Santa Barbara News-Press: January 31, 2021

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SB Zoo reopens, again Animals, staff welcome guests back with open, socially distanced arms

By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The sound of laughter and delight is back at the Santa Barbara Zoo, after another long month of silence during the lockdown.

Several cars were lined up at the zoo on Saturday morning just in time for the sunshine after the rain storm, and both the animals and the zoo staff welcomed guests back with open, but socially distanced, arms.

As an outdoor destination, the zoo was able to reopen following all state and local guidelines on Saturday, with limited daily attendance, high-touch area closures and typical sanitation procedures.

“We’re so happy to safely welcome guests back to the Santa Barbara Zoo again,” Rich Block, Santa Barbara Zoo president and CEO, told the News-Press..

“It was heartwarming to see the zoo filled with people again today, and I think I can speak for both the entire zoo team as well as our animals, that it’s really nice to have our guests back. We remain committed to protecting our community and have gone through extensive planning and preparation so that everyone can feel safe and comfortable while visiting.”

Melinda Morgan-Stowell, manager of guests services and recently named employee of the year, told the News-Press that being able to reopen again is simply “amazing.”

“We have been so missing our guests,” she said. “As you look around, you see the kids are Please see ZOO on A5

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After a two-year battle, the Santa Barbara City Council took its second-to-last step in the approval process of requiring project labor agreements for construction projects that cost $5 million or more.

A PLA, also referred to as a community workforce agreement, establishes terms and conditions of employment for construction projects, and will apply to all contractors and subcontractors who bid on projects covered by it.

Provisions generally include: uniform work conditions; hiring procedures, including allowances for a contractor’s “core” workers; wages and benefits; management rights; expedited labor dispute resolution procedures; no-strike commitments and procedures to prevent work stoppages; and agreement to adhere to existing

master labor agreements for the trades subject to the PLA. The purpose of the agreements is to promote participation in covered projects from targeted categories of workers, including local area residents, apprentices, historically under-utilized residents and businesses, at-risk persons, veterans, minority-owned businesses and disadvantaged business enterprises.

City staff had been executing contracts for expert legal and technical support in the negotiation of a community workforce agreement with the TriCounty Building & Construction Trades Council, who will represent labor unions signatory to the PLA, such as electricians, plumbers, ironworkers and other construction trades.

The city and the Trades Council reached agreement on most terms, but council discussed and decided Please see pla on A7

Stoker sues former EPA head, others for defamation

By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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Young visitors interact with slender-tailed meerkats at the Santa Barbara Zoo, which officially reopened to the public on Saturday.

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Former local elected official and head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Southwest Region Mike Stoker has filed a lawsuit against former agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler and three of his top deputies for defamation.

In the lawsuit, filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Mr. Stoker accuses Mr. Wheeler and others of making “several false and unprivileged statements” about him, which meant to convey that Mr. Stoker is “a liar, a fraud” and “someone who should not be trusted and someone who is neglectful and incompentent in the administration of his duties,” the lawsuit reads.

The defendant’s statements exposed Mr. Stoker to “hatred, contempt, ridicule, and shame,” and “discouraged others from associating or dealing with him,” according to the lawsuit.

Along with Mr. Wheeler, other

defendants in the lawsuit include former EPA Associate Deputy Administrator Douglas Benevento, former chief of staff Ryan Jackson and former EPA spokesman Corry Schiermeyer.

Mr. Stoker, a former Santa Barbara County supervisor and current Carpinteria resident, was hired in May 2018 as the head of what is known as Region 9, which includes California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and the Pacific islands.

He was fired in February 2020. According to the lawsuit, Mr. Stoker was contacted by Mr. Benevento and Mr. Jackson by phone and his employment was terminated.

When asked for the reason for his termination, Mr. Stoker was told it “wasn’t personal” though neither Mr. Benevento nor Mr. Jackson provided a reason for his firing, according to the lawsuit.

One day after his firing, the lawsuit accuses the defendants of “recklessly and knowingly reported falsehoods” about Please see stoker on A7

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At left, Calabaza — a White-Faced saki, which are small Arboreal monkeys from South America — takes a pause from scratching a golden lion tamarin’s back at the Santa Barbara Zoo on Saturday. Above, a slender-tailed meerkat peeks out of a bucket full of straw while another meerkat enters its space at the Santa Barbara Zoo on Saturday.

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Sansum Clinic remains open to care for you at this time.

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Today, Sansum Clinic has more than 200 specialists in over 30 specialties, working collaboratively to help our patients live their healthiest life.

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Forest Service extends state-wide campsite and picnic area closures

By MITCHELL WHITE

NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department reported two additional COVID-19 deaths on Saturday.

Both decedents were over the age of 70 and had underlying medical conditions.

Neither death was associated with an outbreak at a congregate living facility.

One resided in the city of Santa Barbara,

and the other in the unincorporated area of the Goleta Valley and Gaviota. The county has now reported 291 COVIDrelated deaths.

The county also reported 192 additional cases, bringing its total to 28,338. Of those, 1,491 remain active.

The city of Santa Maria reported 62 new cases on Saturday, bringing its total to 9,793. Of those, 453 remain active.

The city of Lompoc reported 24 new

bara Front Country trails and access roads. “What we’re seeing a lot of folks are doing is they’re driving up alongside of the road and testing just gomembers.

The mobile through Feb. 28.

Developed recreation sites in California“To will re- customers ing for hikes up there. That’s ok.then There’s not order unit will move toan a new protect and in closed through May 15 after the USDA For- theagainst location which will beU.S. announced. employees, DMV requires hiking trails,� said Andew Madsen, ForService issued an order extending the closures everyone who enters DMVspokesman.To request an appointment, est Service please gopeople onlinego to out https://lhi. offices to wear a “We face just covering, ursday. want to make sure if they’re care/covidtesting. If you need physically respond to The order was issued for the entire Pacific South-distance, safely spaced between one another. If you get to a assistance registering, call 211. questions and The California st Region and its Department 18 National of Forests,health whichscreening in- trailhead and there’s just tooare many cars “We happy to there, reportyou the Motor Vehicle will resume behindhave their temperature checked. des the Los Padres National Forest. should find a different area to go to as site opposed to trymobile testing will now the-wheel driving test statewide To best serve customers and The initialMonday. closure order went into effect March 26 ing to get in.� be supporting our mid-county starting maintain appropriate distance, d was setDMV to expire April postponed 30.

As state and local responses coronavirus region withtoanthe additional The previously the number of people allowed t all applied to recreational use areas such testing the opportunity in the city behind-the-wheel tests through in as thecampoffice is pandemic limited, chairs continue to evolve, Forest Service felt of unds, dayofuse sites and picnic areas. are appropriately the end January for the health Lompoc,�

Dr. Vanextension Do-Reynoso, and warranted thatspaced the situation a two week of andorder safetywas of customers and health director of the Santa plexiglass been installed,�

The issued to discourage large gather-has the closures, said Mr. Madsen. during the statewide Barbara County Public Health read a DMV release. semployees of people and promote safe social distancing of news“At the end of that they’ll evaluate and see where surge in COVID-19 cases.

Department, said in a statement.

Safety measures in place ying more than six feet apart. we’re at and whether or notare we’re going toour continue will automatically � We navigating way tests nThe theDMV Santa Barbara Ranger District,for12behind-the-wheel camp- as we need it,� said Mr. Madsen. reschedule customers for drive through this surge in cases, and include required face coverings, unds and picnic areas remain closed, includ“Thisscreening order can be rescinded at any time. If local test appointments thatwill were testing is still an important piece responding to health the Fremont campground and Whitequestions, Rock andtemperature canceled between Dec. 14 and health officials say it looks like thethe skyspread has cleared in slowing of theup virus.� checks, dFeb. Rock1.picnic areas.

Added Lompoc Mayor Jenelle cracked windows for increased airorder tomorrow. we can rescind the For right now, we TheRescheduling order Thursday does notto add to the closuresanddon’t is expected Osborne, circulation seatwant covers. to extend it out too far.“I want to thank the begin the next two weeks, county the mobile eady inin place for Santa Barbara. While Although other ar- the DMV “We offices just want to make surefor in acquiring the next couple of will be notified testing facility and welcome it remain open toweeks serveas thewe public, s and like customers the Monterey Ranger District have closed monitor what’s going on that we are takby text and of their rescheduled to Lompoc. Testing is still a very customers encouraged to use ilheads forest roads, locals will still have ac-are ing the appropriate steps along with our state and appointment. DMV anticipates important part of managing the its online services.

These include s to the many Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Bar- local partners.� new appointments for behind-thepandemic and understanding how expanded virtual services, as wheel tests will be available in the virus is spreading while we well as other service channels to mid-February once all previously work to distribute the vaccines. complete transactions, including postponed tests have been Please continue to wear your driver’s license and vehicle rescheduled. mask, socially distance, and wash registration renewals.

In-vehicle testing is a your hands even after receiving Even if your renewal states an requirement for first-time driver’s the vaccine. If you have any office visit is required, many can license holders and commercial COVID-19 symptoms, please take still renew their driver’s licence license applicants. The temporary online, officials said. advantage of this opportunity here suspension included commercial To view the online services, visit in Lompoc.� and noncommercial tests, but did For updates about testing www.dmv.ca.gov. not apply to motorcycle drive tests, opportunities, please visit www. which can be conducted at a safe — Mitchell White publichealthsbc.org/testing. distance.

COUNTY AGES— Gerry Fall COUNTY CITIES COUNTY The DMV CASES previously extended 0-17 21 SOUTH UNINCORP. 22 eligible permits with expiration 18-29 84 SANTA BARBARA 57 dates through May 31, 2021, CONFIRMED OVERALL 30-49 183 for six months from the date of GOLETA 7 50-69 167 expiration, or to a date 24 months ISLA VISTA 1 from the date of application, 70-PLUS 41 GOLETA VLY/GAVIOTA 13 Beginning on Monday, the LOMPOC — The city of Lompoc whichever is earlier.

This ANNOUNCED THURSDAY SANTA YNEZ VALLEY 5 mobile COVID-19 testing unit is asking residents to weigh in automatic extension requires LOMPOC will be moving to support 84 the COUNTY STATUS on goals and priorities for the no paperwork and gives student LOMPOC FED. PRISON 106 expansion of testing in Lompoc. community drivers more time during the AT HOME moving forward.75 TESTS TO DATE SANTA MARIAtesting unit 135 The mobile will be To plan for the 2021-2023376 COVID-19 pandemic to complete RECOVERED located at Ryon Park in Lompoc, Lompoc budget, community33 the prerequisites needed for a ORCUTT 36 HOSPITALIZED 800 W. Ocean Ave. This test members are invited to provide provisional license. The DMV NORTH UNINCORP. 25site INTENSIVE CARE UNIT 12 will be available from 7 a.m. to valuable feedback on goals and also has RATE PERextended 100,000 expiring PENDING 5 HEALTHCARE WORKERS 66 7 p.m. Monday through Friday priorities for the next two years. commercial driver’s licenses, for a minimum of two weeks and A survey is available at www. commercial learner’s permits, is available to all community cityoflompoc.com and will remain certificates and endorsements

CHRISTIAN WHITTLE

DMV to resume behind-the-wheel driving tests

COVID-19 testing in Lompoc to begin Lompoc asks for Monday community’s help

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Chuck’s Waterfront Grill and Endless Summer Bar Cafe close permanently

cases and has now reported 2,949 total cases, including 184 that are considered still infectious.

Twenty-three new cases were reported in the city of Santa Barbara, bringing its total to 5,116. Some 308 cases are still active.

The South County unincorporated area of Montecito, Summerland and the city of Carpinteria reported 15 new cases and has now reported 1,088 total cases, including 84 that remain active.

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Other daily case numbers from Saturday included: Isla Vista, 13 new casse (957 total, 76 active); unincorporated area of the Goleta Valley and Gaviota, eight new cases (947 total, 55 active); Orcutt, eight new cases (1,498 total, 68 active); unincorporated areas of Sisquoc, Casmalia, Garey, Cuyama, New Cuyama and the city of Guadalupe, eight new cases (1,098 total, 54 active); Santa Ynez Valley, five new cases (822 total, 43 active); and city of Goleta, four new cases (1,453

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Brekkies by Chomp, and Mortensen’s Danish Bakery.

The initial lease for the Chuck’s and Endless Sumproperty is 10 years with four,educational five-year options to “I’m so grateful tomer have met many in ceremonial, open until 5 p.m. Feb. 9.

More than 20 years after they Chuck’s extend the term of the Survey-takers are asked to first opened, truly talented and most moving andlease. cultural activities in the Waterfront Grill andon The Endless Barduring CafÊ are provide feedback goals and Summer poets my tenure, who wrote is community at various times Mr. Petersen inheriting the existing lease with permanently closed.

On theCity morning of April the wapriorities for the Lompoc poetry30for the very first throughout their term of service. onlytime.� the four, five-year options remaining, with an Councilrestaurant for 2019-2021 budget cycle. terfront announced its closureThe with a farecity’s poet laureate an “The Poet Laureate averageisseasonally adjusted base rent ofposition $23,585 per They are asked to provide well post onalso its Instagram account. honorary position month. established represents Santa Barbara’s input on how the“It council should in 2005. individual selected commitment creativity The post read, is with heavy hearts that The we anThough Mr. Petersen plans to toliteracy, continue running proceed and for good. will serve two-year term and education,� city Arts Advisory nounce wewith havesetting closedgoals our doors Thanka you Chuck’s and Endless Summer in line with its current priorities for the 2021-2023 budget commencing in April 2021 for Committee Chair Margie Yayhavi for your constant support. The memories will never be operation for a time, the restaurant has upgrades cycle. which they will receive a $2,000 said in a statement. forgotten.� planned for fall. According to the agenda, stipend.

