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from Santa Barbara News-Press: August 24, 2020

The 500 block of State Street buzzes with activity on Sunday.

KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS

Business owners say current setup works for them

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Barbara South Coast area. Most of that majority, 76.7%, consisted of Santa Barbara residents, while 14.05% were from Goleta, Hope Ranch, or Isla Vista, and 7.23% from Montecito, Summerland, or Carpinteria. The smallest percentage, 2.3%, was visitors from outside the Santa Barbara South Coast Area.

When the News-Press went to the 500 block of State Street on Sunday afternoon to ask local residents what they thought of the results, everyone agreed with the charrette’s majority opinion. Santa Barbara resident Kelsey Bodine said changing State Street into a pedestrian promenade was “a long awaited improvement to Santa Barbara” that many local businesses wanted to happen for a while.

“I don’t want it to go back to the way it was,” Ms. Bodine said.

Local resident Sarah Jonas also said she likes the new State Street. Though she doesn’t think the promenade necessarily needs to be expanded, she’d support adding blocks if it would help businesses.

She added that making the promenade permanent would be an enjoyable addition to downtown Santa Barbara that doesn’t interfere with parking.

“I think it’s a good idea. There’s no parking on State Street so

Signs remind visitors to wear masks on State Street.

you’re not really losing parking, and we have nice weather here, so it’s fun to sit outside and eat,” she said.

Santa Barbara resident Shain Cox told the News-Press that State Street’s current setup “serves the community a whole lot better than to have traffic going up and down.” He also believes that expanding the number of areas closed to vehicles on not just State Street, but beyond, could be beneficial to local businesses.

“I think that this kind of concept could prove very valuable to other areas,” he stated. “If there’s road traffic and there’s businesses operating there, closing it down to serve this same purpose would prove very useful for whatever shops are on another road, if not State Street.”

For business owners who operate establishments on the 500 block of State Street, closing the street to vehicle traffic has been a great boon from a business standpoint. Red Piano co-owner Colin Campbell said the current setup has been “a great help” and for the most part seems “about right,” but he does think that there should be more police to enforce improper bicycling and mask wearing through the crowded 500 block.

“I think they need to make some rules if they want to control the safety element of the whole thing. They need to make a couple laws that would really help people that are in charge of enforcing it, just give them some teeth and ability when in their job,” he said.

The Cruisery owner Aron Ashland said the promenade is something the city should have done a long time ago, and was optimistic that the added liveliness to State Street will generate money for the city of Santa Barbara.

“It’s the most valuable real estate in the city, and now we’re using it to make the city better, to generate more tax revenue, to be able to have more police, more fire department, better schools, all those things,” Mr. Ashland said.

He added, “The city used to pay money to maintain the street. Now they’re going to make money closing the street off, so I think it’s a win for the city, overall.”

Though overall pleased with the promenade, like Mr. Campbell, Mr. Ashland also thinks it could use a greater police presence to enforce mask wearing. Enforcing mask rules currently falls on the business owners, and Mr. Ashland said it’s not something he’s very used to.

“It’s just nice to have someone there for support so we don’t have to be the bad guy all the time,” he said.

email: jgrega@newspress.com

SARAGOSA, Trinidad John

Trinidad “Trini” John Saragosa native Carpinterian passed away 8/4/2020. He was born 11/27/1924 in his parents home on 7th Street. He is predeceased by his wife of 63 years, Esther B. Saragosa. He is survived by his 5 children, Ruben J. Saragosa (Ginger) of Oxnard, Sylvia Raygoza (Jesse) of San Francisco, Edward Saragosa (Kathy) of Carpinteria, Marlena Trussell (Doug) of Olympia, WA, and Robert Saragosa of Honolulu, HI. They had 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Trini was a U.S. Army WWII Veteran. He was severely wounded by sniper fire after the Battle of the Bulge and was awarded a Purple Heart and Victory medal. He was a transportation specialist. He returned to Carpinteria and worked in a local produce packing house before he married Esther in November of 1953. He would later work for the Carpinteria Unified School District from which he would retire. He also had a side business as a commercial painting contractor. Trini & Esther were also active parishioners of Saint Joseph’s Church. Trini would perform usher and collection duties at nearly every mass he attended. They both provided time and delicious enchiladas to the annual carnival. Trini also assisted his 3 sons in the parish’s Boy Scout Troop. When not beautifying their home, their home held many barbecues and family gatherings. Trini & Esther were avid cruisers, and enjoyed trips with a local senior group. The family would like to extend deep thanks and praise to the staff of Aegis of Ventura for their care of their father over the last 3.5 years. The family will have a celebration of life for Trini in the future. A future when the pandemic has passed and large families such as ours can gather again. We look forward to that day.

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LOCAL FIVE-DAY FORECAST

TODAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

Smoky with hazy sunshine INLAND 95 58 COASTAL 78 62

Mostly sunny and pleasant INLAND 95 58 COASTAL 77 61

Sunny and pleasant INLAND 93 58 COASTAL 80 61

Sunny and nice

INLAND 96 55 COASTAL 78 60

Pismo Beach 73/58

Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows.

