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Tsunami advisory issued for West Coast Minimal impact reported in Santa Barbara County By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

On Saturday, the national weather service issued a tsunami advisory for the West Coast including Hawaii, parts of Alaska, California, Washington and Oregon. The advisory is due to the eruption of an underwater volcano near the Pacific Island Nation of Tonga. The volcano is approximately 5,000 miles from California. The impact in Santa Barbara was minimal with a peak wave of 4.5 feet at 9 a.m. While not tall, the waves came in a noisy manner that made the birds at Goleta beach nervous, and some flew away startled. “There is always an urgency to act and not

always good information to act on.” Kerri Murray, President of ShelterBox USA, a Santa Barbara based non-profit, told the News-Press during a phone interview. “The National Tsunami Warning Center has issued a Tsunami Advisory for the Santa Barbara County coast,” according to a press release from the city of Goleta. ThE notification is only an advisory and there is no need to evacuate at this time. A Tsunami advisory means that a tsunami is expected or occurring and may produce strong currents or waves which will be dangerous to those in or near the immediate coastline. During an advisory you should stay away from beaches and waterways.

“ShelterBox is actively monitoring the violent volcano which erupted in Tonga, and triggered a tsunami, sending shockwaves across the region. We are working to determine the humanitarian needs related to shelter … The volcano was one of the most violent ever captured on satellite- with a 3 mile wide plume of ash, steam, and gas rising 12 miles into the air. Our teams have responded dozens of times to volcanoes, typhoons, cyclones, floods and earthquakes across the South Pacific and Western Pacific,” Ms. Murray told the News-Press in an email. “We are advising people to stay out of the water and off the beaches,” Kristen Lund, a Please see TSUNAMI on A2

Rincon Classic Weekend kicks off with delay

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Birds gather in front of a normal wave at Goleta Beach. A tsunami advisory was issued Saturday for the West Coast.

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The Rincon Classic Weekend kicked off on Saturday morning after a delay due to a tsunami advisory. The event will continue today.

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A tsunami advisory delayed the starting time of the Rincon Classic Weekend on Saturday Morning. As a result, all first round heats will be 15 minutes long. “There was a surge that was noticeable about 2 hours after the warning. It was an intense day, before that there was a windstorm. Mother nature is wild and in control. It started off with the wrong directed wind. Some tents got blown away. It started to get out of control before the sun even came up. In the name of safety we improvised. The first head was already in the water and we had to pull them out. We postponed the event by an hour and ten minutes,” Chris Keet, cofounder of Surf Happens, told the News-Press. Chris and Jenny Keet are the founders of Surf Happens. Saturday and today marks the return of the Classic after a one year hiatus due to the pandemic. This weekend was the 40-year Please see RINCON on A3

10-year-old Maddox Keet made the U14 final.

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(The Center Square) – Revised workplace safety rules went into effect across California on Friday, including new employee testing and masking requirements. The new rules, approved in December by the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA), come as the state faces an increase in COVID-19 cases associated with the highly contagious omicron variant. Under the new regulations, employers must provide testing at no cost and during paid time to all employees who had close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 in the workplace – including those who were fully vaccinated before the close contact. This change represents a shift from rules passed last summer, which excluded fully vaccinated individuals who did not experience symptoms from the testing requirement after close contact. In addition, the new regulations bar employees from using “selfadministered and self-read” tests, meaning that workers cannot take a test at home by themselves. Instead, tests must be processed in a lab or self-administered if observed by an employer medical professional over telehealth. The new guidance also updates quarantine requirements for employees who test positive for COVID-19. Earlier this month, the California Department of Public Health aligned with the Centers for Disease Control recommendations that reduced the amount of time employees are required to quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19. Those changes took place in the workplace on Friday. Under updated protocols, employees who test positive, regardless of vaccination status, must quarantine for at least five days before returning to work. Employees can then return after five days if their symptoms have resolved and test negative on day five of isolation. If an employee continues to experience symptoms, they cannot return to work until symptoms resolve or until 10 days after a positive test. Officials from the California Chamber of Commerce said that while the updated protocols

call for increased testing among employees, it will “simultaneously shorten the exclusion periods for employees who test negative.” “In the view of the California Chamber of Commerce, that is a good trade-off for California’s employers because it will allow healthy workers who test negative to return sooner, but will weed out individuals who actually have COVID-19,” Robert Moutrie, a policy advocate for the California Chamber of Commerce, told The Center Square. “In light of the present labor shortage, California’s workplaces desperately need every healthy worker.” Mr. Moutrie noted, however, that CalChamber is concerned that the current testing shortage could make the new requirements difficult for certain employers, “particularly for smaller employers who cannot compete for the scarce supplies.” The new Cal/OSHA protocols also update guidance for employees exposed to COVID-19. Under the new protocols, employees who are unvaccinated or are fully vaccinated and booster eligible but have not received a booster dose yet must be excluded from the workplace for at least five days after close contact and must be tested before returning. Vaccinated workers who received a booster shot or were recently vaccinated and not yet booster eligible are allowed to remain in the workplace if they get a negative test result on day five of exposure and wear a face covering for 10 days after initial exposure. The new regulations also include updated masking guidance, requiring employees to wear masks that fit snugly over the nose and mouth and “do not let light pass through when held up to a light source.” Surgical masks, N95s, KN95s, tightly woven fabric masks and gaiters with at least two layers are acceptable under the guidance. California recently extended its indoor masking mandate, which requires masks to be worn in all indoor public spaces through Feb. 15. The initial guidance was issued in December and was set to expire in mid-January, but health officials extended the mandate due to rising case rates. The new Cal/OSHA guidelines that took effect Friday are set to expire in mid-April.

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Strong showing for UCSB women at Cougar Classic Open By DANIEL MOEBUS-BOWLES UCSB SPORTS WRITER

It was a good showing for the UCSB women’s track and field team which opened the 2022 Indoor season at the Cougar Classic Open on Friday afternoon. Several Gauchos put on strong performances, landing top-10 or better in multiple events at The Podium Facility, including a record-breaking run from Mariana Lanz. The day began with the weight throw, which the Gauchos dominated placing all four athletes in the top-nine. Sophomore Garbiela Sanchez led the team coming in 2nd with a toss of 15.96m. Freshman Amanda Spear (13.66m) came in 6th, just a tick further than fellow freshman

Leilani Cendejas (13.65m) who finished in 7th, and in 9th was sophomore Saloni Khandhadia (13.06m). Four more Gauchos finished top-nine in the long jump as well with sophomore Emma Barthel placing 4th with a mark of 5.26m. Junior Jiana Boston and sophomore Sophia Bailey both tied for 6th place reaching 5.15m and freshman Jessica Swalve placed 9th achieving a 4.98m jump. Freshman Jessica Boyd established her spot in the final for the 60 meter dash by winning the prelim and then tightly closed out the final with a time of 7.75, which was good for 3rd place. The performance of the day came during the 200-meter dash where sophomore Mariana Lanz

Carpinteria High School girls water polo team takes part in tournament The Carpinteria High School girls participated in a water polo tournament in Oxnard, facing a rematch with Thousand Oaks on the first day, eventually dropping the match by a score of 9-5. “We started out the gates with errant passes which led to turnovers which led to counter attacks. Our offense failed to recognize when the turnovers occurred or a shot was taken, their person was already four strokes ahead going the other way,” Coach Jon Otsuki told the News-Press in an email. The score was 4-1 in favor of Thousand Oaks at the end of the first quarter and 6-4 at the

finished in 2nd place with a time of 24.78 which breaks the alltime indoor program record and was just shy of the facility record. Barthel followed her in 4th with a 25.68 and Boyd finished in 6th at 25.85. If etching her name in Gaucho history wasn’t enough, Lanz captured another silver in the triple jump posting an 11.82m leap. Boston was next on the podium placing 3rd with an 11.06m. Junior Morgan Simon fought it out with two other competitors in the pole-vault standing on a three-way tie at 3.45m as they went into their final round. After much deliberation, Simon secured a two-way tie for second place at the same mark after each vaulter fouled their three final attempts.

end of the second quarter. “Early into the 3rd quarter we brought the game to a 6-5 contest with Piper Clayton scoring on a penalty shot. Unfortunately, that was as close as we got, as we missed on a couple of opportunities, a blocked fivemeter shot and a missed … chance. TO turned the missed 5-meter into a goal on their next possession, putting the game out of reach at 8-5 with 2:17 left to play,” said Coach Otsuki. Clayton scored three goals to lead the way for Carpinteria. Briana Rodriguez and Jocelyn Pena each scored one goal. Junior goalie Erin Otsuki recorded 11 saves. “As frustrating as it was, the Warriors turned things around 50 minutes later to face the #1 seed of the tournament. The Lady Warriors played well. A lot of the players gained confidence against a highly ranked team. We did lose but the score was respectable at 6-13,”

Checking in at under a minute in the 400-meter dash was freshman Sophia Pardo who placed 3rd with a time of 59.82. Just behind her in 6th was sophomore Camryn Blankenship who finished at 1:00.85. Sanchez was back at it in the shot-put event placing 6th with a 12.40m throw, and Swalve placed 7th achieving an 11.75m toss. Freshmen Shay Hawkes and Katie Meade finished 7th and 8th, respectively, in the high jump each notching a 1.55m mark. To close out the day UCSB persevered in the 4x4 with the help of Lanz who ran the fastest split at 55.68 during the bell lap, leading the relay team to bring home second place and a final time of 4:00.47. Joining her was Pardo, Blankenship, and junior Chloe Kimes.

said Coach Otsuki. Missing the defensive assignment, the warriors started on the wrong end of a 4-1 score. In the second quarter they fell further behind at 8-2. The second half of the game was similar to the second quarter of the first game, scoring 4 goals to Notre Dames 5. “Piper Clayton had a phenomenal game at both ends of the pool and played the entire game,” said Coach Otsuki. Clayton and Rodriguez scored two points each. Natalia Perez and Lilli Nemetz scored one each. “Goalie Erin Otsuki came up with several huge blocks on counter attacks as well on 5 v 6s to keep the game from going to a landslide score. She recorded 10 blocked shots,” said Coach Otsuki.

Santa Ynez beats Cabrillo in boys basketball On Friday, the Santa Ynez boys basketball team beat Cabrillo by a single point. Jackson Ollenburger scored eight points while adding four rebounds, three assists and one block. Landon Lassahn added 19 points, nine rebounds, five assists, two steals and one block. Diego Torres contributed four points, five rebounds, two steals and one assist. Caleb Cassidy scored eight points, six rebounds and one assist. Hale Durbiano scored nine pts, also adding seven rebounds, four assists and one block. Santa Ynez Coach TJ Tyler said his team showed ‘great defensive intensity’ during the game, pulling off a ‘great win against a very tough disciplined team.”

In preparation for the US Championships this coming February, Assistant Coach Hope Bender also competed in the meet as an individual and won both the long jump with a 5.64m mark and the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.60. She came in at 8.54 in the prelims which is a facility record. Bender also took 4th in the shot put with a 12.98m throw. The Gauchos will now have some time off before heading back up to Washington for the UW Invitational in Seattle scheduled for Jan. 28. Daniel Moebus-Bowles works in communications/media relations at UCSB.

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State awards $60 million for housing projects addressing homelessness By MADISON HIRNEISEN THE CENTER SQUARE

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Continued from Page A1 anniversary of the 2022 Channel Island Surfboards Rincon Classic, which is produced by Surf Happens. The two day event has a total of 217 participants. “It’s an annual gathering of the local tribe. We all know each other. There are kids as young as ten and surfers as old as 72. Some of them have been surfing for all 40 years,” said Mr. Keet. The event is taking place in the iconic Rincon Cove. The event is free for spectators. Parking is limited and shuttles will run daily from 1160 Mark Ave. The entire

Surf Happens family is invited to come and watch all skill levels from top amateurs to professional surfers. There will be a raffle benefiting the Surf Happens Foundation. Prizes include a Channel Island SurfBoard and a Carver Skateboard. “It is a community treasure and when you bring everyone together and it’s magic,” said Mr. Keet. This will be the 22nd year that Surf Happens has hosted the event. Attendees will be able to purchase 40-year anniversary memorabilia from sponsors and get autographs from professionals. The classic includes a surfing competition with age groups ranging from 12 and under to 65+.

“The main thing is that we had a lot of people pull out of the event due to being sick. People look forward to this like Christmas,” said Mr. Keet, concerning how the event has looked different due to the pandemic than in previous years. “You are watching everyone you know. There’s people from San Diego and Santa Cruz, to see this perfect wave, with the people that call this place home it is a gift to the community,” said Mr. Keet. The Vissla Expression Session was one of the highlights of the day. “Watching some of the top surfers go out on vintage Channel Island surfboards ranging from the 60s to the 90s,” said Mr. Keet.

Another highlight was watching the youngest division of the day. “Watching everything that went wrong turn into everything going right, was the big highlight of the day for me,” said Mr. Keet. “We are Super grateful for the Channel Islands being the headlining sponsor and all the other sponsors, as well as the community and participants helping out, to make everything go right. This is a community event,” said Mr. Keet. If you are unable to attend the event in person you can watch the live stream at the following link: https://rinconclassic.com. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

(The Center Square) – Gov. Gavin Newsom has made available more than $60 million in funds for projects that will create 267 interim housing units for homeless individuals in Santa Barbara, Santa Clara and Kern Counties. The projects are part of the state’s Homekey program, a statewide effort to expand housing opportunities for people experiencing homelessness. Since December, the state has allocated $300 million for a dozen Homekey projects, which created more than 1,000 new housing units, according to the governor’s office. Under the latest grant allocation, Santa Barbara County will receive $7 million to acquire 22 interim housing units for people experiencing homelessness. The project also includes access to supportive services, including case management, mental health services and substance abuse treatment, according to the governor’s office. In addition, Santa Clara County will receive $22.1 million to convert a motel into 60 units for people experiencing chronic homelessness, and the Housing Authority of Kern County will receive $30 million to provide 125 housing units for homeless individuals and youth. “These three awardees really showcase the essence of Homekey,” Housing and Community Development Director Gustavo Velasquez said in a statement. “Whether it’s a project that serves homeless youth, to a site near a major university, to a motel conversion with a whole suite of supportive services to get people back on their feet. We’re creating more than 200 units of housing to give folks a fresh start.” Under the governor’s Homekey program and Project Roomkey program, which provided noncongregate shelter options for homeless individuals during the pandemic, the state has provided

Santa Barbara, CA - The most common method your doctor will recommend to treat your neuropathy is with prescription drugs that may temporarily reduce your symptoms. These drugs have names such as Gabapentin, Lyrica, Cymbalta, and Neurontin, and are primarily antidepressant or anti-seizure drugs. These drugs may cause you to feel uncomfortable and have a variety of harmful side effects. The main problem is that your doctor has told you to just live with the problem or try the drugs which you don’t like taking because they make you feel uncomfortable. There is now a facility right here in Santa Barbara that offers you new hope without taking those endless drugs with serious side effects. (see the special neuropathy severity consultation at the end of this article).

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temporary housing for more than 50,000 individuals and secured more permanent housing for another 8,000. In September, Gov. Newsom announced an expansion of the Homekey program, which made $2.75 billion in grant funding available for housing projects. Since that time, the state has already approved several projects that will create an additional 1,000 housing units when completed, according to the governor’s office. “As we embark upon a new year, we must reaffirm our commitment to providing a helping hand to the most vulnerable Californians among us,” Gov. Newsom said in a statement. “The Homekey projects funded today will provide hope and comfort to many in need in these three communities.” Earlier this week, the governor proposed $2 billion in new funding for homelessness within his budget proposal, which would focus on quickly sheltering individuals with behavioral health issues. This would come on top of a $12 billion investment in last year’s budget to combat homelessness.