AsCOVa spokesperson for around the To apply or submit a Despite the current economic chaos due to the — Gerry Fall under Mr. Petersen’s business second floor of the city’s literary community, nomination,plan visitthe www.sbac.ca.gov/ ID-19 pandemic, the prospect of Chuck’s and Endless the establishment will be converted into a traditional the poet laureate will work to poet-laureate.

Summer ceasing operation dates back topromote before the deli cafĂŠ focused on sandwiches, soups, and salads, theoutartistic achievements break. According to the agenda of a March Bar-actively withparticipate a gourmet grocery area selling—wine, beer, and Mitchell White of 24 theSanta city and bara City Council meeting in which assignment of the prepackaged foods. For evenings, the second floor will restaurant’s lease to a new operator was the first item, have a full bar and a dinner menu focusing on “adult SANTA BARBARA — The Chuck’s and Endless Summer co-owner Steve Hyslop food and beverages.â€? search for the 2021 Santa Barbara informed the Waterfront Department of his desire to Poet Laureate is officially The restaurant’s ground floor is proposed to be simsell the establishment in August 2019. underway. ilar to Mr. Petersen’s Chomp restaurants. Its menu of The Santa Barbara County After receiving the department’s lease assignment burgers, fries, and shakes will cater to families, young Office of ArtsMr. andHyslop Culture, in searching for a new requirements, began adults, and retirees, and for evenings will be converted partnership with thefound city of it Santa buyer and ultimately in businessman Aaron to a “dinner type atmosphere.â€?

Barbarawho and operates Santa Barbara Petersen, a number of restaurants in SolPublic library, is accepting vang including Chomp, The Coffee House by Chomp, email: jgrega@newspress.com applications and nominations online through March 5.

The person selected will seek to advance awareness of and appreciation for poetry, spoken word, and the literary arts within the greater community. As both a local resident and a distinguished poet, the poet laureate will represent and celebrate the diversity and history of the area. Š 2021 Ashleigh Brilliant, 117 W. Valerio Santa Barbara CA 93101 (catalog $5). www.ashleighbrilliant.com The Santa Barbara Public Library serves as the Office of the Poet Laureate and a major partner in CA. the stewardship of the program, AT A to a news release. according GLANCE Current Poet Laureate Laure-Anne Bosselaar’s term concludes in March 2021. Under Ms. Bosselaar’s leadership, CASES OVERALL / THURS.the program expanded to provide a series of community workshops, readings events at the Santa DEATHSand OVERALL / THURS. Barbara Public Library. “Poetry (is) an art that is Lic #0799445 TOP 3 IN COUNTIES available to absolutely everyone,�

LOS ANGELES 23,233 she said in a statement. “Everyone RIVERSIDE 4,031 is a poet at heart. No need for Š 2020 Ashleigh Brilliant, 117 W. Valerio Santa Barbara CA 93101 (catalog $5). www.ashleighbrilliant.com SAN DIEGO 3,564 paint, ballet shoes, clay, a stage, canvas, tuba or guitar; we just NICK MASUDA / NEWS-PRESS GRAPHIC need paper and pen!

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From 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Tuesday through Drive interchange. roadway. Flaggers will direct traffic as needed.

Friday, the northbound offramps at South Work is also ongoing for the Evans Avenue In addition, a landscaping contractor is Padaro and Santa Claus lanes, as well as Evans undercrossing. This includes excavation and working on new irrigation lines and is planting anta Barbara Avenue, will also beCounty, closed. installation of underground supports between along southbound 101 between Linden Avenue From 10 p.m. tonight to 7 a.m. Monday, one ysouthbound the numbers the 101 bridges for the new upcoming bridge. and Casitas Pass Road. lane will be closed from Sheffield Daytime noise is expected over the next two The Santa Barbara CountySimilar Pub- overnight Drive to Linden Avenue. — Mitchell White weeks.

KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS Health Department announced closures are planned Monday through Over the next few weeks, in compliance with new confirmed COVID-19 cases The weather will be sunny and in the 70s this weekend along the South Coast.

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No new cases were reported in the federal prison complex in Lompoc.

The geographic region of 22 cases was pending as of Saturday.

A total of 182 people are receiving treatment at local hospitals, including 41 in the Intensive Care Unit.

Santa Barbara County’s ICU availability was 20.5% as of Saturday.

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UCSB grad took the long road to success in MLB

Matt Arnold, a 2001 graduate of UCSB’s sports management program, has gone from an internship with the Los Angeles Dodgers to the general manager’s position with the Milwaukee Brewers over the last two decades.

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he new general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers had the drive to make it in baseball, even when it was behind the wheel of a beat-up, old automobile.

Matt Arnold was just a junior at UCSB in 2000 when he began motoring to his first gig as an intern with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His 1977 Chevy Cheyenne would often race the sunrise on his trip back home.

“I was basically commuting from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles every day, through L.A. traffic,” he said. “That’s definitely not something I want to do again.”

His second season of baseball was spent with the Texas Rangers, “helping the coaches and players in whatever they needed.” Five more years followed with the

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“At the time, there was muchless specialization across the game,” Arnold said. “You had to wear a lot of hats. I was the baseball operations assistant when I went to Cincinnati. I did a lot of everything.”

And then he hit the road again in 2006 with his latest old car when he was hired as a pro scout by the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Mr. Arnold, left, talks with club manager Craig Counsell, center, and president of baseball operations David Stearns before a game last season.

Gauchos end wild ride on the road with overtime win at UC Davis

By MARK PATTON NEWS-PRESS SENIOR WRITER

After three overwhelming road wins in a row, the UCSB men’s basketball team needed overtime to notch a fourth.

The Gauchos earned the extra period on a pair of clutch free throws by littleused Jay Nagle and then stole the victory, 89-86, with two big thefts in overtime.

“What a gutsy win for our guys,” coach Joe Pasternack said. “I’m really happy for them.

“We needed to win a game like this, a game that’s really close. We learned how to win on the road when we’re down with just seconds to go.”

UCSB (12-3, 6-2 Big West Conference) notched its eighth-straight victory by hounding the Aggies into missing all eight of their field-goal attempts during the five-minute overtime.

Nagle had played only two minutes on Saturday when he stepped to the foul line with three seconds left in regulation.

He had been summoned to help fill in for starter Miles Norris, who had been ejected 10 minutes earlier with his second technical foul.

“I put him in a very, very tough situation tonight,” Pasternack said. “I threw him into the game and he got an unbelievable offensive rebound — if he didn’t get that, we would’ve lost. He gets fouled on that and, cold off the bench, makes two pressure free throws.

“He comes from two extraordinary parents … They raised this young man so well, and he comes to practice every day and honors the process every single day even though he’s barely played this year.”

UCSB, which trailed by as many as 10 points in the first half, needed Ajare Sanni to score 11 of his team-high 22 points during the final 8 ½ minutes of regulation to survive until overtime. He made 4-of-8 three-pointers, three of which came during a late, four-minute stretch of the game.

Davis (3-5, 0-2) presented a tougher challenge than on Friday when UCSB cruised to its fifth-straight rout of 14 points or more, 72-51. Although the Gauchos out-shot Davis, 49% to 44.3%, the Aggies beat them to the rebounds, 36-31, and to nearly every loose ball.

“When I walked into the locker room (after the game), I told those guys I was awfully proud to be an Aggie tonight,”

Davis coach Jim Les said. “This was not the result they deserved, or we wanted … before this is all said and done, this can be a really good basketball team.

“Our transformation from Friday to Saturday gave us a glimpse of what that looks like and I’m really excited about that.”

The score was tied 12 times and the game featured seven lead changes.

The Gauchos were sluggish at the start, missing five of their first six shots and committing four turnovers. They fell behind 15-5 after just over five minutes. They trailed 22-14 just inside the 10-minute mark.

But in the next 90 seconds, threepointers by JaQuori McLaughlin and Destin Barnes keyed a 10-0 run that gave them their first lead, 24-22. McLaughlin finished with 18 points, four assists and four rebounds.

Sanni, who missed his first five shots, made two-of-three in the final two minutes of the first half to draw the Gauchos even by halftime. His floater tied the score at 36-all.

UCSB held Davis to just 40.7% shooting in the first 20 minutes. Both teams, however, broke loose in the second half when the Aggies out-shot the Gauchos 61.5% to 57.1%.

McLaughlin scored nine of his 18 points in the first six-plus minutes of the period to give the Gauchos a 55-48 lead.

Norris made back-to-back threes to keep UCSB ahead 61-55 with 10:51 to go. He was having one of his best games as a Gaucho, with 17 points in as many minutes of action. But with 10:11 to go, he was called for his second double-technical foul after getting into his second verbal exchange with an Aggie. The penalty included an automatic ejection.

Two minutes later, point guard Devearl Ramsey joined him on the bench with his fourth foul.

With UCSB’s 6-foot-10 rim protector and its best on-ball defender both out of the game, the Aggies began driving on the Gauchos at will. All-league guard Ezra Manjon, who had scored only four points to that point, poured in nine during a twoand-a-half minute outburst that tied the game at 68-all.

Manjon finished with 19 points while teammate Elijah Pepper led all scorers with 23.

Sanni put the Gauchos back ahead,

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JaQuori McLaughlin, shown here in action earlier this season, finished with 18 points, four assists and four rebounds in Saturday’s overtime win over UC Davis.

78-76, with back-to-back threes and a reverse layup off a baseline runner. But Manjon scored off a spin move and threw up a wild three that beat the shot clock to nudge Davis ahead, 83-80 with 46 seconds left in regulation.

Barnes made one-of-two foul shots to get UCSB within two with 0:19 on the clock. The Gauchos fouled Kennedy Koehler three seconds later and he missed both free throws to keep UCSB’s hopes alive.

McLaughlin was forced to throw up a long shot under pressure, but Nagle saw that it was short of the rim and caught it on the run. He was fouled while trying to

reverse in a shot with :03 remaining and made both free throws to send the game into overtime.

UCSB’s defense finally found its footing during the extra period, forcing Davis to miss all eight of its field-goal attempts.

Sanni scored after a steal, and another theft by Ramsey led to McLaughlin’s fastbreak runner and an 87-83 lead.

“We haven’t had an overtime game this year, it was good for us to understand the urgency you have to play at the defensive end,” Pasternack said.

The Aggies did make three-straight free throws to draw within a point with 24 seconds to go, but Manjon missed the

fourth. Amadou Sow, who got eight of his game-high nine rebounds after halftime, grabbed the miss and was fouled. The 6-foot-9 junior, who made two clutch free throws with 1:55 left in regulation, hit two more with 15 seconds left in overtime to give UCSB an 89-86 lead.

“Amadou closed the game very well for us,” Pasternack said. “His overtime was terrific. He had some big rebounds, and those four free throws were huge for us.”

Manjon and Pepper then both missed well-guarded threes in the final seconds as UCSB pulled out the win. email: mpatton@newspress.com

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UCSB’s Doris Jones, left, seen here in action earlier this season, finished with 12 points in the Gauchos loss Saturday night to UC Davis.

By GERRY FALL Taylor Mole, shown here in earlier action, added 14 points along with seven rebounds in the loss. She made three of her seven attempts from three-point range.

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Home sweet home is supposed to be just that.

But for the UCSB women’s basketball team, its home court inside the Thunderdome has been anything but that this season.

Facing visiting UC Davis for the second night in a row, the Gauchos remained winless at home this season after a 78-61 loss to the Aggies on Saturday night.

UCSB, which fell to 0-7 at home this season, also dropped to 2-9 overall and 2-5 in the Big West Conference. UC Davis was highly effective with its Princeton offense, which involves a lot of back-door cuts to the basket without the ball. “We played from behind the whole time,� said UCSB coach Bonnie Henrickson. “We got (the deficit down) to five (in the second half) and they just answered with back doors and everything aggressive and post-ups, and we didn’t defend. “I would imagine they scored twice as much in transition, and a lot of that was in the first

quarter.�

UC Davis was led, for the second night in a row, by Cierra Hall.

The senior forward scored 22 in Friday night’s 67-65 Aggie win, and followed that with a 20-point effort on Saturday. Hall blistered the nets from beyond the 3-point line, converting 4 of 6 attempts. She finished 5-for-8 from the field and 6-for-6 from the free-throw line.

A key moment in the first half came after UCSB freshman Anya Choice buried a 3-pointer to bring the Gauchos to within one at 29-28 with 2:47 remaining in the second quarter. Hall answered with 3 of her own at the 1:41 mark to make it 32-28. She then hit another from long range with 54 seconds in left in the second quarter. Thanks in large part to Hall’s shooting, the Aggies led by eight, 37-29, at halftime.

One of the bright spots for the Gauchos was the play of Choice.

