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Council to discuss energy reach code Climate advocates claim gas industry is spreading misinformation

Virtual ceremony commemorates victims, survivors of devastating debris flow

By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

This Tuesday, a new energy reach code will be discussed by the Santa Barbara City Council.

As the regular meeting approaches, climate advocates, energy groups and Southern California Gas have spoken up about their opinions on the code.

It’s important to note that the council will not be deciding on Tuesday; rather, members will receive a presentation from city staff on the code and provide direction to staff for possible pathways of implementation.

The reach code (a local code that is stricter than state code) would prohibit all gas infrastructure in new construction. All new residential and commercial buildings would be required to have all electric infrastructure, therefore reducing carbon emissions and the city’s carbon footprint.

It’s also important to note that this code would not apply

to existing buildings, additions or alterations such as tenant improvements.

“Any existing building with natural gas appliances would not be affected, even if that building is sold or renovated or changed use,” the staff report reads.

The Sustainability Council Committee, including Mayor Cathy Murillo, Mayor Pro Tempore Kristen Sneddon and Council member Meagan Harmon, unanimously voted in favor of the code in November 2020.

According to the report, staff has met with many local stakeholders, community-based groups and industry associations. With council direction, staff will return with a recommended approach (to either adopt the reach code or not) and the council will vote then.

“Throughout the state, there is a growing consensus that building electrification is the most viable and reliable path to zero-emission buildings,” the staff report reads.

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Montecito Fire Protection District Chief Kevin Taylor, center, stands with on-duty fire personnel during Saturday’s virtual ceremony on the third anniversary of the Montecito debris flow.

By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

A Montecito firefighter places a candle onto a table to honor the victims of the Jan. 9, 2018, devastating debris flow in Montecito.

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Bob Nelson was sworn in last week as the new Chair of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors and the 4th District supervisor.

The new supervisor for Santa Barbara County’s 4th District was sworn in last week, and he’s ready to serve his community and the county as a whole.

Orcutt resident Bob Nelson comes from a diverse career background of teaching, coaching, small business entrepreneurship and eight years serving former supervisor Peter Adam as his chief of staff.

As a Santa Barbara County resident most of his life, Mr. Nelson graduated from Righetti High School, where he was already active in student government, got his Bachelor’s degree in business administration from Vanguard University in Please see nelson on A4

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Twenty-three bells chimed for all to hear in Montecito on Saturday night.

And, as the searchlight was illuminated at Montecito Union School, residents in the nearby coastal community took the time to show solidarity for the victims and survivors of the devastating debris flow event of Jan. 8, 2018, that has left a lasting impact in Montecito.

The flooding, mudslides and debris flow that occurred in the wake of the Thomas Fire was the worst tragedy of many lifetimes.

The victims were: Rebecca Riskin, 61; Jim Mitchell, 89; Alice Mitchell, 78; Marilyn Ramos, 27; Jonathan Benitez,

10; Kaelly Benitez, 3; Fabiola Benitez; David Cantin, 49; Jack Cantin, 17; Mark Montgomery, 54; Caroline Montgomery, 22; Josephine Gower, 69; John McManigal, 61; Roy Rohter, 84; Peter Fleurat, 73; Sawyer Corey, 12; Morgan Christine Corey, 25; Pinit Sutthithepa, 30; Peerawat Sutthithepa, 6; Lydia Sutthithepa, 2; Richard Taylor, 79; Martin Cabrera-Munoz, 48; and Joseph Bleckel, 87.

Montecito Fire Protection District Chief Kevin Taylor was at the fire headquarters on Saturday night. He read an invocation for the victims, and then the on-duty fire personnel lit 23 candles to honor those who lost their lives.

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County reports 12 new COVID-19 deaths, 600 new cases Forest Service extends Chuck’s Waterfront Grill state-wide campsite and Endless Summer Bar and picnic area closures Cafe close permanently

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Barbara and Mission Canyon, three in remain active.

Valley and Gaviota reported 23 new cases including 57 in the Intensive Care Unit. the city of Santa Maria and two in the The city of Goleta reported 40 new in recent days. The area has reported The ICU availability for both the county community of Orcutt. One decedent cases and has now reported 980 total a total of 658 cases, including 91 that and the Southern California region The Santa Barbara County Public resided in Goleta, one in unincorporated cases, including 154 that remain active. remain active. remains at 0%.

Health Department reported 12 Goleta and one in Lompoc, according to The community of Orcutt reported 39 The unincorporated areas of Sisquoc, On Friday, Chief Probation Officer additional COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the public health department. new cases. The area has now reported Casmalia, Garey, Cuyama, New Cuyama Tanja Heitman reported that a staff bringing the total number of deaths A total of 600 new cases were reported, 1,102 cases, including 145 that remain and the city of Guadalupe have reported member assigned to the Santa Maria associated with the virus to 197. bringing the county’s total number of active.

18 new cases in recent days. The areas Juvenile Hall tested positive for Saturday’s daily update included cases to 20,550. Of those, 2,176 remain The South County unincorporated have now reported a total of 852 cases, COVID-19. statistics from Friday, which were not active. area, which includes the communities including 93 that are still infectious.

The staff member had not been at work released due to delays with the CalREDIE The city of Santa Maria reported a total of Montecito, Summerland and the city Isla Vista reported eight new cases over since Dec. 15, and while they were away Reporting System. of 206 cases over the past two days and of Carpinteria, reported 38 new cases in the past two days. A total of 706 cases have they were exposed to someone who tested JOSH CHRISTIAN WHITTLE Brekkies bypositive.

Chomp, and Mortensen’s Danish Bakery. bara Front Country access roads.

Six new deaths were recorded in each now has recorded a total oftrails 7,477 and cases. recent days. The areaBy has now GREGA reported been reported in the college community, NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER WS-PRESS STAFF WRITER The initial lease for the Chuck’s Endless Sum“What we’re seeing a lot of folks are doing is of the past two days. Of the decedents, Some 673 cases remain active.

669 total cases, including 128 that remain including 32 that remain active. No new No contact tracing wasand conducted they’re driving up alongside of99 the road and just gomer property is 10 years withmember four, five-year nine were over the age of 70 and three The city of Santa Barbara reported active. cases were reported in the federal prison because the staff had notoptions been to More than 20 they in first opened, Chuck’s extend the term Developed recreation California re- cases were between 50 to 69sites yearsinold.

Ten had willnew at work “forlease. a time greater than the andhikes now has recorded a total of The Santa Ynez Valley reported 33 years after complex Lompoc. ing for up there.

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3,342. Of those,hiking 412 remain active. new cases Friday Waterfront and Saturday.

The The geographic region ofare 35 cases was against trails,� said Andew Madsen, U.S. on ForMr. Petersen is 14-day inheriting the existing lease with permanently morning of April 30 the wa- only the four, Service issued an orderwith extending theatclosures deaths were associated outbreaks officials said. options remaining, with an The city of Lompoc reported 56 new valley has reported 536 total casesclosed. as of On the pending on Saturday. est Service spokesman. five-year congregate facilities, officials said. cases over thejust pastwant two days andsure has now including 87 that remain active.announced As of its Saturday, residents terfront restaurant closure180 with a fare- were ursday. “We to make if peopleSaturday, go out they’re average seasonally adjusted base rent of $23,585 per email: mwhite@newspress.com in thefor city ofentire Santa Pacific Southreported 2,112 total cases. Of those, 212 The unincorporated area of on theits Goleta receiving treatment in local hospitals, well post Instagram account.

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The post read, “It is with heavy hearts that we anst Region and its 18 National Forests, which in- trailhead and there’s just too many cars there, you Though Mr. Petersen plans to continue running nounce we have closed our doors for good. Thank you Chuck’s and Endless Summer in line with its current des the Los Padres National Forest. should find a different area to go to as opposed to tryfor your constant support. The memories will never be operation for a time, the restaurant has upgrades The initial closure order went into effect March 26 ing to get in.� forgotten.� d was set to expire April 30.

As state and local responses to the coronavirus planned for around the fall. According to the agenda, Despite the current economic chaos due to the COV- under Mr. Petersen’s business plan the second floor of t applied to recreational use areas such as camp- pandemic continue to evolve, the Forest Service felt Monday through Friday, one and transported them down the miles up the trail. shoring piles to support the bridge and on- and off-ramps will ID-19 pandemic, the North prospect of Chuck’s and Endless the establishment will be converted into a traditional unds, day use sites and picnic areas. southbound lane that thebe situation a two week of will closed warranted construction zone.extension In addition, be replaced.

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Both were transported to a local Summer ceasing operation dates the12:50 out- p.m., The order was issued to discourage large fromgatherSheffieldthe Drive to Linden work on the side support for closures, said Mr. Madsen. deli cafĂŠ focused on sandwiches, soups, and salads, Lane Interchange, new onandback to before Around the units hospital for treatment. break.

According to the agenda of a March 24 Santa Bars of people and promote safe social distancing ofwell as Avenue, as the onramps the new southbound bridge and off-ramp improvements will be returned for a second “At the end of that they’ll evaluate and see where withrescue, a gourmet grocery area selling wine, beer, and bara City Council in which of the ying more than six feet apart. and offramps at Evans retaining walls willtocontinue. built.

There will meeting also be three new assignment locating the patient about 1.5 foods. For evenings, the— Mitchell White we’re at and and whether or not we’re going continue prepackaged second floor will avenues.

Work is also ongoing for the sound wallslease built.to a new operator was the first item, have a full bar and a dinner menu focusing on “adult restaurant’s n the Santa Barbara Ranger District,Wallace 12 campas we need it,� said Mr. Madsen.

The southbound onramp at Evans Avenue undercrossing CARPINTERIA — Several The majority of work will occur Chuck’s and Endless Summer co-owner Steve Hyslop food and beverages.� unds and picnic areas will remain closed, includ“This order can be rescinded at any time. If local Drive will be closed for and the North Padaro Lane laneFremont closures campground are planned this in the median and near the South informed the Waterfront Department of his desire to the and WhiteSheffield Rock and officials say it looks like the sky has cleared up The restaurant’s ground floor is proposed to be simthe duration ofhealth the project, with interchange. workareas. continues on Padaro/Santa Claus Lane on- and sell the establishment in August 2019. dweek Rockas picnic can rescind righton now, we ilar to Mr. Petersen’s Chomp restaurants. Its menu of an anticipatedwe reopening datethe setorder tomorrow. the Linden and Casitas Pass Crews are For working drainage off-ramps.

After receiving the department’s lease assignment burgers, fries, and shakes will cater to families, young The order Thursday does not add don’t want to extend it out too far. forclosures 2023. The offramp at Sheffield Highway 101 widening project in to the improvements on southbound requirements, Mr. Hyslop began searching for a new adults, and retirees, and for evenings will be converted eady in place for Santa Barbara. While other ar-be closed — Mitchell White Drive will upwant to 16 to make Carpinteria.

101sure between Carpinteria andof “Wefor just in the next couple buyer and ultimately found it in businessman Aaron to a “dinner type atmosphere.� like the 9Monterey Ranger District have closed months and could reopen the From p.m. tonight to 5 a.m.

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Electrical work is also vang including Chomp, The Coffee House by Chomp, email: jgrega@newspress.com sbe to closed the many Ynez Valley Bar- local partners.�

Reynolds Avenue will be closed up being done on the Reynolds North Padaro Lane. The closure to 16 weeks, but could reopen by will also include the onramps freeway ramps.

SANTA BARBARA — the end of the month. and offramps at South Padaro Over the next five weeks, in Personnel with the Santa Barbara Flaggers will be in place to and Santa Claus lanes. Similar compliance with the California County Search and Rescue team direct traffic at the Reynolds and intermittent overnight closures Department of Fish and Wildlife rescued a pair of injured hikers Carpinteria avenues intersection are planned Monday through requirements related to bird on Saturday on Rattlesnake Trail during morning peak periods.

Thursday, according to Caltrans nesting, crews will undertake in Santa Barbara.

New stop signs will be installed to officials. pre-construction work to clear Around 9:15 a.m. Saturday, the From 10 p.m. tonight to 7 a.m. create a four-way, stop-controlled trees and vegetation so that team was dispatched to the trail Monday, one southbound lane will intersection at the southbound construction can begin on the and were joined by county fire be closed from Santa Claus Lane 101 offramp and San Ysidro Road.

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COVID-19 vaccines for essential workers Santa Barbara County lists essential workers who will receive vaccine in a few months

By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Phase 1A of the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine is now underway.

Starting in December of 2020 and likely concluding by the start of February 2021, health care workers will all soon be vaccinated.

In addition, Phase 1B will most likely begin next month, targeting portions of the elderly and high-risk population, along with certain sectors of essential workers, homeless individuals and the incarcerated.

Phase 1B is predicted to be complete in mid-March.

Last week at a Zoom webinar, Santa Barbara County Public Health Director Dr. Van Do-Reynoso said that she’s anticipating allowance from the state to concurrently run through the tiers in Phase 1B, just as they allowed for Phase 1A. “This is anticipation on my part purely,” she said. “Locally, we will be guided by our epidemiological data with regards to outbreaks.