In order to effectively treat your neuropathy, three factors must be determined. 1. What is the underlying cause? 2. How much nerve damage has been sustained?* 3. How much treatment will your condition require? Don’t Hesitate to Act Now! Peripheral Neuropathy is a progressive condition and once you have sustained 85% nerve loss, there is likely nothing we can do for you.

The treatment that is provided at Santa Barbara Regenerative Health Clinic has three main goals: The treatment to increase blood flow utilizes electronic cell signaling delivering modulating energy wavelengths at both low and middle frequencies. The signaling improves cell-to-cell communication among Peripheral neuropathy is a result of damage to the nerves often caus- small nerve fibers. ing weakness, pain, numbness, tingling, and the most debilitating balThe cell signaling therapy is like watering a tree. The treatment will alance problems. low the blood vessels to grow back around the peripheral nerves and This damage is commonly caused by a lack of blood flow to the nerves provide them with the proper nutrients to heal and repair. It’s like addin the hands and feet which will cause the nerves to begin to slowly ing water to a tree and seeing the roots grow deeper and deeper. degenerate due to lack of nutrient flow. The amount of treatment needed to allow the nerves to fully recover As you can see in Figure 1, as the blood vessels that surround the varies from person to person and can only be determined after a denerves become diseased they shrivel up which causes the nerves to tailed neurological and vascular evaluation. not receive the nutrients to continue to survive. When these nerves As long as you have not sustained at least 85% begin to “die” they cause you to have balance problems, pain, numbnerve damage there is hope! ness, tingling, burning, and many additional symptoms.

Figure 2: The blood vessels will grow back around the nerves much like a plant’s roots grow when watered.

Charles Sciutto Lac along with Dr. Teri Bilhartz, DO at Santa Barbara Regenerative Health Clinic, will do a neuropathy severity consultation to review peripheral neuropathy history, symptoms and discuss plan of treatment. This consultation will be free of charge and will help determine if our therapy protocol may be a good fit for your needs. Santa Barbara Regenerative Health Clinic will be offering this neuropathy severity consultation free of charge from now until January 31, 2022.

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It is with heavy hearts that the patriarch for the Riffero family passed away at age 106 1/2 on his son’s 80th birthday. He died peacefully at home surrounded by family.

Steve A Riffero went to his Spiritual Home peacefully on the afternoon of Sept 9, 2021. He was born in Santa Barbara, Calif at St Francis Hospital, December 21, 1931 to Mauricio and Zefferina (Favro) Riffero. He attended Franklin Elementary School, SBJH and SBHS.

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John was a strong man who planned to live forever. He loved life and wanted to stay in charge to the last breath. He was a humble, faithful, proud, and stoic man able to handle whatever came his way. John was born in Renton Washington to Mauricio and Zefferina (Favro) Riffero on July 8, 1915. He and his older brother went to Bussoleno De Susa, Italy (near Torino) with their mother at age two until age nine when they returned to Santa Barbara in 1925 surviving the Big Earthquake. He attended Franklin Elementary, SBJH and graduated from SBHS in 1934-the first of 4 generations of Dons. John started out at the age of 15 as a gardener on a Montecito estate, then at age 18 he became a singing waiter at the Cafe Paris in Los Angeles. He returned to SB to take care of his ill mother and help his father with his younger brother, Steve. In 1936 John was the youngest man to pass the California Real Estate brokers license exam at the age of 21 opening his first office at the Granada building. He invested in real estate and took pride in maintaining his properties himself until the age of 100. His life was interrupted by the 2nd World War when he was sent to Nagasaki, Japan in the aftermath of the 2nd atomic bomb. Returning to SB, he continued his career in real estate and expanded into insurance sales as well as, working as a notary public. He volunteered and ushered at Our Lady of Sorrows Church until the age of 99. He also volunteered for many years at the Boys Club of Santa Barbara by helping with the annual fairs and Thanksgiving dinners. John lost his wife of 80 years, Emma M. Riffero, on February 17th, 2021 ten days before her 100 birthday and he held her hand to the end. He is also preceded in death by his two brothers: Richard J Riffero and Steve A Riffero. also Sister in Laws Norma Peters(Marc), Louise Golin (John) and brother in law, Guido Brun (Cora). He leaves behind his son, John H Riffero ll (Pamela) and his daughter, Norma Jean Leifer (Vincent). He is also survived by his 8 grandchildren: John H Riffero lll (Yun Hue), Rochelle Baiocchi (Joel), Erin Leifer (Brian Johnson), Ashley Leifer (Pauline Irawan), Leslie Kneafsey, Emma Leifer (Paul Henry), Autumn Lotus, and Erica Phillips and his 12 great-grandchildren: Justin Baiocchi, Christian Johnson, Aiden Kneafsey, Elena Johnson, Evryn Kneafsey, Madeline Kneafsey, Bryn and Tobin Irawan-Leifer, Arianna Riffero, Jasmine Gularte, Dakota Lotus and Lily Phillips. He also leaves behind his nephews Richard J. Riffero, Jr., Fred Golin, Michael Durbiano lll (Kathy) and Michael Brun, and nieces Deanne Peter-Pace (John), Marie Modler, and Gina Marie Brun Allred. The Family would like to thank the Meals on Wheels, VNA-Health, Eva and The International Caregivers Corp for all their help. We Especially Thank Vicky Jallores, his devoted caregiver. A Funeral mass is to be Monday January 24th at Out Lady of Sorrows Church, under Covid restrictions. Burial at Catholic Calvary Cemetery to follow. In lieu of flowers, you may donate to SB Meals on Wheels, Our Lady of Sorrows parish of SB, VNA- Health on 512 E Gutierrez St. or the United Boys and Girls Club of SB, Calif.

KAISER, June

Always Up For Adventure, Dies at 97

June Marie Northrop was born in 1924 in Rochester, NY and raised there by her parents, Adelbert and Ruth, along with two younger brothers, Kenneth and Robert. When she graduated High School at 17 her Dad would not teach her to drive (she was a girl!) so she got a job at Hylan Air Field in exchange for flying lessons and air time. She got her pilot license at 19. She also paid her own way through Brockport State Teachers College. At 20, June met Richard Kaiser while working at the airport. When she graduated college at 22, they eloped by flying an Aircoupe to the Adirondacks, finding a preacher, and canoe camping through the chain of lakes for a honeymoon. After running a small airport outside Rochester for a year they travelled through the South in a trailer as Richard did crop dusting and June taught elementary school. Along the way they had two daughters, Sally and Kirstie. 1954 found them in Moab, UT where the girls started school. June continued flying and participated in the 1956 Powder Puff Derby, the women’s cross country air race. Moving on to Phoenix, in 1959 she was the first woman to do a parachute jump in Arizona. June has travelled extensively, including living in Ilo, Peru where husband Richard flew for Southern Peru Copper Corporation and she taught first grade. After three years there, Richard and his plane disappeared in 1962 in a presumed air crash. When SPCC asked what they could do for her after the searching was called off after six months, she told them “three tickets to Europe and a purchased VW bus waiting for us there.” They did as she asked and June “drove and camped all over Europe with my girls.” After resettling in Arizona she taught English at Peoria High School. She met Ray Mitokawa, the football Coach and History teacher, and they were married in 1967. She earned a Masters in Library Science and spent the rest of her working life in High School libraries, in charge of opening new libraries as schools were built in the Phoenix area. June and Ray separated after twelve years. She took up skiing at 50 and could be found either on the slopes or at Mexican beaches with many friends well into her 80s. After retirement she lived in Sedona, AZ and danced with The Red Rockin’ Grannies in parades and in reviews where her new life partner, Rex Hubbard, was in the chorus. She modeled for Sedona Clothing in catalogs and local fashion shows. She was a lifelong member of The 99’s women’s pilot organization and very active while in Sedona. Travel was in June’s blood: Camping in Canada, US, and Mexico, going to Europe for skiing, China to cruise the Yangtze River. She cruised on the Nile, along Norway, to Antarctica, crewed a sailboat along the Dalmation coast, and took a Tango cruise to Alaska with daughter Kirstie. Hiking was a constant joy and she hiked the Grand Canyon four times. June spent the last ten years in Santa Barbara, CA and Puerto Vallarta, MX, close to her daughters and granddaughters, Sarah and Alena. As an active member of the Heritage House community, she was often out on trishaw rides and local adventures. Even in her 90s June still flew right seat and handled the controls in her Grandson’s Cessna. June passed away on December 8, 2021 at 97 years young. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to the Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Fund, helping women succeed in aviation and aerospace.

Throughout his life, Steve volunteered with many organizations in Santa Barbara, including co-founding and leading a boys group at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church of SB called the Blue Jacket Club. To fund the activities and needs for the Club and the boys, Steve would ﬁnd Organizations that needed extra work. As volunteer work was a primary goal of the Club, the boys cleaned beaches, parks and the Fiesta Pancake Breakfast. Each year the Blue Jackets travelled to Mexico bringing food and clothes for families in need. In addition to their volunteer work, the Blue Jackets enjoyed trips to Hollywood, amusement parks and other adventures under Steve’s leadership. After retiring from the Santa Barbara Uniﬁed School district in the Grounds Maintenance Dept., Steve devoted every weekday up to his death, to PATH, helping with meals and cleaning. For most of his life Steve was an active member of Our Lady of Sorrows Church, ushering each Sunday mass until he no longer had transportation and then was devoted to Guadalupe Church. He is predeceased by his parents, his brother Richard Riffero, sister in law, Emma Riffero and niece Gwyn Riffero Bailey (Paul) and survived by brother John H Riffero (who died 12/28/21) and nephews Richard Riffero Jr. and John H Riffero II (Pamela) and his niece Norma Jean Riffero Leifer (Vincent). Steve’s whole life was devoted to helping others. Surviving members of the Blue Jackets Club are carrying on with his legacy. The Family would like to express their gratitude to Megan Young at Family Service Agency. A Private Mass at Guadalupe Catholic Church was held on 10/8/2021. Memorials to PATH, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Church, 227 N Nopal St, SB 93103, Santa Barbara Meals on Wheels, PO Box 6099, SB, Calif 93160, or VNA-Health, 512 E. Gutierrez St., S.B., Calif. 93103 are appreciated in his name.

WORKING, Rev. Dr. Kenneth C., Jr. In 1952, Sgt. Kenneth C. Working Jr. was fighting with the U.S. Army’s 3rd Division in Korea when he was moved by the sight of orphans in rags everywhere. Later a longtime Santa Barbara church executive, Working would recall writing to his mother in Long Beach, asking her church to send clothing for the kids. He rounded up fellow soldiers to join in the drive, and Working was amazed to receive more than 100 parcels containing 500 pounds of clothing. He later laughed about the flood of donations. “I thought I’d get in trouble with the army,” he said. Instead, the army featured the drive in Pacific Stars & Stripes. The act was emblematic of Working, who died Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, at 90 years old after a life of service. He and his wife, the Rev. Marjorie (Miji) Working, would go on to adopt two disabled orphans from South Korea and Vietnam in addition to their three biological sons. Working died at home after a two-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He was executive presbyter in Santa Barbara for 15 years, overseeing 36 area Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations in a region stretching from Cambria to Simi Valley. Under his watch, the presbytery founded multiple new churches, including Hispanic outreach ministries. A service will be held at 11 a.m. Jan. 22, 2022, at El Montecito Presbyterian Church, 1455 East Valley Road in Santa Barbara. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Reformed journal Theology Matters, TheologyMatters.com. A hardscrabble childhood Born Jan. 6, 1932, Working grew up on a hardscrabble farm in then-rural South Los Angeles. His father, Kenneth Working, Sr. was a farmer, tinkerer and inventor who held multiple patents. His mother, Ruth Working, was a housewife. The family struggled in poverty during the Depression. Kenneth, Jr. would later recall his parents taking home a chicken their car accidentally hit on the road; they cooked it for dinner. For a while he lived with his aunt and uncle because his parents couldn’t afford to feed their five children. In January 1951, with war raging in Korea, Working enlisted in the U.S. Army. The need for soldiers was so great, he completed his basic training on shipboard while crossing the Pacific. He saw combat, earning a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Severely wounded when his Jeep hit a land mine and flipped over on him, he recuperated for several months in Japan. Working then volunteered to return to combat. After the war, Working attended University of Southern California but graduated from Long Beach State. He met his future wife, Marjorie A. Skare of Long Beach, during a political science class trip to Sacramento. She had lost her brother, a U.S. Air Force navigator, during a bombing raid over North Korea the same week Kenneth arrived in the war zone. They married May 26, 1958. Working spent time as an engineer with Douglas Aircraft, a Long Beach aerospace company later absorbed by Boeing. He also worked for Varec, which supplied equipment to oil companies.

Shirley Ferris, Mom and Friend Always in our hearts …

Shirley Marie Ferris, nee Shirley Marie Smith was born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin on February 18, 1924 to Harry and Lillian Smith. Shirley quietly passed away on January 7, 2022 just shy of her 98th birthday. She is survived by her two daughters and their husbands whom she thought of as sons, Carole Gene Edwards (Tom) of Santa Maria, California, and Linda Kathleen Gooch (Tom) of Lompoc, California. Also granddaughter Jessica Lynn Carlile of Palo Alto, California and grandson Jason Lee Carlile of Nipomo, California and four great-grandchildren, all of whom she loved very much. She was predeceased by her two brothers Warren “Bud” Smith and Gerald “Jerry” Smith. She fondly remembered the many hours of childhood fun, skating, and mischief they shared. As a child she loved to go for walks after dinner with her dad as they usually ended up at the ice cream parlor. Her dad shared her love of sweets. During World War II Shirley worked for a short time in a factory assembling parts, then later worked at the ration board. Shirley married her high school sweetheart Ralph Martin Smole on St Patrick’s day in 1945 while Ralph was home on leave from the Air Force. Being in the military they lived in many states including South Carolina, Alaska, California and Montana. After their divorce Shirley stayed on in Great Falls, Montana, bought a home and raised her two daughters. She later met and married James Bruce Ferris in 1962. James was stationed at Malmstrom AFB in Montana and then assigned to Torrejon AFB just outside of Madrid, Spain. They lived in Madrid for two years until James was transferred to Vandenberg AFB. They settled in Vandenberg Village where she lived for over 50 years. After James died in 1979 Shirley remained in her home and pursued her love of world travel cruising to Europe, Asia, Africa and most of the world she had longed to see. She met and traveled with many good friends. She also had many bingo friends and rarely missed a game on Sunday when St. Joseph’s High School used to host bingo. She also loved to travel to Las Vegas and Laughlin to play the slot machines. When she could no longer make those trips she enjoyed meeting and seeing friends at the Chumash casino. She was able to go there almost once a week even at the age of 97. She lived on her own until she was 93 and then moved in with her daughter Carole and son-in-law. Unfortunately Shirley fell and broke her leg and she was not able to recover from that trauma. She moved into the Magnolia Care home where she was made very comfortable. The family would like to express their thanks to the entire staff for their kindness and taking such good care of Shirley. Thank you also to friends who sent their prayers, love and concern (and those who knew her love of sweets and always brought her chocolate too.) She will be remembered by her kindness, sense of humor, love of animals, and love of family and friends. There will be a celebration of life for family at a later date.

