standards for public schools in response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde that left 19 children and two teachers dead. “In the wake of this devastating crime, we must redouble our efforts to ensure that our schools provide a safe and secure environment for the children of Texas,” Gov. Abbott wrote TEA Commissioner Mike Morath in a letter directing him to take more action. “You should immediately prepare additional rules to ensure that existing school facilities are also held to heightened safety standards. We must do everything possible to protect children and safeguard our schools.” The governor directed TEA to instruct school districts to identify actions they can take prior to the start of the new school year that will make their campuses more secure, to conduct weekly inspections of exterior doors to verify they are secure during school hours, and to develop

strategies to encourage school districts to increase the presence of trained law enforcement officers and school marshals on campuses. In 2019, the state legislature passed Senate Bill 11, which the governor signed into law. It required the TEA to adopt rules to ensure that building standards for school district facilities were safe and secure. It also required TEA to review and amend the rules by Sept. 1, 2022. While the TEA adopted rules creating standards for school districts to follow when new facilities were built, it didn’t adopt rules to ensure that existing school facilities were held to heightened safety standards. There “is still more work to be done,” Gov. Abbott said. He directed the TEA to “immediately prepare additional rules to ensure that existing school facilities are also held to heightened safety standards.” He told Mr. Morath, “Your task is to provide ways to make schools safer.” He also directed him to determine the cost for school districts to comply with heightened safety standards for existing facilities. The announcement came after

Gov. Abbott issued a disaster declaration for the city of Uvalde to accelerate all available state and local resources to assist the community. He also authorized an initial $5 million to create a longterm Family Resiliency Center in Uvalde County to provide a range of community services, including access to the critical mental health resources. Gov. Abbott requested legislative leaders to create special legislative committees to develop recommendations on school safety, mental health, social media, police training, and firearm safety among other issues. He also directed the Texas School Safety Center to immediately begin conducting comprehensive school safety reviews of all public schools in Texas. The TxSSC, among other things, provides school law enforcement training and behavioral threat assessments to Texas public schools. Texas “must work beyond writing words on paper,” ensure laws are being followed and “a culture of constant vigilance is engrained in every campus and in every school district employee across the state,” Gov. Abbott said. In 2019, the legislature passed

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Second Amendment Foundation sues over Washington’s high-capacity magazine ban By BRETT DAVIS THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – The Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and several other officials, challenging the state’s ban on large-capacity magazines for handguns and rifles. Senate Bill 5078 prohibits the sale of gun magazines with a capacity of more than 10 rounds, along with the manufacturing, distribution or import of such magazines in Washington. Passed by the state Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee earlier this year, SB 5078 is set to go into effect on July 1. Also named in the lawsuit are Washington State Patrol Chief John R. Batiste, King County Sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall, Kitsap County Sheriff John Gese, Grays Harbor County Sheriff Rick Scott, King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg, Kitsap County Prosecutor Chad M. Enright, and Grays Harbor County Prosecutor Katie Svoboda. The California-based Firearms Policy Coalition, Rainier Arms LLC out of Auburn, and citizen Gabriella Sullivan joined SAF in the lawsuit. “We’re asking the court to declare Washington’s ban on original capacity magazines to be unconstitutional under the Second and Fourteenth amendments,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb in a statement announcing the lawsuit. “We want an injunction against the state because this ban criminalizes something that is common in a majority of states, and also leaves law-abiding Washington citizens more vulnerable to attack by ruthless criminals.” The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms, while the Fourteenth Amendment, in part, reads “nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process.” The complaint alleges SB 5078 will negatively impact Washingtonians’ self-defense options. “The State of Washington has criminalized one of the most common and important means by which its citizens can exercise their fundamental right of self-defense,” the lawsuit reads. “By banning manufacturing, importation, distribution, and sale of standard-capacity firearm magazines that can carry more than 10 rounds of ammunition (‘standard capacity magazines’), the State has barred law-abiding residents from legally acquiring common ammunition magazines and deprived them of an effective means of