“We prioritize congregate living situations like incarcerated individuals, homeless shelters — they may be prioritized into Tier 1 of Phase 1B.” She added that the Public Health Department will look at being able to do mass vaccination sometime in late March or early spring.

“We are building our infrastructure and bringing on additional vaccine providers,” Dr. Do-Reynoso said. “When we do mass vaccination, the opportunity to get vaccines will be widespread throughout the county.”

Following the completion of 1A and 1B, without a specific timeline at this time besides sometime in late March, individuals who fall into Phase 1C Tier 1 will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.

This includes persons ages 65 to 74, and persons ages 16 to 64 with underlying medical conditions that place them at high risk for COVID-19.

Then, the last sector of essential workers will be vaccinated, including water and waste management workers, defense, energy, chemical and hazardous materials, communications and IT and

financial services, along with government operations and community services.

Essential workers who fall into the water and wastewater include: operational staff at water authorities, community water systems, wastewater treatment facilities, water distribution and testing, wastewater collection facilities, operational staff and technical support for SCADA Control systems, workers repairing water and wastewater conveyances, chemical disinfectant suppliers and workers that maintain digital systems supporting water and wastewater operations.

Essential workers in the defense category include workers who support the essential services required to meet national security commitments to the federal government and U.S. Military.

This includes: space and aerospace workers, nuclear matters workers, mechanical and software engineers, manufacturing and production workers, IT support, security staff, security personnel, intelligence support, aircraft and weapon system mechanics and maintainers and sanitary workers who maintain the hygienic viability of necessary facilities. In addition, essential workers include personnel working for companies, their subcontractors under the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy on nuclear matters, personnel at government-owned/ contractor operated facilities, and those who provide materials and services to the DoD and DoE, such as weapon systems, software and cybersecurity, communications and surveillance.

Energy workers supporting the energy sector, regardless of the source, segment or infrastructure, or who are needed to monitor, operate, engineer, and maintain the reliability, safety, environmental health, physical and cybersecurity of the energy system, including power generation, transmission and distribution are also included in Phase 1C Tier 1. This also includes workers in construction, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, maintenance and permitting.

IT and OT are included as well, such as support workers, customer service

operations, call centers, and emergency response and customer emergency operations; energy management systems, control systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems, and energy sector entity data centers; cybersecurity engineers; and cybersecurity risk management.

Workers supporting the procurement, mining, drilling, processing, refining, manufacturing, refueling, construction, logistics, transportation (including marine transport, terminals, rail and vehicle transport), permitting operation and maintenance, security, waste disposal, storage, and monitoring of support for resources; workers supporting environmental remediation and monitoring; and workers supporting manufacturing and distribution of equipment, supplies, and parts necessary to maintain production, maintenance, restoration, and service at energy sector facilities across all energy sectors, and regardless of the energy source are part of Phase 1C Tier 1.

Finally, workers at Independent System Operators and Regional Transmission Organizations and Network Operations staff, engineers and technicians; workers at Reliability Coordinator, Balancing Authorities and primary backup Control Centers, mutual assistance personnel and retail fuel centers and the distribution systems that support them are eligible for a vaccine in Phase 1C Tier 1.

The chemical and hazardous materials sector has five main segments: basic chemicals, specialty chemicals, agricultural chemicals, pharmaceuticals and consumer products.

This includes workers who transport basic raw chemical materials; workers supporting the safe transportation of chemicals; workers supporting production of protective cleaning and medical solutions; plant contract workers who provide inspections; workers supporting the production and transportation of chlorine and alkali manufacturing; workers at nuclear facilities; workers who support hazardous materials response and cleanup; workers who maintain digital systems supporting the operations;

and workers who support the removal, storage and disposal of waste, including landfill and recycling operations.

Essential communications workers who will be eligible for the vaccine in Phase 1C Tier 1 include maintenance workers of communications infrastructure and equipment; workers at cable landing sites, beach manhole vaults and covers, submarine cable depots and submarine cable ship facilities; government and private sector employees supporting DoD internet and communications; front line news reporters, studio and technicians for newsgathering, reporting and publishing news; Network Operations Staff; contractors for construction and engineering of fiber optic cables, buried conduit, small cells and other wireless facilities; installation, maintenance and repair technicians; central office personnel; customer service and support staff; workers providing electronic security; dispatchers; retail customer service; External Affairs personnel; and workers responsible for ensuring persons with disabilities have access to communication platforms.

The IT sector includes Network Operations Command Centers, Broadcast Operations Control Center and Security Operations Command Centers; data center operators; workers who support client service centers, field engineers and others supporting critical infrastructure; workers needed to pre-empt and respond to cyber incidents; suppliers, designers and transporters supporting infrastructure for computing services; workers supporting work from home solutions; and employees required to support software as a service businesses that enable remote working.

Financial services are also considered essential in Phase 1C Tier 1. The essential workforce includes workers needed to process financial transactions and services; workers who maintain orderly market operations; workers providing business, commercial and consumer access to banking and non-bank financial and lending services; workers supporting financial operations; workers supporting production and distribution of debit

and credit cards; and workers providing electronic point of sale support personnel for essential workers.

Finally, workers supporting government operations and other community-based essential functions will receive their vaccines. This includes: critical government workers; county workers determining safety net benefit eligibility; the courts; workers supporting unemployment insurance programs, income maintenance, employment service, disaster assistance and other benefit programs; workers ensuring continuity of building functions; elections personnel; Federal, State, and Local, Tribal, and Territorial employees who support Mission Essential Functions and communications networks; trade officials; weather forecasters; workers maintaining digital infrastructure; workers who support necessary credentialing, vetting and licensing operations for critical sector workers and operations; workers supporting emergency response supply chain at all levels; and workers supporting public and private childcare establishments, pre-K establishments, K-12 schools, colleges and universities for purposes of distance learning, provision of school meals, or care, supervision and instruction of minors.

Also included in this category is staff at government offices; workers and instructors supporting academies and training facilities; clergy for essential support and faith-based services provided following COVID-19 guidance; human service providers, especially for at-risk populations; and government entities and contractors supporting local, state and federal public health and medical mission sets.

Phase 2 and 3 will obviously follow Phase 1C Tier 1, and will include all other persons 16 years or older who have not already been recommended for vaccination and, after that, all others who have not been vaccinated.

Visit https://publichealthsbc.org/ vaccine/ for the rollout schedule, or https:// covid19.ca.gov/essential-workforce/ to review the essential workforce list. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

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Continued from Page A1 options to decarbonizing new construction: reach codes or a natural gas infrastructure prohibition. Both leverage a local jurisdiction’s ability to develop more stringent building code requirements based on local needs. To date, over 40 California jurisdictions have adopted code enhancements that encourage or require all-electric buildings.”

The full staff report can be viewed on the city’s website.

On Dec. 8, SoCalGas sent a letter to the city council pointing out reasons why the company believes a prohibition on gas should receive a second look.

They cited the following reasons: “comprehensive building emissions reduction strategies were omitted from the council’s consideration; renewable natural gas is already a part of SoCalGas’s clean energy system and experts agree it is needed to help the state achieve carbon neutrality; SoCalGas customers will soon have the option to purchase all or a portion of their natural gas from renewable sources; building homes without gas service does not equate to decreased building costs; proper ventilation is the most important component to indoor air quality regardless of energy source; and experts agree that buildings with both natural gas and electric service are more resilient to extreme weather events and disasters.

“We applaud Santa Barbara’s leadership as an environmentally progressive municipality and support the city’s efforts to identify policies and programs that improve air quality and mitigate the impacts of climate change,” the letter said in its conclusion.

“As a trusted long-term energy provider in Santa Barbara, we are committed to working with the city to achieve those goals.

“We are excited that we are replacing our natural gas supplies with increasingly cleaner sources of energy, enabling customers to replace all or larger amounts of their natural gas use with RNG, and providing rebates and incentives to encourage customers to reduce their energy use. We hope the information we are providing you will help you make a better-informed decision about how to reduce emissions from buildings in your city.”

In addition to SoCalGas, Californians for Balanced Energy Solutions, a coalition of natural and renewable gas users, launched a campaign outright opposing the energy code. They posted on their website, at https://c4bes. org/actnow/, telling residents to

contact city council members and tell them to vote no, saying the ban “could prohibit the use of natural gas appliances and equipment for BBQs, spas and pools, water heaters, furnaces and cooktops.”

The organization also wrote that the energy code would “dramatically increase energy bills for homeowners and tenants” and “make residents more vulnerable to power outages.”

In addition, according to multiple Santa Barbara residents, C4BES sent out unsolicited text messages to residents from sequential numbers, such as 541305-7171 and 541-305-7187.

The texts read: “URGENT: The Santa Barbara City Council wants to ban natural gas in new homes and businesses. This plan would dramatically raise energy costs and present danger to our electrical grid. Tell the City Council: NO on the proposed natural gas ban! https://c4bes.org/actnow/ Paid for by Californians for Balanced Energy Solutions, txt stop 2 end.”

Sunstone Strategies, a public affairs firm focused on the climate crisis and based in Oakland, looked into this campaign, and told the News-Press that C4BES was created and is funded by SoCalGas. Chloe Zilliac, an associate strategist at Sunstone, referred to the campaign as a “disinformation campaign” and claimed that SoCalGas is illegally using ratepayer dollars to fight local building electrification policy.

In addition, she said that C4BES could be in violation of FCC rules for political campaign calls and texts, due to their unsolicited nature, suggesting that it’s an auto dial text campaign.

Ms. Zilliac also referenced a data request from the Public Advocates Office (a California watchdog group) to SoCalGas asking how phone numbers were obtained for the texts, how many people they were sent to and if Sempra Energy, SoCalGas or SDG&E played any role in the texts. They have yet to receive a response.

Matt Vespa is a staff attorney at Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law organization, and told the News-Press that C4BES’s text campaign was just a way for SoCalGas to manufacture opposition to electrification.

“They sent a flurry of text messages to people saying, ‘Someone’s going to take something away from you.’ That is not happening here,” he said.

“This is a gas industry-driven obstruction. They’re behind this.

I don’t know how they got people’s individual numbers and I think it’s worth asking, ‘Where did they get people’s personal information?’”

He added that he believes the gas industry will “resort to any tactic to keep California relying on gas.”

Alex Pujo, an architect and a member of Santa Barbara County’s Board of Architectural Review, told the News-Press he supports the idea of prohibiting gas in new construction, and said it’s not that significant of a change.

“Reach codes every year are getting more and more stringent,” he said. “This is part of a trend.

This is the way we’re going. You can drag your feet, but this is the way the state and world is going.”

He also countered the claims of the gas industry, saying that grid storage continues to get better and cheaper, and electric homes have great insulation. Mr. Pujo also referenced SoCalEdison’s support of the change.

Leah Stokes is an assistant professor at UCSB working on environmental politics. She knows multiple people who received the texts from C4BES. “The texts misleadingly say, ‘This plan would dramatically raise energy costs and present danger to our electrical grid,’” she told the News-Press. “This is not true. SCE, which manages the grid in Santa Barbara, supports the electric building code. And all-electric buildings are less expensive.”

She obviously supports the measure, and mentioned how 40 other cities in California have adopted similar measures.

“If we decide to use more electricity rather than gas to heat and cook in our homes, this idea that it would somehow be dangerous from the grid — that’s coming from the gas company that has a stake in the matter,” Ms. Stokes said. “It’s really lying to the public by putting out messages like this.”

C4BES Executive Director Jon Switalski responded to the claims of his organization’s campaign being misleading, but when asked about the texts and their unsolicited nature, he did not address it.

“Here is the truth. The Santa Barbara City Council is considering a plan that would make major changes to the city’s energy mix, including a ban on natural gas in new homes and buildings,” he told the NewsPress. “Such a change would result in dramatically increased energy costs, the loss of goodpaying jobs for union workers, elimination of customer choice, and danger to the electric grid.

“In the middle of a public health and economic crisis, now is not the time to make costly changes to our energy policies. The City Council should only consider this when full public participation is allowed, not during a pandemic where the public has a limited ability to make their voices heard.”

He added, “It is accurate and truthful that if the city council moves to ban natural

gas, especially in new buildings, residents will be required to use more expensive electric appliances and equipment that would dramatically increase energy bills for homeowners and tenants, eliminate good-paying union jobs, and make residents more

vulnerable to power outages.”

SoCalGas did not respond to requests for comment on its involvement in C4BES’s campaign.

The City Council meeting at which this matter will be discussed will begin at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, and can be live streamed

at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP. Residents can also register to join the meeting electronically to speak in public comment at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/ register/8994179249603314957. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

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Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art to display contemporary collection

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At left is Alison Saar’s “Inheritance,” bronze and cotton, 2009, Westmont acquisition. Above is John Walker’s “The Centre, #2,” oil on canvas, 1985, gift of Berkus Family Collection.

By MITCHELL WHITE ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR

The Westmont RidleyTree Museum of Art will be highlighting works donated to or purchased for the museum during an exhibition that opens next week.

The exhibit, “Selections from the Permanent Collection of Contemporary Art,” runs from Thursday through March 27.