Josephine Van Gelderen (a.k.a. Jo Beth) was born in Bowie, Texas on October 21, 1917, to William Fay Kingsbury and Augusta Eugenia Kingsbury. On December 30, 2021, she passed away peacefully in her home in Santa Barbara to join the angels. She will be missed by the many who loved her. Jo Beth graduated from UCLA with a Ph.D. in History. In 1951 she moved from Beverly Hills to Santa Barbara as the bride of a young college professor, Wilbur Jacobs. Together they raised two daughters, Elizabeth (Betsy) Hayden, and Catherine (Cathy) Homer. After 25 years as a faculty wife at UCSB and a teacher at Santa Barbara City College, she met Don Van Gelderen. Jo Beth and Don were both on a tour of South America and newly single when they met. Egypt and Greece were followed by visits to more than 90 countries, including three trips to the Antarctic and a memorable voyage through the Northwest Passage in 1985. Hot air ballooning in France, Italy, and Switzerland were favored vacations as were numerous cruises. She preferred sightseeing by hot air balloon, helicopter or at the controls of a small airplane (she earned her pilot’s license in 1960). Jo Beth’s thirst for adventure and love of travel has inspired so many who loved her. Always very generous to several charities and non-profits in our community, Jo Beth volunteered her time on several non-profit boards and committees over the years. She was a strong supporter of UCSB,where the History Graduates Reading Room is named in her honor. She set up two endowments to financially support future graduate students. She was a strong supporter of the Santa Barbara Symphony, S.B. Chamber Orchestra, S.B. Museum of Art, Music Academy of the West, S.B. County Food Bank, Santa Barbara Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund and several other environmental groups, S.B. Rescue Mission, and the S.B. Natural History Museum. In addition to all this good work, she supported education and provided the resources for several young men and women to pursue higher education. She is predeceased by her husband, Don Van Gelderen, stepdaughter Sandra Decker, stepson Donald Ray Van Gelderen; step grandson Larry Darr, Jr., and step greatgrandson Ken Rivers, Jr. She is survived by her two daughters Betsy Hayden (Brian) and Cathy Homer (LeRoy); grandchildren Kelli Newell (Jimmy) and Sean Hayden (Vin); great-grandchildren Madison Haney and Archer Newell; stepson Larry Darr, Sr., step grandchildren Lisa Ann Rivers, Donald Van Gelderen, Matthew Decker, and Lanny Darr, (Cheryl); step great-grandchildren, Victoria Rivers and Donald Van Gelderen. An “adopted” son Rob Kooyman along with his wife Cathy and their four daughters, Melanie (Daniel), Megan, Emily, and Kaylee have shared life with “Oma” for more than 33 years including many vacations together. Dr. William Gallivan, his wife Karen, and their children, Will, Robbie, Stephen, Katie, Andrew, and Brandon,were “adopted” grandchildren and very special to “Oma.” She loved spending time with these two young families over the years because she always enjoyed the excitement and action that comes with a house full of teenagers. Carlos Granados was an amazing caregiver, companion, and friend for more than 25 years. Carlos cared for Don before he passed away in 2004,and he also took great care of her dogs, Joe Boxer, Lilly and Bodie. Jo Beth and her entire family were so very grateful for his wonderful care, love, and support over the many years together. A memorial service and burial will be held on Thursday, January 13th at 10:00 a.m. at Santa Barbara Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Santa Barbara Symphony in her honor.

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In 1985 Working described his pilgrimage. “It’s been a spiritual journey,” he said, “seeking faithfulness to God along the way.”

DAVIES, Richard K. “Dick” Richard K. “Dick” Davies passed away in Santa Barbara on January 3, 2022. He was 92 years old. He was preceded in death by his widowed twin sister, Louise Harper, who died two years ago and with whom he had lived in the Encina Royale complex in Goleta since 2009. Dick is survived by Louise’s four children, who are his three nephews and a niece, as well as a grandnephew, a grandniece, and two great-grandnephews. Dick was an elegant, intelligent, charming and witty man, with a quiet and unassuming personality. He was generous with friends and family and a supporter of liberal causes and political candidates. Dick was born and raised in Aberdeen, Washington, during the Great Depression. He was 12 years old when his father, a naval officer, was a participant in the major battles of the first year of the Pacific war, and the family feared for their father’s safety. Later in the war Dick, his sister and mother joined his father at a posting for a year in San Diego. Dick was a piano prodigy. He attended Lewis and Clark College, where he trained to be a classical pianist, and won various performance competitions on the West Coast. On graduation, though, he decided to forego the life of a traveling musician, and pursued a career in the insurance industry. He worked in Portland, Oregon, then in the Washington, DC area, and finally in Pittsburgh, where he retired and lived for many years before moving to Goleta in 2009. Music remained an important part of his life. With his good friend Mary Ella in Pittsburgh, and later with his sister Louise in Santa Barbara, Dick was a regular patron of symphony, opera, and other musical performances. He liked to travel, making good use of timeshares in Mexico and elsewhere, and was a frequent visitor to relatives in Juneau, Alaska, and Durham, North Carolina. He was a beloved uncle to Louise’s four children, who will miss him. In this time of COVID, no public memorial service will be held. The family is thankful to all of Dick’s many friends who brightened his life. Comments and memories can be sent to the family by email to uncledickdavies@gmail.com.

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

Santa Maria 69/47

Vandenberg 66/50

New Cuyama 66/41 Ventucopa 65/44

Los Alamos 70/45

Buellton 68/45

Solvang 68/45

Gaviota 65/51

SANTA BARBARA 67/47 Goleta 67/47

Carpinteria 65/51 Ventura 68/54

AIR QUALITY KEY Good Moderate

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The family is grateful to faithful caregivers Fidel Castillo and Claudia Felez.

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Maricopa 63/48

Guadalupe 70/48

Working also heard a call to the ministry in 1967, when he became convinced of the reality of the Resurrection of Christ described in John 20. He would earn his Master of Divinity degree at Fuller Theological Seminary, and later received a Doctor of Ministry from San Francisco Theological Seminary.

Over the years his churches have started community job training programs, sponsored Southeast Asian refugees and initiated counseling programs. They sent mission teams as far aﬁeld as Mexico, Uganda, Peru and Guatemala.

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Pismo Beach 68/49

ALMANAC

Working shepherded several major West Coast congregations. From 1971-1977 he was executive associate pastor at Bel Air Presbyterian Church, which Gov. Ronald Reagan attended. He later was senior pastor of Longview (Wash.) Community Church and Carmichael (Calif.) Community Church before assuming the reins of the presbytery in Santa Barbara.

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

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Adopted two orphans They had three biological sons, who survive: Randal, now of Acton, Calif.; Russell, of Oak Park, Ill.; and Jeffrey, of Santa Barbara. In 1965 the family adopted Jay, of Citrus Heights, Calif. In 1975 they adopted a Vietnamese son, Tom, of Santa Barbara.

In addition to his wife and ﬁve sons, Working is survived by his brother Curt, of Checotah, Okla., and his sister Cora Lambach of Tucson, Ariz.; granddaughters Lauren, Magalie, and Celia Working; grandsons Sergei, Joshua, and Lev Working; and greatgrandson Matvei Working.

FERRIS, Shirley Marie

VAN GELDEREN, Josephine

12-21-1931 to 09-09-2021

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Santa Barbara through 6 p.m. yesterday

TEMPERATURE 68/47 64/41 82 in 2021 25 in 2007

PRECIPITATION 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. Month to date (normal) Season to date (normal)

Trace Trace (2.03”) 8.83” (6.94”)

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STATE CITIES Bakersfield Barstow Big Bear Bishop Catalina Concord Escondido Eureka Fresno Los Angeles Mammoth Lakes Modesto Monterey Napa Oakland Ojai Oxnard Palm Springs Pasadena Paso Robles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco San Jose San Luis Obispo Santa Monica Tahoe Valley

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POINT ARENA TO POINT PINOS

Wind west-southwest 4-8 knots today. Waves 2 feet or less with a west-northwest swell 1-3 feet at 13 seconds. Visibility clear.

POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO

Wind west-southwest 4-8 knots today. Waves 2 feet or less with a west-northwest swell 1-3 feet at 13 seconds. Visibility clear.

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2.5’ -0.7’ 2.5’ -0.8’ 2.4’ -0.8’

AT BRADBURY DAM, LAKE CACHUMA 62/48/c 66/45/c 48/26/c 58/30/c 59/52/sh 60/44/pc 68/49/c 53/41/pc 63/44/c 66/53/sh 41/21/c 57/41/pc 65/46/pc 61/40/pc 60/45/pc 62/50/sh 63/51/c 77/56/c 66/52/sh 63/44/sh 58/39/pc 66/55/c 59/46/pc 64/46/pc 66/46/c 62/53/sh 45/23/pc

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

Wind from the west at 3-6 knots today. Wind waves 1-3 feet with a west swell 3-5 feet at 13-second intervals. Visibility generally clear.

TIDES

LOCAL TEMPS Today Hi/Lo/W 66/41/pc 67/47/pc 68/46/pc 68/49/pc 69/47/pc 69/45/pc 66/50/pc 68/54/pc

MARINE FORECAST

SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL

44/30/pc 44/23/r 31/24/c 60/40/s 57/33/pc 67/40/s 73/51/pc 28/19/c 41/27/r 44/28/sn 73/49/c 51/40/c 39/30/c 41/23/pc 49/44/sh 42/29/pc

At Lake Cachuma’s maximum level at the point at which water starts spilling over the dam holds 188,030 acre-feet. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, equivalent to the amount of water consumed annually by 10 people in an urban environment. Storage 93,364 acre-ft. Elevation 712.24 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 5.1 acre-ft. Inflow 0.0 acre-ft. State inflow 13.2 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. -38 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS

NEWS

SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2022

Trial date approaches for suit over Cameron Ely’s death

cont’d from A-4 VAN DYKE, Martin Andres Mar 21, 1953 - to January 3, 2022

Marty was born in Santa Barbara, CA to Chester and Catherine Van Dyke. Marty and his younger sister were raised in Santa Barbara. He and his family spent many years living at 1929 Bath Street and this was the center point of Marty’s life until his marriage.

THE INVESTIGATOR

Marty was a proud Santa Barbara High School Don (graduating in 1971). For all 4 years, Marty played football as an offensive tackle, and also played basketball.

ROBERT ERINGER

n the evening of Oct 15, 2019, Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies answered a call and rolled up to “Tarzan” star Ron Ely’s home on Mariposa Drive in Hope Ranch after being summoned and dispatched to keep the peace. According to Mr. Ely’s lawsuit filed in July 2020 against Santa Barbara County and four sheriff’s deputies — Desiree Thome, Jeremy Rogers, Phillip Farley and John Gruttaduario — the deputies “deliberately, purposely, and without warning opened fire on Cameron Ely … then actively denied him any medical assistance for at least 13 minutes.” Cameron, 30, who was fatally shot by the deputies, was Ron’s son, and prior to shooting Cameron, deputies found Valerie Ely, 62, Ron’s wife, stabbed to death. Cameron, it later transpired, had himself been stabbed — and deputies presumably believed the blood from his wounds belonged to Valerie. Deputies also claimed that Cameron announced that he had a gun and that he lunged forward. Deputies, who later discovered Cameron was unarmed, believed he was the prime suspect in Valerie’s death The complaint continues: “Without cause or legal justification, Deputies for the Santa Barbara (County) Sheriff’s Department killed Mr. Ely in contravention of his Fourth Amendment Right to be free from illegal searches and seizures, including having his life forcibly taken from him.” The plaintiffs, Ron Ely and his two daughters, “seek compensatory and punitive damages from Defendants … in connection with the unjustified use of deadly force and denial of medical care. And for ignoring a pattern and practice of civil rights violations that happened as a result of poorly trained deputies.”

DEPUTY JEREMY ROGERS One of the more troubling aspects of this case is the involvement of Deputy Jeremy Rogers, one of the defendants. During his 16-year career with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Rogers has been involved in two other fatal shootings. The first killing was in 2008. Confused circumstances. No police audio-video recorders. A settlement of $650,000 (your money). The second killing, in 2012. Deputy Rogers tracked down a burglar. Confused circumstances. A video-recorder contradicted the deputy’s story about the suspect aiming his car at him. Eight slugs through the windshield. No medical assistance. A very dead suspect. Deputy Rogers, during the course of his law enforcement duties, also allegedly caused a fatal car crash. This happened in 2009 when he allegedly took it upon himself to respond to a situation on Highway 101 over which the California Highway Patrol has jurisdiction. The problem: A wrong-way driver. Deputy Rogers’ solution: He allegedly ramped slowly onto the 101 without switching on his cruiser’s flashing lights or siren. Trying to accommodate Deputy Rogers’ cruiser, which was allegedly going too slow, a driver, who had three passengers in his own vehicle, swerved — and drove head-on into the wrong-way driver coming the other way. Two of the passengers died. Two others suffered spinal and head injuries, and one remains confined to a wheelchair. The ensuing lawsuit for “breach of protocol” and “reckless behavior” was settled for $4.8 million (your money).

In high school, Marty was also part of the Nat’l Car Guy Assn. and owned his own “jacked up” Buick Skylark and Chevy Nova. He continued his love of cars and passed this passion down to his son, Andrew. Marty worked at the gas station with Johnny Butera (across from Mackenzie Park) and later at Pepe Delgado’s. Marty joined the Santa Barbara Police Dept. in 1974, at the same time as high school best friend, Gary Kerwood. They both started as reserves and eventually joined the SBPD full-time. Marty was with the SBPD for 10 years, and ended his career there as Rangemaster before transferring over to the Santa Barbara Fire Dept. (on Carrillo Street) as an arson/ﬁre investigator, where he worked until his retirement in 2003. Marty had many friends and colleagues at the SBPD and SB Fire Dept. who valued his sense of humor, investigative skills and basketball prowess. Marty was honored with the Thomas Guerry award in 2005 for “excellence in law enforcement in Santa Barbara County.” He met his wife, Linda, when she was working as a reserve ofﬁcer for the Police Dept and they married in 1983. They moved to Lompoc in 1987 where they became part of the community and raised their children. Marty and Linda were very involved with their kids various sports activities – Pop Warner football, baseball, water polo and high school football. Marty and Linda were part of a strong community of parents who supported all of their “collective” kids in numerous Lompoc sports. Marty had many Lompoc kids that he helped raise and nurture, and was “Papi” to Sarah, Marie, Bella and Alex. This same group of friends had many annual camping trips to El Capitan and Refugio Beach. RAFAEL MALDONADO / NEWS-PRESS FILE PHOTO

With her sister, Kirsten, looking on, Kaitland Ely, left, reads a note to her mother, Valerie, and brother, Cameron, during a news conference in October 2020 at the Ely family’s Hope Ranch estate in Santa Barbara. In October 2019, Cameron was fatally shot by Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies. The Ely family has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the sheriff’s office and deputies involved.

One of Marty’s favorite pastimes was telling stores and BBQ’ing for family and friends.

attorney for Ron Ely and his daughters, Kirsten and Kaitland, told The Investigator. “There is a ton of evidence that Cameron did not do it. We believe there are others involved, others in the house that evening. The D,A,’s office should have tested all of the DNA collected at the scene. “As it is, their collection was limited and flawed,” Mr. Lacy said. “They don’t want to investigate because it was easier to blame it on Cameron.” Ron Ely himself may know the answer, but after suffering a stroke several months prior to the incident, he is uncommunicative (he cannot speak), and he suffers from cognitive issues. “More than anything,” said Mr. Lacy, “the family wants the D.A. to stop telling everyone that Cameron killed his mother.”