She finished with a team-high 18 points, which tied her career high. “We like the fact that she’ll raise up and knock down some 3s because that opens up

her opportunity to drive,� Henrickson said of Choice, who was 4-for-6 from beyond the 3-point arc. “You want to be able to score at all levels (on the court), and she’s doing that.�

UC Davis finished shooting at 54% (30-56) from the field. The Aggies were also very good from the three-point line and the free-throw line. They were 9 of 20 from beyond the arc and 9-for-9 from the free-throw line. UCSB finished at 36.5% (23-63) from the field, 32% (825) from 3-point range and 78% (7-9) from the free-throw line.

Taylor Mole finished with 14 points while Doris Jones contributed 12 for the Gauchos.

Every UC Davis starter, which included Hall, finished in double-figure scoring. Besides Hall’s 20, Sage Stobbart had 13, Mackenzie Trpcic had 11 and Kayla Konrad and Evanne Turner finished with 10 apiece.

The Gauchos hit the road for a pair of games at Long Beach State this Friday and Saturday.

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“I was still living in Cincinnati,�

Arnold recalled. “You can get everywhere from there ‌ To Alabama in eight hours ‌ To Michigan ‌ To Washington, D.C. ‌ Over to Iowa. These are all within driving distance, right? “I drove everywhere. We’re talking 50,000 miles a year in my little, green, Nissan Gremlin, with the bumper falling off and the window cracked. A power bar was melted into the front seat somewhere.â€?

He soaked it all in, learning from the old scouts that he’d sidle up to behind the backstops. “It was a little bit of a leap to go from the front office out into the field, but it was a good experience,� he said. “I met so many people on the road. I learned how to evaluate from so many different people, writing hundreds of reports.�

Arnold’s travels even took him to Mexico to check out a slugger from Cuba. The only area large enough for the tryout presented several unique obstacles. “I worked him out in a graveyard,� he said. “He was hitting balls off headstones. You’ve got to go where the players are. “It is a challenge, working a guy out in a graveyard when there’s no track record and no stats to go by. You’ve got to know what you’re looking at, and that comes from experience. It’s hard to simulate

that.�

It was all about “grindingâ€? — a term he learned at UCSB. He graduated in 2001 with a degree in economics but also angled his studies toward a future in athletics. “Jon Spaventa, Jim Romeo and Al Ferrer ‌ Those guys were super-influential for me there,â€?

Arnold said. “I would stay after the classes I took from them in my sports management minor and listen to them and pick their brains.�

He did it so well that UCSB named him as its Sport Management Student of the Year in 2000. “I was pretty passionate about trying to work in sports,� Arnold said. “I just didn’t know what that looked like and had no idea about how to get into it. I just had to find a way to get there. Those guys were incredible for me. “They gave me that advice: ‘You’ve got to grind when you don’t necessarily have a separator.’ I’m not the smartest guy in the world but I worked overtime and learned as much as I could from as many different people as I could until the opportunity presented itself.�

The Rays gave him his biggest break. General manager Erik Neander noticed the long hours that Arnold was logging and promoted him to scouting director, and then to director of player personnel. “He had the work ethic of an intern trying to break into the

Westmont men’s basketball adds two games The Westmont men’s basketball team added a pair of games this week against Simpson University.

Simpson (1-3), an NAIA school and a member of the California Pacific Conference,

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game,� Neander said. “That’s never left him. Those things have been constant, no matter his role.�

Arnold also had a knack of seeing the value of a prospect beyond his toolset. “I learned to look for how guys interact with their teammates, and what kind of leadership skills they have, what they bring to the clubhouse,� he said. “If you’re not going to be a very good teammate, you’d better be a really, really good player. “How do they handle themselves with failure? How do they respond as a pitcher when they get hit around?�

David Stearns also took notice of Arnold, hiring him as one of his top lieutenants when he became the Brewers’ general manager in 2015. “We immediately hit it off,�

Arnold said. “I was fortunate to come into a real good opportunity.�

He combined the front-office education he got in the analytics of the game to what he’d seen behind the backstop during his travels as a scout. “I think he’s ahead of the game in that regard,� Brewers’ bench coach Pat Murphy said. “The numbers to him are a resource, but his ability to relate to people is what’s incredible.�

It’s helped the Brewers advance to the playoffs three years in a row for the first time in club history. “It’s something we’re really proud of,� Arnold said. “The Cardinals are always going to be

will travel to Westmont for games at 7 p.m.

Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday. The games will mark the first competition between the two teams.

The Warriors (1-2), were set to take on Hope International three times this week, but those games were pushed to the final week of February due to positive COVID-19 tests within the Royals’ program.

Westmont, coming off a 117-103 victory over

tough. The Reds were really good last year. “Our division is still really good, but we think we’re right there.�

Other baseball teams are taking notice of the up-and-coming mastermind from UCSB. The Los Angeles Angels interviewed Arnold for their general manager’s job during the offseason. Several other clubs made their own overtures.

The Brewers decided to act after the New York Mets began making inquiries about Stearns.

They named him as president of baseball operations and promoted Arnold into his old position as GM and senior vice-president. “We’ve operated in a partnership mentality for some time now, so I don’t really see much changing from a day-today perspective,� Stearns said. “I think we’re going to move forward much in the way we have, which is really working together on everything we do. “That’s been one of the really rewarding aspects for both of us.�

Arnold does marvel about how far that 1977 Chevy Cheyenne and the little, green, Nissan Gremlin wound up taking him in two decades. “Everybody takes their own pathway,� he said. “The thing that comes to mind is that you should just put yourself into play.�

And if you put in enough miles, you’ve got a chance of making it before the next sunrise. email: mpatton@newspress.com

Saint Katherine last week, will host Bethesda at 4 p.m. Tuesday before beginning Golden State Athletic Conference play the following week.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, fans will not be permitted to attend the games. An online broadcast can be found at athletics.westmont. edu/video. — Mitchell White

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Grants available for mudslide damage Relief program open for residences damaged by wildfires, mudflows, debris flows from Thomas Fire

By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Homeowners with residences damaged during the Thomas Fires and Montecito mudslides could be eligible for grants of up to $200,000.

ReCover CA, on behalf of the California Department of Housing and Community Development, is offering a program called Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, which provides grants to eligible homeowners whose primary residence was impacted by 2017 and 2018 wildfires, mudflows and debris flows.

Any residents whose property was damaged by the eligible disasters are encouraged to fill out the Disaster Housing Assistance Survey, which is the first step to receive program funding.

The program began accepting surveys from 2017 survivors in January, and

invites respondents to complete the application process this month.

Up to $150,000 can be provided for 2017 disasters, and up to $200,000 can be provided for 2018 disasters.

Applicants will be prioritized according to the impacted area and applicant income.

According to the Chief Disaster Recovery Officer for HCD, Maziar Movassaghi, there have been 451 surveys submitted for 2017.

“Survey information will be evaluated to determine which tier, if any, a respondent falls within based on the location of the damaged property, household income and extent of damages,” Ms. Movassaghi told the NewsPress. “The program must ensure that the housing needs of low-to-moderate income households and vulnerable populations are addressed.”

The program anticipated around 350

applications from the survivors of the 2017 eligible disasters, according to Ms. Movassaghi.

Funding for the program comes from the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and is administered by the HCD as the grantee.

Eligible participants must: be a U.S. citizen or a qualified resident; have legally owned and occupied a singlefamily dwelling in an affected county as their primary residence during the disasters; have sustained damages directly linked to one of the eligible disasters; and be current on property taxes or have an approved payment plan or tax exemption.

Eligible program costs include: permitting, design and planning; replacement of damaged or destroyed necessary equipment such as HVAC

units; standard grade repairs to disasterdamaged primary structures; upgrades required to meet code in disasterdamaged areas of the home; accessibility features in disaster-damaged areas of the home; and lead-based paint and asbestos abatement in disaster-damaged areas of the home.

In order to be eligible, applicants must provide proof of identity (photo ID/passport), ownership (tax records, title/deed), occupancy (utility bill, voter registration, insurance policy), federal benefits eligibility (passport, birth certificate, qualified alien status), current property taxes/payment plan, income (paystubs, pension/social security income statements) and damage from the disaster (insurance claims, FEMA or SBA documents, pictures).

Ms. Movassaghi added that homeowners struggling to get insurance to pay for rebuilding costs is a “large

issue that needs to be addressed on many fronts.”

“One is that the Insurance Commissioner’s Office has initiated activities to address this issue through his authorities,” she said. “The other is that the HCD is working with the Office of the State Fire Marshal and CalOES in developing home hardening/ignition resistant retrofitting programs to help existing homes and better plan for future development.

“Another is that the HCD is providing mitigation funding to prepare communities for future disastrous through community-wide resilient infrastructure work.”

Any residents with properties affected by the Thomas Fire are encouraged to fill out the survey at https://recover.hcd. ca.gov/. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

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She said that this shutdown was different from the last since it wasn’t their first rodeo.

“We had hoped we would find an answer a little quicker — the first time, we really did not know how long this was going to run. There was a great deal of uncertainty,” the manager said.

“This time around, the hope of the vaccine gave us a lot more clarity as far as what we would expect going forward.

“I hate to say it, but we learned a lot from the first shutdown, so it gave us a bit of perspective on how to improve the zoo while we’re unable to operate with the public.”

Over the past month, the zoo worked on construction projects, some of which are still being worked on, including a new walkabout and other housekeeping projects.

Ms. Morgan-Stowell said the zoo’s animal care staff has been keeping the animals quite entertained in the meantime.

“Animals are like people — some are a little more thrilled to have people back and some are like, ‘Eh, OK, hi human,’” she said.

In addition, over the lockdown, animal care staff began introducing the zoo’s new female African lion cub, Pauline, to her father, Ralph, in hopes of having

the entire lion family available for the public to view in the near future, including Felicia, Pauline’s mother.

When asked what she is most excited about as the zoo reopens, Ms. Morgan-Stowell said, “As you can tell by every child that I’ve waved at that I’ve gone past, it’s just the sound of children in the zoo again and having them enjoy seeing the animals, and having their parents able to interact out in the world again. We’ve all been locked down for so long, but this is really a great opportunity for folks to come out in a safe environment. We’re doing everything we can to keep our guests, staff and animals and safe, and we hope to offer our community the opportunity to get up and get out in the world.”

The zoo was quite busy on Saturday, with numerous families in attendance, enjoying the outdoor exhibits, the Zoo Train, the giraffe feeding deck and food and drinks from the Ridley-Tree House Restaurant and the Wave, along with the specialty food carts.

Lauren Neinhuis and her 3-year-old daughter attended the zoo on Saturday and made sure to check out the new pink flamingos.

“Our family loves the zoo so much and a lot of the animals feel like a big part of our life as locals in this community,” she told the News-Press. “To be able to come back and visit them after all this time is such a warm, happy feeling for us.”

Erica Holtgrewe brought her two sons, 4-year-old Hudson and 2-year-old Jordan, to the zoo on Saturday as well.

A Western Lowland gorilla — possibly Bangori, the more laid-back of the two gorillas at the Santa Barbara Zoo — stares up above at spectators on Saturday.

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A family of visitors look out at the Masai giraffe enclosure at the Santa Barbara Zoo on Saturday.

“We came here because our boys love the zoo, and we feel super safe since they reopened,” she told the News-Press. “We just feel they’ve done a great job with social distancing and cleaning and making sure everything is really well laid out. It’s a great family outdoor activity.”

“I love looking at their cute faces,” 9-year-old Eva told the News-Press. “The animals are so exotic, and it’s really amazing that we have a zoo not too far just to run in and feel like we’re all over the world.

“There’s stuff from Antarctica to Peru or something, or Europe.

It’s just really amazing that we basically have the entire world in our backyard.”

It was Shaina Macey’s first time at the Santa Barbara Zoo, and Robert Belleville hadn’t been in around 10 years.

“I think it’s beautiful because it’s so green and open,” Ms. Macey told the News-Press. “I love how it’s not so caged in — it’s just peaceful here and feels nice to be here.

“We just came for fun, but it’s nice to be out because we’ve all been trapped inside. The animals make us feel good and it’s perfect weather too. I’m glad it’s open.”

Mr. Belleville said the minute they heard the zoo was reopening, he booked tickets.

From the African lions, to the Masai giraffes, the Humboldt penguins, and the California condors, the Santa Barbara Zoo is welcoming back all members and visitors who want to get out and enjoy the outside world and the exotic animals.

Zoo personnel also encourage visitors and animal lovers to donate to its Emergency Operations Fund, which will help the zoo make up for several months of being closed and losing 97% of its revenue sources. There are also many programs available to support the zoo, including saving local wildlife, sponsoring an animal, donating for medical equipment, sponsoring a class and more.

Visit sbzoo.org to learn more about donation options or to purchase online tickets in advance, which are required for all guests, including members. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

37th District Election Numbers Don’t Add Up As a father and campaign manager for Charles Cole for Assembly, we and our associates ran the campaign on issues like; more jobs, opening schools and business, limited government, no new taxes, support for police, protecting our Bill of Rights, vouchers and other libertarian and conservative messages. We garnered over 80,000 voters who agreed with those policy issues.

8) And while we’re at it, going back to the March 3rd 2020 primary election - Why did it take Joe Holland 37 days to count and certify those ballots?

Now, with all that’s happened nationwide, we are looking into the many vote anomalies across our 37th Assembly district. Anomalies like the paucity of digital signature inspections, the tens of thousands of unknown new voters, and deserted college zones with huge turnouts and other problems.

