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‘I just want to keep playing ball’ Goleta’s Dustin Demeter is keeping his sandlot dreams alive
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Patrons enjoy an afternoon at Institution Ale Co. on Sunday in downtown Santa Barbara, just hours after Gov. Gavin Newsom recommended that bars close in Santa Barbara County.
Newsom recommends that bars close in SB County By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered bars to close in seven counties Sunday due to the rising spread of the coronavirus, while also recommending that bars close in Santa Barbara County, among others. According to the governor, the bar closures are required in Los Angeles, Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, San Joaquin and Tulare counties. The closures are recommended for Santa
Barbara, Ventura, Sacramento, Contra Costa, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Clara, and Stanislaus counties. “COVID-19 is still circulating in California, and in some parts of the state, growing stronger,” Gov. Newsom said in a written statement. “That’s why it is critical we take this step to limit the spread of the virus in the counties that are seeing the biggest increases.” The closures are mandated in the counties that have been on the state’s watch list for more Please see bars on A7
Hearing today in Golden State Killer case Plea deal possible for Joseph DeAngelo, who has been charged in four Goleta murders COURTESY PHOTOS
“It feels good to be back in the box and playing ball again,” said University of Hawaii infielder Dustin Demeter, a Dos Pueblos High graduate with professional baseball aspirations. He has taken his talents to the Sandlot League of Tulsa, Okla.
By MARK PATTON NEWS-PRESS SENIOR WRITER
Goleta’s Dustin Demeter was living a baseball dream that always had been just his sandlot make-believe. It was the season opener on Feb. 7 … Bottom of the ninth inning … A teammate on base … Down by a run and down to the last strike. And then bam! Demeter blasts a fastball over the right-field fence to give the University of Hawaii a 5-4, walk-off victory over Hawaii-Hilo before an opening-night crowd of 3,061. There was no need for dreams that night. “I was so wired from the adrenalin that I didn’t get to sleep at all,” recalled Demeter, a left-handed-hitting, redshirt junior from Dos Pueblos High School. Hawaii coach Mike Trapasso greeted him at home plate with an emotional embrace. He
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knew just how hard Demeter had worked to get back on the field after his previous season was lost to surgeries on both hips. “Couldn’t be more happy for Dustin,” he said. “It was a great welcome back.” Trapasso figured to lose Demeter again to this month’s Major League Baseball Draft, acknowledging that he was “ready to play professionally.” But then the entire season was lost in early March when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of all collegiate sports competition. It also wiped out this summer’s Minor League Baseball season, forcing a detour in the baseball journey of Trapasso’s 6-foot-2 third baseman. “We were going to have a really good season,” Demeter said. “We had some good arms and bats, and we were really rolling at the time. “Having it all interrupted like that was such Please see DEMETER on A8
Demeter had worked hard to get back on the field after his previous season was lost to surgeries on both hips, describing the sixmonth rehab as a “grueling process.”
By PAUL GONZALEZ NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Alleged Golden State Killer Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., 74, will appear for a court hearing this afternoon at the Sacramento State University Union Ballroom. Those involved in the case expect Mr. DeAngelo will plead guilty to multiple murders and rapes from the 1970s and 1980s, including four murder charges for double slayings in Goleta in 1979 and 1981. While the terms of the deal are not yet public, Jennifer Carole, the daughter of Golden State Killer victim Lyman Smith, said Mr. DeAngelo may admit to up to 80 criminal counts, including counts related to the 1975 death of Claud Snelling and 1978 deaths of Brian and Katie Maggiore.
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Joseph James DeAngelo
“Those are, to me, incredible victories because there were not ballistics that could tie them to DeAngelo, so if he’s going to own those murders that’s huge,” Ms. Please see GSK on A8
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