Marty is survived by his 4 children, Charlie (Carolina), Kathleen (Ben), Amanda (Caleb) and Andrew (Alexis) and 12 grandchildren. Marty will be sorely missed by his younger sister, Terri (Mike) and their children.

UPCOMING TRIAL A mediation in the Ely case last month failed to produce a settlement, and, consequently, a trial is scheduled to begin on Feb. 22 in the federal District Court in Los Angeles. “We intend to get justice,” Mr. Lacy told The Investigator. “We are not looking for a settlement. We are full speed ahead to trial.” The lawsuit does not specify the amount in compensatory and punitive damages sought. “We want a jury to see and hear the evidence and let them decide the proper amount,” said Mr. Lacy. Public funds (your money) pay the cost of defending Santa Barbara County and the actions of sheriff’s deputies — and it will also be your money that covers whatever settlement is reached or judgment awarded down the road.

THE OFFICIAL STANCE The Investigator emailed Raquel Zick, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office public information officer, and cc’d Sheriff Bill Brown, requesting

Services will be held at Starbuck-Lind, in Lompoc, at 4pm on Friday, January 14th and burial services will be held at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery at 9am on Saturday, January 15th.

MILLS, Kendall Andrews, Jr.

Kendall Andrews Mills, Jr. passed away peacefully on the morning of December 29, 2021, ﬁve days after his 87th birthday. He was born in Saginaw, Michigan on December 24, 1934. His beloved wife of 63 years, Mary Lloyd Mills, passed away on August 4, 2020. Ken is survived by his three children, Bonnie, David, and Chris Mills and their spouses, Doug Eicher, Wanda Mills, and Mireille Mills, and their grandchildren Charles Dennis, Addison Mills, Taggart Mills, Tilly Mills, Marisol Mills, and Lautner Mills.

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Cameron Ely played on the San Marcos High School football team.

their side of the story. The sheriff’s office replied: “We cannot comment on pending litigation” and referred us to Sheriff Brown’s statement from October 2020, which merely pre-echoed the same: “We will respond to these allegations later, and at the appropriate place, District Court.” In addition, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office sent us a link, ostensibly to the District Attorney’s’ “findings.” In actuality, the link was just a news release the D.A.’s Office issued one day following the incident: “During the search, deputies located the suspect on the property of the homicide. Deputies attempted to gain verbal control of the suspect; however, he presented a threat to them. In defense of the threat posed by the suspect, several deputies fired their service weapons at the suspect, fatally wounding him.” In other words, a “finding” devoid of investigation. We also reached out — three times — to Mary Pat Barry, the

counsel who represents Santa Barbara County. Ms. Barry provided no response. Meaning derived from the above: Only if this case goes to trial can we hope for any kind of public accountability. And since Santa Barbara County will doubtless seek to quietly settle the matter (with your money) on the eve of trial to ensure that the killing of Mr. Cameron is never spoken of again, zippo may be all we’ll ever know. Unless, that is, Ron Ely and his daughters resist settlement and go to trial. Only then might they find the justice they seek. And only then will we, as a community, be better served by what a jury, through their verdict, determines the truth to be. Robert Eringer is a longtime Montecito author with vast experience in investigative journalism. He welcomes questions or comments at reringer@gmail. com.

A joyous person who always loved a good joke, Ken was much loved by all who knew him. He grew up in Saginaw as an only child surrounded by many cousins and friends with whom he stayed close over the years. He spent wonderful summers with his mother and her extended family at Higgins Lake in Michigan. His family heard many stories over the years about his exploits on the water and in the woods, playing with friends, learning to swim, boat, and canoe, and playing practical jokes. When he was older, he spent several summers working in the woods of Idaho and Minnesota cutting and clearing wood from the forests. He attended Cranbrook School in Detroit and then Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where as a senior he began dating his future wife, Lloyd. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Army and trained at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, California and was posted to Kassel, Germany for two years. He and Lloyd were married on July 1, 1957 and began their married life on an adventure in Monterey and Germany. They loved their time in Germany and were able to take advantage of weekends away for visits to other areas of Europe. Once he completed his military service, Ken moved with Lloyd and new daughter Bonnie back to Michigan. Ken returned to school, earning an MBA from the University of Michigan in 1961. In 1962, Ken’s work in sales brought him to Los Angeles, California. Settling in Pasadena, Ken continued his work in sales and investing and had two more children, David and Chris. In June of 1972, Ken and his family moved from Pasadena to Solvang, California. They wanted a change of pace for their family, to spend more time outdoors, and to get involved in the local community. Over the years, Ken was involved with many organizations, including the local Rotary, the Solvang Theaterfest, Santa Ynez High School, The Family School, Dunn School, Cottage Hospital Foundation, and the Santa Ynez Valley Foundation. Ken was known in the community for volunteering his time and being a generous supporter of many different causes. Ken enjoyed being involved in sports and physical activities. In high school and college, he played on many teams and later stayed active with tennis, golf, cycling, running, and walking. In the late 1980s, he and Lloyd developed a love of hiking, doing many trips throughout the Santa Barbara area, the Grand Canyon, Utah, and in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Over time they began leading their own trips to Austria and Switzerland to share their joy of the mountains with friends and others. They were happiest on these trips, sharing their passion for nature, challenging days on the trail, good food, and great conversations with friends. In lieu of cards or ﬂowers, the family requests that donations be made in Ken’s memory to the Santa Ynez Valley Foundation, Cottage Hospital Foundation of Santa Ynez, or the Alzheimer’s Association, California Central Coast Chapter. The family would like to give thanks to the special friends and caregivers who made Ken’s life more comfortable and peaceful over the past two years. The family knows that your devotion and care of Ken brought joy to his last years.

LANE, Olga “Gina” Todaro

Olga “Gina” passed unexpectedly on November 28, 2021 at her home in Ventura CA. She was born February 3, 1957 in Mt. Shasta, CA, the daughter of Pietro Todaro and Rosie Bernardi. She graduated from Santa Barbara High School, Class of 1976. Following her graduation, she married Bill Lane and lived in Santa Barbara where they gave birth to their daughter Patricia Lane (Humbles). The family then relocated to Arroyo Grande, Ojai and settled in Ventura in 2011. She devoted her life to her family. She was a caring wife, a proud mother and a loving Nona that worshiped her grandchildren. A true friend. The memory of her beautiful smile will warm our hearts forever. She preceded her husband Bill Lane, her daughter Patricia Humbles (Michael Humbles) and her grandchildren Hadley and William Humbles. Her stepson Joe Lane and stepdaughter Robin Hawkins. The Bernardi family in Santa Barbara, Florida and The Lane family in Ventura. A mass will be held at 11:00am on Monday, January 17, 2022 at Mt Carmel Church in Montecito, CA. She loved her precious cat, named Brandy, forever at the Give to Pets Sanctuary. Those who wish to remember Olga Gina Lane in lieu of ﬂowers please donate to The Give to Pets Foundation (Santa Barbara) or to Mt. Carmel Church (Montecito)

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WHO KILLED VALERIE ELY? The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office has allegedly made no effort to track down other unnamed individuals who were believed to be in the house that evening, in favor of promoting its view that Cameron Ely stabbed his mother (which, to their mind, apparently renders their killing of Cameron at least somewhat justifiable). “They are taking that stance to cover their butts,” DeWitt Lacy,

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Santa Barbara Ron Ely starred as the title character of “Tarzan,” which ran from 1966 to 1968 on NBC and depicted Tarzan as a well-educated man who got tired of civilization and returned to the jungle where he was raised. This 1968 photo shows Mr. Ely in the episode “Ransom” with actors Barbara Bouchet and Fernando Lamas.

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United Van Lines report: Americans continue moving out of higher-tax states By BETHANY BLANKLEY THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) – While Americans continued to move out of higher taxed blue states in 2021, migration patterns were different than they were in 2020, a report by United Van Lines indicates. United Van Lines customers primarily moved for new jobs or to be near family, resulting in their destination states being more varied than they were in 2020 when they primarily moved to western and southern states from northern states, its 45th Annual National Migration Study found. The annual study tracks the company’s exclusive data for customers’ state-to-state migration patterns based on household moves within the 48 contiguous U.S. states and Washington, D.C. Vermont saw the largest percentage of inbound moves compared to outbound, with 74% of movers moving in. New Jersey saw the largest percentage of residents leaving the state, at 71%. New Jersey has been the top outbound state for four consecutive years, according to the report. Following Vermont, the next largest percentage of United Van Lines customers moving into a state compared to moving out were South Dakota (69%), South Carolina (63%), West Virginia (63%) and Florida (62%). All four are lower taxing red states; two have no state income tax.

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United Van Lines customers primarily moved for new jobs or to be near family, resulting in their destination states being more varied than they were in 2020 when they primarily moved to western and southern states from northern states. Following New Jersey, the greatest percentage of its customers left Illinois (67%), New York (63%), Connecticut (60%) and California (59%), all higher taxing blue states. The company also conducted a survey among its customers to identify why they moved. The number one reason was relocation for a new job, or a job transfer, 32.5%. The second most given reason was to be closer to family, 31.8%. Americans also moved to smaller, mid-sized, less populated towns. Effects of lockdown policies and fears related to the coronavirus prompted lifestyle changes, as well as Americans being able to increasingly work from home. “As the pandemic continues to impact our day-to-day, we’re seeing that lifestyle changes – including the increased ability to work from home – and wanting to be closer to family are key factors in why Americans are moving today,” Eily Cummings, United Van Lines director of corporate communications, said.

In 2021, the top 10 inbound states were Vermont, South Dakota, South Carolina, West Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Oregon, Idaho and Rhode Island. Six of them are among the 20 least densely populated states in the U.S. with fewer than 100 people per square mile: Vermont, South Dakota, West Virginia, Alabama, Oregon and Idaho. The top 10 outbound states in 2021 were New Jersey, Illinois, New York, Connecticut, California, Michigan, Massachusetts, Louisiana, Ohio and Nebraska. Two states that had nearly the same number of people leaving as moving there: Kentucky and Wyoming. Unlike United Van Lines’ customers, UHaul’s customers primarily moved one way to Texas, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Arizona last year. They also primarily left California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Alabama.

Republicans file lawsuit to block new NYC law giving noncitizens voting rights By STEVE BITTENBENDER THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

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ultimate goal of eradicating all the lines between citizens and noncitizens,” Mr. Langworthy said. The new law gives any noncitizen who establishes legal residency at least 30 days before an election the right to vote in city elections. That would include voting in mayoral and council races. It will give about 800,000 people the right to vote starting next year. Less than 1.1 million residents voted in November’s mayoral election. Adams, a Democrat, won that race with 67% of the vote. Undocumented individuals would not be eligible. According to The Pew Charitable Trusts, other communities across the country allow noncitizens to vote. That includes San Francisco, Montpelier and Winooski in Vermont and nine cities and towns in Maryland.

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that says no one can register to vote or cast a ballot unless they’re an American citizen. The suit also claims the state’s Home Rule Law means the only way election law can be changed is through a referendum. Republicans decried the measure as not just unconstitutional but un-American. “The government should be working to create more trust in our elections, not less,” said U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, who represents Staten Island, in a Republican news release. “The right to vote is a sacred right given only to United States citizens.” Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella slammed the law in the statement. He said it makes a “total mockery” of the voting process and is an affront to citizens, especially those who immigrated to the country, took

(The Center Square) – Calls are growing louder in New York for Gov. Kathy Hochul to take action against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg after the newly elected prosecutor announced policies his office will seek prison time only “for matters involving significant harm.” Mr. Bragg was elected in November and officially took office New Year’s Day. On Jan. 3, he issued a memo titled “Achieving Fairness and Safety,” which recounted his experiences growing up in Harlem. Those experiences include having people - including police officers - draw a gun on him and having someone living with him adjust to life after incarceration. They led him to distribute the 10-page document to his staff outlining new “day one” policies related to charges, plea agreements and recommendations for bail and sentencing. “Data, and my personal experiences, show that reserving incarceration for matters involving significant harm will make us safer,” Mr. Bragg wrote, italicizing the last four words for emphasis. New policies include not charging individuals for such crimes as misdemeanor marijuana possession, fare jumping, trespassing or resisting arrest unless it’s part of a case with at least one felony count. In addition, Mr. Bragg’s memo said a crime that could be charged as a first-degree robbery taking place in a business should only be charged as petit larceny “if the force or threat of force consists

of displaying a dangerous instrument or similar behavior but does not create a genuine risk of physical harm.” That means what was once a class B felony would now be considered a class A misdemeanor. Mr. Bragg clarified his robbery policy days later after New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell raised concerns. He said anyone using a gun to rob a store would face felony charges. That clarification did not stem the tide of criticism against Mr. Bragg. On Monday, Samuel Collado, president of the National Supermarket Association, said his group was “deeply troubled” by the new policy on robberies and called on him to reconsider his guidelines. “Anyone entering our stores armed with a weapon and the intent to use it is a recipe for disaster that puts our owners, employees, and customers at a grave risk,” Mr. Collado said in a statement. “We have seen countless examples of physical harm to employees as a result of armed robberies, but even the mere threat of a weapon can leave a victim with crippling and lifelong emotional distress.” Republicans are taking aim at Mr. Bragg and want Gov. Hochul to use her constitutional powers to remove him from office. Under Article XIII, Section 13 of the New York State Constitution, the governor can remove a district attorney who fails to “faithfully” prosecute someone charged in their jurisdiction. The provision calls on the governor to give notice to the district attorney. It also gives the DA a chance to defend

themselves. After the New York Post ran a story Tuesday about someone using a knife in an alleged armed robbery having his charge lowered to petit larceny, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-Shirley, once again demanded Gov. Hochul use her powers. “The DA is refusing to do his job so Kathy Hochul must do hers & REMOVE Alvin Bragg!” tweeted Rep. Zeldin on Wednesday. Rep. Zeldin is considered the favorite to win the GOP’s gubernatorial nomination this year. Andrew Giuliani, one of his opponents in the Republican primary, also wants Gov. Hochul to oust Mr. Bragg. Gov. Hochul, who is running on the Democratic side, is even getting some heat on the matter from a primary opponent. U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-Glen Cove, said Tuesday that Gov. Hochul needs to bring New York City’s five district attorneys together to discuss Mr. Bragg’s new policies. During a press conference Tuesday, Gov. Hochul said she understood there’s an “unease” about public safety in New York and noted she included gun violence reduction measures in her State of the State speech last week. She said she would work with new New York City Mayor Eric Adams when asked about Mr. Bragg but did not say if she would meet with Mr. Bragg. “We are committed to ensuring that there’s public safety for individuals,” Gov. Hochul said, referring to Mayor Adams. “So they don’t have to have that sense of anxiety, and we’re going to get it done.”