Cole still won that primary, harpooning Murillo, Abboud, Dominguez and Bennett but what’s up with that 37 day count?

We have asked Joe Holland and his office for additional numerical election data and other information to help us clarify the many anomalies we are finding. The response has been one of stonewalling, gaslighting, delaying or to give no information at all claiming, “commercial privacy and public interest concerns.”

Or offering half-witted, non responses such as screen shots from the SOV website.

Some of the questions we sent to the BOS and Hollands office are outlined below.

1) How did the desolate, Covid empty Isla Vista Student Residence Towers show a 75% turnout, in spite of the illegality of ballot forwarding?

2) How did some precincts show an impossible 104% turnout, and many other precincts show unlikely 92% and higher turnouts? When the hotly contested 2016 Clinton/Trump election only gave an average 72% turnout.

9) And how last March during the five weeks of ballot counting time, did Mayor Cathy Murillo’s vote totals increase by 113%? While primary winner Cole’s votes increased only 13%.

These are serious times and serious questions.

We expect election officials to answer and release requested raw numerical data to our campaign or any campaign, as we are legitimate representatives of our voting public, 85,000 worth.

Election data is public property, not secretive government property.

We have asked for a meeting between the BOS, Joe Holland and the Cole Campaign where we can discuss these issues.

Including firstly why Mr. Holland refuses to provide any raw information or data to us, refuses inspection of the time stamped election numbers and refuses our inspection or simple testing of the dominion machines used in Santa Barbara to ‘calculate’ our votes.

A complete copy of this letter which includes election fraud codes was sent to the Board of Supervisors and can be seen at our business website Analytics805.com.

3) And how did Cole’s 37th district gain a staggering 17,894 new voters in the 2020 election?...

Over the heavily voted 2016 37th district race?

4) With no increase in population?

5) And who are these 17,894 new 37th District voters?

6) Were their signatures verified? How? And where do they all live? (Did we suddenly build 17,894 new housing units in Santa Barbara?)

7) And how surprising it is these 17,894 new voters went 96.3% to the left!

Thomas M. Cole J.D. tc@analytics805.com

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NAKAMURA, Florence Florence Nakamura was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend. She left this world to be with her Lord and Savior on January 15, 2021 at the age of 94.

Florence was born on September 23, 1926 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California. She was the fourth of six children born to Tsumoru and Midori Fukuzawa who named her after Florence Nightingale. During World War II, her family was interned at the Gila River War Relocation Center in Arizona. After the War, they returned to Santa Barbara.

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Florence met her future husband, Leo, on a hay ride in Santa Barbara. They were married on September 24, 1950. Florence worked at Kong’s Gift Shop in downtown Santa Barbara for over 25 years. While there she enjoyed her relationships with the local community. Florence found most rewarding her roles as wife to Leo and mother to her son, Timothy. She was also an active member of the Bethany Congregational Church, faithfully serving and attending until the end.

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Margaret Borgialli, a resident of Santa Barbara since 1925, passed away on January 13, 2021 from natural causes. She was born in Holly, Colorado on February 11, 1921 to Italian immigrants, Vincent and Domenica Boetto. She attended Franklin Elementary, Santa Barbara Junior High, and graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1939. Margaret worked for the Selective Services, Bank of America and Seaside Oil Credit. On April 8, 1945, she married Dominic Borgialli (deceased 1998) after he returned from World War II. Their 53 year marriage was a match made in heaven. Margaret touched countless lives with her example of compassion, understanding, empathy, dedication, and selflessness stemming from her Catholic faith. During her almost 100 years, she was blessed as the families of her dearest friends continued to be in her life. Her love of life and people allowed her to embrace new friendships, ideas, learning, manage life’s changes, and enjoy the activities at the Friendship Center. Margaret deeply loved her family, the many friendships in the Italian American Boot Club, donating her crocheted caps for the newborns at Cottage and St. Francis hospital, and spending countless hours in the garden appreciating nature.

She lived independently in her original 1926 family residence until age 98. Then resided the last two years under the loving care of the staff at Mission Terrace. Margaret is survived by her children: Angela Schaller (Dr. Vichai Phungrasamee), Irene Contos (husband John), and Dr. Dominic Borgialli; her grandchildren: Sharon Schaller Elliott (husband Dan), David Schaller (wife Dorothy), Jaclyn Contos Pollack (husband Blake), Jonathan Contos (wife Lauren), Cypress Borgialli, and Bryce Borgialli; her GreatGrandchildren: Daniel Elliott III, Presley Pollack, Lennon Pollack, and Annie Contos; her Great-Great-Grandchildren: Branton Elliott and Clayton Elliott. A celebration of life in her memory will be held later this year. Donations in her honor can be made to the Friendship Center between Fri., JulyMontecito.

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Florence is survived by her husband Leo, son Timothy, sisters Barbara Fukuzawa and Martha Tanji, granddaughter Alyssa (Wesley) Koch, great-granddaughter Hikari Koch and many nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were her sisters Yoshiko Asakura and Frances Kozaki and her brother Michito Fukuzawa.

A service for Florence will be held at a future date at Bethany Congregational Church.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2020-0003071 The following person(s) is doing business as: Certified Fine, 1193 E Foster Rd., Unit D, Santa Maria, CA 93455, County of Santa Barbara.

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NOTICE INVITING RFP: Notice is hereby given that the Santa Barbara Unified School District will receive proposals from prequalified firms for Preconstruction and Lease-Leaseback Services for the Peabody Charter Interim Housing Project (“Project�). Contractor’ License required: B, General Building Contractor. Submittal Deadline: Proposals must be received by, March 10, 2021, by 2:00 p.m. at the office of Santa Barbara Unified School District, 724 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Attention: Steve Vizzolini. Anticipated Start of Construction: June 2021. Prequalification: All firms submitting a proposal to this RFP must be prequalified with the District pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.6 (b)-(m) without exception prior to submitting a proposal.

Prequalification documents must be submitted by, February10, 2021 by 4:00 PM. 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 five business days before the proposal opening at the Santa Barbara Unified School District, Planning Dept., 724 Santa Barbara St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Prequalification packages are available through L.M. Sweaney at lynns11s@aol.com or leave a voice message at (909) 337-8302 or with 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 the date specified herein.

FAXED PRE-QUALIFICATION APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Prevailing Wages: 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 (“DIR�), 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 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. DIR Registration/Monitoring: 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 DIR. The successful Bidder will be required to post all job-site notices required by DIR regulations and other applicable law. Project and Submittal Information: The full scope of work for the Project, prequalification information, and the required submittal information is further set forth in the Request for Proposals (the “RFP�) available on the District’s website at www.sbunified.org , or via email request to Steve Vizzolini at svizzolini@sbunified.org.

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2021

Goleta neighborhood services and public safety director to retire

By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Goleta’s director of neighborhood services and public safety, Vyto Adomaitis, has accepted a position as the new community development director for the city of Oxnard.

After almost 19 years of service, his last official day with the city of Goleta is Feb. 19, and he will begin his new role in Oxnard on Feb. 22.

Mr. Adomaitis began working for the city shortly after its incorporation in 2002. He’s led an award-winning department known for its leadership and collaborative approach to addressing community needs in Goleta and the Santa Barbara County region.

In 2014, his department received the prestigious Helen Putnam Award for Excellence in Public Service from the League of California Cities.

Mr. Adomaitis’s nearly 34 years of government and private-sector experience includes: community development, redevelopment, planning, downtown revitalization, economic development, community development, block grants, housing, capital projects, building and safety, code compliance, public safety administration, emergency operations, writing grants, homelessness issues, process improvements, customer service

By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

COURTESY PHOTOS

Vyto Adomaitis, pictured here in front of Goleta City Hall, is retiring after 19 years of serving Goleta.

and conducting significant community outreach efforts.

He currently serves as the chairman of the Executive Board for the Goleta Entrepreneurial Magnet, a partnership between Goleta and UCSB that seeks to promote economic development activities in the Goleta area. He also led the project team for Goleta’s Fire Station 10 Project, obtaining unanimous California Coastal Commission approval last September, which will facilitate the future development of this long-awaited public safety facility for

From left, JoAnne Plummer, parks and recreation manager, Jaime Valdez, senior project manager, Mayor Paula Perotte, Vyto Adomaitis, neighborhood services and public safety director, and Claudia Dato, senior project manager. This photo was taken after the park opened in 2019.

the city’s residents.

He also led the project team on the Jonny D. Wallis Neighborhood Park project.

Goleta will be presenting Mr. Adomaitis

with a city tile at its upcoming city council meeting on Tuesday. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

Agreement approved by 6-1 vote, with Jordan voting against pla

Continued from Page A1 on the outstanding terms, which included: a local participation goal; core workers; benefit plans; and construction inspection and material testing.

The council members approved the agreement terms by a 6-1 vote, settling on the following: requiring a local participation goal of 50%; allowing only three non-union core workers, and a one-to-one ratio after that until there are six coworkers; requiring all contractors to pay into the union trust; and including construction inspection and material testing in the PLA. “In its early phases, the concept of a PLA… it had a little bit of controversy and quite a bit of confusion,” Council member Meagan Harmon said. “Simply put, a PLA is just good public policy. It’s good public policy for us to keep local work for local workers. It’s good public policy for us to work actively and cooperatively with our local unions.

“Our local unions provide the pathway for good, sustainable, well-paid careers — not jobs, but careers.”

She said that PLAs are not anti-union or anti-competition, and reminded the public that any contractor, union or non-union, can still bid on a covered project, as long as they agree with the framework.

The council member also highlighted the solidified timeline, predictable costs and localized work. However, Ms. Harmon supported removing the local participation goal altogether, as she didn’t believe it had any force or effect.

“It is for projects over $5 million,” said Council member

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Eric Friedman said. “That gets lost sometimes, and (people think) that we’re putting this on all projects.”

He said that, according to a former presentation from staff, from 2004 to 2019, there were only 19 contracts over a 15-year period that were more than $5 million.

“You’re talking about less than about one project a year, so a vast majority of projects are not even going to be affected by the workforce agreement.”

Council member Mike Jordan was the dissenting vote on the matter, expressing concerns with the push to remove the local participation goal and paying into benefits the workers may never vest in.

“The good public policy that she (Ms. Harmon) described and narrated on, which is entirely a great thing to ascribe to, has been accomplished for decades and decades here already by our local employers that do our projects,” Mr. Jordan said. “Many times, these local employers, and many times their employees, are even multi-generational community members, not just someone that’s here and gone and retires to Arizona.

“Not giving them a credible and viable path into this process, I think, loses sight of at least what was my number one goal and that is a credible pathway for local employers and employees to participate in a PLA.” Council member Kristen Sneddon also disagreed with the idea of removing the local participation goal, and said she couldn’t support it unless there was a goal included, so the council settled on 50%.

While the PLAs are a reality for Santa Barbara at this point and the discussion was mostly ironing out details, contractors, both union and non-union,

spoke up in public comment about the philosophy of PLAs as a whole.

Russell Johnson spoke on behalf of the Central Coast Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, and said that the more core workers the contractors can use, the greater the local participation will be.

“If you do not give local contractors these abilities to bid with utilizing their core workers and utilizing their own health and retirement plans, you make it harder for them to even participate in your jobs. They’re going to go elsewhere and work on other jobs,” he said.

Eric Christen is the executive director of the Coalition for Fair Employment in Construction.

He told the News-Press that he believes PLAs discriminate against non-union workers.

“The tortured logic that was used to justify workers having money stolen out of their paychecks that they’ll never get back is supporting wage theft,” he said.

He added that city staff suggested a local participation goal of at least 75%.

“They put a 75% goal and the unions came back with a lower threshold than the city has already accomplished through their current vetting procedures,” Mr. Christen said. “The question is what’s the problem? These guys are not just beholden to unions and special interests, but they truly believe if you do not belong to one, you’re somehow lesser than.”

Mr. Christen said he’s also concerned with his contractors, both union and non-union, paying into pensions they’ll never vest in.

“They say, ‘Well, if you stay and work for the union long enough’ — it’s five to 10 years,” he said. “Why are they having to pay into a union

pension? My workers already have non-union health and pension plans.”

He said that only six core workers being allowed to work “with all kinds of people you have no relationship with assuming liability for what they produce.

That’s insane.”

He concluded saying that the PLAs will result in less bidders, meaning more expensive projects and more taxpayer dollars, and the coalition will be watching it all.

Mayor Cathy Murillo told the News-Press that the program gives unionized workers a fair chance at getting the work, and said things such as the local participation goal can be adjusted as time goes on.

In 2019, she and Mayor Pro Tempore Oscar Gutierrez sponsored a Career and Apprenticeship Fair at Casa de la Raza with trade representatives tabling and speaking with high schoolers considering a career in construction, including women.

“The construction trades actively recruit women into their ranks. Because of this new CWA program, we will organize more recruiting efforts,” she said.

“It makes good sense that our taxpayer dollars that fund public works projects should benefit our local youth, who will be trained in construction, then get the jobs created by city projects.”

During the meeting, the mayor painted a scenario of a teenager or young adult driving past a building in their hometown and being able to say, “Hey, I was a part of that.”