self-defense.” Earlier this year, Dave Workman, senior editor of TheGunMag.com, SAF’s print and online publication, predicted to The Center Square that SB 5078 would have “no effect at all on violent crime” should it go into effect. “Absent relief from this Court,” the lawsuit states, “Defendants will violate the constitutionally protected rights of Washington’s law-abiding citizens and reinforce the erroneous notion that the right to keep and bear arms is nothing more than ‘a second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees.’” The lawsuit also, within the context of the Second Amendment, makes an economic argument for why the high-capacity magazine ban should be struck down. “An outright ban on manufacturing, importing, selling, or offering for sale constitutionally protected magazines violates the Second Amendment by prohibiting retailers from engaging in commerce necessary for individuals to exercise their fundamental right to keep and bear arms,” the lawsuit states. The lawsuit takes place against the backdrop of two recent highly-publicized mass shootings, and a high-capacity magazine ban case out of California that may end up being decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. On May 24, an 18-year-old man fatally shot 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Ten days prior, a gunman killed 10 people at a Topps Friendly Markets store in Buffalo, New York. In both cases, the attacks were carried out using powerful semi-automatic rifles with magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. At the end of February, the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action partnered with the California Rifle & Pistol Association to petition the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to California’s ban on magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. A federal appeals court last year upheld California’s ban on large-capacity magazines. On Nov. 30, in an en banc decision, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 7-4 that a state law that limits the size of magazines does not interfere with the right to self-defense. California’s large-capacity magazine ban was approved by voters in 2016. A district judge and a divided three-judge 9th Circuit panel struck down the law prior to it being revived by the whole 9th Circuit.

Debate over arming teachers resurfaces By CASEY HARPER THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – The tragic and deadly shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, have renewed the debate over gun control measures, but another policy idea also has been thrust back to the forefront: arming teachers. After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., in 2013, Texas passed a law allowing teachers to sign up as firearm-carrying “marshals.” The program has not had widespread adoption. Several other states have laws allowing teachers to carry firearms on school grounds. Now, Ohio may follow suit with its own plan to allow teachers to carry guns. Ohio Republicans have spearheaded the issue in their state, passing a bill in both the House and the Senate this week that would reduce the amount of training teachers need to carry a gun to school from 700 hours to 24 initial hours followed by four recurring hours of training that

the state’s attorney general would oversee. Ohio school districts would have the authority to add additional hour requirements. Federal law prohibits carrying guns on K-12 school grounds but does allow exceptions for adults with state-issued licenses, leaving states wiggle room to create their own policies. So far, there is no nationwide consensus, and states have often deferred to local school districts. The debate has been furthered after controversy surrounding the police response to the recent Texas shooting – the Uvalde shooter was active for over an hour inside the school before federal border agents confronted and killed him. Newly released polling from Convention of States Action, along with the Trafalgar Group, found the majority of surveyed Americans say armed teachers would make schools safer. Currently, very few schools actually have teachers carrying weapons on school property. The poll reports that “57.5

percent of American voters believe that preventing properly trained school teachers and school staff from carrying a firearm makes schools more dangerous” compared to 30.8% who say the opposite. The poll surveyed 1,091 likely voters nationwide from May 25 through May 29 with a 2.9% margin of error. The poll’s results varied by political affiliation, with 57.1% of Independents and 67.5% of Republicans favoring arming teachers while 48.2% of Democrats said the same. Notably, younger Americans were most supportive, with 61.8% of 18-24 year-olds saying that prohibiting properly trained teachers from carrying guns would make schools less safe. Polling of teachers suggests they are not as supportive. A Gallup poll from 2019 found that 73% of surveyed teachers “oppose teachers and staff carrying guns in schools” and 58% said “carrying guns in schools would make schools less safe.”

Biden calls for ban assault weapons, high-capacity magazines THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden late Thursday called on Congress to ban assault weapons and highcapacity magazines in response to three mass shootings in three weeks. President Biden also called for stronger background checks on gun buyers and an end to legal immunity for gun manufacturers. “Why in God’s name should an ordinary citizen [be] able to purchase an assault weapon that holds 300-round magazines that let mass shooters fire hundreds of bullets in a matter of minutes?” the president said. If Congress does not have the votes to ban assault weapons, then the minimum age required to purchase them should be raised from 18 to 21, he said. “The damage is so devastating. In Uvalde, parents had to do DNA swabs to identify the remains of their children – nine and 10-year oldchildren,” the president said. “Enough.” An 18-year-old entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last week and murdered 19 children and two teachers. More than an hour into the attack, Border Patrol agents shot and killed the shooter. The Uvalde shooting came after 10 people were shot and killed at a Buffalo supermarket. Both gunmen were 18 and used an AR-15-style weapon. Four others were shot and killed this week at a medical clinic in Tulsa, Okla. The president blamed Republicans for letting a federal assault weapons ban expire after 10 years in 2004. “My God, the fact that the majority of the Senate Republicans don’t want any of these proposals even to be debated or come up for a vote, I find unconscionable,” he said. Many Republicans say that banning assault weapons is unconstitutional and will not stop mass shootings. Instead, they say, society needs to deal with the root cause of the mass shootings, mental health.

President Biden also called for stronger background checks on gun buyers and an end to legal immunity for gun manufacturers.