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Provides high-level administrative and budgetary support for faculty research groups. Advises on critical budgetary and personnel planning decisions on multi-milliondollar cross-disciplinary research awards such as MURI programs and the Pratt and Whitney Center for Materials Excellence. Assumes complete project planning for technical research reviews, conferences, workshops, seminars, and group meetings. Coordinates travel arrangements, prepares travel and entertainment reimbursements. Manages arrangements for longand short-term visitors. Assists group members in purchasing activities. Reqs: High level of administrative and organizational skills in addition to excellent oral and written communication skills. Accounting background demonstrating sound analytical and financial skills. Ability to handle multiple tasks with frequent interruptions, as well as meet deadlines with minimal supervision. Must be able to establish priorities, perform effectively under pressure and adapt to changing needs and issues. Must be detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy. Strong computer skills are essential. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61 - $26.98/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 28113

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Interested persons are invited to comment on the following wireless telecommunications facility named “SV80494A” located at 205 N. G St., Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA, and speciﬁcally on potential effects to historic properties located at or near this facility, if any. The site consists of a proposed new ﬁber addition to an existing telecommunications facility. Comments regarding potential effects to historic properties should be submitted by email to KerryWilloughby@AceEnvironmentalLLC. com. Address: 9976 Peak Lookout St., Las Vegas, NV 89178, (702) 614-4431. This notice is provided in accordance with the regulations of the FCC 47 CFR Part 1, Subpart I and Appendices B and C. JAN 16 / 2022 -- 57895

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The District will be participating in the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE) Participation Goal Program pursuant to Education Code section 17076.11 and Public Contract Code section 10115. No Bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the bid opening. The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive irregularities in any bid. BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT By: José Jiménez, Interim Director of Facilities and Modernization Planning Department JAN 9, 16 / 2022 -- 57819 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for a bid opening by the Board of Education of the Santa Barbara Unified School District at the Administration Office, 724 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101 not later than: Bid opening will be held on February 9, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. for Franklin Elementary School Covered Walkway Roofing Replacement Project (“Project”). A mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference will be conducted on January 19, 2022 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Meet at Franklin Elementary School, 1111 E Mason Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103 in the parking lot in front of Admin. Office. Bids will not be accepted from contractors not attending the mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference. Prospective Bidders arriving after the abovedesignated starting time for a mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference shall be disqualified from submitting a bid for this project. Plans and specifications will be on file and available to view, download or purchase on, or as soon as possible, after the mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference through Cybercopy at http://www. cybercopyplanroom.com The deadline for pre-bid questions or clarification requests is February 2, 2022. All questions are to be in writing and directed to the Project Architect/Engineer, Robert Robles, Robert Robles Architecture, Inc. at rr@robertroblesarch.com CLEARLY MARK BID RESPONSE ENVELOPE WITH TIME/DATE OF BID OPENING AND PROJECT NAME. Bids so received shall be opened and publicly read aloud at the Santa Barbara Unified School District Administration Office, 720 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101. All bids shall be made on the forms provided in the specifications and each bid must conform to the Contract Documents. Each bid shall be accompanied by the bid security specified in the Instructions to Bidders. The Project description is as follows: The Work of this project consists of alterations to the existing Main Building in order to provide upgrades that shall consist of, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Reroofing (full roofing replacement). 2. Patching and repairs, associated with and made necessary by the reroofing work. 3. Hazardous Materials Abatement. 4. Mechanical, plumbing, and electrical work, associated with and made necessary by the reroofing work. Contractor’ License required: B or C-39 Prequalification of Bidders and E/M/P subcontractors: As a condition of bidding on this Project, and in accordance with the provisions of Public Contract Code section 20111.5 and 20111.6 all Bidders and all electrical, mechanical and plumbing subcontractors listed in the Bidder’s proposal must either be pre-qualified for at least five business days before the date of the opening of the bids or must submit a completed prequalification package by the deadline stated below. Bids not conforming to this requirement will not be accepted. Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.6(j) a list of prequalified general contractors and electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors will be made available by the District no later than February 2, 2022 at lgonzalez@sbunified.org Prequalification packages are available through the Cybercopy at http://www.cybercopyplanroom. com. Pre-qualification questions must be directed to L.M. Sweaney at lynns11s@aol.com or leave a voice message at (909) 337-8302. Prequalification packages must be submitted to L.M. Sweaney & Associates, 180 Grass Valley Rd., Lot 3, Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352 (UPS or FED-EX ONLY) (Voice Message: 909-337-8302) no later than January 26, 2022 [Note: Per PCC 2011.6 – must have submitted package at least 10 business days before bid opening, can specify earlier date]. FAXED PRE-QUALIFICATION APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773 and 1773.2 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the District has obtained from the Director of Industrial Relations, the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of workman needed to execute the contract which is available for review at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/statistics_research.html. During the Work, the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) will monitor compliance with prevailing wage rate requirements and enforce the Contractor’s prevailing wage rate obligations, with a copy of the same being on file with the clerk of the District’s governing board. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under him, to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workmen employed by them in the execution of the contract, and to comply with all prevailing wage requirements set forth in the Labor Code. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1771.1 of the Labor Code of the State of California, a contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid or engage in the performance of any contract for this project unless; (1) currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5; or (2) expressly authorized to submit a bid by Section 1771.1 and provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. The successful Bidder will be required to post all job-site notices required by DIR regulations and other applicable law. The successful bidder and its subcontractors will be required to follow the nondiscrimination requirements set forth in the General Conditions. The District will be participating in the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE) Participation Goal Program pursuant to Education Code section 17076.11 and Public Contract Code section 10115. No Bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the bid opening. The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive irregularities in any bid. BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT By: José Jiménez, Interim Director of Facilities and Modernizations Planning Department JAN 9, 16 / 2022 -- 57818

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Artist Sandra Vlock spends a moment with her Turtle Play Fireball in all its glory at night. Her sculpture is at El Encanto, A Belmond Hotel, Santa Barbara.

Sandra Vlock illuminates El Encanto hotel with fire sculptures By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

o launch its new program, “Celebration of the Arts,” El Encanto, A Belmond Hotel, Santa Barbara, has installed fireball and fire totem sculptures created by local artist Sandra Vlock. Featured on the grounds are the Bronx Tale Fire Totem, Blackbirds in the Vineyard Fireball, Harvest Moon Fireball and Turtle Play Fireball. The installation features repurposed vintage steel transformed into functional fine art. Each hand-crafted fire vessel tells a visual narrative that is inspired by nature. The Fire Totem is Vlock’s take on the ubiquitous patio heater, reimagining the familiar outdoor

The Turtle Play Fireball is perched in one of the quiet courtyards of El Encanto.

lifestyle product to become an elegant and functional art piece, worthy of bespoke boutique hotels and private residences. “I often say that public sculpture is the ‘art of engagement.’ Art allows us to experience and reflect on the visual environment and sparks creative conversations in a shared community setting,” said Ms. Vlock. “This is my hope and intention for the fire sculptures at El Encanto.” Studio Vlock began in 2015 when she acquired two antique mooring buoys that were almost 5 feet in diameter to repurpose them as steel sphere fire pits, which she calls Fireballs. “These weatherworn orbs with their hulking shackles were initially intimidating to me. I saw them as iconic ancient mariners with their own powerful stories to tell, and I was reluctant to

impose my own story on them. But eventually I did, creating dramatic and engaging fire sculptures,” Ms. Vlock told the News-Press in a feature about her in April 2021. Repurposed objects and other sustainable materials such as stainless steel have now become her canvas. She also designs decorative fire screens that are “elevated from the mundane to the magical, creating focal points and conversation pieces” and gates and screens “as architectural elements that enliven and engage the landscape.” The native of New Haven, Conn, earned her master’s degree in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She and her late husband, Glenn Arbonies, also an architect, had their own firm in Connecticut for 25 years Please see AGLOW on B4

Harvest Moon Fireball is among Sandra Vlock’s works of art at the hotel.

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The Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. in Santa Barbara, will be closed Tuesday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (The library is always closed on Mondays.)

Central Library to be closed on Tuesday SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara Public Library’s central location at 40 E. Anapamu St. will be closed to the public Tuesday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The actual holiday is on Monday, but the library is always closed on Mondays. In 2021, the Central Library

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continue. Montecito and Carpinteria libraries will be open for regular hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Montecito and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Carpinteria. The county branches received additional funding from the county of Santa Barbara to maintain open hours, and as result, they are able to remain

open Patrons can visit these locations for up to 30 minutes to browse for materials, ask questions or use the computers and internet. For more information, visit sbplibrary.org. — Marilyn McMahon

SB Library adds pop-up events in January

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Due to the increased community transmission of COVID-19, the Santa Barbara Public Library has introduced a modified service model for use of indoor library facilities through Jan. 31, which limits library visits to 30 minutes or less. Library-on-the-Go pop-ups in outdoor locations will increase access to library services and

materials for anyone over 2 years of age wearing a face covering. The public can borrow books, use computers, Wi-Fi and printing and ask staff questions. Some pop-ups will also have children’s hands-on STEAM learning activities or maker and preschool activity kits to take home, while supplies last. New pop-up stops for January are as follows: • 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays: Shoreline Park by Tots Playground

(Shoreline Drive and Santa Rosa Place). • 12:45 to 2 p.m. Wednesdays: Harding University Partnership School (Gillespie Street between Valerio and Micheltorena streets). • 10 a.m. to noon Thursdays: Alameda Park Kids World (Garden and Sola streets, (computer use not available at this stop). • 3 to 6 p.m. Thursdays: Alameda Park (Anacapa and Sola streets at Neighborhood Navigation Site). • 2 to 4:30 p.m. Fridays: Ortega

Park (Cota and Salsipuedes streets). The complete list of Libraryon-the-Go and outdoor and virtual programming offerings can be viewed on the library’s events calendar (santabarbaraca. evanced.info/signup/ List?ag=children&nd=30#list). All library events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit sbplibrary.org. email: mmcmahon@newspress.com

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cap to drive the meeting heat down and landscape a base to store designers and For more information about the the wood.” other people “Celebration of the Arts” and all The who understood upcoming art events at El Encanto, Fireballs come A Belmond Hotel, 800 Alvarado what I was trying in three sizes to accomplish. Place, contact Julia Solomon at julia. — 58-inch, 40Living in solomon@belmond.com or visiting inch and 28Southern belmond.com/elencanto. inch diameter California is For inquiries about Sandra Vlock — and can all about the and Studio Vlock sculptures, contact be finished outdoors.” the artist at svlock@studiovlock. in natural In 2021, she com or 203-464-4045 or by visiting weathered moved to Santa studiovlock.com. steel or a Barbara after special paint visiting for a in different weekend in colors. February. In 2020, Ms. Vlock left the East “I got a gut feeling. This is Coast to rent a house in Newport where I belong. This place has Beach for a month to be near her all of the things that matter to children. me,” said Ms. Vlock. “It is a visual “It turned into four months wonderland. I walk around, and because I was so stimulated everywhere I see lovely street

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signs, benches, beautiful details. It is remarkable.” Janis Clapoff, general manager of El Encanto, is spearheading the new art program at the hotel and has been instrumental with the installation of Ms. Vlock’s work, which is available indefinitely and can be viewed at visitors’ and guests’ convenience. “El Encanto is dedicated to its community and the creatives it is composed of,” she said. “We were struck by Sandra’s art and how seamlessly it wove into the environment, reflecting the design and natural surroundings. With our new art program, we are thrilled to support the prolific artists that make Santa Barbara so creative and special.” email: mmcmahon@newspress. com

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Shelters seek homes for pets Local animal shelters and their nonprofit partners are looking for homes for pets. For more information, go to these websites: • Animal Services-Lompoc, countyofsb.org/phd/animal/ home.sbc. • Animal Shelter Assistance Program in Goleta, asapcats. org. ASAP is kitty corner to Santa Barbara County Animal Services. • Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter in Goleta, bunssb. org. BUNS is based at Santa Barbara County Animal Services. • Companion Animal Placement Assistance, lompoccapa.org and facebook. com/capaoflompoc. CAPA works regularly with Animal ServicesLompoc. • K-9 Placement & Assistance League, k-9pals.org. K-9 PALS works regularly with Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

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

Historical society to meet Jan. 23 The Goleta Valley Historical Society will have its annual membership meeting at 3 p.m. Jan. 23. Due to COVID-19 concerns, this will be a Zoom presentation. To RSVP, call 805-681-7218 or email

lisa@goletahistory.org. Instructions to join the meeting will be emailed when the RSVP is received. — Marilyn McMahon

Vigil to focus on human trafficking

“Vigil for Freedom,” a virtual event, will take place 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The candlelight vigil will feature speakers discussing the local human trafficking landscape. The Santa Barbara County Human Trafficking Task Force is presenting the event along with

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Fair Education Santa Barbara is critical of the Santa Barbara Unified School District for using curriculum provided by Just Communities Central Coast.

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light on the secretive tactics of those posing as authority figures to children; tactics including demeaning, racially-charged bullying in “teacher trainings” or “DEI seminars,” and the willingness for school boards and administrators to enable and even encourage all this. They fail to acknowledge that following Fair Education’s lead, there are now over a half dozen lawsuits making their way through courts around America specifically challenging CRT, with more to follow. They fail to acknowledge that Fair Education’s lawsuit would have succeeded even further if those who experienced the inschool hate firsthand had felt more secure several years back to go public with their experiences, and They further fail to acknowledge that thanks to the Fair Education pioneers in this fight, the reluctance of parents, children and

educators to speak out publicly has begun to erode across America. Courage is contagious. BACKGROUND OF FAIR EDUCATION Nearly four years ago, a group of Santa Barbara parents had become concerned that a divisive curriculum was being concealed from them. Rather than engage in “show and tell” with this taxpayer-funded curriculum, the Santa Barbara Unified School District engaged in “hide and seek.” Parents were told multiple times “NO,” when they requested documents describing the curriculum, and that it was simply too nuanced to be shared with the general public. Santa Barbara’s parents were left with no choice. They sued to bring this curriculum to light. Joined by educators and community members, Fair

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Editor’s note: Sheridan Rosenberg and James Fenkner are local parents and co-founders of Fair Education Santa Barbara. he Santa Barbara Unified School District and its enablers (sometimes collectively referred to herein as “They” or “Their” and which at times includes the Santa Barbara media), have failed to acknowledge that Fair Education Santa Barbara’s groundbreaking lawsuit brought almost four years ago on behalf of Fair Education by its attorneys Eric Early and Peter Scott against the district and its former superintendent — who eventually unceremoniously resigned — and the curriculum’s purveyor, Just Communities Central Coast, Sheridan Rosenburg was the very and James Fenkner first lawsuit in America to fight what is The authors now publicly are with Fair known as Education Santa critical race Barbara theory. They fail to acknowledge that the lawsuit allowed Fair Education to obtain and publish for all parents in Santa Barbara County, the curriculum documents that They (or some of them) were intentionally hiding from public view. For example, one such curriculum document titled, “Table of Oppression” segregates people, based on their race, into two groups such as privileged oppressors or targeted victims. From their documents, it is evident that they have learned well from 1930s Germany and apartheid-era South Africa as to the power and effect of dehumanizing and dividing specific groups of people. They fail to acknowledge that Fair Education’s first-in-the-nation lawsuit lit the spark for the prairie fire that has spread across America, to provide parents with the information and knowledge needed to fight the racially divisive, anti-American, sexually over-the-top indoctrination occurring daily in our schools beginning in kindergarten. They fail to acknowledge that Fair Education’s lead in the battle for America’s children, allowed it to also lend a helping hand to others such as The Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (www.fairforall.org), No Left Turn in Education (www.noleftturn.us), Color Us United (colorusunited. org), Californians for Equal Rights (cferfoundation.org) and Parents Defending Education (www.defendinged.org), who are all working hard to provide the intellectual antibodies necessary to address CRT’s “woke mind virus” and to take on the toxic orthodoxy of the woke industrial complex. They fail to acknowledge that Fair Education’s lawsuit shed

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Education Santa Barbara, a California nonprofit, was formed. Fair Education’s mission was and is to ensure that public education funds are spent so that each and every student receives the knowledge, critical thinking skills and character to succeed (www.faireducation.org). Fair Education is composed of old-school dreamers who believe in the content of character, not the color of skin. Unlike the school district, Fair Education subscribes to: Diversity of Thought, Equality of Opportunity and Inclusivity for All. Fair Education believes that every child is important and that all children should be educated to their highest, not lowest, individual potential. By their conduct, Fair Education’s adversaries in the lawsuit appear to believe just the opposite of all of the above.