In light of opposition, Mayor Murillo said, “Remember, the goal is to make sure trained and skilled union workers get a fair shot at the work. We decided that non-union contractors should pay

for their employee benefits, and pay into the union benefit funds, which are usually more generous to the worker.”

She referenced that many other jurisdictions in the state have already adopted project labor agreements, such as Oxnard and parts of Ventura County.

She concluded at the meeting, “If we have a program like this at the city and we have the training programs and get our youth in them, then there will be more union workers doing the work that’s fully in compliance with all of the state safety rules. There won’t be wage theft. There’ll be more recruitment of women, people of color, people let out of prison. I know that the unions really do try to diversify their workforce.

“I’m convinced that we really do need to do this program.” email: gmccormick@newspress.com

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Brewer-Clifton and Cambria Estate Winery announced the reopening of their tasting rooms in Santa Barbara County following state and county officials lifting the stay-athome restrictions.

They officially reopened Thursday, welcoming back guests to their outdoor patios and seated tastings.

Reservations for all locations are available by appointment, via Tock.

Brewer-Clifton Los Olivos Tasting Room is located at 2367 Alamo Pintado Ave. in Los Olivos, and tastings are complimentary for Priority Allocation members.

Cambria Estate Winery is located at 5475 Chardonnay Lane in Santa Maria, and tastings are complimentary for Wine Club members.

Both wineries are ensuring adequate ventilation in all spaces, physical distancing to the maximum extent possible, use of face coverings by workers (where respiratory protection is not required) and customers, frequent hand washing and regular cleaning and disinfection and training for the workers on these and other elements of the COVID-19 prevention plan. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

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Stoker seeking more than $75,000 in punitive damages stoker

Continued from Page A1 Mr. Stoker, which included that he was “too interested in travel for the sake of travel and ignored necessary decision making required of a regional administrator.”

The defendants also said that EPA leadership repeatedly requested he conduct “the basic responsibilities of his job,” and that after many requests they “had to relieve him for severe neglect and incompetent administration of his duties,” according to the lawsuit.

Several news reports following Mr. Stoker’s firing damaged his reputation, “presented him in a false light that resulted in disparaging his good name and reputation, and caused him emotional distress and economic loss,” the lawsuit reads.

The lawsuit claims the statements were “prepared, approved of and made with malice as they were knowingly untrue” and intended to harm Mr. Stoker.

The lawsuit also says that Mr. Stoker performed his job diligently and was never orally reprimanded or written up for poor performance. The lawsuit further alleges that all his travel was approved by the EPA and that the agency was aware that none of his travel violated its rules.

“These statements, now that they’re on any Google search, with an allegation that he was terminated for dereliction of duties, have negatively affected his ability to earn income, as well as his earning capacity,” Jordan Hankey, of the Law Office of Jordan D. Hankey, which is representing Stoker, told Bloomberg Law. The lawsuit, filed against the individual

The defendants said that EPA leadership repeatedly requested Mr. Stoker conduct “the basic responsibilities of his job,” and that after many requests they “had to relieve him for severe neglect and incompetent administration.” defendants and not the EPA, seeks punitive damages against the four defendants.

Mr. Stoker is requesting judgement of an amount greater than $75,000 to be determined by trial, plus costs, pre- and post-judgement interests and other relief that the court deems appropriate.

As reported in February 2020 by the NewsPress, Mr. Stoker sent a letter to Region 9 staff following his firing. In the letter, Mr. Stoker said he received a call advising him to either tender his resignation or he would be terminated.

“Within minutes my EPA phone and laptop were disabled,” Mr. Stoker wrote at the time.

The letter cited “a lot of specific situations,” for his removal, but additional details were not provided.

“So why did the Wednesday morning call occur? There are a lot of specific situations that someday I will reveal but that day will not occur while the President is still in office.

I was appointed by the President and I remain loyal to the President,” Mr. Stoker wrote, in reference to former President Donald Trump.

“Generally speaking I will say I believe too many clashes between myself and leadership in HQ over policy and non-policy items (when I was given advance notice which often was not the case) ultimately played a significant role in the call,” he added.

During his time with the EPA, Mr. Stoker had been criticized for attempting to oversee employees stationed in San Francisco from Los Angeles. Some 93% of the 663 employees within Region 9 were stationed in San Francisco. He petitioned to have his duty station changed to Los Angeles, a request that was later granted.

In March 2019, the EPA’s Office of the Inspector General investigated a “hotline complaint” about how much time Mr. Stoker was spending away from San Francisco. The office then issued a “Management Alert” that documented how Mr. Stoker spent $43,875 in taxpayer funds on 35 separate trips between May 2018 and February 2019. The report found he spent only 30 out of 145 workdays in San Francisco.

Prior to joining the EPA, Mr. Stoker was the director of government affairs for UnitedAg, one of the state’s largest agricultural associations. He also served as a member of the Santa Barbara County Supervisors from 1986-1994, chairman of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board from 19952000 and California deputy secretary of state from 2000 to 2002.

More recently, Mr. Stoker is known as the person behind the “lock her up” chants in opposition to Hillary Clinton. email: mwhite@newspress.com

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2021

PRESSLEY, Norma Jean (Campbell) Norma passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021 at home.

Norma was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico on August 27, 1934 as one of six children born to William and Florence Campbell. In 1942 the Campbells moved to Santa Barbara, where Norma would remain for the majority of her life. She attended local schools including La Colina Junior High and her beloved Santa Barbara High School, later working for Bank of America for many years. She was married to Charles W. Pressley for 67 years who preceded her in death.

Norma is survived by her children, Debra and Charles, Jr., 4 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. She played the piano and enjoyed singing with her friends, and watching old movies. We want to thank Hospice for their wonderful, heartfelt care they gave to our mother. Chuck and Norma will be put to rest together at the Goleta Cemetery.

SABIRON, Conrad Louis With great sadness, the family of Conrad Sabiron share the news of his passing away on Monday, January 18th, 2021, at the age of 86, due to complications of the Corona Virus. Conrad was born on October 18th, 1934, to the late Louis and Hattie Sabiron. A native to Santa Barbara, Conrad attended city schools, graduating in 1952, where he distinguished himself on the football field as a quarterback for his beloved Santa Barbara High School Dons.

After high school, Conrad graduated from the police academy, but was called into the service of his country.

When he graduated from basic training with the 38th Infantry Company E, he was selected as the Outstanding Trainee. His tour of duty took him to Germany. The Cold War was on and he served as an MP and border guard in West Germany. He was discharged from active duty in 1959 but continued his service in the army reserve until 1963. Conrad enjoyed military life and might have made it his career had he not been so eager to return to Santa Barbara for what awaited him there- his job with the Santa Barbara Police Department. His ambition had always been to be a member of the police force, and on September 1st, 1956, he was sworn in and received his badge, which he proudly wore until his retirement on October 31st, 1987.

Conrad was and still is a legend at the Santa Barbara Police Department. During his career at the Santa Barbara Police Department, he was promoted from being a patrolman to Detective where he worked burglary, narcotics, juvenile crimes, and crimes against persons. In 1973, when he was promoted to Sergeant, he worked as a Sergeant of the S.W.A.T team, Hostage Negotiator, Internal Affairs, Patrol, and the Detective Bureau.

In 1957, Conrad married Claudette Gilbert; the girl who lived across the street from him, and the couple was blessed with two children, a son Brian, and a daughter Trisha.

Their home was a gathering place for their many friends. Whether celebrating a birthday, anniversary, holiday, or some other special occasion. The Sabirons could be counted on to host the joyous event.

Conrad was a sportsman. He loved to hunt, fish, and play cards. He was equally comfortable with a rifle, a fishing rod, or a deck of cards in his hands. He was an avid Santa Barbara athletic fan. He enjoyed watching Norte Dame, USC, the Rams, the Lakers, and he especially enjoyed watching his granddaughters play softball.

Conrad is survived by his wife of 63 years, Claudette Sabiron, his son Brian Sabiron, his daughter Trisha Crawford, his granddaughters Amber and Angela Sabiron, Sonja and Tara Crawford, his great-granddaughters Madalyn and Stephanie Sabiron, and sisters Josie Lauter and Marian Stark. Conrad is also survived by his beloved pug Rosie. Conrad will be remembered for his lively sense of humor, his dedication to his profession, and his devotion to his family and friends. Conrad made the world a better and safer place.

No services are scheduled at this time, but a celebration of life will be held later in the year.

LICK, Frank Martin

Frank Martin Lick was born on August 17th, 1939 in Mount Clemens, Michigan. The eldest in a large family of nine siblings, armed with only an eighth-grade education and a fierce tenacity, Frank left home at the early age of 14. In the mid-1950s (after the Korean War had ended) Frank enlisted in the Marine Corps and rose to the rank of Corporal. After he served, he settled in Santa Barbara, California where he went to work for Washburn Chevrolet and soon moved to Thompson-Fauskee Ford. There, he became assistant parts manager in 1963. In 1964, he bought a service station on State and Mission Street.

Determined to succeed, soon after he purchased his station, Frank started a gas war undercutting the competitors to increase his sales. He would require all of his station attendants RUN out to pump gas, check oil, tire pressure, and wash windows. When the bell would ring, it was time to hit the ground running for all employed, including Frank! He then bought a second station on Pueblo and De La Vina Street in SB. A few years later he sold both gas stations and bought a larger and more modern station on Hollister and Turnpike in Goleta.

In 1962, Frank met Ida Dal Vecchio-de la Torre. She and her two children were living in the apartment next door. Within the year, they were married at the courthouse in Ventura and Frank stepped into the role of father to Ida’s children, Beverly (age 15) and Frank (age 6). In 1968 Frank got his real estate license and sold the gas station.

It took Frank six months to sell his first house, so hot dogs, pork and beans along with fish sticks were the household staple. Within the next few years while working for MacElhenny, Levy & Co, Frank became one of the top real estate agents in Santa Barbara. In the early ‘70s Frank opened his own real estate firm, FML Enterprises, where he built houses, apartment buildings and a family home in Montecito on an acre parcel of the Morton Salt Estate. After a decade of new construction projects (and acquiring 200 acres of lemon orchards) Frank moved on to purchasing and running a retirement home in Santa Maria where he worked until his own retirement in 2010.

Once retired, Frank and Ida moved from Montecito to Mission Canyon—a lovely neighborhood behind the Old Mission in SB. There Frank resided until his death on December 28th, 2021. He leaves behind wife, Ida, step-daughter Beverly Gose (Ed Sr.), stepson Frank de la Torre (Jennifer), grandsons Edward Gose Jr. (Heidi), Donald Gose (Kristen), great-grandchildren (Anthony, Elizabeth, Jameson and Alexis), his surviving siblings, Jimmy, Joy, Johnny and Rebecca and their families.

Frank M. Lick will be remembered as a well-read man who enjoyed a healthy debate and never lost his thirst for educating himself. We will miss his hearty laugh, his sound advice, his interesting quotes, his delivery of latest news reports and informational updates, and his endless historical accounts of life…

To honor his memory, the family asks that you pick up a book about history and enjoy a great read…

WARD, Robert Theodore

Born June 10, 1931 in Newton, Massachusetts Died January 11, 2021 in Santa Barbara, California.

Bob died at home of natural causes in Hospice with family around him. He suffered a variety of health difficulties over the past few years, and most recently, a broken hip. Bob is survived by his wife of 52 years, Nina, his son Nathaniel (Michelle), his daughter Emily (Barb), and his stepchildren, Katy Hertel, Christopher Miller, Alexander (Linda) Miller and Adrian (Genevieve) Miller, grandchildren Jack and Davy, Sierra and Dorian. Bob is also survived by his sister Ann Curby, his nephew Mark Curby, his niece Judy Curby (Gayle), and niece Cathy (Birch) Curby, and her son Coryn, and many cousins.

Bob spent his childhood in Newton, Massachusetts taking summer holidays with his family in Provincetown, hiking and sailing. His mother had been a nurse, his father a doctor. Both parents had spent time in Turkey as medical Congregational Church missionaries.

Bob went to Amherst College, graduating in 1953, then on to Harvard for his doctorate, granted in 1959. His first teaching job was at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California. Bob and Marjorie Hanzlik Hertel married, and daughter Emily was born.

During his second teaching job, at Williams College, in Massachusetts, they were divorced.

In 1965, Bob took a position with the Ford Foundation, helping edit a Science textbook at the University of the Philippines. He worked there four years, traveling widely in the islands. In 1967, Bob and Nina de Creeft Miller were married. They went back to the Philippines with her three sons, Chris (10), Alex (8), and Adrian (5), for the last two years with Ford Foundation. In 1969, Nina’s mother, Alice de Creeft, made a visit to Quezon City. Ganny brought the boys home, while Bob and Nina traveled home through parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Lebanon, and Spain. They had traveled in Cambodia and Thailand while in the Philippines. Bob loved to travel.

Bob and family came back to the United States to teach at the University of Chicago in 1969, in the Department of Science Education. Emily (10) joined the family just before son Nathaniel was born in 1971. Bob next taught in Physics and Science Education at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, for twenty-six years. Bob and Nina made two trips to Taiwan to work with Taiwanese Science teachers on UNI degrees.

They also went twice to Mainland China for pleasure. In 2001, Bob retired and moved with Nina to her mother’s home in Santa Barbara.