The exhibition features pieces from two major private collectors who have helped shape the museum’s collection: Barry Berkus and his son, Jeff; and Arnold and Marie Forde.

“They were private collectors willing and eager to donate parts of their collections to museums, so everyone could enjoy the art,” Judy L. Larson, Askew professor of art history and museum director, said in a news release.

The exhibition features pieces from two major private collectors who have helped shape the museum’s collection: Barry Berkus and his son, Jeff; and Arnold and Marie Forde.

The Berkus collection includes John Walker’s “The Centre, #2,” Kiki Smith’s “Kneeling Woman with Rabbit,” and Los Carpinteros’ “Tanque le Aqua.” The exhibition will include works by Alison Saar, Andrea Bowers, Marie Schoeff and a piece by Karen Kilimnick, generously donated by the Fordes.

Noteworthy donations from artists include works by Connie Connally and Ken Jewesson.

“The art of our time requires thoughtful consideration,” Ms.

Larson said. “The work may not speak to you at first, but we invite you to spend some time with each piece, approaching each with a creative and open mind.”

The past exhibition and auction, “5X5: Celebrating 10 Years,” sold more than 600 pieces with bidders in both the U.S. and Australia, and raised more than $36,000 for arts programming at the museum.

The top grossing art pieces were

by Kenton Nelson, Kenny Scharf, Billy Al Bengston and “Shag” Josh

Agle.

“The 5×5 exhibition was such a success and lots of fun too,” Ms. Larson added. “Our thanks to all the artists who participated, more artists than any other 5×5 fundraiser. Many Santa Barbara artists donated art, but we also had artists represented from 36 states.”Ms. Larson is thankful for the work of Chris Rupp, curator and collections manager, who organized the exhibition and auction, and Tamara Vaughan, education and outreach coordinator, who oversaw logistics.“We are also appreciative of everyone who bought art works,” she said. “These small works make powerful statements.”

The exhibition will be available online at westmont.edu/museum/ contemporarycollection. email: mwhite@newspress.com

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Continued from Page A1 Costa Mesa, earned his teaching credentials from Chapman University, taught at Righetti and started a family.

He and his wife of 21 years, Jamie, worked in the private sector for a while selling insurance, consulting and providing personal training.

“I was still wanting to give back to my community,” Mr. Nelson told the News-Press.

“I was looking at places where I could serve and get involved politically.”

Interestingly, he got his political start on a local cemetery board, and said he knows “it’s not very sexy,” but he was trusted with resources and made many improvements, leading to his reelection multiple times.

After holding multiple leadership positions on local boards, he became Mr. Adam’s righthand man for eight years, serving Mr. Adam as he was the board’s chair and vice chair. Mr. Nelson has attended 250 supervisor meetings.

“I’ve never sat in the big seat, but I know what it’s about,” he said. “It’s not going to be new to me.”

Mr. Nelson said he’s excited for the ability to serve the county, but also Orcutt specifically.

“Orcutt is the largest unincorporated area in the state without its own government, so I get the chance to be, in many ways, the mayor of my hometown. That’s incredible,” he said.

He’s also looking forward to allowing his teaching background to play a part in his leadership.

“Something I find myself often doing is not only telling people the answer, but also where the answer comes from or why I’m making that vote,” Mr. Nelson said. “As a teacher, you meet the kid where they’re at; you don’t expect them to be where you’re at. My approach as a teacher is going to help me articulate the ideas

of my district.”

Although Mr. Nelson is taking the place of his boss for the past eight years, he said he and Mr. Adam “see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues, but not all issues.” He believes Mr. Adam took “a 30,000-foot approach” as supervisor, and as his chief of staff, Mr. Nelson was in the weeds.

He hopes to bring both perspectives to his leadership style as county supervisor.

However, he plans to prioritize the needs of the working class he represents, likely similar to Mr. Adam’s conservative ideas.

“We live in a working class community that’s very conservative. We do things with our hands,” Mr. Nelson said. “It’s farming, it’s energy, it’s manufacturing, it’s construction…

That kind of represents the political leanings of the sectors. The working class is concerned about making ends meet, putting dinner on the table, getting the kids to soccer practice and paying the mortgage and cell phone bill.”

While his role as chair of the board will be much more facilitating than bringing items forward, there are things he hopes to accomplish or help bring to the table in his new position.

Obviously, the main focus of the county at the moment is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Nelson said one of his goals is to bring forward ideas that make exceptions for small businesses that have been forced to shut down to make them more viable, such as streamlining permits and “cutting through some of the bureaucracy.”

“The board needs to be more hands on,” he said.

This belief also applies to the county’s homelessness issue for Mr. Nelson.

“We really need to work on our capacity and enforcement, because there are countywide issues when the homeless live in the shadows,” he said. “They’re often abused by their peers…

It’s not healthy, and as a compassionate society,

we shouldn’t be OK with that.

“You can use different mechanisms to affect change. Right now, it’s kind of housed in our community services and we just fund nonprofits,” Mr. Nelson said. “We need to get county fire, the Sheriff’s Office and land use involved. You also need to have supervisors that are kind of bullies that say, ‘This is a priority at the county level.’”

While the county level isn’t able to dictate COVID-19 restrictions, Mr. Nelson said he questions some of the health orders, such as banning outdoor dining, which “forced people into their homes so more are contracting it at home.”

He also has many concerns about school closures, not only as a former teacher and coach but also as a father of three teenagers.

His main goal, though, is for the county to “get out of the way.”

“We need to be more business-friendly as a county,” Mr. Nelson said. “We need to make it easier for people to do business and get through our planning and zoning process.

We need to have the ability to make it easier to regulate, and get the public to engage and interact with us.

“We’re very bureaucratic and we’re very slow. We still have departments that don’t take credit cards,” he said. “We need to find ways to get people through our processes in a much more timely manner for less money and with even more certainty so that they can believe they’re going to get approval once they go through the process.”

He believes the county government should limit spending while also expanding things to help businesses during COVID-19.

“I know it’s corny, but I’m excited and honored to be able to serve my community,” Mr. Nelson said. “It’s a great privilege and I hope I make them proud.” email: gmccormick@newspress.com

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incredibly difficult and painful year, and are still in the midst of a global pandemic,� he said. “But that does not take away from the very real experiences of loss and hardship that this community has endured over the last three years, and that many community members are still experiencing today. We learned in 2018 that solidarity, cooperation, and caring were the keys to rebuilding a resilient community in the wake of tragedy, and that is still just as true in 2021.�

Chief Taylor continued, “Anniversaries of tragedy are painful and a challenging time for the survivors and for the families and neighbors who lost loved ones. Anniversaries are painful reminders for those who lost their homes, or livelihoods; reminders of the challenges that they have faced, and are still facing, on the difficult road to recovery. Many survivors have not yet even begun the rebuilding process and others are still working to rebuild homes and lives since the mountain came down on them in 2018. But just as we rose up together in 2018, we can rise up together in love, support and remembrance.�

The event was held via Zoom and on Facebook Live in observance with health orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “This virtual event is an expression of that real solidarity of compassion of this community reaching out to you,� said Chief Taylor. “We have not forgotten you. We love you, we care and we are still here for you. We are very sorry that you’re not able to join together in person due to the pandemic, but we can still stand together in spirit and raise our lights and our hearts in remembrance of those we have lost and of those who are still with us. You are not forgotten; you are cared for.�

The invocation was followed by a moment of silence.

Event sponsors for the ceremony included the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade, Montecito Association and the Montecito Community Foundation.

Speaking with the NewsPress earlier this week, Sharon Byne, executive director of the Montecito Association, acknowledged the devastation of the lives lost in the aftermath of the debris flow, while also making mention of the strong community bonds that were formed in the days, weeks, months and years that have followed. “On the morning of Jan. 9, neighbors were running out to help other neighbors,� she said. “That was not the typical Montecito experience. But sometimes, in disasters, you discover your most humanitarian selves.�

Abe Powell, one of the cofounders of the Bucket Brigade, recalled waking up in the early morning hours on the day of the event from a loud rain. He looked out the window and witnessed a “pulsing red light� from the gas main explosion that occurred. “It looked like the almighty had turned on a siren,� he recalled.

What came next was the sound of boulders smashing against each other, and houses getting smashed by debris.

It took him back to a similar debris flow event in 1995, when staying at a friend’s house in the nearby mountains. That incident leveled homes in the neighborhood, and the community came together and went house to house and pulled everyone out.

In 2008, Mr. Powell was a facilitator for a sandbag event in the wake of the Tea Fire. Just days before a storm hit, some 500 people showed up to collect sandbags for protection. “That’s when we saw that it wasn’t just our neighborhood that could engage this way,� he said. “But the broader community would respond if it was organized properly. “In my mind, that was my first experience in a broader, community relief effort.�

Mr. Powell explained that, in the wake of the Thomas Fire, he was well aware of the troubles that could come as a result of a debris flow event.

After the debris flow, Mr. Powell was talking with his wife after some friends had received negative feedback from their insurance company. The Powells grew frustrated and concerned and decided to take action.

On Jan. 28, 2018, around 50 people showed up to volunteer in the efforts. Little did they know, Mr. Powell recalled, that they would be working diligently day in and day out for the next three months.

The small group soon grew to some 3,000 volunteers. Though they encountered “some minor first aid situations,� the group was able to assist without major injuries. They helped dig out more than 100 homes, thousands of trees, and cleared out some 66 acres of open space. “Hundreds of homes were smashed and the community was stifled in this mud and muck,� Mr. Powell said. “There was certainly a level of trauma, but it was really opposed by this level of need to respond. “The mountain came down on us, and a ground swell of humanity rose up.�

He said that events like the debris flow can transform people for the better or worse. “I think what we saw in this community was a will not to be transformed for the worse‌ despite our losses, there was a will to respond,â€? he said.

Mr. Powell stressed the importance of the commemoration event, explaining that

A searchlight was illuminated at Montecito Union School in remembrance of the 23 people who lost their lives in the debris flow.

KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS

Some 23 candles, one for each victim, were placed on a table at the Montecito Fire Protection District headquarters on Saturday night.

“anniversaries are fraught times, emotionally and psychologically, for the survivors.� “There’s definitely this feeling of pain from the past that’s coming at you. But that makes it that much more important to take in that safety net around you and that community support net,� he said.

Even on Saturday, Mr. Powell was in the middle of the action, serving as the “tech guy� for the event. He spent the day setting up the 10,000 watt search light and tripod cameras as various sites.

One of the memories he recalled fondly was the first day of volunteering, which he described as “a life-changer,� in large part because he had no idea how the community would respond. “And on top of that, we didn’t know what we would find. It was a situation where, more than anything, we wanted to find those kids,� he said, referencing the bodies of Jack Cantin and Lydia Sutthithepa, which were never located. “But what we feared the most was also finding those kids.

We were in a moment of absolute terror and purpose, but we proceeded.�

During their efforts, the Bucket Brigade made a number of what Mr. Powell referred to as “miracle finds.�

The group was able to locate at least four wedding rings and return them to their owners, as well as various books, manuscripts, artwork and other possessions that many thought they would never see again. “If that’s not a needle in a haystack, I don’t know what is,� he said. “There were millions of piles of debris, but we still found those items.�

The Bucket Brigade was just one community organization that emerged in the wake of the disaster.

Speaking with the News-Press last week, Chief Taylor credited the group, and many others, that played vital roles in helping during the time of need. “They all went in and helped individual community members gather some of the things they thought they would never see again,� he said. “They’re still out there helping to rally the community.�

Before the debris flow, Chief Taylor said the Montecito community was designed by “gates and hedges,� though after the event the community was designed by people coming together, neighbor helping neighbor and becoming a true community.

One of the most vivid memories he has was the scene at All Saints-by-the-Sea Church, at 83 Eucalyptus Lane, which became a casualty collection point in the hours after the event.

Chief Taylor said the coastal city will be at risk for up to five years following the Thomas Fire as the

DEATH NOTICES

Drive-in bingo event scheduled SANTA MARIA — The city of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department is hosting a drive-in bingo event next week.

The event, scheduled from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, will be held at the Elwin Mussell Center, at 510 E. Park Ave. Advance registration is required, according to a news release. The free event is part of the city’s Active Aging Program and is open to all adults 50 or older. Non-monetary prizes and fun await all who attend, officials said.

For more information, contact the Recreation and Parks Department at 805925-0951 ext. 2260. — Mitchell White

ALLISON, Lois: 96; of Santa Barbara; died Dec. 18; arrangements by Coast Cities Cremations Ventura & Goleta.

BOCANEGRA, Aurelio: 64; of Santa Barbara; died Jan. 5; arrangements by Coast Cities Cremations Ventura & Goleta.

DOCKERY, Norma: 95; of Santa Barbara; died Dec. 30; arrangements by Coast Cities Cremations Ventura & Goleta.

FRITH, Donald: 96; of Goleta; died Jan. 6; arrangements

by Coast Cities Cremations Ventura & Goleta.

GOOLSBY, Don: 63; of Goleta; died Jan. 2; arrangements

by Coast Cities Cremations Ventura & Goleta.