Their pretext of using CRT to “close the achievement gap” Is undermined by the years of failure to help our children most in need contrary to the misinformation being trumpeted by the district. Its radical indoctrination programs are not closing the achievement gap involving the students of color whom they claim to be helping. By September 2019 (the last time statistics were released), and after spending more than $1 million of the school district’s taxpayer money on Just Communities for its “close the achievement gap” curriculum, the results were a disaster: • Only 54% of the district’s students were at California State Proficiency levels in English. 46% were not. • Only 45% of the district’s students were at California State Proficiency levels in math. 55% were not. These statistics actually understate the dismal results in some of Santa Barbara’s poorest minority communities. At McKinley Elementary School (95%+ percent Hispanic), for example, math proficiency was at an intolerable 9%. Furthermore, these unacceptably low results are from before 2020, when the response to the COVID-19 pandemic caused further learning loss. Fair Education has reason to believe that the results of the District’s educational malpractice have deteriorated even further. The district did not return to inperson learning until spring 2021, waiving its option for students to return earlier in 2020. This information is compounded by the Santa Barbara County Grand Jury’s recent report that remote learning in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic led to severe learning loss within the district, and especially to already lowperforming students. Consequently, the justification given for the radical indoctrination programming – to close the achievement gap and to foster equity – is hogwash. This lack of regard for student welfare was recently echoed by the egregious, sudden and underhanded removal of the high school sheriff deputy resource officers even after they acknowledged the 41% increase in crime and weapons on campus. Fair Education’s advice to parents: Get involved, question everything and demand more from your governmentrun schools. Bigotry and hypersexualized indoctrination have no place in our schools or in our society. Ignore the racist woke cancel culture bullies and demand transparency. Real oppression includes unacceptably low literacy and math proficiency among our district’s students. Make no mistake. The fight for our children has just begun.

themselves girls competed at a why is it going on? One would Connecticut high school track think that after, say, Lia Thomas’s championship in 2019. Biological record-breaking performances, male Terry Miller set a girls’ state officials who accredit these events indoor record for the 55-meter would have asked themselves dash (6.95 seconds). In second questions about assigning female place was biological male Andraya attributes to obviously male Yearwood. athletes. Cycling: Biological male Rachel But you would be wrong. McKinnon now holds Quickly, and in the world record for the lockstep, all eight PURELY Women’s Sprint World members of the official POLITICAL Championship. As a male, Ivy League (Harvard, Rachel’s time wasn’t fast Princeton, Yale, enough to even qualify in Columbia, UPenn, the men’s competition. Cornell, Brown, and Amy Schneider Dartmouth), America’s recently became the most elite enclaves of biggest female winner of “higher” education, all time of the TV show tweeted the following “Jeopardy!” Not only that, statement: “The Ivy James Buckley but she also holds the League reaffirms its title of being the woman unwavering commitment with the longest winning to providing an inclusive streak, and now, she’s reached environment for all studenta new milestone: becoming one athletes while condemning of only four players to reach transphobia and discrimination seven figures in regular-season in any form.” UPenn then winnings. Amy was a biological confirmed that Lia Thomas would male who now identifies as a be participating in other events woman. designated for women. And one need look no further “Penn Athletics,” it went on, “is than to Assistant Secretary of committed to being a welcoming Health & Human Resources and inclusive environment for Rachel Levine, a biological male all our student-athletes, coaches who became the “first female four- and staff and we hold true to that star admiral” in U.S. history. commitment today and in the What’s going on here? And, future. As a member of the NCAA, perhaps even more importantly, Penn is governed by the policies

of the national governing body. Lia Thomas has met or exceeded all NCAA protocols over the past two years for a transgender female student-athlete to compete for a women’s team. She will continue to represent the Penn women’s swimming team in competition this season.” Case closed. “Transgender equality is the civil rights issue of our time,” claimed President Joe Biden in one of his easy-to-forget “speeches,” so you may find yourself in a dilemma if you have a son or daughter who says he or she is “transgender.” You need to find out more about the subject, to help him/her with sound advice. You probably believe that offering hormones might be dangerous and even the suggestion of some kind of surgery troubles you. You probably also feel that your child will “grow out of it” and go on to develop a more normal teenage angst. Which, statistically speaking, is an accurate assessment. But good luck with that. Seeking help from the “professionals” isn’t likely to help. In 2018, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that pediatricians “affirm” their patients’ chosen gender without taking into account mental health, family history, trauma or fears of

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puberty. Many professionals fear the negative repercussions if they dare take a different tack, so they toe the line. Diane Ehrensaft is another high-profile professional; she is the mental health director at the University of California San Francisco Child and Adolescent Gender Center Clinic. She claims that even very young children have the cognitive ability to come out as transgender, and admits to having helped children as young as 3 years old transition socially. Whoa. Let’s hang on here. That’s not where you want to go. You just need some sage advice as to how to respond to your child’s apparent dysphoria. So you Google “Transgender.” Most of what you’ll find will only be helpful if you’ve decided that your son or daughter is already on the road to changing his/her… gender (sex). What you’ll get is a list of organizations that “treat” sex dysphoria and that such “treatment” almost always features helping children and others make the transition from one sex to another. The very first Google reference, for example, is from an organization calling itself Plume, which states that it “provides gender-affirming hormone therapy, by trans people, for trans

id you know that with the residents and businesses leaving in record numbers, it appears many think that the California they know and love may not be salvageable? What happened to “California Dreamin’”? Is it just a Mamas and Papas song that was once top of the charts long ago? Look around you. California is still one of the most stunning backdrops for a place to live, work and play. It is such a magnet; California still attracts both ends of the economic spectrum. From the very wealthy, whose monetary position is not concerned with the day to day of business, to the other end, the result of the “lofty status” of a sanctuary state, which beckons the hapless, the hopeless and the helpless. Neither are doses of reality that can sustain a normal everyday California or American dream. (Wholesome, selfreliant, anything’s possible with fortitude and hard work, including upper mobility.) The point being: How much of other people’s money can the government continue to give away? Especially from the working class who keep the wheels turning, when the workers are now turning away. We can turn this around. One politician, one agenda at a time. Speaking of hard work and fortitude, we have our work cut out for us. Many things need to be changed or stopped altogether, and some things need to be renewed — most importantly trust in our government officials. Of course, trust comes from truth, and that has been sorely lacking. Just like we must stop our city/state from being destroyed. We seem to forget that the elected work for us, maybe because once in office, they do what their handlers tell them, not what got them elected. (See Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s response to President Joe Biden’s chastising the people of Georgia regarding their voting reform.) Locally, all employees at the Santa Barbara County Jail must be tested for COVID-19 every morning. The Main Jail, located in Santa Barbara, has another outbreak of over 200 positive tests. Many COVID-19 tests are being given, as they are required for school attendance, travel, events, and many workplaces. We wonder who the investors are of these COVID-19 tests? How can we believe the numbers — or any of our leaders, after all, the CDC changed the definition of a vaccine last September. When Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor last week insisted – incorrectly — that 100,000 children are in the hospital with COVID and on ventilators, CDC’s Rochelle Walensky, when pressed that the numbers were closer to 3,500, reiterated the war cry: You must be vaccinated, just get vaccinated. Again, what does that mean? At this point they are recommending the fourth booster, so even with two

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Transgender phenomenon in sports and elsewhere

o doubt you’ve read of Lia Thomas, the swimmer who identified as female and has has shattered virtually every record for women swimmers at UPenn. Up until two years ago, Lia competed as a male and didn’t do particularly well. But, since Lia’s “transition,” Lia has become the hottest female athlete in college sports. Lia is not alone in shredding female sports records. Recently, men competing as women have broken women’s records in … Hurdles: CeCe Telfer is a senior at Franklin Pierce University who became NCAA women’s track and field national champion in 2019. When CeCe competed as a man in Division III, CeCE failed to finish inside the top 300. Weightlifting: Mary Gregory “broke” four women’s world records: Masters World Squat, Open World Bench, Masters World Deadlift, and Masters World Total. The good news is that when the Raw Powerlifting Federation learned that Mary was a man at birth and hadn’t mentioned the transition before the competition, they revoked her world records and decided they’d form a brand new “Transgender Division.” Sprinting: Two boys calling

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ast week, I shared his fellow Russians before two prescient he was exiled to the West. speeches delivered What did it mean to live at Harvard by lies? Accepting without by Aleksandr protest all the falsehoods Solzhenitsyn (in 1978) and and propaganda that the Charlton Heston (in 1999), state compelled its citizens while America was giving to affirm — or at least birth to the millennial not oppose; which means generation. the populace accepts America was first beginning powerlessness to an ideology its “sliding into oblivion” with whose entire power base is respect to an undermining built on subjugating people to of our faith and allegiance to live by lies. God and country, our Mr. Dreher culture, institutions, quotes Hannah and history. Today, Arendt, a scholar let’s consider the effect of totalitarianism, on our progeny of our who describes the having ignored the ideology “as one that words of these two seeks to displace modern day prophets. all prior traditions I recently and institutions Andy Caldwell interviewed Mark with the goal of Bauerlein, an English bringing all aspects professor at Emory University of society under its control. in Atlanta, who has written A totalitarian state is one two books on the millennial that aspires to nothing less generation. than defining and controlling The first was “The Dumbest reality. Truth is whatever the Generation: How the Digital rulers decide it is. Wherever Age Stupefies Young it has ruled, it has begun to Americans and Jeopardizes destroy the essence of man.” Our Future” (2008). The Mr. Dreher warns us of the sequel is “The Dumbest alarming similarities between Generation Grows Up: From today’s social justice warriors Stupified Youth to Dangerous and the Bolsheviks in preAdults” (2022). In a nutshell, revolutionary Russia. everything that Solzhenitsyn “SJW ranks are full and Heston warned has come of middle class, secular, to pass. educated young people Dr. Bauerlein writes that wracked by guilt and anxiety the generation that spent over their own privilege, their childhoods staring alienated from their own into a screen are lonely and traditions, and desperate to purposeless, unfulfilled at identify with something, or work and at home. Many of someone, to give them a sense them are even suicidal. They of wholeness and purpose. have been shielded from For them, the ideology of failure and reality. social justice — as defined Lacking skills, knowledge, not by church teaching but religion and a cultural frame by critical theorists in the of reference, these aliterate academy — functions as a millennials are anxiously pseudo religion .... Unlike their looking for something to fill Bolshevik predecessors, they the void. Knowing nothing don’t want to seize the means about history, they are of economic production but convinced that it is merely rather the means of cultural a catalogue of oppression, production. inequality and hatred. “They believe that after Why, they wonder, has the humanity is freed from human race not ended all the chains that bind us this injustice before now? — whiteness, patriarchy, And from the depths of their marriage, the gender ignorance rises the answer: binary, and so on — we will Because they are the first experience a radically new ones to care! All that is needed and improved form of life.” is to tear down our inherited In other words, the civilization and replace it with millennials are engulfed in utopian aspirations. Their nothing less than a religious mentors have failed them. cult disguised as a utopian Unfortunately, they have political movement based on turned to politics to plug the lies, just like the prophets said hole in their soul. it would be. Rod Dreher wrote a book in 2020, “Live Not by Lies,” Andy Caldwell is the COLAB which closes the circle on executive director and host of these conversations. The “The Andy Caldwell Show,” title of his book is borrowed airing 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays on from the final message Mr. KZSB AM 1290, the News-Press Solzhenitsyn delivered to radio station.

What is up with liberal justices? Editor’s note: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Thursday to block President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for private businesses with 100 or more employees. In a separate decision, the court voted 5-4 to uphold the mandate for certain healthcare workers. Carpinteria resident Diana Thorn submitted the following letter to the News-Press before Thursday’s rulings, but after the oral arguments that were heard on the two cases on Jan. 7. The letter writer’s focus is on the Jan. 7 comments by the three liberal justices, who voted Thursday to uphold both mandates.

hat is up with the U.S. Supreme Court? On Jan. 7, the Supreme Court heard arguments about the constitutionality of President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates for private companies and healthcare workers. During the oral arguments, several of the justices asked relevant questions and gave accurate information. However, the three liberal justices gave inaccurate information and made wild claims. Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the worst offender. She claimed that “vaccines” stop COVID-19 from spreading, that the omicron variant is more deadly than the delta and that 100,000 children were in serious condition from COVId, while many are on ventilators. All of her statements were disproved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director (Dr. Rochelle Walensky), experts and state studies. Justice Stephen Bryer also added factually incorrect statements. He claimed that 100% vaccination rates would prevent 100% of new virus infections. He also claimed that there were “ 750 million new cases of the virus the day before the hearings.” These statements were disputed as there have been many breakthrough cases of COVID-19, and there are only 350 million people in the United States.