As a person, Bob was not a great talker, but he made his views clear. He had dignity and strength of character, and he was forgiving and generous. He had a wicked sense of humor. Son Nat and his wife Michelle came here to help when Bob’s health began to decline. They were a joy to him. Bob’s daughter Emily had donated a kidney to Bob, which lasted for ten years, but by this time Bob had been on dialysis and had also suffered pain from a case of shingles for seven years, though he rarely complained. All the family has been very supportive. Hospice nurse Marianne has been a wonderful help, along with the staff at Artificial Kidney of Santa Barbara and Cottage Hospital.

A dedicated science teacher, Bob worked with a Chicago group on elementary science textbooks after retirement. He volunteered at Harding elementary school. He enjoyed gardening, took long walks with various dogs, and was an avid rower. He rowed his single ocean shell out of the harbor in Santa Barbara as long as health permitted. He loved to read, and he loved classical music. Bob and Nina attended Trinity Episcopal Church, where Bob was active in the Science Club. Bob picked up injured animals for Santa Barbara Wildlife Care. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to that organization.

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SANGSTER, Dorothy Anne

Dorothy Anne Sangster passed away at home in the loving arms of her husband on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 after a brief illness.

Dorothy was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin on the 5th of September 1929 to Simon (Sam) and Norma (Sperner) Puerling. In 1936, Dorothy and her family moved to Santa Barbara for a better employment opportunity for her dad.

Dorothy attended San Roque Catholic Elementary School and Santa Barbara Catholic High, where she gained many life-long friends, most of whom have already preceded her in death.

She married her grade-school sweetheart, William (Bill) Sangster in 1950 and recently they celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary.

Dorothy was a very loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She loved God and lived her life according to her religion. To Mom, her family was her life.

She played the piano and organ, sang in the church choir, and was a long-time member of the Catholic Daughters of America. She was a member of San Roque Catholic Church and also of Our Lady Of Sorrows. She loved to do embroidery, often donating her wares to local charities for their fundraisers. She also loved parties, especially with her family.

Dorothy is survived by her loving husband, Bill, and their children: John (Cindy) Sangster, Mary (Bill) Gates, Jim (Debby) Sangster, Joe Sangster, Anne (Terry) Curtis, Clare (Chuck) Theriot, Bill Sangster, Susie (Tom) Fletcher, Paul (Cynthia) Sangster, and David Sangster. Also surviving are 18 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, her brother Tom (Patricia) Puerling, and several nieces and nephews.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Robert Puerling, and his wife Lorraine, plus several aunts and uncles.

Bill and family would like to especially thank Laura, Hospice RN from VNA, for her compassion, care, and support during this time. Dorothy was deeply loved and will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

A graveside service for family and friends is scheduled for 11 AM on Friday, February 5, 2021 at Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations came be made to Villa Majella – a charitable organization dear to Dorothy’s heart.

RICHMOND, Dick

Dick Richmond passed away on Thanksgiving day 2020 at the age of 94. He was born and raised in Santa Barbara, CA with his parents and three brothers, Victor, Walter, Bill and his sister Ramona.

Dick graduated from Santa Barbara High School at age 17 in 1942. He promptly joined the US Marine Corps to fight for our country in World War II. He was initially stationed on USS Saratoga in the South Pacific. When time permitted, you could find him boxing his fellow Marines in a makeshift boxing ring on Guadalcanal. He eventually became the Golden Glove Champion of the South Pacific Islands. He later joined the Marine Raiders off Guadalcanal and served out his 3.5 years of enlistment. He was honorable discharged in the latter part of 1945.

Shortly after his return to Santa Barbara he married Eileen Gillilan in 1949. They had three children, Carol Ann Richmond, Patricia Richmond and Dick L Richmond.

A few years later Dick joined the Santa Barbara City Police Department. He loved his job and worked as a patrolman, dispatcher, rangemaster and member of the SWAT team. In addition, he was an active member of the SBPD Pistol Team. The team went on to win the CA state championship in 1964. Dick retired from the department in 1975, and soon after took on the role of park ranger for popular Santa Barbara beaches including Goleta and Arroyo Burro.

Dick Richmond was a devoted husband of 60 years when he lost his wife to cancer. His family adored him. He was known as the “Magic Man,” “Father” and most of the time “Pop.” He is survived by his daughter Patricia Richmond and son Dick L Richmond, his grandsons Troy Small (wife Marit Steenerson) and Terry Small, his granddaughters Caitlin Elmes (husband Alex Barnes) and Allison Richmond and great-granddaughter Azalea Small and great-grandson Jules Small and so many more of his beloved extended family.

Dick Richmond’s legacy will live on forever in the hearts of those who knew him and loved him.

A celebration of Dick Richmond’s life will be held at a later date. TBA

TELLEFSON, Barbara Elizabeth Simmons

1936-2020 Immigrant Daughter from Humble Beginnings Internalized Her Family’s “Lessons to Live By” and Became a Community Hero By Dedicating Her Life to Serving People in Crisis...

Unity Shoppe of Santa Barbara lost its matriarch and founder, Barbara Tellefson, after a brief bout with an aggressive illness. She was 84. Barbara’s singular focus and half century of devotion to the Santa Barbara County Community was in a league of its own which, in the days since her passing, has been confirmed by the scores of well-wishers describing her as “Saint Barbara,” and an “unstoppable force for good.” Like other famed celebrities calling Santa Barbara and Montecito home, Kenny Loggins, was a loyal friend and supporter of Barbara and Unity Shoppe for decades, saying he would be “forever changed by her incredible determination, which aided over one million people during her lifetime.”

Her vision survives her passing not only in Santa Barbara, where Unity Shoppe continues onward under new and similarly dedicated leadership, but also in cities elsewhere. While visiting Santa Barbara, country singer Brad Paisley and his family volunteered at Unity Shoppe and were so taken by Barbara and the non-profit’s mission, they committed the next few years to replicating the model in their hometown of Nashville, calling it The Store. In 2019, an alumni couple of Virginia Tech University put up the seed money to open The Market, crediting the mission and tactics employed at Unity Shoppe under Barbara’s direction as their inspiration.

Above all else, Barbara dedicated herself to the people she helped, to her family of origin, and to the staff of Unity Shoppe whom she cherished and considered family.

She had begun penning her life story, but the process was cut short by illness and her untimely passing.

Barbara is preceded in death by her husband, Clair Tellefson, who passed in 1994, Annelise Hohestein (birth mother), Hans Simmons (nee Hans Simon, birth father), Angelica Simmons (sister), Jimmy Simmons (brother), Eva “Chava” Simon (sister), Sofie Menzel (second mother). She is survived by her birth family: Anita Graf Valoy of New York (niece) and Oren Tokatly (nephew) of Israel.

Barbara created an unconventional family too, adopting many into her heart and life, including Bernadette Tellefson (daughter-in-law), Tellef Tellefson (grandson), Lennon Tellefson (great-grandson), as well as her Unity Shoppe family which includes Elvira Avina, loyal to Barbara and Unity for over 29 years and whom Barbara considered a daughter, as well as Sammy Cook, Fernando Cuevas, Tricia Edwards, Donna Egeberg, Gerardo Figueroa, Vanessa Gonzales, Jan Hawkins, Patricia Hitchcock, David Holden, Lila Leon, Gloria Meldonian, Jeanette Moran, Christina Rodriguez, Beto Rodriguez, Vincent Romero, Consuelo Sierra, Jose Sierra, and Karina Vera.

Condolence donations honoring the enormity of Barbara’s legacy can be made to The Barbara E. Tellefson Building and Programs Fund at www.unityshoppe.org.

MENDOZA, Adolph Ray Adolph Ray Mendoza, 85 passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at Serenity House. Adolph was born on September 27, 1935 at Stow Ranch in Goleta, CA. Adolph was the 5th of six siblings and was born to Rosario and Marcardia Mendoza. Adolph attended Goleta Union, Santa Barbara Junior High and graduated from Santa Barbara High School, Class of 1955. In January, 1957 he joined the US. Marines Corp. on the buddy system with his best friend Ray Villegas. He served until 1960, mainly in Hawaii. After the service he returned to Santa Barbara where he met the love of his life Esper, and were married at the Old Mission in September of 1964. They then had two children Cynthia and Joey and raised them in Santa Barbara.

Adolph started with Goleta Fuller Paint & Glass and then joined Santa Barbara Glass as a Journeyman Glazer where for 30 years and enjoyed working with others.

He especially enjoyed working with his son Joey their side by side. He also played on Men’s softball leagues with school and family friends for many years and was known as an amazing first baseman. He also enjoyed weekly bowling leagues for many years and also went to various bowling tournaments. Adolph was also an active member of the Elks Lodge, Moose Lodge and Eagles Lodge where they would spend time with other friends and couples for various events and dances.

After retirement, Adolph enjoyed his time going on morning daily walks with Esper, spending time in his yard and watching his grandchildren play various sports. He also loved watching his Dodgers and Lakers whenever they were on TV. They also enjoyed many trips to Las Vegas with Mary and Richard Santillanes.

Adolph is preceded in death by his parents, Rosario and Marcardia Mendoza as well as siblings, Selso Mendoza and Rosie Espinosa. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Esper, and children Cynthia (Cisco) Carreno, Joey Mendoza and grandchildren, Andrew, Chanel, AJ, Johnny, Daniel and Benjamin. As well as great-grandchildren, Kai, Maddix, Delilah and Evelyn Rose. He is also survived by sisters, Carmen Pena, Josie Herrera and his youngest brother Cy Mendoza. He is also survived by many nephews, nieces and relatives.

Due to COVID a private service will be held and at a later date a Celebration of Life will be planned. The family would like to especially thank the Santa Barbara Hospice and Serenity House for all of the support during the last days of Adolph’s life and in lieu of flowers please make any donations to the Alzheimer’s Association or Santa Barbara Hospice and Serenity House.

THOMPSON, Geraldine

Geraldine “Gerry” Robin (Hewes) Thompson, 94, of 2532 Borton Drive, Santa Barbara, passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 20, 2021. She was born in Santa Barbara on September 29, 1926. Gerry earned a BA at UCSB, where she met her husband, Charles (Charlie) Thompson. They were married on June 19, 1949 for 53 years until Charlie passed away in 2002. Gerry’s greatest passions were art; genealogy research, traveling, and ballroom dancing. Gerry is survived by 3 children: Charles (Da’oud), Lynda, and Don; 5 grandchildren: Myca, Cheryl, Gary, Amber and Leila; and 2 great-grandchildren: David and Heather.

McCAUSTLAND, Martha Perrin Vanderveer Martha Perrin Vanderveer McCaustland dear wife of Glenn Paul McCaustland, passed away on Monday January 18, 2021 at the age of 69. They were married for 45 years.

Marty was born on April 27, 1951, the eldest daughter of the late Bill and Janet Vanderveer, dear sister to the late Will Vanderveer and Cathy Vanderveer. She graduated from Homestead High School, Mequon, Wisconsin in 1969 and attended University of Wisconsin Whitewater.

Marty was a very kind and gentle soul; she had a loving and generous heart. She was forever the big sister taking care of all. She leaves her loving memories to be cherished by her husband Paul, and sister Trina Vanderveer. Also, Sisters-in-Law - Karen McCaustland, Sheila (Jerry) Smallish, Eileen (Joe) Gilbert, Peggy (Steven) Fredette, Claire (Mark) Cukla, Lynn McCaustland, Wendy (Bret) Swenson and Brothers-in-Law - Jon (Cindy) McCaustland and Mark (Shannon) McCaustland. Along with many nieces and nephews. The family will have a celebration of Marty’s life in the summer of 2021. In lieu of flowers please send donations to the Ventura County Rescue Mission, www.vcrescuemission.org.

SCHECK, Martha Lee

Martha Lee Scheck was born in New Mexico and brought with her to California a fondness for turquoise and Hatch peppers. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis and continued her study of architecture with Frank Lloyd Wright at Talisen West. She built some wonderful houses in BelAir and Palm Springs. When she moved with her family to Santa Barbara, she added a law degree to her credentials. A photo of the 1973 Santa Barbara Bar Association hangs in the courthouse. Martha and one other are the only women in that picture. Somehow, about this time, she got her pilot’s license, dyed her hair red and the adventures really began. There’s a story of a boat she ran onto the rocks and a long wait for a rescue. Some of her friends tell of the time she landed, briefly, in an Italian jail. Martha shared her life with her sister Routh……that’s not a misspelling, it is a tiny village in Yorkshire from which Martha and Routh’s mother Ethyl Garrett’s family came…….. Routh’s life was spent in a wheelchair, and Martha must have pushed that chair 1,000 miles or more.

No wheelchair was going to keep the Scheck Girls from the life they wanted. They took road trips together through Mexico and Europe and visited the polar bears in Canada.

They entertained graciously, always dressed up and celebrated Fiesta and, and were a formidable team of real estate investors. Looking at these sisters people might have reflected how fortunate Routh was to have Martha. Martha saw it very differently. Routh was her best friend, her business partner, her co-conspirator. They shared everything, especially their love of dogs. There was Shawn, the collie and Beau the poodle, who sneaked off to Ethyl Barrymore’s house next door for treats and Greta, wonderful, much beloved Greta, a soft coated Wheaton who was there beside Martha when Routh was gone. Martha’s generosity and activism saved countless canine lives and helped to make Santa Barbara a kinder, safer place for lost and abandoned animals.