KOELSCH, Sharlene: 53; of Santa Barbara; died Jan. 6; arrangements by Coast Cities Cremations Ventura & Goleta.

VITIKAINEN, Lynn: 80; of Santa Barbara; died Jan. 3; arrangements by Coast Cities Cremations Ventura & Goleta.

WILDE, Mare: 71; of Santa Barbara; died Dec. 22; arrangements by Coast Cities Cremations Ventura & Goleta.

watershed recovers. He said the watersheds were in “way better shape� currently than before the event, though they “still have a ways to go before total recovery.�

As outlined last month during a Zoom webinar, officials estimate that the upper portions of the hills above Montecito are roughly 80 to 100% recovered. “The fact of the matter is that the community remains susceptible to debris flows if we get that highintensity, short duration rain event,� Chief Taylor said.

The National Weather Service projects that 8 to 10 inches of rainfall accumulating over a 72 hour period could trigger a debris flow event, or a short burst of 1.5 inches per hour or more.

The debris flow not only left Montecito grieving due to the loss of life suffered, but it also destroyed infrastructure throughout the area. This included countless sewer lines, water lines, gas lines and power lines in the area. The event also caused massive destruction to bridges and roadways, some of which have since been rebuilt. “Some of that work was done exceedingly rapidly thanks to the

utility companies, and that really has allowed our community to return to normal as quickly as we have,� he said.

He also credited the county Public Works Department for their efforts in helping with the rebuild, applying for emergency permits and grants. Pavement work on some of the roads damaged is continuing, he said.

As discussed during last month’s webinar, County Flood Control engineering manager Jon Frye highlighted six debris basins, including two proposed basins that will be constructed in the next few years.

The county has received a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant to construct a debris basin along Randall Road, which is scheduled for construction in 2021 and on target. A second proposed basin, the Buena Vista Creek debris basin, did not have an associated date, though Mr. Frye said the county has applied for a FEMA grant that is still under review.

He went on to outline some of the projects that have occurred or are planned for the Cold Springs, San Ysidro, Romero and Santa

Monica debris basins.

The Cold Springs debris basin was expanded a few months ago, while additional improvements are planned for that basin, as well as the three others, over the next two years.

The storm impact consideration map unveiled last month showed 445 parcels in the Montecito, Summerland and Carpinteria areas. This compared to 517 parcels a year ago, and 1,508 parcels two years ago.

Last year, the watershed and flood control systems performed very well in handling the storms and no evacuation orders were issued. While no two storm events are the same and the watershed responds differently to each, residents are advised to remain vigilant. “Because our highest risk is at the tail end of a saturation event, we do not anticipate issuing protective action orders as the result of a single storm,� Chief Taylor said last month.

To view the maps or to learn more about hazard preparedness, visit https://readysbc.org. email: mwhite@newspress.com

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Efforts by Union Pacific to replace rail along local railroad tracks began last week.

Work along the tracks of Santa Barbara, Goleta, Carpinteria, Ventura and Oxnard is expected to last through Jan. 30. The work is deemed necessary to maintain the safe operation of passenger and freight service, according to officials.

Railroad track replacement underway Efforts by Union Pacific to replace rail along local railroad tracks began last week.

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Westmont looks to resume season after positive COVID tests

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andon Boucher knew the Westmont College coaching job would be tough when he took it last spring.

Although most of the Warriors’ seventh-ranked men’s basketball team would still be around in the fall, so would the coronavirus.

“When I got the job in May, I didn’t think we’d have a season at all,” said Boucher, a Westmont alum who succeeded John Moore as head coach.

The Warriors broke for the holidays with just one regular-season game and two exhibitions under their belts … plus several of their players taking ill with COVID-19.

The contract tracing was easy. The University of Pacific had announced a positive test just hours after playing the Warriors in Stockton on Dec. 20.

“COVID really hit our team hard,” Boucher said.

“Westmont does a phenomenal job of testing, but unfortunately one of Pacific’s players had it and spread it to us.

“Everybody got through it and are fine with very little symptoms. But not only have we been unable to play a game since then, we haven’t been able to do anything in quarantine, either.”

He’s hoping that’s soon to change. His MARK PATTON players return to campus this weekend with plans to resume workouts on Jan. 21. Home games are scheduled for Jan. 26 against Saint Katherine and Jan. 27 against Bethesda.

“I really am thankful for these games to be happening and for our team to continue to improve and grow closer together to find our identity,” said Boucher, who served as an assistant coach last year. “Anything we can get, I feel thankful for.”

Westmont’s season opener of Nov. 14 was canceled when Saint Katherine received its own positive test for COVID-19.

The Warriors’ next opportunity didn’t come for another 11 days — a 97-79 exhibition loss at Big West Conference member Cal State Northridge.

“I saw some good things in that game,” Boucher said.

“The fact we scored nearly 80 points against a Division 1 team, playing for the first time against anybody other than ourselves, and without Cade (Roth) and Tristan (Lloyd), was very, very encouraging.”

The Warriors had their next two games canceled but got some extra court time when they opened their regular season on Dec. 11. They rallied from a five-point deficit in the final 1:30 before losing in double-overtime to Division 2 Concordia College, 101-99.

“We had the opportunity to just quit and throw in the towel so many times, but we didn’t,” Boucher said. “I’m hoping that game will help us down the road in the next month and a half.”

COVID-19 has created a strange scenario for the Golden State Athletic Conference when it opens play on Feb. 2: Westmont will play three games in a row against Hope International, and then three more against Vanguard. Those two schools, like Westmont, test for the coronavirus.

The league’s other six schools, none of which test, will play only each other.

“The winner of our pod gets an automatic berth for the NAIA Tournament,” Boucher said.

He likes his team’s chances with returning NAIA All-American Abram Carrasoco leading the way. The senior point guard averaged 18.9 points, 4.8 assists and 4.1 rebounds last year. Senior Hunter Sipe (11.4 points), sophomore Jared Brown (11.3) and junior Cade Roth (10.5) are also returning starters.

“Everybody wants a chance to play this season,” Boucher said. “A lot of people are back from last year’s team which didn’t get to go to Kansas City because of the canceled tournament.

“But they not only want to play in the postseason, they want to be able to have a somewhat of a normal season.” email: mpatton@newspress.com

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Landon Boucher, a Westmont College alum and assistant coach for its basketball team last year, is in his first season as the Warriors’ head coach.

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Rams get the best of division foe in playoff victory

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NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

LOS ANGELES 30, SEATTLE 20

Cam Akers provided the offensive punch and the Rams defense was able to keep Seattle’s Russell Wilson guessing all day long, as Los Angeles pulled out the playoff victory.

Akers rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown, and Darious Williams scored on a 42yard interception return for a touchdown to help the Rams advance and eliminate the Seahawks in the process.

Aaron Donald left the game in the second half after suffering a rib injury, though he and Rams corner Jalen Ramsey played stellar football in the contest.

As a team, Los Angeles registered five sacks including two

by Donald and two by Leonard Floyd. Seattle was held to just 278 total yards and 11 first downs.

Wilson had one of his worst playoff performances. He was 11 of 27 for 174 yards. Wilson connected with Metcalf on a pair of TDs: 51 yards in the first half off a broken play, and a 12-yard TD with 2:28 left to make the score more respectable.

Seattle never played with the lead and was two of 14 on third downs. It’s first home playoff game in four years was a dud without its raucous home crowd, and the

Seahawks saw their 10-game home playoff win streak snapped.

Their last home playoff loss came in January 2005 to the St. Louis Rams.

John Wolford got the start for the second straight game for L.A., though left the game in the first quarter after suffering a head injury. He was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

Jared Goff, who suffered a broken thumb and had surgery two weeks ago, completed nine of his 19 attempts for 155 yards off the bench. His 15-yard touchdown pass to Robert Woods with 4:46 left helped cap the win.

Akers had the best rushing day by a Rams running back since Marshall Faulk went for 159 against Philadelphia in January 2002.

The Rams finished with 164 yards rushing.

Los Angeles will learn its opponent for next week following today’s contest between the Chicago Bears and the New Orleans Saints.

BUFFALO 27, INDIANAPOLIS 24

Kicking off the playoff action on Saturday, Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen showed his brilliance.

Allen was able to lead Buffalo to its first playoff win since 1995, completing 26 of his 35 pass attempts for 324 yards and two touchdowns.

He completed five of his six

attempts beyond 20 yards, including a touchdown, while also leading the Bills on the ground with 54 yards and a TD on 11 carries.

“Obviously we started off a little slow and we were able to get into a rhythm late. Made enough plays to win,” Allen said. “It’s new territory for myself, but it just gives us a chance to play next week.”

The league’s top receiver, Stefon Diggs, had six catches for 128 yards and a TD. The win helped the Bills snap their streak of six playoff losses.

The Colts battled back, though a late-game fumble helped the Bills secure the win.

Quarterback Phillip Rivers finished 27 for 46 for 309 yards and what may have been the final NFL game for the 39-year-old play caller.

“Shoot, it’s hard to go back 12 years ago to think how I felt in the locker room after that championship game,” Rivers said, referring to the Chargers’ 21-12 loss to New England. “It’s always emotional. But is it more emotional when you’re about to be 40 and you’re not sure if you’ve been in your last huddle? Heck yeah.”

The Bills advance to the divisional round and await their opponent based on today’s results.

TAMPA BAY 31, WASHINGTON 23

New team, same result for Tom

Brady.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Washington Football Team on Saturday night to advance to the divisional round.

After scoring a field goal on its opening drive, Tampa converted a Washington turnover into points in the first quarter. Brady found Antonio Brown for a 36-yard score. The extra point was blocked to make it 9-0.

Washington answered back with a 10-play, 75 yard drive that saw J.D. McKissic score from two yards out to make it 9-7.

Brady connected with Chris Godwin for a 27-yard TD pass to make it 15-7, followed by a field goal later to take a 18-7 lead into the break.

The Bucs added a field goal in the third, followed by a threeyard touchdown rush by Leonard Fournette to make it 28-16.

Washington, which was without starting quarterback Alex Smith due to injury, was able to keep the contest close with former XFL QB Tyler Heinicke.

Heinicke, after leaving the game due to injury, returned to lead a late scoring drive as he connected with Steven Sims for a score with 4:51 left to make it 28-23.

Heinicke completed 26 of his 44 pass attempts for 306 yards with a touchdown and an interception.

He also rushed six times for a team-high 46 yards, including an

impressive scramble and dive towards the pylon to bring the Football Team to within two, 1816, late in the third quarter.

Tampa’s Ryan Succop connected on a 37-yard field goal with 2:49 left in the fourth to make it 31-23.

Brady finished 22-for-40 passing for 381 yards and two scores.

Fournette added 93 yards on the

ground on 19 carries.

Today’s schedule

No. 5 Baltimore Ravens @ No. 4 Tennessee Titans, 10:05 a.m.

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BASS, Colonel Lewis Neal Colonel Lewis Neal Bass, born 2/12/1924, at Fort Defiance Indian Hospital, Arizona. Parents: Fred Buckley Bass & Ethyl King.

He graduated from Redondo Beach High School, then on to receive his Navy wings at Corpus Christi, TX (Later – U.S. Marine Corps) 1942 – Combat duty, pilot of SBD plane, Philippines. He attended U.S.C. receiving his degree while employed in a construction company. He continued flying as a ‘week-end warrior’ in the Marines, then recalled to active duty in Korea.

In 1951 Lewis married Gloria Bittleston in Laguna Beach. He left for Korea, leaving his pregnant wife behind in Manhattan Beach, CA. During his tour of duty, Lewis was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, 6 air medals, Legion of Merit, and campaign ribbons. Upon returning to his wife and infant son, he was assigned to Cherry Point, NC Air Station. By 1955, there were 3 little ones, whom they raised in Redondo Beach and Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA. Lewis transitioned to the Marine Reserves as the C.O. of a peace-time jet squadron for 32 years. He worked as a co-CEO of an Insurance Company in L.A. His next flying opportunity was towards the end of the Vietnam war, flying covertly for Continental Air Services out of Vientiane, Laos. When the war ended, he became the owner/manager of the Palm Desert Sambo’s restaurant, then transferred to the corporate office in Santa Barbara. His next opportunity was working with Tide Water Marine until retirement.

Lewis had many hobbies: fishing, body surfing, hunting, and was beloved by friends and fellow Marines. He leaves behind wife, Gloria-son, Eric (dec.)-son, John (Joy)daughter, Lisa (Kevin)-granddaughter, Tonja (Jake)-grandson, Steven (dec.)-and greatgranddaughter, Lillian Starr.

Lewis has taken his last flight into the heavenlies, “Flaps up!”

MANN, Coralie 4/29/1929 – 1/1/2021

Coralie Ulvang Mann, 91, passed away January 1st, 2021, after suffering a stroke at her home in Chandler, Arizona. Born in Duluth, MN, she was known as Cree, a nickname from High School, Cree graduated from Stanbrook Hall and then went on to Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., then Washington University in St. Louis, where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Retailing in 1950.