Finally, Justice Elena Kagan added her misinformation. She said that vaccinated workers couldn’t transmit the virus despite numerous admissions from the CDC director that they could. Going forward, how can we trust the U.S. Supreme Court when they give false information? Diana Thorn Carpinteria

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to stop a long history of killer diseases like smallpox, chicken pox, polio, etc. What purpose do you serve by trying to convince people not to get vaccinated? What you are doing is damaging to your community and to our nation while in the midst of a national crisis. Please stop your onslaught of misinformation and slander of our medical community and help instead of impeding our fight to end this health crisis. Tim Gorham Santa Ynez

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Re: “COVID chicanery, part 2,” The Investigator column by Robert Eringer, News-Press, Jan. 9.

he News-Press continues to print information about the current COVID-19 pandemic that I think is very damaging to the general public. Your recent editorial by Robert Eringer casts doubt and undermines the COVID-19 vaccine guidance by our medical people who are trying to help us through this health crisis. Your article quotes an extreme minority opinion about the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine that has been given to hundreds of millions of people all over the world and has been shown to save lives and to keep people from needing hospitalization. I wonder how our local hospital staff would respond to your commentary? Why didn’t you quote the many local doctors and nurses that treat COVID-19 patients to hear what they have to say? We are in the middle of a once-in-a-lifetime, horrible, worldwide pandemic, and you are publishing misleading, even false and damaging information to the general public about medical information that your writer knows nothing about. The writer of your editorial, Mr. Eringer, has in the past admitted that he is even vaccinated. Why are you publishing information that confuses and puts in doubt the only tool we have to mitigate this pandemic that continues to kill hundreds of thousands of people? Vaccines have been shown

mpty shelves and labor shortages. I’m not a politician, but it doesn’t take one to figure out that the reason for this to be happening is that we’ve enabled individuals to collect unemployment benefits for too long a period with extensions. All it takes is each individual who finds themselves unemployed whether by choice, layoff or company closed up is they each have six months maximum to figure out what they need to do. After that unemployment is cut off, and they get a job as everyone is in need to help stock their shelves, unload trucks, customer service, etc. It may not pay the same or have the same job grade of which they were used to, but you do what you have to. And if one job is not enough, pick up a second job if need be. Let’s have U.S. companies hire our homeless American veterans with a guarantee of a place to sleep, clean clothes and food at a local shelter that could be subsidized by states that save on unemployment payouts. Many are willing to work but need someone to believe in them and give them a chance. The shelves are only going to get emptier unless we get people back into the workforce. This is bringing our U.S..economy down and makes us look weak. Lynette Chayra Baker Santa Barbara

Walk softly and carry a big check

fter a year, it is Theodore Roosevelt? time to search for Roosevelt, as vice president, a theme for Joe included his theme in a Sept. 3, Biden’s presidency, 1901 speech at Minnesota State in much the way University, with “Speak softly and “Make America Great carry a big stick.” Again” represented both He explained that President Donald Trump’s “Things will not be fixed words and actions. by talk. It will be fixed Reporter Kelli Stavas, by action, and action while interviewing as a group: a nation Brandon Brown, did coin working together” with an the phrase “Let’s Go emphasis on hope and a Brandon” as a substitute plan. Brent E. for the phrase the crowd Within two weeks after Zepke at a NASCAR event was the speech, Roosevelt offering to represent became president when The author Mr. Biden’s presidency. President William lives in Santa McKinley died from However, let’s search for a Barbara. phrase a bit more specific. gunshot wounds. Since the president’s Using this framework campaign focused on ending for President Joe Biden’s approach COVID-19, as has his presidential to COVID-19 would require programs, it should be our focus. changing the words “Speak softly” Since President Biden is so as it was not intended to represent experienced at “adopting” the whispering into microphones words of others, how about a or making up words or quietly variation of a theme of President stumbling through teleprompter

material. It was meant to reflect the substance of hope for a nation that works together. This will have to be altered. For example, Joe Biden during his campaign told the American people that he would not take any “Trump” vaccine,” then quietly took the vaccine before later publicly denying it. Other Democrats, including now Vice President Kamala Harris conveying the same message of distrust of the vaccine, demonstrated a theme of antitogetherness. This theme of “whatever Trump did was wrong” was also applied to the treatment drugs that Donald Trump recommended after being cured. President Biden’s messages, always accompanied by threats, were more confusing than his teleprompter. For example: You can catch it from inanimate objects: until you can’t. Vaccinations protect you: Please see ZEPKE on C4

dislike to continuously harp against Joe Biden, but he asks for it. So I was excited to hear President Biden promised “not to have the past buried.” Attorney Merrick Garland said everyone involved will be hunted down and prosecuted. That was great news! Therefore, I wondered when the commission was going to be assembled to investigate the 2020 riots. When the summer of hell broke out in May 2020, starting with the accidental death of George Floyd (who reportedly had enough fentanyl in his system that he likely may have died of an overdose all on his own), it was the dawning of a new era. And it wasn’t the dawning of Aquarius, but the year of terror. Black Lives Matter rose in power and was reported as being responsible for 95% of the violent riots (media removed the term “riot”). It was also the same year that made many members of BLM millionaires. At the time we were told to stay indoors, no gatherings, no dining, no school, no sports, no concerts, no family gatherings. It was also the time BLM rose from the ashes of our burning cities and marched to the tune of more than 500 insurrections. It lasted the entire year and included some 20 murders (some numbers say 50). Unlike the Jan. 6 riot, BLM riots destroyed 150 federal buildings, $2 billion in damage, 2,037 police officers assaulted, and violent insurgents bailed out, many with the help of our Vice President Kamala Harris. All the above was encouraged, supported and aided and abetted by our media and the Democrats. And of course, because they were all Biden supporters, there was no virus on the streets during those periods of destruction. Good thing. By comparison, the march on the Capitol lasted a few hours, and the one shooting death was caused by a Capitol policeman of an unarmed woman — a veteran no less. Nothing burned, no small businesses were lost forever, the federal building received about $1.5 million in damages and 140 police officers were assaulted. For assaults on police officers, there should be a punishment, but for the hundreds still in solitary confinement for trespassing as opposed to looting, burning and massive destruction, the punishment is extreme. And the administration doesn’t plan to stop there. It promises it will track down Grandma, who attended the rally from her home by watching it on TV. She needs to be punished for not turning off the TV. We all know what the Democrats are up to. The Capitol demonstrators handed them a gift they will use until the flame peters out. Wait, no one is paying attention now. The Democrats are hoping this non-insurrection will be their ticket to remain in power later in the year. And if that doesn’t work, they’re planning on expanding their reach to any Republicans who even mentally entertained thoughts (Dems can read minds now) about attending January 6 to be disqualified from running in the fall. Nothing will stand in their way, including following the law. President Joe Biden and friends are needing a plan to undercut the election. They have to figure out a way to steer Americans’ attention Please see SCHULTE on C4

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Open borders = election sabotage ive me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to wreck America’s election

integrity.” Yes, my friends, it’s time to change the (in)famous phrase at the base of the Statue of Liberty. Open borders are not just a recipe for replacing nativeborn workers with cheap foreign labor and trading assimilation for multicultural militancy. They’re about undermining the historic nation through devalued citizenship and sabotage of the precious right to vote. Recently New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, threw his support to a City Council-approved measure to allow an estimated 800,000 local noncitizens to participate in local elections. The newly minted voters would include green-card holders, temporary visa holders, including H-1B workers mostly from China and India, F-1/Optional Practical Training foreign university students with employment authorization, and potentially

unknown masses of illegal alien so- illegal alien amnesty and called Dreamers. unfettered legal immigration These new voters will be granted is straight out of the left-wing enormous influence over vital local playbook. What’s happening in matters pertaining to everything the Big Apple is not new, nor is it from education to a “conspiracy theory.” As taxes to crime and only I’ve long reported since my need to show they’ve early days in newspaper been in the city for journalism in Southern a measly 30 days. It California, there’s been doesn’t matter that these a steady erosion of voter noncitizens will largely integrity at the hands of have no attachment open-borders politicians at all to America as and operatives for decades. Michelle Malkin their permanent home Since 1991, six but instead see it as a municipalities in temporary rest stop, Montgomery County, a cash cow, or, at worst, hostile Maryland, have allowed territory. noncitizens (with no distinction Mayor Adams proclaimed in a between legal and illegal aliens) statement that while he had “some to cast ballots in local elections: concerns” about the bill, he now Garrett Park, Takoma Park, believes “allowing the legislation to Somerset, Chevy Chase, Martin’s be enacted is by far the best choice, Additions and Barnesville. and look forward to bringing An additional five Maryland millions more into the democratic municipalities, two Vermont process.” towns, two U.S. territories and San “Democratic process,” of course, Francisco (school board elections is a euphemism for “Democrat only, for now) have also opened Party.” their voting booths to noncitizens. The demographic overwhelming And don’t forget: In 1993, of our elections through both the federal “Motor Voter” law

“expanded the franchise” for political expediency — exacerbating the perilous trend of lowering the safeguards for voting that continues to undermine the value of U.S. citizenship today. The nationwide granting of driver’s licenses to illegal aliens paved the way for untold election theft. Former Immigration and Naturalization Service Commissioner Alan C. Nelson’s warning nearly 30 years ago when Takoma Park passed its noncitizen voting referendum remains more trenchant than ever: “In many countries of the world, an alien is always an alien. In our country, we are proud that our laws and social policies encourage aliens of all races and cultures to become citizens. “In recent years, however, an increasing number of aliens have not pursued citizenship. ... This trend is disturbing, because it could seriously affect the assimilation process immigrants have pursued in this nation for 200 years. ... This important value of becoming a citizen is lost if an alien can vote without becoming a

citizen. “Any legal resident alien can become a U.S. citizen in five years. That is not an unreasonable time to wait to be able to participate in our democracy. ... The five-year wait emphasizes the value of citizenship as a requirement to vote and to becoming a full member of the community. ... If local voting by noncitizens is allowed, state and federal voting could be next. Either there is a policy basis for noncitizens to vote, or there is not. If we open the door, it cannot be closed halfway.” It should be as glaring as Lady Liberty’s torch light that election reform begins with a complete, total and immediate immigration moratorium. 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 the Creators Syndicate website at www. creators.com. Copyright 2022 by Creators.com.

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The deployed primary mirror of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope looks like a spring flower in full bloom. In this photo, NASA technicians lifted the telescope using a crane and moved it inside a clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The 18-segmented gold mirror is specially designed to capture infrared light from the first galaxies that formed in the early universe, and will help the telescope peer inside dust clouds where stars and planetary systems are forming today. The mirror is a key part of the telescope, which launched on Christmas and is in orbit around Earth. For more information about the Webb telescope, visit www.jwst.nasa.gov or www.nasa.gov/webb.

James Webb telescope adds to NASA’s voyage of discovery

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ubble on steroids!” That is how actively involved astronomy professor Garth Illingworth of the University of California describes the new James Webb Space Telescope, launched on Christmas. On Jan. 8, the telescope completed the unfolding of the gold-plated primary mirror along with a secondary mirror, as the spacecraft moved into permanent orbit. The telescope is roughly the size of a tennis court, the culmination of an array of daunting conceptual and engineering challenges. Deployment involved more than

50 major steps and 178 release part of our culture.” Those are the mechanisms. words of Edward Weiler, head of NASA is implementing this NASA’s Science Division. latest space project, Information gleaned in collaboration with from the Hubble has counterpart agencies altered and refined in Canada and Europe. fundamental conceptions This organization has in astronomy. Scientists been central to U.S. have confirmed that the space exploration since universe is expanding creation in 1958, as at an accelerating rate. intense competition with Galaxies formed shortly Arthur I. Cyr the Soviet Union during after the big bang, which the height of the Cold War created the universe an rapidly escalated. estimated 13.7 billion Striking visual imagery years ago. transmitted from the Hubble A mission of the Webb telescope Telescope, launched in 1990, “… is to study galaxies and stars as has brought the Universe close they appeared relatively soon up and personal to the average after the big bang. Great potential citizen. Its images have become exists for further insights into the

nature of matter — and perhaps dynamics that lead to emergence of life, The U.S. space program has evolved continuously for many decades, though in the headlines only occasionally. The most dramatic space policy announcement by far was President John F. Kennedy’s pledge in 1961, successfully fulfilled, to land a crew on the moon within the decade — and safely return them. James Webb, the NASA administrator in the 1960s, led the mammoth moon project. Like his ally Lyndon Johnson, he was a realist who accomplished tough jobs, and to a remarkable degree furthered the public good

In 2004, President George W. Bush committed our nation to ambitious exploration of Mars and the wider solar system. Little expressed public interest resulted. Compared to JFK’s time, we are collectively more cautious, for complex reasons. At the same time, other nations in Asia, Europe and elsewhere are developing space programs. Canadian and European involvement with the Webb telescope reflects much broader developments. India and Japan pursue cooperation between the Indian Space Research Organization and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Please see CYR on C4

The best path forward for omicron: Let it rip

he recent arrival of the omicron variant of COVID-19 has, for far too many, reset the clock of our timeline for a return to societal normalcy. Public health authorities in many countries reimposed loosened travel restrictions that had lapsed. Washington, D.C., under the mayorship of Muriel Bowser, passed a draconian private-sector vaccination mandate, the likes of which had previously only passed muster in iconic deep-blue metropolises such as New York City. The vacillating mandarins who constitute the “public health” apparatus in this country, such as Lord-Emperor Anthony Fauci, quickly began fear-mongering

about the need to avoid large ineffective at preventing viral gatherings for Christmas and transmission. There is simply New Year’s Eve. Restaurants and no compelling evidence that the bars across the country that had vaccines are generally effective at shelved mask mandates suddenly slowing the spread. The vaccines deemed it necessary to make often appear to be an effective customers mask up again. symptom mitigation The sober reality, as prophylactic for those should be obvious as we who catch COVID-19, but approach the two-year that makes vaccination anniversary of “15 Days a quintessential private to Slow the Spread,” is health decision with littlethat COVID-19 is simply to-no relevance for public not going anywhere. Much health authorities. like influenza or the The omicron variant, Josh Hammer common cold, it is now furthermore, may be something humanity is highly contagious, simply going to have to but it is also highly deal with. nonlethal. According to a Furthermore, at this point Wednesday tweet from no less a in the “pandemic,” it should public health “authority” than be equally obvious that the Centers for Disease Control and COVID-19 vaccines are completely Prevention Director Rochelle

Walensky herself, the omicron variant, compared with its delta variant predecessor, poses a 53% lower risk for symptomatic hospitalization, a 74% lower risk for ICU admission and a 91% lower risk of death. What’s more, zero — yes, literally zero — omicron-infected patients in the U.S. have, to date, required mechanical ventilation. And it is at best unclear, as of this writing, whether there has been more than one omicron-induced death in the U.S. What’s more, omicron isn’t just symptomatically mild — it’s everywhere. Last week, the CDC estimated that a remarkably high 95.4% of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. were attributable to omicron. In such a situation as this, where

the overwhelming majority of new cases for a highly contagious virus (and for which even a “booster” vaccine cannot help forestall transmission) are so symptomatically mild and where the possibility of death is near zero, there is only one logical public policy posture that public health authorities should take: Sit back and let the omicron variant rip through these United States. Suffice it to say that this has not been our universal response to date. As popular pundit Ann Coulter tweeted last month, the D.C.- and blue state-driven reaction has often looked more like this: “GOD: Here’s a gift humans: a COVID variant that’s wildly contagious, Please see HAMMER on C4

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Money for indoctrination

lenn Youngkin recently was elected Virginia’s governor partly because he promised to ban teaching of CRT. CRT stands for critical race theory, which argues that every American institution upholds white supremacy. Before Gov. Youngkin’s surprise victory, the media mocked him for complaining about CRT. NBC’s Nicolle Wallace said it isn’t even taught in public schools. “That is like us banning the ghosts!” she laughed. She is wrong. In my new video, journalist Asra Nomani reveals some rather creepy CRT lessons that are taught in many schools. Ms. Nomani filed Freedom of Information Act requests that forced school districts to reveal how they pay consultants to spread critical race theory. “We found 300-plus contracts,” said Ms. Nomani. “Every day, I’m getting a new contract. For them to deny it is just part of their campaign.” A CNN guest, history teacher Keziah Ridgeway, admits that CRT influences how some teachers teach. “That’s a good thing, right?” she said. “Because race and racism is literally the building blocks of this country.” Really? The building block? No! America does have a long, nasty history of racism. Some racism persists. But it’s not the “building block.” “They want to look at all of society through issues of race,” complains Ms. Nomani. That’s “propaganda that’s claiming our children.” “Claiming the children?” I push back. “That’s an exaggeration.” She pulled out some of the children’s books that are now part of the curriculum at some schools. “Woke Baby” teaches kids to be “a good revolutionary.” “A Is for Activist” reads like a union recruiting manual. “M is for ‘Megaphones Marching.’ ... Hooray! It Must be May Day!” “Not My Idea” calls “whiteness” a deal with the devil. It portrays a white person with a pointy tail and goat hooves and tells children that they sell their souls because “whiteness” gives them “stolen Please see STOSSEL on C4

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Yikes. Which way does the wind blow? DONOVAN