Martha leaves behind her nephew Christopher Scheck and Mary McNeill Scheck, her niece Jennifer Lee (nee Scheck) and Gary Lee, a grandniece, two grand nephews and a great-grandniece. And so many loving friends who will hold the memory of Martha in the amazing garden she created where the ponds are filled with yellow water lilies, a tree shades a carpet of yellow cymbidiums and the mountains reach toward the yellow sun dancing on the water to the music of windchimes.

DICKINSON, Jack A. Jack A. Dickinson passed away peacefully on January 26, 2021 in Santa Barbara.

Jack was born April 1, 1934 to John Addison and Florence Elizabeth Dickinson of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Jack was raised in Cleveland along with his sister Betty where he attended elementary school. In junior high the family moved to Southern California. While in junior high Jack discovered his love for radio electronics and received his First-Class Amateur Radio Operator’s License (N6PI) which he held for over 60 years.

In 1960 Jack married Bonnie, the love of his life. After living in Granada Hills, CA they eventually settled in Santa Barbara with their three children Sherri, Linda, and Kathy. His interest in electronics and strong work ethic developed into a successful, interesting, and challenging career in electrical engineering at Raytheon, in Goleta, where he worked for over 40 years.

His love for his family, as well as his dedication to his work were immeasurable.

Classical music, photography, traveling, boating, camping trips, trail bike outings, family gatherings and special trips to Disneyland with his 9 grandchildren, were among his favorite things. Not to be forgotten, was his love for a good Reuben sandwich and a glass of root beer.

After retiring at the age of 72, Jack and Bonnie began traveling to destinations near and far. First in their camper and then to Europe, China, and Africa.

Jack will be missed by his wife Bonnie, their three daughters, Sherri (her husband Bill), Linda (her husband Mark), Kathy (her husband David), nine grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren and his sister Betty.

A private family service was held January 30,2021.

It’s been a “Wonderful Life’’……Jack. Arrangements entrusted to Welch-Ryce-Haider Funeral Chapels.

NIGRA, Johnnie Dominick Born January 22, 1931-Gallup, New Mexico Died January 22, 2021-Placerville, CA Nationality: proud AMerican Political Party: Republican Education University of Santa Barbara-Bachelor of Arts Economics San Francisco State University-Master of Science Post graduate UCLA and USC

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Career American Bank Executive Past President Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Northern California Chairman California for Housing Past Treasurer Home Builders Association, California Past Director Lobero Theatre Foundation, Santa Barbara Board of Directors California 4-H Foundation Executive Board of Directors Boy Scouts of America United States Air Force, 1951-1954, combat in Korea Longtime member of Kiwanis Board Member of the Rose Bowl Float Assoc.

Member of Screen Actors Guild for publicity with Dinah Shore VP and Co-Chairman of Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation In early 1970s brought the LA Lakers and San Francisco Warriors to Benefit games at the Robertson Gymnasium at UCSB Longtime member of Piemontesi Clubs-Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Francisco Member of Garabaldina Club Los Angeles At 9 years old delivered Newspapers in Gallup, New Mexico At 12 years old worked for Western Union delivering-Gallup, New Mexico While attending UCSB, worked at Biltmore Hotel as accountant-Santa Barbara Co-Founder, Executive Vice President, Presidio Savings and Loan Assoc, Santa Barbara 1960-1971 Om 1970 names Southern California Deputy Governor for Savings and Loan Institute Regional Vice President, Glendale Federal Bank, Santa Barbara, 1971-1979 Group Vice President Marketing and Savings Administration, Glendale Federal Bank, Glendale 1979-1982 Executive Vice President Northern California, Glendale Federal Bank, San Mateo, 1982-1984 President, Chief Executive Officer, Bell Savings & Loan Assoc, San Mateo, 1985-1987 Executive Vice President, Glendale Federal Bank, Glendale, 1987-1991 Retired. Board of Directors U. Savings Bank, Seattle After his retirement he was contacted by the FDIC to handle problems with Resolution Trust Corp as Managing Agent-San Diego Achievements John Dominick Nigra has been listed as a noteworthy Bank Executive by Marquis Who’s Who Other Interests Avocations: fishing, hiking, traveling, dancing. Lover of football-attended UCLA football games, basketball, Dodger games (had great seats afforded to him from his company) Connections Margaret Borra Revello, Wife Children: Johnnie D. Niga of Santa Barbara, Cynthis Nigra Shaw and Jim Shaw of Drayton Valley, Canada Grandchildren: Lindsey and gina Shaw and madeline Shaw, Drayton Valley, Canada Great-Grandchildren: Wesley and Lyra Shaw, Drayton Valley, Canada In lieu of flowers please make a donation to a charity of your choice in his name.

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UCSB’s Camp Kesem chapter offers a weeklong camp every summer for kids whose parents suffer from cancer. This photo was taken during 2019’s Camp Kesem. The 2020 camp was held virtually because of COVID-19.

Camp supports children through and beyond their parent’s journey with cancer

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ach year, around 60 local kids between ages 6 and 18 rediscover their childhood at a weeklong camp organized by UCSB students.

Kesem is a nationwide nonprofit with chapters all over the country’s colleges. The chapters operate free summer camps to help many of the more than 5 million children nationally who have been impacted by a parent’s cancer.

The program offers a community of kids with similar experiences and a safe, welcoming environment that simply allows kids to be kids.

UCSB’s Camp Kesem chapter serves around 60 kids a year, with some out-of-state families as well.

Currently there are between 40 and 50 chapter members and 15 to 20 counselors, all consisting of UCSB students.

Due to the pandemic, the camp was unable to occur in person in 2020, but camp directors knew the importance of making contact with the kids, especially during the pandemic, so they held a

virtual camp in July 2020.

Only 35 of the usual 60 kids attended Kesem at Home. But Kesem volunteers and directors managed to ship Kesem packages, which included a summerlong activity book, to each kid and held virtual tours of the Santa Barbara Zoo and optional virtual activities such as yoga.

Lauren “Mushu” Rivas is a codirector of the camp and a thirdyear student at UCSB. (At Camp Kesem, counselors and campers all choose their own nicknames and use those throughout the camp instead of their real names to foster individuality and self-

expression.)

“Usually, during normal inperson camp, we spend the entire week together,” Ms. Rivas told the News-Press. “Virtual camp looked pretty different for us because we didn’t want to fatigue the kids with Zoom, and we knew other people in the household might be needing computers.”

At the end of the day, counselors and campers would discuss the highs and lows of their days and how they felt about the virtual activities.

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A typical day at in-person Camp Kesem may include ziplining, rock climbing, arts and crafts, sports, water activities, adventures in nature, making friendship bracelets, capture the flag, a talent show, s’mores and skits and the traditional “Cabin Chat,” where campers have an opportunity to talk about anything they’d like.

As part of an activity, a participant in Camp Kesem wrote on a piece of a banner, “I wish I could always be at camp.”

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ARIES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; On Thursday, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feeling lovely and energized when the full moon is in Leo. The moon is in your pleasure zone, making for a very entertaining night!

TAURUS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stay close to home this week when the moon is in Leo on Thursday. The moon is in your domestic zone, bringing gratitude and energy to your home life.

GEMINI â&#x20AC;&#x201D; This week take a short trip when the moon is in Leo on Thursday. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a day trip or just a drive around the block, getting out of your current environment will help clear your mind.

CANCER â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Your self-esteem gets a major boost when the moon is in generous Leo on Thursday.

The moon is in your sector of value, making self-care a must. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been investing in yourself lately, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll start to see it pay off.

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VIRGO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hidden talents could come to the fore when the moon is in Leo on Thursday. The moon is in your sector of privacy, revealing things from your inner depths, including things you werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t aware of before now.

LIBRA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Get active when the moon is in Leo and your sector of friendship this week.

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SCORPIO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a boost in your reputation this week when the moon is in Leo on Thursday.

The moon is in your career sector, which could mean you receive recognition for your achievements.

SAGITTARIUS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Adventure awaits you this week when the moon is in Leo and your sector of philosophy on Thursday. This is a good time to expand your ideas and beliefs through travel or education. Seek out new experiences!

CAPRICORN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; This week the moon is in Leo and your intimacy sector, making it a great day for personal transformation. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working on your personal growth, you could finally see it pay off in your intimate relationship.

AQUARIUS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Love comes into full bloom when the moon is in vibrant Leo on Thursday. The moon is in your partnership zone, meaning any relationships and attractions youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working toward can finally manifest. Enjoy!

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The event follows a year-long exhibition at the Wildling â&#x20AC;&#x153;Starry Nights: Visions of the Night Sky.â&#x20AC;?

The museum has been closed for the majority of the 12 months.

Because museums are closed in the purple tier, the Wildling started a Zoom series to continue educating the public in a safe format. The Feb. 10 program is the first of 2021. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be the first of our Zoom presentations that are a kind of a conversation. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a twist for us,â&#x20AC;? said Lauren Sharp, assistant director at the Wildling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be more informal, a fun conversation between Nathan Huff and Nathan Vonk.â&#x20AC;?

Mr. Huff, a local artist and an associate professor of art at Westmont College, painted three pieces featured in the exhibition.

One, titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Phantom Limbs,â&#x20AC;? is 95 by 162 inches and catches oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye from across the museum.

Mr. Vonk, owner of Sullivan Goss Gallery at 11 E. Anapamu St. in Santa Barbara, loaned the Wildling nocturne paintings from the galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collection.

They will discuss the night skyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s representation in art. Mr. Vonk lends the historical perspective, and Mr. Huff talks about the inspiration behind his nocturnes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always interesting to hear from artists directly and hear their inspiration of what they were thinking at the time compared with what you think,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Sharp told the News-Press.

Mr. Huffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pieces contrast tree limbs entangling in front of a starry sky. It feels dreamlike, and the size of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Phantom Limbsâ&#x20AC;? makes viewers feel like theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve entered this new environment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you get up close to it, it just expands out your field of vision. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a different experience when you look into a framed piece of art,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It almost feels like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the painting.â&#x20AC;?

Many of his paintings contrast suspended or modified objects against a white background. But occasionally, he paints a deep blue over the bright background and sets the subjects in space. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The context of the night sky feels otherworldly. It feels disconnected in the way the white background does,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the backdrop to the drama of our lives. I love it as a space, but we also project into it. We can envision new things when we look out beyond what we understand on earth here.â&#x20AC;?

Although the audience wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the opportunity to stand in front of the large painting, Mr. Huff still feels like the digital realm can effectively teach art. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we experience the world through digital images so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a natural parlay,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a challenge if you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand in front of the art, then how can you expand the mission of the art. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m an educator also, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transformed a lot in how we teach college art. It may not be the ideal way or what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done in the past, but we can still learn from it.â&#x20AC;?

Paired with Mr. Vonk, the two will give a unique view of nocturnes during the hourlong session. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the things that I love

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The largest exhibition at the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature features images of the sky, including paintings of Santa Barbara.

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Nathan Vonk stands beside a landscape by Lockwood de Forest, a Santa Barbara painter who frequently painted the night sky.

Nathan Huff, an artist and associate professor of art at Westmont College, painted three pieces that the Wildling featured in its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Starry Nightsâ&#x20AC;? exhibit.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Phantom Limbs,â&#x20AC;? a 95- by 162-inch painting by Nathan Huff, catches the eyes of visitors of the Wildling Museum of Art & Nature.

about conversations about art is that we each have a different perspective we bring to work,â&#x20AC;?

Mr. Huff said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great to bring people from two different disciplines together to see how the conversation unfolds.â&#x20AC;?

Mr. Vonk curates nocturnes and many other niches for his gallery, Sullivan Goss: An American Gallery. He collects paintings by Lockwood de Forest, a prominent landscape painter from Santa Barbara.

He concludes that Mr. de Forest had a love for nocturnes.

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to display, but he still painted a substantial number of night skies.

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by Mr. Huff. The two met outside of the art museum at Westmont College and eventually Mr. Huff had a solo exhibition at Sullivan Goss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think he is one of the most exciting young painters in town â&#x20AC;Ś and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very excited to be copresenting with him,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Vonk said.

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Mr. Huff said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope the show will remind us to look up, be present to what is immediately in front of us and add inspiration from whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beyond us. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I already hope with my work, but when I think of the night sky, it is so much more apparent.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;We could tell that they missed camp from day one. It was a little bit awkward for them at first, as it was for all of us, because we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure how we were all going to connect the way we do at in-person camp on an entirely virtual platform,â&#x20AC;? said UCSB student and Camp Kesem co-director Lauren â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mushuâ&#x20AC;? Rivas.

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Continued from Page B1 camp from day one,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Rivas said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a little bit awkward for them at first, as it was for all of us, because we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure how we were all going to connect the way we do at in-person camp on an entirely virtual platform.â&#x20AC;?

A typical day at in-person Camp Kesem may include ziplining, rock climbing, arts and crafts, sports, water activities, adventures in nature, making friendship bracelets, capture the flag, a talent show, sâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;mores, skits and the traditional â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cabin Chat,â&#x20AC;? where campers have an opportunity to talk about anything theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Something really, really big that Camp Kesem provides is an escape for these kids to not necessarily get away from, but at least take their minds off, the stress and responsibility that they inherit once their family members are given that diagnosis,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Rivas said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we can really imagine how stressed these kids might be and how much theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re facing, considering theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re home all the time, surrounded by that sadness, and unable to escape the stresses their family is going through.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to the weeklong summer camp, Kesem members also have opportunities to reunite in the fall and the spring with Friends and Family Day, where parents and guardians can come and learn more about the camp, and the kids can see each other again. The day also features other fundraising events.