There Cree met her lifelong love, Jim Mann, an executive with Coca Cola. She and Jim moved to Atlanta, Georgia where she worked as a model and TV fashion show commentator. They also lived in Mt. View, California (San Francisco Bay Area) for five years. There Cree modeled for The Emporium, Macy’s, Merle Norman, Cadillac and several other prominent retailers.

Jim’s job relocated them to the Los Angeles area (Northridge) from 1975 to 1990.

They retired to Santa Barbara in 1990, where she lost Jim to prostate cancer in 2007.

Cree was a well-known watercolor artist in the Santa Barbara area, her home filled with paintings of local scenes. Cree was active in St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, and was a choir member. A very talented Cree played the piano and was a member of the Prime Time Band and Basin Street Buddies Dixieland bands. She volunteered at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, Santa Barbara Historical Society, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and Braille Institute.

In 2019 Cree moved to the Enclave in Chandler, AZ, to be closer to her family. Always active, she taught watercolor classes for the residents of the Enclave.

Cree is survived by two sons, John Douglas Mann of Phoenix and Bruce Andrew Mann of Tucson, daughter Saralee Mann of Phoenix and daughter-in-laws Trixie Mann (Bruce) and Karen Mays (Doug). Also two grandchildren, Richard Mann of Santa Cruz, California and Tawni Mann of Phoenix. She was proceeded in death by her husband, James Ellis Mann.

Services will be held in Santa Barbara, CA at a future date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of the Valley at hov.org/donate

THOMPSON, Robert “Bob” Gregg

Robert (Bob) Gregg Thompson, 92, died peacefully at his home on December 27, 2020. Bob was born in Fresno, California on April 20, 1928 to Robert M. and Ruth Gregg Thompson. In 1930, they moved to Santa Barbara where Bob spent most of his life, raised a family and had a long successful career.

Bob attended Laguna Blanca School in Santa Barbara and graduated high school from Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts. In 1949 he joined the Navel Reserves and was then called up to serve in the U.S. Navy during the Korean war on a mine sweeper in the quartermaster corp.

After the war, Bob continued his education at UCSB, then moved to San Francisco where he graduated from Golden Gate University in 1955 with an accounting degree and passed the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam on his first try.

Bob moved to Los Angeles where he was employed with a national accounting firm until 1957. He then moved his family back to Santa Barbara and opened his own accounting firm. In 1962, he joined the CPA firm of Gunterman, Johnston, Ball and Thompson where he practiced for 37 years.

Bob was active in his community with affiliations in Northside Lions Club, Santa Barbara Mental Health Association, Eucalyptus Hill Improvement Association, Los Fiesteros Dance Club, Cosmopolitan Club, Santa Barbara Foundation and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church since 1958.

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TURNER, Margaret K.

Margaret K. Turner, aged 78, passed away on December 29, 2020 after waging a long, valiant battle with cancer.

Margo was proof of the power of a positive attitude, combined with a zest for living. She did not allow her disease to define her.

Born in Kent, England on November 24, 1942, Margo made her way to the United States as a young woman in search of adventure. Landing in New York, Margo initially worked as a nanny, beginning a career in the service of caring for others that would last throughout her lifetime.

Margo eventually arrived in California where she would live most of her life, first on the San Francisco Peninsula and eventually moving to Carpinteria.

After taking care of many families – helping to raise their children and keeping their houses clean, Margo decided to go to school at Santa Barbara City College to become a Certified Nursing Assistant. For several years, she compassionately cared for elderly patients at the Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility in Santa Barbara. She loved her work and in 2015 earned the “Caregiver of the Year Award” from the California Central Coast Commission for Senior Citizens. Upon retirement, Margo kept active in her community – bringing much joy and entertainment to her knitting group.

Margo is preceded in death by her brothers John and Paul Fargher. She is survived by her son, Michael Turner and his husband Jim Durree, who reside in Los Angeles. She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Marie Fargher Smith (Dave) and two nephews, Glyn (Hannah) and Nolan (Michelle) Fargher, all residing in England. Margo loved and was loved by Jim’s family: Tracy Smith, January Topolosky-Murtha (Mark), John Cates (Alba), Colette Smith, Olivia Topolosky, and Hollie Luv Byas, all of Columbus, Ohio.

She will also be missed by her many friends, who became an extension of her family.

A delayed memorial service will be held when it is safe to do so. As was her wish, donations may be made to the Gary Sinise Foundation (https://www.garysinisefoundation. org)

ANDRADE, Francisco “Don Pancho” 1935-2020

If you were a resident of the Eastside of Santa Barbara, had a connection with the Central Coast Soccer league or avocado harvesting over the last 60 years, there’s a good chance you knew Francisco Andrade or “Don Pancho.” He had a quiet, kind, and generous presence. There was often a line of young men at his front door asking for a loan, to play soccer, or to join one of his avocado harvesting crews.

Some people serve as glue for their community. Don Pancho was one of those people.

Don Pancho was born in 1935 in the town of Jalpa de Canovas in Guanajuato, Mexico. From 1959-1961, he participated in the Bracero program as an agricultural laborer working in Oregon, Florida and California. In 1962, Don Pancho settled permanently in Santa Barbara and married his wife Eugenia, also a Guanajuato native. He began his own avocado harvesting business in 1980 and was able to serve his community, providing work to many men supporting their families. His passion for soccer and community led Don Pancho to establish San Nicolas Soccer Club in 1963, which was still active until last March at the start of the pandemic. Through San Nicolas, Don Pancho supported thousands of soccer players in Santa Barbara and beyond, and could be found at the northern fence at Dwight Murphy Field on any Sunday afternoon. Don Pancho and two of his brothers owned “Las Conchas” restaurant and bar, a gathering spot for locals from 1975 to 2013. In recent years, Don Pancho took great joy in spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and hosting Sunday family breakfasts and BBQs at his home.

Francisco Andrade is survived by his wife, Eugenia; sons Jaime, Rene, Eddie, Jose, and Francisco Jr.; daughter Noemi; siblings Aurora, Patrocinio, Jesus, Felix, Gloria, Estela and Juan; and twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Don Pancho passed peacefully on Christmas morning at home in the presence of family. Due to COVID-19 restrictions the burial will be private and a celebration of life is planned when circumstances allow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Francisco Andrade’s name to the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara or the Santa Barbara High School Soccer Program.

SCANLAN, Joseph L. “Joe” August 16, 1929 – December 18, 2020

The final credits rolled for Joseph Lawrence Scanlan when he passed away in his sleep from congestive heart failure in Santa Barbara on December 18, 2020. Joe (“Papa Joe” to his 12 grand and great-grandchildren) was born in the Bronx, NY, the elder of two brothers to Irene and Harry Scanlan and raised in Manhasset, Long Island. Following his higher education at Fordham University, he joined the Air Force where, in addition to serving in the Intelligence Division, he developed a passion for flying. His spirit of adventure continued in subsequent years with his new passion… auto racing.

Post service, Joe embarked on a successful career as a television and film director.

Tennis was a constant in his life and, in his later years, his beloved tennis club in Santa Barbara brought great joy as he continued to play with many close friends.

Joe’s directorial career began in the 1960s, focusing on commercials, documentaries and soap operas including “Another World” and “Somerset” in the early 1970s in New York, expanding to episodic TV series and movies in the U.S. and Canada in the 1980s, plus many international films and television series into the 2000s, such as “La Femme Nikita.” One can never forget his early years directing “The Littlest Hobo” in Canada where the cast and crew became his extended Canadian family. His work kept him living there for many years, ultimately achieving dual citizenship.

After his move to Los Angeles, Joe directed several “Spencer for Hire” TV movies plus numerous episodes of “Knots Landing,” “Falcon Crest,” “Outer Limits,” “Lois & Clark” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” the latter for which he won a Peabody award in 1987.

Joe married Nancy Scanlan in 1952 and had three children: Michael (wife - DeeDee); Diane (husband - Arnie); and Karen (husband - Kevin). Later in life, Joe married Josee Kreitzer with whom he fathered Joshua in 1988. His former spouses and all his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren survive him. He was predeceased by his brother, Richard (Dick), and is also mourned by Dick’s children and their families.

An enthusiastic outdoorsman, Bob loved hiking and camping in the Sierras. Yosemite’s Tuolumne Meadows was his favorite place and held many special family memories. Bob was also an avid dancer and enjoyed the dance parties with his wife, Carol. Together, they enjoyed traveling to exotic places like China and Nepal and would never refuse an opportunity for another exciting travel adventure.

Joe was never one to hide his emotions or opinions. His way of communicating just what was on his mind frequently left diplomacy behind, but the passion behind his words was never in question. Joe’s love for all things Irish led to his own film script development while traveling through Ireland. He frequently quoted Irish accented humor to all who would listen. Leveraging the Irish origin of his parents, he was able to obtain his own Irish passport, an immensely proud moment indeed.

Bob is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Carol Chackel Thompson, his sons; Gregg (Teresa), Ryan (Kim), and Ward (Robin)Thompson, his stepchildren; Robert, Barbara, and David (Connie) Chackel. Additionally, Bob leaves behind 11 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. He will be missed by them all.

At this time, thanks to Covid-19 restrictions, a memorial is not planned for Joe. But we all know he was a man of many passions and will be missed by all whose lives he touched.

In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to the Yosemite Conservancy or a Charity of your choice .

MILBY, Jon A. Jon Milby (80) passed away September 25, 2020, at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. His passing was sudden, but in our hearts we know he’s in a better place; he’s home in God’s embrace.

Jon was born on January 11, 1940, at St. Francis Hospital in Santa Barbara, the son of Arthur & Irene Milby. Jon attended Santa Barbara High School.

Jon married Delores and they had twin daughters, Charlene & Carolene. He was close with both his daughters, and so proud of who they became and their accomplishments.

Jon worked for Haskell’s and then started his own trucking company, D & J Trucking.

He enjoyed working side by side with his daughter Charlene until his retirement. He also enjoyed having his Brother Lee driving and working with him. Jon retired in June of 2007, and said the one thing he absolutely missed was seeing all the other drivers, the camaraderie with all he worked with and blessed to call friend. Jon worked hard and also took time to enjoy life.

His love for family, spending time with his Grandson Tyler Jon, was very fulfilling to watch Tyler grow up. Watching Tyler excel in golf, travel to a tournament with Tyler was a very special memory in Jon’s life. Jon was so happy that Tyler found and married his soul mate, Lana.

Jon was a life member of the Santa Barbara Elks 613, and every Tuesday night shared his evening with his friends having dinner, celebrating birthdays, and just good old guys time. (Ok, they didn’t start out old).

PRICE-PALEY, Hedy W.

Hedy W. Price-Paley passed away, peacefully, on December 23, 2020 at Fallbrook, CA. Hedy Wilhelmina Schlachter was born August 27, 1939 in Chicago, IL to Hedwig and Arnold Schlachter. The family which grew to include a sister, Sophie, and a brother Arnie moved to Lake Geneva, WI as Hedy began high school. She graduated from Lake Geneva HS in 1957 after which she attended University of Wisconsin at Madison and Barat College, a Sacred Heart college, in Lake Forest, IL. Hedy’s first marriage produced three children, George, Jennifer, and Gregory. The family moved to Santa Barbara in 1969. Upon arrival, they joined Santa Barbara Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club, met other new arrivals and formed lasting friendships.

In 1979, the marriage ended and Hedy began her 30-year career in real estate, working for several of Santa Barbara’s and Montecito’s prestigious real estate brokerages. She was often seen driving around Montecito in her white Jaguar, chauffering her large, white Standard Poodle, Truffy, in the rear seat.

In 1982, while attending a “Mind and Supermind” lecture at the Lobero, Hedy ran into Jeff Paley, an old friend from the Newcomer’s Club. Timing and chemistry were aligned and they quickly became a couple. They married in February, 1984. They enjoyed almost 37 very happy years of marriage. They were soul mates in every sense of the word. Their blended family consisted of 5 children, George Price, Jennifer (Nolan), Gregory Price, Pamela (Martin), Gregory Paley, 9 grandchildren, Lexi (Beausoleil), Saige (Byun), Declan Nolan, Tierney Nolan, Jessica (Crockett), David Paley, Julian Paley, Paley Martin, Madison Martin, and 4 great-grandchildren, Jude Byun, Micah Byun, Wilhelmina (Willa) Beausoleil, and Mason Crockett.

Hedy became an enthusiastic participant in Jeff’s vintage car hobby and enjoyed many tours in their 1946 Packard.

Jon, later married his wife Sandi, they opened Del Sol and Cariloha in Solvang, and together they enjoyed many things: car shows, taking family and friends to the Nascar races over the years, Country Music and motorcycle rides with son-in-law Tim. Jon enjoyed cruising and he and Sandi cruised to places he thought they never would have seen.

Hedy had many interests but was probably best known as a printmaking artist in Santa Barbara. She belonged to several local art and printmaker associations. Her work was shown locally as well as in Chicago, Santa Fe and other California venues.

Jon is survived by his wife Sandi, daughter Charlene Rossoll (Rex), Grandson Tyler Davis (Lana), Brother Lee Milby (Michelle), Sister Kay Sagawinia (Bob), son-in-law Tim Davis (Carolene).