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shots and a booster in a year, a person is considered the “unvaccinated.” Aren’t they, according to the people in charge? Most of Dr. Walensky’s answers were off point and, just like a politician, she steered all of them to the messaging she wanted to get across. It was rather telling that Brett Baier knew more about the CDC statistics than Dr. Walensky. She prefaced her answers to Mr. Baier’s questions with the disclaimer, “What I will tell you is,” “what I will let you know is.” The same as if one asked if “John Doe was going to be late. And the reply was, “What I will tell you is, John has a red car.” Basically, a nonsequitur. More people whom we need to clean out of our house. Statewide, Gove. Gavin Newsom, on the eve of his run for re-election, proposes more taxpayer rebates because of a $45 billion dollar surplus. A surplus of money made from what? Some of which include, our taxes, and federal COVID-19 relief funds. Hardly

a commodity but an enticement for some to decide he is a good governor and vote for him. In the same breath, he touts his health care plan to expand Medi-Cal to include people aged 26 and older if they are at the poverty level of annual earnings of $17,609. All may apply. Even those who work under the table. At implementation, the cost for the expanded Medi-Cal is $2.7 billion annually. Who will pay for this? Why are businesses leaving California? Coincidentally, Assemblyman Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, introduced Assembly Bill 1400, a universal single-payer health care system called “CalCare.” The bill proposes government-funded health care for all Californians. It is tied with Assembly Constitutional Bill Amendment 11, CALTAX, for funding and would raise taxes by $163 billion, said to be the largest tax hike in state history. Why are people leaving California? The red flags are that CalCare would be, managed by a board of appointed health care experts, five of which are appointed by the governor. Managed by health care experts, like we are under the

thumb of today? And by the governor? With the self-dealing of experts today, (think Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Gov. Newsom), why would we think the residents of California would get anything but short shrift by the experts in charge? And then status quo: Assemblywomen Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters, claimed, “Against my better judgment, I will cast a reluctant “I” vote for you today. But I will vote no on this on the floor.” Yikes. Which way does the wind blow? Here, we see the Santa Barbara City Council has a penchant to follow staff’s recommendations. One example is that it appears that city government staff are infiltrated and highly influenced by bike-riding urban planners. How many millions have we spent for sports! Are the miles of bike paths for commuters or for Lycra-clad recreational cyclists who are now employed in our Planning Department? We must insist our City Council stop the rubber stamping of the ideas which

become ordinances brought by the city employees/ staff to council that promote the city employee’s agenda of their idea of urban planning: i.e., you will ride a bike, you will not have a place to park your car. Conveniently, we will rent out the city parking lot that the citizens already paid for… etc. And you have State Street Promenade, closed to vehicles. At 11:30 a.m. Jan. 25, the Ordinance Committee, made up of three city council members, will decide, we suspect, to go with staff recommendations of the continued closure of State Street for the recovery of the restaurants. Realize that State Street has been closed since May 2020 under a public health emergency. This proposal is to continue the closure of State Street for two more years! That is four years of a closed-down State Street. We think the city’s plan is to never reopen State Street. Bonnie Donovan writes the “Did You Know?” column in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section.

Dangerous and destructive medical practices BUCKLEY

Continued from Page C1 people. Provides Everything You Need To Begin Your Journey Or Maintain Your Routine.” You are then advised to download their app in order to receive “safe trans care.” That is followed by Planned Parenthood’s site that explains that “Transgender is a term that includes the many ways people’s gender identities can be different from the one they were assigned at birth …” Assigned at birth? WebMD explains that “Assigning someone’s sex is based on biology – chromosomes, anatomy and hormones.” Ok, now we’re getting somewhere. Well, not really; WebMD goes on to advise that “a person’s gender identity – the inner sense of being male, female, or both – doesn’t always match their biology… It’s how they feel inside.” Hmm, OK, it’s all about feelings. But still, kids “feel” so many

things that aren’t “real,” and your child is only 10 years old. So you punch in “transgender treatment for children under 12.” Maybe you’ll find something more appropriate. You’ll find Newport Academy’s GD (Gender Dysphoria) Treatment, offering “comprehensive care in a supportive environment.” Newport advises you to “not try to change how the person feels about their gender,” and after suggesting that “family therapy” and “support groups” could be helpful, they go on to recommend that “transitioning to one’s true gender can help ease gender dysphoria.” Hmm, so one’s “true gender” is neither the more obvious male and/or female organs one is born with, nor apparently the gender one has been “assigned” to later. According to most of these sites, it’s really all about what your child believes he or she is meant to be. For parents who worry they may be doing permanent damage, Mayo Clinic helpfully offers a list of “temporary” puberty blockers “for transgender and

gender-diverse youth.” There are questions about how “temporary” those blockers really are, however. You’ll also discover that California now permits children as young as 12 to access transgender treatments and services without parental consent. In other words, trust the kid, not the parent. In fact, parents who resist their child’s transition are the enemy of the professional class whose goal, it seems, is to “help ease gender dysphoria”… by transitioning! As of January 2020, Washington state offers “confidential treatment for mental health conditions and gender dysphoria” using their parents’ insurance plan – without their parents’ consent. But there is some pushback. While most “progressive” states such as California, New York and others, almost seem to promote transitioning from one sex to another, some states have taken steps to combat what they see as dangerous and destructive medical practices. For example, Arkansas recently

passed a “Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act,” (vetoed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson but overridden by the legislature) which includes the observation that according to the American Psychiatric Association, only a small percentage of the American population experiences distress at identifying their biological sex. “For natal adult males, prevalence ranges from 0.005% to 0.014% and for natal females, from 0.002% to 0.003%,” and the majority of children who experience such distress “come to identify with their biological sex in adolescence or adulthood, thereby rendering most physiological interventions unnecessary.” But most governors and/or legislators aren’t prepared to combat the forces arrayed against them if they choose to stand up to the current orthodoxy. James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes questions or comments at jimb@ substack.com.

‘Speaking softly’ is not appropriate, but ‘walking softly’ is ZEPKE

Continued from Page C2 now they don’t. Masks protect you: now they don’t. Stand six feet apart: now it’s three. It’s safe outdoors: But still wear a mask because it is not safe. Children are not at risk: But close schools. Entering from Europe requires a vaccination: but not from Mexico. Get a booster: but still wear a mask. As hospitals were swamped, the treatments Mr. Trump recommended had to be ignored. That is, until Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis decided that since these treatments followed the science, he would establish around Florida centers to administer monoclonal antibodies that successfully treated COVID. After being embarrassed at the success of the Florida plan, in September 2021, the presidential administration took control of the distribution of the drugs and immediately restricted the amount available to Florida. If this was not bad enough, in December 2021 the Food and Drug Administration approved the emergency use of the drug effective against omicron, sotrovimab, to be distributed by

priority being given to “certain racial minorities” (gosh I wonder who they mean?) over “other highrisk patients” — meaning these minorities are automatically highrisk. Of course, New York and Minnesota immediately adopted this system. California? So “speaking softly” is not appropriate, but “walking softly’ is based on the short, stiff steps of the president and his difficulty with airplane steps. So “Walking softly” it is. How about “Carry a big stick?” Roosevelt’s meaning negotiating from strength would have to be altered as maintaining military strength would not work after an exit for Afghanistan while equipping terrorists with $85 billion of the latest hi-tech equipment in the world. For comparison, this is about 12% of the entire U.S. defense budget. In addition, the emphasis in the military has shifted to critical race theory and discharging anyone not vaccinated. If “Carry a big stick” is not appropriate: what is? Here are a few occurrences related to COVID: 1. President Joe Biden in October refused the offer to spend the funds to increase the number of tests for COVID, and the manufacturers of the tests

indicate they cannot come close to the number of tests he recently promised. 2. President Biden refuses to investigate because Dr. Anthony Fauci’s lies to Congress about his authorizing the funding of the research in the Wuhan lab were contradicted by his own emails, because the Obama-Biden team approved the funding by the National Institute of Health? Or because Dr. Fauci’s wife, nurse Christine Grady, serves as the head of Department of Bioethics at NIH? 3. When COVID hit, the NIH was studying the effect of alcohol on monkeys? Or because even in 2022 the NIH funded $205,000 for study of why transgender monkeys do not catch socially transmitted diseases? Sadly, since there are no transgender monkeys, they are injecting female hormones into male monkeys to try and create some even though monkeys do not catch STDs.. 4. Because two years into COVID, neither the NIH nor the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still relies on studies from Israel, of high-risk patients, or India, with different vaccines? 5. Because the CDC has not complied with its requirement to report how many people died

“from” COVID rather than “with” COVID? For example, Colorado classified a death by gunshot as by COVID since the victim also had it. The CDC did falsely publish a number of deaths in Florida as being in a week, only to have to correct it to “since the beginning of COVID.” Is it a coincidence Florida is a red state? 6. Because Homeland Security has also failed to meet its requirement to present the numbers for migrants crossing the border with an estimated rate of 20% with COVID? The president has, however, made spending a theme by offering bribes and threats to push his mutitrillion dollar “Build Back Better bill, so let’s substitute for “carry a big stick” “carry a big check.” Hence, the motto “Walk softly and carry a big check.” Brent E. Zepke is an attorney, arbitrator and author who lives in Santa Barbara. Formerly he taught at six universities and numerous professional conferences. He is the author of six books: “One HeartTwo Lives,” “Legal Guide to Human Resources,” “Business Statistics,” “Labor Law,” “Products and the Consumer” and “Law for NonLawyers.”

Zero Americans have required ventilation from omicron to date HAMMER

Continued from Page C3 but not lethal, to spread immunity far and wide! HUMANS (in blue states): TRIPLE MASK! CANCEL GATHERINGS! SHUT DOWN!” Ms. Coulter’s instinct is sound. In general, it is imprudent to base sweeping public policy decisions on idiosyncratically vulnerable population subsets. As one example, consider how no one in his right mind would seek to ban peanuts despite the fact that a peanut allergy is both common and often deadly (certainly, far deadlier than omicron).

This has been the biggest flaw in our COVID-19 response, all along: It always made more sense to isolate and quarantine the uniquely compromised, rather than impose in blunderbuss fashion draconian restrictions upon an entire populace. The very nonlethal nature of omicron only further militates in favor of a policy of “let it rip.” Zero Americans have required ventilation from omicron to date, and it seems that precisely one American has died. It borders on insanity to make public policy based on that. The wiser and saner thing to do would be to let the omicron variant rip and

spread far and wide, temporarily making many Americans mildly ill in the short term while bulking up their natural immunity in the long term — and, of course, avoiding ventilation and death. To that end, public policy should actually look like something approximating the opposite of our current approach. Instead of doling out free COVID-19 tests willy-nilly and encouraging everyone to test and avoid one another, we should be discouraging mass testing — especially for the asymptomatic — and eschewing any and all arbitrary restrictions on public gatherings. Leading

red states such as Texas, Florida and Tennessee can and should lead the way by restricting the mass availability of testing for all but the vulnerable and immunocompromised. On omicron, the freest policies are now necessarily also the best policies. At least as it pertains to the omicron variant, the only way out is through. Let this thing rip. To find out more about Josh Hammer and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators. com. Copyright 2022 by Creators.com

The problem isn’t the boogie man white supremacists SCHULTE

Continued from Page C2 from runaway inflation, high gas prices, COVID-19 breakthroughs, illegal invasion and their utter lack of taking care of Americans instead of their self-interests. “If Republicans continue to block our efforts, the Senate will debate and consider changes to the Senate rules on or before Jan. 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day to protect the foundation of our democracy: free and fair elections,” Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, said. In other words, if we don’t like the rules because they don’t suit our needs, we’ll just change the rules. The Democrats are writing a play that would make Shakespeare proud and blush at the same time: Comedy of “Stupid” Errors. The problem isn’t the boogie man white supremacists or the moms at school board meetings whom the Democrats are trying to convince America is the real problem. The Democrats are the problem. They’re the real terrorists working from within. Using every means they have, including the office of the DOJ to paint an image in the likeness of themselves because everything they’re trying to convince us of that’s bad, is them. Hiding behind the very thin veil claiming they’re the heroes fighting the forces determined to undermine our “democracy” they are the ones undermining our democracy.

The country is flooded with Soros-funded ultra-super leftwing mayors, district attorneys, governors, judges and even school boards doing all they can, using any means possible, legal or not, to maintain power by attempting to paint everyone else as the real enemy. At the same time, they’re doing all they can to protect the criminals roaming our streets and the illegals filling our neighborhoods. They’re aware of the out-ofcontrol violence but if they don’t say anything, no one will notice. They’re aware of millions of people from all over the being funneled into the country but they look the other way. They know filling your gas tank or feeding your family has become near disastrous, but they’ll leave it up to you to figure out how to deal with it. Not their fault. They’re also fully aware of how screwed up they made everything. But they’re doubling down because they really don’t know how to fix it, so they use distraction. They’ll milk Jan. 6, 2021, for all they think it’s worth to deflect attention away from their ineptitudes. They will try to prevent Donald Trump from running again and turn everyone into a terrorist. Problem solved. One thing we can be certain of, there won’t be any investigation into all the 2020 riots and who was behind them. The tattered ruins of 2020 and the mess of 2021 are merely the foundation for more destruction to follow if they are allowed to continue unchecked. It ain’t over by a long shot.

There are very persuasive reasons for pursuing space exploration CYR

Continued from Page C3 Agency. This in turn fosters fears in Beijing that the United States is somehow maneuvering behind the scenes to create a partnership designed ultimately to isolate China. The Cold War may be over, but ideological tensions linger. In contrast to the 1960s, independent commercial space exploration initiatives are important and proliferating. The seemingly ubiquitous Elon Musk in 2002 founded SpaceX, headquartered in Hawthorne, with the goal of driving space exploration, including colonization of Mars. There are very persuasive reasons for pursuing space exploration. First, while our space program initially reflected the intense competition of

the Cold War, current efforts effectively expand global cooperation. Science has always held an olive branch. Second, space exploration fosters technology. Extreme miniaturization of components for the moon mission furthered development of computer microchips and other high-tech devices that improve our lives. Finally, understanding the universe can help us understand ourselves. (To learn more, see Robert Osserman’s “Poetry of the Universe.”) Arthur I. Cyr is author of “After the Cold War” (NYU Press and Palgrave/Macmillan). He is also the director of the Clausen Center at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisc., and the Clausen Distinguished Professor. You can contact him at acyr@carthage. edu.

‘America does not have a monopoly on racism’ STOSSEL

Continued from Page C3 land” and “stolen riches.” The author, Anastasia Higginbotham, says, “I made a book for white children that encourages them to connect with their heartbreak about racism.” Ms. Nomani says, “Just imagine if a black child was to get a book that said ‘blackness is a bad deal?’ ... Shame is used as a lever of control over people. It should not be done with children.” “America has a history of racism,” I say. “We have to confront it,” she says. “But America does not have a monopoly on racism. I come from a nation of people of ‘color,’ and they are racist.” India, her home country, had a nasty caste system for thousands of years. Slavery began in the Middle East. It thrived in Africa long before slaves were brought to America. Americans (along with Brits, the French and Mexicans) actually helped end the practice. But today American students think America invented slavery. This is “state-sponsored indoctrination,” says Ms. Nomani. “It is a bigotry that they are teaching. ... It’s just so immoral. I am a brown Muslim

woman, an immigrant in America. I know more freedoms in this country than I could in any Muslim country in the world.” “But they’re not in a Muslim country,” I point out. “They’re in America, and there is still racism here.” “But to suggest that this is all of America is as racist and bigoted ... as being racist and bigoted against people of color,” she responds. People need to care about this, says Ms. Nomani, “because it’s the taxpayers that are funding this.” Some conservatives want to ban the teaching of CRT. That’s not a good idea. Government shouldn’t be banning ideas or taking choices away from teachers. Bans shield students from important topics. A better solution is legalizing school choice. Let parents take our tax money to a school we choose. John Stossel is creator of Stossel TV and 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. Copyright 2022 by JFS PRODUCTIONS INC.