Guadalupe 76/59

Vandenberg 71/58 Santa Maria 80/59

Los Alamos 88/60 New Cuyama 100/62

Lompoc Buellton 85/58 Solvang 90/59 74/57 SANTA BARBARA

ALMANAC Good Moderate Unhealthy for SG Unhealthy Very Unhealthy Not Available MARINE FORECAST SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL Ventura 76/63

Santa Barbara through 6 p.m. yesterday Wind west at 6-12 knots today. Wind waves 1-3 TEMPERATURE feet with a west swell 2-4 feet at 9-second intervals. High/low 80/66 Visibility under 2 miles in smoke. Normal high/low 75/57 POINT ARENA TO POINT PINOS Record high 90 in 1968 Wind northwest 6-12 knots today. Waves 1-3 feet Record low 49 in 2002 with a south-southwest swell 2-4 feet at 9 seconds. PRECIPITATION 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. 0.00” Month to date (normal) Trace (0.09”) Season to date (normal) 11.57” (17.65”) Visibility clear. Wind northwest 6-12 knots today. Waves 1-3 feet with a south-southwest swell 2-4 feet at 9 seconds. Visibility clear. POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO

LOCAL TEMPS TIDES Today Tue. SANTA BARBARA HARBOR TIDES City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Date Time High Time Low

Cuyama 100/62/pc 100/59/s Aug. 24 2:15 a.m. 4.0’ 7:56 a.m. 1.5’ Goleta 79/61/pc 79/61/s 2:41 p.m. 5.4’ 9:49 p.m. 1.0’ Lompoc 77/58/s 74/57/pc Aug. 25 3:52 a.m. 3.5’ 8:48 a.m. 2.2’ Pismo Beach 73/58/pc 72/56/s 3:44 p.m. 5.5’ 11:22 p.m. 0.7’ Santa Maria 80/59/pc 77/58/s Aug. 26 5:50 a.m. 3.4’ 10:05 a.m. 2.7’ Santa Ynez 95/58/pc 95/58/s 4:55 p.m. 5.6’ none Vandenberg 71/58/s 69/58/pc Ventura 76/63/pc 75/63/pc LAKE LEVELS STATE CITIES At Lake Cachuma’s maximum level at the point AT BRADBURY DAM, LAKE CACHUMA Bakersfield 102/74/pc 101/73/pc at which water starts spilling over the dam holds Barstow 108/78/pc 109/78/s 188,030 acre-feet. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, Big Bear 81/51/t 81/51/t equivalent to the amount of water consumed annuBishop 101/59/t 101/58/pc ally by 10 people in an urban environment. Catalina 80/69/s 81/70/pc Concord 92/63/t 90/62/s Escondido 92/68/s 92/67/pc Eureka 65/53/t 65/53/pc Fresno 101/72/pc 100/71/pc Los Angeles 89/69/s 90/68/s Mammoth Lakes 80/46/t 80/43/t Storage 145,107 acre-ft. Elevation 735.89 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 45.9 acre-ft. Infl ow 30.0 acre-ft. State infl ow 0.0 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. +0 acre-ft. Modesto 98/68/t 97/66/pc Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Monterey 76/60/pc 73/59/pc Napa 89/56/t 88/56/s Oakland 80/59/t 75/59/s Ojai 91/63/pc 92/61/s Oxnard 77/64/s 75/63/pc Palm Springs 112/86/pc 113/87/s Pasadena 93/69/s 95/69/s Paso Robles 93/59/pc 89/57/s Sacramento 96/64/t 95/63/pc SUN AND MOON Sunrise 6:27 a.m. 6:28 a.m. Sunset 7:36 p.m. 7:34 p.m. Moonrise 12:41 p.m. 1:49 p.m. Moonset 11:33 p.m. none Today Tue. First Full Last New San Diego 83/73/s 83/73/pc San Francisco 78/57/t 76/55/pc San Jose 89/64/t 85/61/s San Luis Obispo 82/58/pc 80/57/s Aug 25 Sep 1 Sep 10 Sep 17 Santa Monica 81/67/s 83/67/s Tahoe Valley 83/49/t 82/47/t WORLD CITIES

NATIONAL CITIES City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Today Tue.

Atlanta 82/72/t 83/73/t Beijing 88/69/r 91/70/pc Boston 84/72/t 89/63/t Berlin 73/56/sh 75/62/pc Chicago 94/74/s 94/72/pc Cairo 97/77/s 97/76/s Dallas 96/74/s 95/77/pc Cancun 90/78/t 87/80/t Denver 98/65/s 98/65/pc London 68/60/t 71/56/t Houston 95/74/pc 90/74/t Mexico City 75/56/t 73/56/t Miami 91/82/t 92/81/t Montreal 79/68/r 76/52/t Minneapolis 90/69/pc 88/72/s New Delhi 91/80/t 92/79/pc New York City 87/74/t 90/68/t Paris 76/58/pc 82/58/pc Philadelphia 89/74/t 91/71/t Rio de Janeiro 70/62/pc 71/65/pc Phoenix 114/89/pc 112/89/c Rome 86/66/pc 87/66/s Portland, Ore. 81/56/s 84/55/s Sydney 62/44/s 60/43/pc St. Louis 94/74/s 95/74/pc Tokyo 87/76/pc 90/79/pc Salt Lake City 97/71/pc 98/72/pc W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, Seattle 77/54/s 78/54/s c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, Washington, D.C. 91/75/t 92/74/s sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.