Hedy loved animals and became very involved in all aspects of raising alpacas, breeding, showing, judging, and making hats and scarves with the fleece. Her alpacas won many ribbons at the shows.

He is preceded in death by his Father Arthur, his Mother Irene, and his Daughter Carolene.

Hedy was a loving grandmother. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren will always cherish the memories of their time together. She was present at their births, drove them to and from school, shared her art abilities with them. They will remember the Easter egg hunts in the backyard, Christmas and all of those special occasions. They will always remember their beloved “Mimi” for her grace, style, and the way she nurtured and loved her family unconditionally.

We would like to thank the staff at Cottage Hospital for taking care of Jon especially during these very difficult times, and treating him like family.

A Celebration of Jon’s life will be held at a later date when we can ALL gather and remember this amazing man, a man that was loved and admired by ALL.

Hedy was a member of the Santa Barbara Mission for many years.

No services are planned at this time.

MOREY, Lorraine Giorgi Bosio

Lorraine Giorgi Bosio Morey, age 87, passed into the kingdom of Heaven on December 9, 2020.

Born in Santa Barbara on November 16, 1933, to Mario & Lena Giorgi (Deceased). Lorraine attended local schools and graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1951.

She was active in local politics and campaigned in her younger years for causes and candidates of conservative ideas. Her charity work always involved children. She was one of the charter members on the Board of Directors of Calm.

One could always find her working in her beautiful garden, she felt touched by God in watching things grow which brought joy to everyone. She loved and cared for her family as she did her friends and neighbors. That was life’s greatest reward. She had deep feelings of duty, giving, and caring for the needs of others. To love and be loved was the greatest gift life has to offer.

Lorraine was a fantastic decorator and had an eye for detail. She was proud of her Italian heritage and enjoyed cooking delicious meals for her family gatherings. She was a positive, quick witted, energetic individual.

She was a loving mother of Justin Bosio whom she referred to as her greatest reward in life. She was also the mother of Michael Mario Bosio, a deceased son whom she never forgot. She is also survived by her daughter-in-law Cheryl Bosio. The light of her life was her loving grandchildren, Justine Bosio Schneider (Leo), Sheldon Bosio (Nicole) and Lindsay Bosio. The love, pride and rewards from her children and grandchildren made her life complete.

She is also survived by her nieces Claudia Wilberger (Gary), Robin Wilberger, Christine McAfee (William), Rachael and Nina, nephew Robert Postel, cousins Dennis Feeley (Connie) and Annette Mendez.

“To see a Child smile, to hear the innocent laughter of play, to keep a child safe and loved is the future of our great country.”

Funeral Mass & graveside services will be held on January 11, 2021 at 11:00 am at Calvary Cemetery, 199 N. Hope Ave. SB, CA Social distancing required.

A special thank you to Dr. Rosenblum, Dr. Blount, The Ridley-Tree Cancer Center, and the Girls at the infusion center.

In lieu of flowers, a donation to CALM may be made or a charity of your choice.

SANCHEZ, Earnest J. “Ernie” Ernest “Ernie” J. Sanchez, 84, of Carpinteria, passed away on January 3, 2021 in Santa Barbara.

Born February, 1936 at St. Francis Hospital in Santa Barbara to Albert and Jennie Sanchez of Carpinteria, Ernie was raised in Carpinteria along with his sisters Gloria (Fisher) and Dolly (Montalvo) where he attended elementary school through high school. He played football for Carpinteria High School and earned the nickname “Moose” for his large physique and hard-hitting talent on the field. This led him on to play ball at San Bernardino City College and garnered an offer to try out for the then Baltimore Colts. Ernie declined the offer and decided instead to enlist in the US Marine Corp in 1956, in which he proudly served until 1958 and then in the reserves until 1962 when he was honorably discharged.

In 1961 Ernie met and married Sally Mendoza, the love of his life. After living in Santa Barbara, they eventually settled in Carpinteria with their three children John, Paul, and Suzanne. With his strong work ethic, Ernie excelled and worked his way to G-12 status at Pt. Mugu Naval Air Station as an equipment management specialist. Ernie was a Marine through and through, but also a proud civil servant to the naval base for 28 years. His dedication to his work and country was immeasurable as was his love of his family. Family gatherings, watching and coaching his children’s sports, family travel and camping trips were among his favorite things. Ernie was a second father to many children. He greatly enjoyed working with youth and coached for the Carpinteria Boys Club as well as helped to establish the CYAA in Carpinteria. Eventually, he and Sally could be found front and center at their grandchildren’s events, even if there were two or three in one day. Ernie and Sally were both also very involved parishioners of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. For many years they could be seen working in the taco or prize booth at the Annual St. Joseph’s Festival.

After retiring, Ernie and Sally traveled in their trailer. Their adventures took them to destinations near and far. When they weren’t traveling, Ernie would help out in the offices of his son’s businesses, as well as spending time and helping with his greatgrandchildren (and grand dogs). He always found time to keep in shape and could be seen walking or biking around Carpinteria with that familiar big smile. You would often see him visiting with friends or family he came across during his walks and rides, many times to talk cars and racing. His love of racing would occasionally take him and Sally to the Bonneville Salt Flats to enjoy a couple of days of racing. Ernie also took great pride in being a flag bearer for the Marine Corps Auxiliary at the Carpinteria Cemetery Memorial Day Services for many years and always stayed to speak with young and old veterans, their families and the scouts that were in attendance. He made it a point to seek out any young military personnel in attendance to thank them for their service.

With all his energy and love of life, Ernie will be remembered as a man who loved his family, his country and was a true gentleman.

Ernie is preceded by and now reunited with his parents Albert and Jennie Sanchez and great-granddaughter Harley Jade Millhollin. He is survived by his wife of almost 60 years, Sally Sanchez and their children John (Polly), Paul (Michelle), Suzie (Keith) Millhollin; grandchildren Andrew (Lizette), Ivan, Kyle, Anthony (Brett), Daniel “Mo”, Monique, Alix (Ryan), Briana and David; great-grandchildren Zoey, Sienna, Luciana and Nico; siblings Gloria (John), Dolly (Willie) and his large extended family including many loving cousins, nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank the caregivers and staff at Villa Alamar along with Central Coast Hospice and Doctor Bourne for the excellent and loving care they gave to Ernie and the family. We would also like to thank Dr. Robert Byers for his many years of excellent care. Many thanks to the Friendship Center of Montecito and to EasyLift for their kindness and help over the years. Due to Covid, a private service will be held.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Friendship Center, EasyLift or the Alzheimer’s Association. In the words of Sally, “We lived a storybook life together…it was wonderful”.

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“War Weary, USS San Diego Returns to Home Port” (1967) is the name of this 20- by 26-inch watercolor by Arthur Beaumont. His son, Geoffrey Campbell Beaumont, will discuss the late artist’s work during a Zoom talk presented by the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.

‘Art of the Sea’ Naval paintings on view at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

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rthur Beaumont: Art of the Sea,” an exhibit of 53 paintings chronicling the accomplishments of the U.S. Navy, from the USS Constitution to atomic bomb tests and expeditions to the North and South poles, will be at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum through May 30.

It’s the last show on the West

Coast before the exhibit leaves for the East Coast.

A special feature of the unusual exhibit will be a Zoom presentation by the artist’s son, Geoffrey Campbell Beaumont, on April 15.

He will share personal stories about the various watercolor and oil paintings and provide viewers with his unique insight into this exhibit, the art and the artist.

In addition to the paintings, the show will be accompanied by his book, “Arthur Beaumont: Art of the Sea,” published by the Irvine

Museum in Irvine.

“My father was called the U.S. Navy’s ‘Artist of the Fleet,’ an unofficial title given to him by Admiral William D. Leahy, who was the highest ranking officer in all of the armed services during World War II,” Mr. Beaumont told the News-Press by phone from his home in Las Vegas. “He was President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first chief of staff.

“One of the paintings in the exhibit is a portrait of Admiral Leahy in 1936, which was done at

my father’s studio at the Pacific Coast Club in Long Beach. It overlooked the harbor, then the home port for the naval fleet before it was moved to Pearl Harbor.”

The artist also did his impressionist paintings at his home studio in Hancock Park in Los Angeles, where Geoffrey grew up with three siblings.

“I remember playing my clarinet for Admiral Leahy there,” he said, recalling that his father, who died in Please see art on B4

At left, “USS Fall River, Bikini Atoll Baker Bomb Test” (July 25, 1946), 13- by 17-inch watercolor. At right, “Baker Day, Minus One, U.S. Fleet at Bikini” (1946), 18- by 21⅞ inch watercolor.

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Sudoku puzzles appear on the Diversions page Monday-Saturday and on the crossword solutions Š Puzzles by Pappocom page in Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Life section.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arthur Beaumont: Art of the Sea,â&#x20AC;? a Zoom presentation by Geoffrey Campbell Beaumont, will be offered April 15 by the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way. The program is free, but registration is required, and donations are welcome.

To register, go to sbmm.org/santabarbara-events.

Because of the COVID-19 lockdown, the museum remains closed until further notice. When it reopens, visitors will find the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arthur Beaumont: Art of the Seaâ&#x20AC;? exhibit at the museum through May 30.

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1978 at age 87, was born in Norfolk County, England, and came to the U.S. in 1908 to study art at UC Berkeley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When he ran out of money, he became a cowboy at the Miller and Lux Ranch near Modesto. He had learned horsemanship in England as a reserve cadet in the Royal Cavalry Corps. He did that off and on for three years before moving to Los Angeles and opening his first commercial art studio in 1917.

There is a self-portrait of him riding a horse that was done in 1934 and titled â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Fence Rider,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;? said Mr. Beaumont.

After studying with other artists in the U.S. and Europe and teaching art and watercolor painting, Arthur Beaumont received a commission as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and became the Artist of the Fleet by 1933, beginning his lifelong work of depicting naval vessels in various settings and states of preparedness through World War II, nuclear bomb testing, the Korean War, in Vietnam and naval missions to China, Japan, Alaska and Antarctica as well as Revolutionary War-era sailing vessels and portraits of prominent naval officers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For 47 years, he painted for the Navy. My father was the first artist to paint an atomic bomb test at Bikini Island in July 1946, above and below the water,â&#x20AC;? said Mr. Beaumont, adding that his favorite painting is titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;USS Glacier and USS Arneb, Antarctica,â&#x20AC;? 1973. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a two-fer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a landscape and seascape all in one. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only painting of my father I bought at an auction. The others were all given to me.â&#x20AC;?

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A day with goats and llamas

People last week checked out the goats and llamas who are helping to keep Elings Park safe.

The animals are eating the Santa Barbara site’s fire fuel, including its weeds.

Adults and kids alike are interested in the goats and llamas, and one little dog became very eager in its curiosity.

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among the American people, the last of which you can’t possibly have as long as the left continues to paint 74 million people as hateful racists, sexists and homophobes.

Let’s not forget what President Trump has accomplished in office and how he has articulated and driven an agenda that has led to unprecedented (pre-COVID) prosperity. His successful policy prescriptions for America are as viable now as when he took office.

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peaking up and exercising our ability to choose are vitally important.

Especially now.

Did you know that the Santa Barbara City Council plans to seriously curtail the use of natural gas?

The plan is to take away the freedom of choice whether to use gas or electrical appliances.

It is commonly known that natural gas is much cheaper than electricity. And it is a proven fact that natural gas is no less green than electricity.

With electrical power, not only do we experience the inconvenience of scheduled outages, but also the entreaty not to use electrical appliances during times of high power demands to prevent overloading the grid.

So why is our City Council proposing this no-win situation for the citizens?

As covered in previous columns, this same council has started a city-owned power company that employs only electric power. Higher prices, loss of freedom of choice and more susceptibility to loss of power, what gives?

Please send emails to object to this proposal to sbcitycouncil@ santabarbaraca.gov. These communications must be sent to City Council by 10 a.m. Monday before council members cast their votes at Tuesday’s meeting.

Mayor Cathy Murrillo states that people are expressing fear that “we are going to remove natural gas infrastructure or ban natural gas use in existing buildings, which is simply not the case.”

No, that would just be the beginning. This sort of change is always done in phases.

How long would it be before natural gas would be eliminated altogether? For example, when a building permit application is made, the city often makes its own stipulations for your project.

Weighing in on this manner is former councilman Dale Francisco.

“The United States is one of very few industrialized nations whose CO2 emissions has declined in recent years, all because of the replacement of coal-fired power plants with one’s powered by natural gas,” Mr. Francisco said. “This should be especially obvious in a state where rolling electricity black outs and brown outs have become a fact of life.”

This action would be in lockstep with NorCal environmentalism gone wild — stigmatizing a source of reliable, clean, and plentiful energy.

During a Planning Commission meeting, the pleas have been for developers to bring down the cost by using no-frills construction.

However, the City Council’s program to eliminate natural gas will increase the cost of construction. How does that benefit us?

In the new year, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Congress is promoting the use of a genderless society by striking pronouns and words that denote familial relationships. That means eliminating such terms as sister, brother, husband, wife, mother, father, daughter, son, grandmother, grandfather, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews. Clearly this points to the erosion of the family unit.

Is this why the City Council has recently begun addressing

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oodbye, America.

It was good while it lasted.

I remember thinking as a 10-yearold, that I really liked America because its politicians were honest, and it was great we weren’t a corrupt country like I heard other countries were. And I don’t know why at that young age I had those thoughts and why I even remembered them, but boy, did that naiveté change as I grew up.

This year we’re going to have another type of surge upon a surge called “Corruption21.” And there’s no vaccine being developed against this virus and there never will be.

This virus will impact the entire nation like never before and likely last forever. Last year the cloak came off the wolf, and beneath it, we saw how powerful the big tech companies had become.

And now that the Democrats are in full control of America, say goodbye to your country.

I’d like to make some predictions about what we can all look forward to over the next few years.

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Expect some terrible things in 2021 their up-and-coming socialists Enforcement is abolished. who are rapidly becoming the new The 30 million, 40 million, maybe face of what once was known as 50 million illegals already here the party for the people. If John will get an Operation Warp Speed F. Kennedy were alive today, he toward citizenship. (The fictitious would be considered a Republican. 11 million number is 30 years old).

So we can expect: Great efforts will be made An even higher uptick in to strip honest, law-abiding murdered babies through abortion. Americans of their guns, but no The overall murder action will be taken rate in America will also against the criminals Henry increase beyond numbers or gangs who are Schulte we’ve never seen before. murdering Americans Homelessness will also every day.

The author rise to a level where it And if you’re a lives in Solvang becomes the new normal to “lawmaker,” you will still live on our streets. have the right to carry.

China will move, metaphorically, Because you’re just that much and maybe literally, into the White more important than the rest of House. us.

Iran will announce they’ve Gangs will grow in confidence perfected the nuclear weapon and power since there won’t be and thank Barack Obama and Joe any bail, and no one is being Biden for the cash to do it. sentenced to prison for anything Southern border security will anyway. cease, and illegals, gangs, gun Free speech will end as we runners, drug runners, human know it. Already has. traffickers, will simply saunter into Organized censorship will America and likely be handed a determine what we can and check. cannot know.

And the safety of all Americans Tax rates will soar. will be in even further jeopardy Joe Biden will continue to be when Immigration and Customs coddled by the press and anything

that isn’t favorable will be blamed on Donald Trump.

Should the virus begin to temper, and the vaccines do their job, President-Elect Biden will be given the credit, despite having absolutely nothing to do with its success. However, should it fail, it will be President Trump’s fault.

Black Lives Matter will gain access and hold positions in the Biden administration, dictating and demanding more money to further their cause of racial inequality. Which is merely another term for extortion.

The Supreme Court will become just another arm of the Democratic Party and join the mainstream media.

No one will ever be held accountable again for anything, unless you’re a Republican.

Prisons will be systematically closed or dramatically cut back because nearly everyone will be released. And the victims will just have to man up. Sorry, “it up.”

There’s also the push of making D.C. and Puerto Rico states to forever gain control of the swamp, which sadly, President Trump, wasn’t able to fully drain.

And if the Dems do get their way, the next election won’t even matter.

The above items are the visions of the Democrats and socialists who for some reason just don’t think the America of old is worth hanging on to. Their views, however, are a far cry from what most of this country really does think and care about.

In truth, they are dreaming.

They may get some of their wishes granted, but Americans won’t tolerate it.

President Trump emerged five years ago and showed the country that there are some politicians who actually do care about the people.

Let’s see how the liberal agenda is received. And without anyone else to oppose, Democrats are notorious for opposing each other.

In two years, we’ll be better prepared, at least I hope so, to make certain the midterms won’t be stolen, and the real voices of America will rise to the top. In the meantime, just pinch your nose, hold your breath and pray.

Oh, yeah.

Prayer will be abolished too.

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am saddened by what occurred at the nation’s Capitol building on Wednesday. Such mob violence, especially against the nation’s institutions of government, must be firmly and unequivocally condemned.

For my entire lifetime, the Republican Party has been the party of law and order and has zealously honored the Constitution. We must and will continue to be.

Most conservatives are rightly condemning the violence, but it should be noted that this is not typical of people on the right. We almost never behave this way, and we don’t embrace it.

Extreme leftists routinely engage in violence.

In the last year alone, we have seen widespread leftist violence and the Democratic leadership’s

total indifference to it. This is not the tolerant, peaceful left— to excuse the violence or engage you know, the left that jealously in whataboutism. Rather, we must guards “our democracy.” recognize the Democrats’ double These are the same leftists who standard and not enable the false never let a crisis go to waste, and narrative that this is who we they smell blood in the water now are. We also need to determine that some administration officials whether, and the extent are resigning. They will to which, antifa types go all out these next two were behind this. weeks.

There will be much But remember: As much chest-thumping from as the left genuinely hates those who’ve long President Trump, the argued that President endless assaults on him Donald Trump is evil have never been primarily personified and who about him or his alleged David Limbaugh threat to democracy say that he incited his supporters’ but about thwarting his violence. They’ll say agenda. his supporters are just a violent Yes, inveterate Trump haters mob waiting for their dear leader loathe every molecule of his body, to instruct them so they can go but they care far more about ballistic, that Trump and his advancing their secular religion supporters are the ones who of political and cultural leftism, threaten the Constitution, not and anyone who gets in their way

must be destroyed. President Trump got in their way — and so did his supporters, so, they, too, have to be demonized.

Have we been asleep the last four years? Have we not seen the slander of our entire movement as intrinsically racist? Have people audacious enough to wear MAGA hats or wave Trump flags not been vilified as vicious racists and haters? We won’t stand for it.

I recently wrote a column in which I urged Trump supporters not to become dispirited or give up the fight. I must reiterate, especially after Wednesday’s events, that we must now be stronger than ever.

The left still remains the greatest threat to our republican form of government, to capitalism, to prosperity, to law and order, to our national identity and to any hope of harmony

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letters to the news-press Best wishes for Joe Biden

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didn’t vote for Joe Biden, but he will be my president, and I genuinely hope he does well.

I have conservative views, usually vote Republican, but I have voted for Democrats in the past. Unfortunately, the modernday Democratic Party, in my opinion, offers little except the Robin Hood theme of “Take from the rich and give to the poor.”

Democrats want to penalize success.

As a contrast, the Republican Party, although far from being void of political nonsense, offers many opportunities for people to better themselves and not be dependent on handouts.

I realize these are broad statements. But the bottom line is that I would prefer my children believe that individual work and effort are the keys to success and future happiness. Our government should provide opportunities, not an endless stream of welfare payments.

I hope that President Biden has the strength to not be overpowered by the progressive left. The opportunity is there for him to “operate in the middle” and concentrate on well-thought out ideas from both moderate Democrats and moderate Republicans.

If he can do this and get our “historically first” Vice President Kamala Harris (presently “way out there” on the left) to seriously work with him in this respect, the opportunity for a successful presidency will definitely be there.

It’s worth repeating. I didn’t vote for Joe Biden, but on Jan. 20, 2021, he will be my president. I want him to do well.

Sanderson M. Smith Carpinteria

At the mercy of monsters

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s a president, Donald Trump was extraordinarily effective in making America great again.

But I fear that in his final hours, he is wreaking havoc that will sacrifice his legacy of law and order into the hands of anarchists with this braying Lion In Winter number — the ultimate narcissist raging at nature itself for betraying him.

I fear for Joe Biden that his party has spent four years on a violent civil insurrection that they were passionate about for which he will now be the target in the violent culture of fools that loosed the hounds of hell as if they could be recalled once they were no longer useful.

When winning is the only goal that matters, everyone loses. That is where we are: at the mercy of monsters.

Derrick Harrison Hurd Santa Barbara

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ast night sirens were in our neighborhood, and my wife just said “more murders in our neighborhood.” And she was right.

I am glad we have a home, but there have been four murders within three blocks of our apartment recently. I hope to get my family out of this neighborhood if the police cannot do anything about it.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will be in the

Biden administration as secretary of health and human services and has been hard on gangs, so maybe we will see some real action to get rid of the gangs, or maybe they will finally kill one another off.

Attorney General Becerra is a son of legal immigrants from Mexico and understands that gangs that grow out of the immigrant community, as most do, lend a bad name to all immigrants and must be eliminated.

Political correctness stifles both knowledge of and solutions for this problem. I was an international election observer in El Salvador and was briefed there on emigration and gangs. MS13, the most violent of the gangs originated in Los Angeles among the immigrant community from El Salvador.

The history of street gangs verifies that gangs often originate among immigrant communities.

I assert this as the grandson of legal immigrants with a legal immigrant wife and two legal immigrant sons.

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ou get what you vote for. In 2021, America will change forever — and not for the good.

The radical left and the socialists are now in charge. We can look forward to one-party rule of the government. The question of the day: Will our free republic survive?

What will life look like under a Biden /Harris (Obama) presidency?

More taxes, government run healthcare, open borders, censorship plus suppression of the news by the media and Big Tech, rise of China, more rigged elections, loss of energy sources plus higher energy costs, increased control over our lives, a weaker economy and a generally more dangerous world.

As a nation, the road ahead will be bumpy and dangerous.

As Thomas Paine said, “These are the times that try men’s souls.”

Pray for our nation.

Diana Thorn Carpinteria

Turning point reached Editor’s note: This letter came to the News-Press before results were announced that Democrats had won the U.S. Senate races in Georgia.

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he photographs in the paper of the protests over the COVID lockdown really shocked me.

These people were wantonly denying the scientific reality that a lockdown is imperative right now if the virus is to be controlled.

I see in this a parallel with the utility companies’ refusal to place our power lines underground.

They have been proven to be a devastating fire danger.

Both the protestors and the utility companies are denying reality, and both denials will most likely cause more death and destruction.

he election is finally called, and you got what you have been fighting for since President Donald Trump was elected four years ago.

You never — and I stress you never — gave him one day of a high five, but that is because he was a Republican.

You said “impeach him” before he stepped over the threshold of the White House, and you chanted and repeated the same rhetoric delivered to you from hate mongers who hate this, our country, so much they blinded you to the facts. You didn’t want to listen. There are two sides to every story.

You closed your minds and repeated, “you know not what.”

Are you aware of your childish behavior that has been brought down on ALL of us?

There is no turning back, all, this whole nation is under the power hungry. I hate to use the word, “leader,” but those elected are the puppets of the power hungry “know not’s”.

Watch the puppet strings, and there are enough losers to pull the uninformed strings to the novice.

You have elected a man who, along with his son Hunter, is under investigation with their connections to China. Will we kowtow to China under this new leader?

Your reckless action is against everything our forefathers tried to prevent from happening.

No sense to continue to beat a dead horse. Even the horse has intelligence enough not to come back to inform you; he knows how senseless this would be.

So, in closing, forgive me for using my First Amendment, but I cannot be quiet, and to those who have looked me up and let me know my words are not wasted, thank you. I shall speak up when an injustice happens.

These old bones and brain, I hope, will continue to light up one uninformed.

Thank you and God Bless America.

Daphne Moore Santa Barbara

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e have come to the most critical point of our country since 1776.

We are divided, as if it were 1864. We have experienced a presidential election never imagined by a majority of the population in 2020. Our election was much more about hate, than love. Antifa is exercising fascism.

“Racism” runs about No. 5 on the list of important issues, among the entire population.

Georgia is running two deplorable Democrat senatorial candidates — a “false prophet-pastor” and a young socialist/ Communist — to control the Senate, our entire government, and ultimately, our total culture and freedom.

The “slippery slope” is upon us.

We may be inheriting exactly what we deserve.

It’s possible to make a comeback at any time — if needed now or in four years.

But the damage will be done.

Our republic may be gone. The failed principles of historical despots live long after them.

Stalin, Hitler, Chavez, and Castro have left their mark that Georgia and the U.S. may have avowed.

Jesus is a “necessity,” and U R 2.

Let’s get ready for a comeback, so we can help the world, again.

Randy Rosness Solvang

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istorical revisionism — that’s the only term to describe what’s happening today in the naming of public schools and parks.

Who led what, who created what, whose ideas and ideals resulted in today’s world — these things mean less with each passing week and each renaming.

Admittedly, it makes no sense to lionize persons like Braxton Bragg, the commander of the Confederate Army of the Mississippi during the Civil War and the recipient of three brevet promotions during a single battle in the MexicanAmerican War about 18 years earlier.

The Northern California outpost and later city of Fort Bragg took his name after he returned from Mexico with a hero’s reputation, and city officials say they’ll keep the name even though Bragg had little connection to the area.

There’s good reason for blacks to resent naming any city after Bragg and little reason for anyone else to support honoring his name.

But that’s very different from the likes of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, for whom schools, parks and cities have long been named all over America. No one ever claimed these seminal figures in U.S. history were saints, but things they did shaped America for the better in definite ways.

No doubt Washington was a major slave owner. His sumptuous home and lifestyle at Mount Vernon, near what is now Washington, D.C., was enabled by the exploitation of the labor of human beings he owned.

But Washington led the Continental Army with daring, inspiration and courage in the Revolutionary War. He also refused offers to become king of this country around the time he left office after two terms as the first president. For a contrast, imagine how Donald Trump might react to such an offer.

For his remarkable actions and his refusal of monarchic status, Washington deserves massive recognition despite enslaving others. Yes, he had flaws, but he shaped American ideals perhaps more than any other individual. Removing his name from schools — as the San Francisco school board now contemplates — or from cities would amount to renouncing some of the best of our history.

The same for Lincoln, whose Emancipation Proclamation freed almost all slaves in America.

Yes, he conducted Indian wars against Native American tribes and even drank some alcohol. Lincoln, thus, was also not saintly, but he remains a seminal figure in American progress and national survival.

Erasing Lincoln’s name amounts to an attempt to erase history.

The list goes on, especially in San Francisco, where officials are considering renaming schools named after Revolutionary War hero Paul Revere, Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the Alamo, U.S. Sen. and former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein, naturalist John Muir and early San Francisco Mayor Adolph Sutro.

In no case are or were any of these figures perfect human beings, which apparently is required to satisfy revisionist standards of political correctness. In each case, the individual or institution was a product of contemporary times and morality.

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The Zuckerberg heist of the election

ou were warned.

In September 2020, right here in this nationally syndicated newspaper column and on a subsequent report on my Newsmax show, “Sovereign Nation,” I sounded the alarm over Silicon Valley’s hijacking of our election system through a private nonprofit called the Center for Technology and Civic Life.

In October, I tipped off the White House and publicly urged the FBI and Justice Department to investigate. Nothing was done.

Not a single federal official objected. So the Zuckerberg Heist will happen again and again in this farce of a constitutional republic. Free and fair elections in America are a pipe dream.

In case you were snoozing,

as far too many citizens in this Service rules. country are, CTCL is the deepI was able to tell you last fall pocketed liberal advocacy group how CTCL solicited more than subsidized by Big Tech oligarchs 1,100 applications from across and radical philanthropists. The the country for the group’s center received $350 million purported “COVID-19 Response from Facebook founder Mark Grant Program” to “provide Zuckerberg and his wife, funding to U.S. local Priscilla Chan. election offices” Election informationthat steered voters rigging Google is a top toward alternatives to corporate partner. The traditional voting.

Rockefeller Brothers The pandemic Fund and the Democracy provided a handy Fund (founded by “Never ruse to sabotage our Trumper” billionaire and Michelle Malkin regular Election Day eBay former chairman experience through Pierre Omidyar) also less transparent, more pitched in. There are unknown manipulable absentee and voteother wealthy donors to the by-mail mechanisms.

501(c)(3) “charity,” but I can’t I showed you how there is tell you who and how many they nothing “nonpartisan” about are because their identities are CTCL’s enterprise. The Center’s protected by Internal Revenue top staff (many of them Barack

Obama campaign tech gurus) come from a now-defunct liberal nonprofit called the New Organizing Institute, whose far-left donors include George Soros’s Open Society Foundation, the Ford Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies. CTCL director Tiana Epps-Johnson is a former Obama Foundation fellow.

Former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe, author of “The Citizens’ Guide to Beating Trump,” worked for Mr. Zuckerberg’s foundation.

Chicago political activist Jay Stone, The Amistad Project of the Thomas More Society, and watchdogs in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania all filed lawsuits prior to Election Day against CTCL’s partisan grant scheme to affect battleground states’ and counties’

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election results. This week, just as I prepared to file this column, The Amistad Project filed a new suit against Fulton County, Georgia (home of the pipe burst shenanigans that shut down absentee ballot counting on Election Day) for using dark money CTCL funds in both the general election and the Jan. 5 Senate runoff elections.

“The sanctity of our electoral process is being violated by the unprecedented infusion of private money,” Phill Kline, director of the Amistad Project, warned.

“Instead of being distributed equally, as the law requires,” he noted, “election funding is now being doled out by private interests seeking to influence the Please see malkin on C4

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slamic terror has been trending down for five years.

Some American officials said this would never happen.

America has failed to properly fight terrorism, said former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, so it “has spread, gaining countless new adherents.”

Others said fundamentalism’s demand for religious obedience over individual freedom means “peace is not possible.” They contend that Muslims will never embrace Enlightenment ideals like individual freedom and separation of church and state.

But Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, of the group Ideas Beyond Borders, called that view “ignorant.” He said Middle Eastern young people are moving away from fundamentalism. Surveys do show Middle Eastern youth are becoming less religious and less trusting of religious leaders.

Faisal credited the internet.

“Facebook, the social media entry to the Middle East, has been kind of revolutionary.”

It introduced young people to American sitcoms. “Friends” and “Seinfeld,” subtitled in Arabic, “show you what good life looks like.”

Faisal grew up in Iraq and had a very different upbringing. “I was told, ‘you cannot hold hands with this woman... cannot listen to that music.’”

That leads young people to “develop a lot of resentment against the establishment.”

But until social media was invented, most didn’t know about alternatives.

After Faisal escaped Iraq and discovered the freedoms of America, he started Ideas Beyond Borders, which translates articles and books about individual rights into Arabic.

They also make short videos about these ideas.

His social media following grew quickly. One of his Facebook pages has 3.5 million likes. “People were searching for it,” he says in my newest video because, “This was the Please see stossel on C4

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What is at stake is the survival of the conservative agenda limbaugh

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birth to Mr. Trump and Trumpism is not only alive and well but is even more dangerous now that Democrats have captured control of the two political branches of our government.

Of course, the left wants to finally destroy President Trump and prevent him from ever returning to the Oval Office. But it also intends to eviscerate the movement he began. It wants to send a signal that no one else better try to challenge its hegemony.

It hopes to escalate this conflict and remove President Trump with just two weeks remaining in his term — not because it truly fears he’ll do something crazy but to ensure that whatever damage he

may have done to himself is amplified and contaminates his legacy and his entire movement.

What is at stake is the survival of the conservative agenda, and the rebuilding and expansion of the Republican Party. We can’t afford to lose heart.

We have an urgent responsibility to stay in the fight, to redouble our efforts to resist the left’s destructive agenda and to continue to pursue America’s greatness.

David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His latest book is “Guilty by Reason of Insanity: Why the Democrats Must Not Win.” Follow him on Twitter @davidlimbaugh and his website, www.davidlimbaugh. com. To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators. com.

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Continued from Page C2 mission schools in San Francisco and other parts of California because of the enslavement of American Indians by Spanish monks who led the European exploration and colonization of Mexico and then this state.

But there can be no argument that the mission system, with its churches and attendant farms neatly placed a day’s journey apart, had a major part in California’s development, even to the placement of major cities.

Denying that history invites nothing but ignorance.

It’s not merely schools that are under pressure now to change names and thus attempt to downgrade the history and contributions of past leaders and institutions.

There’s also a move afoot to change names of state parks, most of which already carry

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Continued from Page C2 first time the ideas of freedom and liberty were available in Arabic.”

He asks his audience what videos they would like to see and what books “that if you publish yourself, you might get blown up” they would like translated next. “They often say Steven Pinker,” he says.

“What does Steven Pinker say that deserves being blown up?” I ask.

“Enlightenment,” he replies.

“The values of reason, and science, and separation of church and state, in this case, mosque and state. And freedom of economy. Freedom of movement has really led to a pros-

perous society.”

In the last few years, more young people have pushed back against their countries’ repression. “They want individual rights. They want freedom of speech,” Faisal said.

At those protests, Faisal’s volunteers set up tents and pass out Western books such as “Lying” by Sam Harris and Pinker’s “Enlightenment Now.” Some of his supporters have been attacked by radicals. One was killed.

But Faisal claimed young people are winning the war of ideas.

I pushed back during our conversation. “I’ve been told optimistic things before. Arab Spring was supposed to change everything.”

Arab Spring was “overblown,”

he replied. But then the brief rule of ISIS changed the minds of some even very religious people.

“Some believed in the concepts that ISIS advocated ... establishing a caliphate and establishing religious law,” said Faisal. “But then they live under it and see a beheaded woman and gays being thrown from rooftops. Most people there are just like anyone else. They want to live in peace and prosperity.”

Faisal’s journey to peace and prosperity began when he was a teen. His neighborhood “became infested with al-Qaida members.”

He received death threats. That’s when he came to America.

“Is America what you expected?”

I asked.

“Definitely,” he replied. “In fact,

much better than I thought.”

Americans welcomed him into their homes and gave him books.

Now, Ideas Beyond Borders translates those books into Arabic.

“We have 120 translators working for us full time,” Faisal said.

It’s good that Ideas Beyond Borders spreads the word about freedom.

John Stossel, a former ABC News and Fox Business Channel anchor, is the author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.

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the mayor as “Honorable,” instead of the traditional “Madame”?

Imagine the impact of eliminating these definitive pronouns from our vocabulary.

In fact, on Jan. 3, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., ended the opening congressional daily prayer with “amen.” Then added, “and ‘a-women.’ ” He was only demonstrating that he did not know the translation of amen is “so be it” and has nothing to do with gender.

Please be aware the Santa Barbara Unified School District is lowering the educational bar even further with its decision to refrain from giving grades lower than a “C.” With this elimination of the grades “ D” or “F,” we suspect this is a move toward the “no child left behind” credo.

But the ulterior motive appears to ensure the district loses no funding due to its subpar

educational system, which would be evident in what they have delivered.

This is clearly a situation where the board acts without adequate input from the teachers who are the educating professionals.

By removing the “stigmatizing” effects of a D or an F on a student’s record, the district also lowers the overall academic expectation.

Students lose the incentive to avoid a D or an F, knowing they can just make it up later. And that loss of incentive impairs the rigor of schooling and undermines the tried-and-true method of education.

This has all been worked out: how to educate effectively, how to hold students accountable for getting the work done in a timely manner.

Pushing through these drastic changes without proper discussion is another example of taking advantage of a time when culturally and socially we are not unified, when we’re not able to gather and share ideas.

This smacks of political power play as well. We see it in all areas of local and national arenas.

Again, instead of worrying about “feelings” and going gender-neutral, teach students how to think and reason and how to perform well in math, reading and writing. Teach them about civics. All of that would help ring in the future.

We have been told that Santa Barbara does not have a gang problem. But consider last week’s news. What is this called?

On two different days, a body was found.

There was a gang shooting on Monday at 9 p.m. when Santa Barbara officers were dispatched to Arrellaga and Castillo streets. (“SB police respond to call about shots fired,” News-Press, Jan. 6).

Upon their arrival, officers discovered evidence of a shooting but noone on the scene.

The city has had an apparent gang/turf skirmish during the past week. One involved a stabbing, and one a double murder with others injured, as

reported in the News-Press.

Another stabbing was reported on San Pascual; however, it was reported as involving transients.

It appears the gang activity is under-reported. Another serious city matter is being swept under the rug.

No matter one’s political persuasion, what happened in the Capitol Wednesday is a shameful blot on American history. This kind of violence can never be justified.

It is a travesty to the American way of life, which is predicated on law-abiding order and civility, decency and decorum. “(Americans) do not storm their own Capitol over a lost election ... They do not push and shove police officers ...”

We need to pray for and work toward restored peace and unity throughout our nation.

Bonnie Donovan writes the “Did You Know?” column in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section.

names of locations and not people.

Example: Two former state park commissioners suggested in an op-ed the other day renaming parks in Los Angeles after African-descended soldiers who accompanied the Spaniards who founded Los Angeles. But that expedition was not their idea, nor did they decide how it was conducted. Their leaders did.

Naming parks and schools for folks who were along for the ride but not shaping events would mislead and misrepresent history, with potential consequences no one today can foresee.

Thomas Elias is author of the “The Burzynski Breakthrough: The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It,” now available in an updated third edition. His email address is tdelias@aol.com.

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According to The Amistad Project, the money that Fulton County has accepted from CTCL “is nearly equal to the amount the county received from public sources for the 2020 general election.”

Grant recipients must abide

by Mr. Zuckerberg/CTCL’s requirements on how many polling places and absentee ballot drop boxes it supplies.

Election judges have been subsidized with Big Tech/ Democrat operatives’ money.

The grants have reportedly been used to facilitate illegal “curing” of flawed ballots while GOP observers were blocked from doing their jobs.

Questions raised by Amistad that remain unanswered: • What conversations has Mark Zuckerberg and/or those on his staff had with David Plouffe and/or Plouffe’s

colleagues? Was funding to CTCL specifically discussed?

Will Zuckerberg share related emails?

• What strategic discussions has Zuckerberg had with CTCL’s leadership? How does he monitor CTCL’s progress? Will he share emails pertaining to these matters?

The Democrats like to say that “your voice is your vote.” When tech oligarch Mark Zuckerberg (net worth: $100 billion) has the unregulated and unmitigated ability to dictate how America’s elections are run, who runs them, how we cast our ballots, and who counts them, what voice do we have left?

Michelle Malkin’s email address is michellemalkinInvestigates@ protonmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators. com.