The UCSB chapter held one Friends and Family Day virtually, but other than that, all the chapter can really do is support the kids from a distance during the pandemic.

Elizabeth â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breezyâ&#x20AC;? Cook is also a co-director of the Camp Kesem chapter, and she is in her senior year at UCSB. She has been involved with Kesem since 2017. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not only that these kids are stuck at home, but also that their families are some of the most vulnerable in terms of having family members that are immunocompromised, which really limits their motion or ability to do the most basic of things, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to go to the grocery store or go to a park,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Cook told the News-Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine how much fear is already compounded in a pandemic, on top of the fear and the grief of having a parent who is going through their cancer journey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really something we try to emphasize through these Friends and Family Days is your community is not just the counselors at UCSB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; your community are these kids you meet at Camp Kesem. That community has been a lifeline for some of these kids, just to know they have friends going through the same thing theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going through. They even start group chats with each other.â&#x20AC;?

Kesem at Home still provided the magic of in-person Camp Kesem, and the UCSB students hope to raise more money to hold additional events for the kids, especially as more businesses reopen.

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The directors of Camp Kesem had to move the weeklong camp online in 2020, but many parents still expressed their gratitude and appreciation for it.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this virtual programming organized by student volunteers thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s completely free for families,â&#x20AC;?

Ms. Cook said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a talent show over Zoom, and you have these kids who had been pretty quiet throughout the little breakout rooms or activities who just whip out beautiful piano performances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s those cute instances of making these kids feel like kids even in a virtual environment, especially in their homes where theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dealing with such intense emotions.â&#x20AC;?

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sometimes! But I am forever grateful for the example you set in this way for my kids. Hearing Mom and Dad say it is not as effective as watching their cool counselors do it.â&#x20AC;?

Another message from a parent said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank you for doing these camps. My cancer diagnosis was devastating for my girls, and this camp greatly helped them.â&#x20AC;?

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Kesem package came yesterday was joy I had not seen from her in a LONG time.â&#x20AC;? email: gmccormick@newspress.com

FYI To register a camper, donate, learn more or get involved with Camp Kesem, visit campkesem.org. To learn more about UCSBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chapter and ways to volunteer or donate, email ucsb@ campkesem.org.

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Although the popular event has sold out, livestream-access-only tickets remain available for $25 (not including the beverages). A full list of event beverages from participating breweries, wineries and more will also be sent prior to the event for those guests interested in purchasing drinks on their own if they wish.

Hosted by Surf â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Suds co-founder Andres NuĂąo, Zoo Brew @ Home guests will sip a whole herd of beverages, watch zookeeper talks and meet some of the zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most famous animal couples from the comfort of their home.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event is three hours long and will include a walk-through of 14 beverages from 13 craft beverage makers from California, including beer, cider, hard seltzer, kombucha and wine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re blown away by the amazing response to Zoo Brew @ Home, and really excited about putting together another entertaining Virtual Beer Festival,â&#x20AC;? Mr. NuĂąo said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guests will get to enjoy some great behindthe-scenes moments at the zoo, and discover some great alcoholic beverages, all while raising funds for the Santa Barbara Zoo during these challenging times.â&#x20AC;?

For more information, go to sbzoo.org or call the zoo at 805-962-5339.

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ission Creek Bridge, 51C-51 is one of the best engineered and masterfully built

what the misleadingly named, anonymous to the public, Mission Canyon Bridge Studies Team, is proposing.

The team’s minimalist website bridges ever. is a deceptive, public relations Save it; respect it; learn from it. piece filled with unsubstantiated Mission Creek Bridge, scare tactics, pretty Paulina 51C-51, unites the 500 renderings that do not Conn block of east Los Olivos show the ecological Street with the 600 block destruction of Mission The author of Mission Canyon Road.

Creek, nor mention lives in This sandstone bridge is the unethical taking Santa Barbara one of the best designed, of thousands of feet of best engineered and Rocky Nook County Park most masterfully built bridges land that has an explicit deed anywhere. It is part of the most restriction for park use only. intact historic and scenic area of Nor does the team indicate that Santa Barbara. the entire corridor already meets Why would any engineer, Vision Zero criteria. Nor does the architect, transportation team tell you what every traffic department or elected body engineer knows: A wider bridge, want to destroy this bridge and broader vistas and broader curves the historic cultural landscape create faster speeds, thereby that goes with it? Yet that is destroying the current Vision Zero

corridor and instead increasing the potential for severe injuries or fatalities.

The team tries to seduce you by promising to put a few telephone poles underground and covering an easily screened sewer pipe.

The likelihood of ugly guardrails being installed that now don’t exist is not mentioned.

Mission Creek Bridge, a city historic landmark, is so valued statewide and nationally that it is on the Caltrans Historic Bridge Inventory. It and its attached walls are on the California State Historic Resources Inventory, and the bridge is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. If the walls’ private owners had not objected, this exquisite bridge and walls would actually now be on the National Register.

Federal bridge inspections are done every two years, with

the last one dated for April 2019. replaced two rusted supports The results are always that this under the pedestrian walkway. bridge is structurally sound and The recommendation to grind and may remain in place as is without re-asphalt the vehicle lanes was restrictions. also done.

Water adequacy is very good, What remains to be done at with an 8 out of the highest little expense is repair the hole in possible score the concrete and of 9. scour under the Earthquakes bridge. The team have not even Helen Couclelis agrees that the misleadingly cracked the Mission Creek Bridge doesn’t indicates this bridge. hole is a reason need to be rebuilt. C2.

Nevertheless, to replace the the team’s scare bridge. Not tactics use unproven natural true. The inspection report disasters as reasons to demolish gives this minor “channel and this very strong bridge. For channel protection” problem a 6 years inspection reports have out of 9 rating. Repair is what is recommended minor maintenance recommended! and repairs.

There is no reason to accept any The Santa Barbara Department of the bridge team’s proposals. of Transportation, in October They all destroy lots and don’t fix 2019, with method and design approved by the city historian, Please see conn on C4

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The left’s campaign to denigrate Trump Supporters

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f the first week of leftist insanity gushing from President Joe Biden’s executive pen doesn’t vindicate Donald Trump’s supporters in full measure, I don’t know what could.

Scratch that.

There is much more to come.

Trump supporters have long touted the former president’s impressive policy achievements as proof they were wise in supporting him and correct that an outsider could get results.

We’ve learned in the past few months who is running this country: the media, the social media oligarchy, the cancel-culture movement and leftist dark money being poured into the system.

These forces have weaponized identity politics and empowered the Democratic Party to regain control and move this country left at warp speed, which means destroying prosperity and jobs.

Trump haters have been salivating for years over an opportunity to finally bring him

crashing down in disgrace and This Trump-hating cabal is take his allegedly evil supporters convinced it finally hit pay dirt along with him, never to rise again with the events of Jan. 6. With and impede their progressive ferocious intensity, they’re pushing agenda. the narrative that Mr. Trump They tried for Mr. Trump’s entire himself incited an insurrection to term to overturn the results violently overturn the of the 2016 election. They government. engaged in a coordinated Feel free to debate Mr. effort to undo what the Trump’s culpability in voters had done, corrupting all this (and ignore his our security agencies and express words calling our government institutions for a peaceful march), to lead a soft, sophisticated but you should take a coup that makes Jan. 6 look David Limbaugh moment to reflect on like amateur hour. this bad-faith attempt With assists from to tie rank-and-file the media and the rest of the Trump supporters to this event leftist political and cultural and viciously depict all of them as establishment, these forces radical white supremacists. escaped accountability and The overwhelming majority proceeded as cavalierly as ever, of Trump supporters have as if nothing ever happened. In consistently condemned violence a particularly in-your-face move, no matter the source. They did these bullies have designated not and would not support the one of the central players storming of the Capitol. No matter in the coup, U.S. Rep. Eric how vociferously the left claims Swalwell, D-California, to be an otherwise, the millions of Trump impeachment manager in their supporters are still Americapost-term impeachment gambit. loving, Constitution-respecting,

rule of law-advocating patriots.

Despite the left’s best efforts, Jan. 6 does not discredit Trump supporters. This is not merely a technical point because Trump haters want to vilify all of us both as a matter of pride and to render us impotent as a political movement.

As part of this, they seek to malign the millions of Christian Trump supporters as having sold their souls and betrayed their faith.

Certain prominent Trump haters have viciously and personally denounced the Christian right.

Meanwhile, they have little to say of President Biden’s already unveiled leftist extremism and his dedication to a godless, pro-death agenda.

These Trump-loathing Christian bashers speciously complain about our poor witness for having supported Mr. Trump.

But what of their own witness in categorically slandering Christian Trump supporters who, in good conscience, supported him for the good of the nation — and

still have no apologies for doing so, especially considering the undeniable alternative?

In his recent piece, New York Times columnist Thomas Edsall cites the book “Taking America Back for God,” by college professors Andrew Whitehead and Samuel Perry, who describe Christian nationalism as including “assumptions of nativism, white supremacy, patriarchy and heteronormativity, along with divine sanction for authoritarian control and militarism.”

Mr. Edsall cites another recent book, “The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism,” by Katherine Stewart, in which she describes the Christian right as “a political movement” and says “its ultimate goal is power. It does not seek to add another voice to America’s pluralistic democracy, but to replace our foundational democratic principles and institutions with a state grounded Please see limbaugh on C4

e hope that Santa Barbara’s new Police Review Commission, which is being announced Feb. 2, will take into consideration certain insights such as those shared in a recent interview with Bill Maher.

He raised the question to his guest, Kmele Foster, a black popular podcaster, about the claims made by radicals that racism is a huge problem in America today. Mr. Foster said, “The numbers simply do not bear out this genocide against black America. It’s not a thing.”

He continued that left-wing programs such as “diversity and inclusion training” and “talking often about racism and discrimination” actually, “can make people presume that it exists in places that it does not.” Mr. Foster also noted “… you have to acknowledge that racism is a subjective allegation, right? I can presume intent on your behalf, whether it is there, and that is a major defect — and I don’t want to be the object of your special concern, or anyone else’s. I’m an individual, and that’s what’s important.”

He continued, “I am really surprised when I see, sort of, the outrage in Portland over these issues. When I go back and look at the number of police-involved shootings or deaths in custody, for example, the numbers simply do not bear out this genocide against black America. It’s not a thing.”

We would certainly not want to see a problem that does not exist fueled by false rhetoric.

We hope the city council can muster the discernment for the realities of Santa Barbara.

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable and to give an appearance of solidarity to pure wind.”

— George Orwell President Joe Biden has signed 24 executive orders during his first week of office.

One is for the federal minimum wage of jobs to be $15.

Meanwhile, on Santa Barbara’s TV Channel 18, our city is advertising job openings in which a few examples of hourly wages are: grounds maintenance, $13.28; school crossing guard, $13.03; waterfront parking lead, $13.79, and waterfront parking monitor, $13.

Meanwhile, Rebecca Bjork, who was until recently the public works director, was just promoted to assistant city administrator and her salary is now $238,000. Why does the city administrator need such a costly assistant — or one at all?

Mayor Cathy Murillo and the six council members all share one secretary between them.

It is no wonder that people are upset with this gross disproportionate range in salaries. This is not New York City, or D.C., or Los Angeles, but the salaries are comparable.

Tuesday was Police Chief Lori Luhnow’s last appearance at City Hall. Can you imagine taking a job and working less than five years and getting paid $40,000 a year for the rest of your life for that little time of service?

She received many accolades from the players at city council.

In fact council member Mike Jordan waxed, “It has been such a pleasure to see that level of humanity in a person running a department that is a law enforcement department.”

All the people she promoted must feel that way.

However, what difference has she made in this city?

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Newsom’s recall apocalypse

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ears ago, when filed against the governor, the the Smothers COVID vaccine rollout debacle, Brothers were the all of which point to the No. 4 entertainment at reason: the recall effort. a COLAB dinner, With respect to the effect Tom Smothers pulled out a of the Biden win, many yo-yo and dazzled the crowd conservative pundits, including with his mastery of this child’s yours truly, were shamed toy. Well, as it turns out, Gov. as conspiracy theorists Gavin Newsom could teach when we suggested that Tommy a thing or two about yo- Democrats wanted to tank yo tricks, as he deftly dangled the economy while blaming our personal freedoms and former President Donald economic liberties on a string Trump for the spread of for the past year.

COVID and the deaths that If you recall, we were subject ensued. Moreover, tanking to a temporary, near total the economy would position lockdown that was supposed to a Biden administration for a last 15 days last March. bailout of the states that would That morphed into go far beyond the fiscal an extended lockdown impacts of covid. that was eventually True to form, attenuated by a President Joe Biden’s series of reopening COVID-related, $1.9 stages based upon the trillion recovery plan number of “cases” per includes $350 billion 100,000 persons and to bailout local and Andy Caldwell the county’s testing/ state governments, contract tracing not to mention capacity. Next up, another $350 billion more businesses were allowed federal supplement for state to reopen, albeit with severe unemployment payments. restrictions, as Gov. Newsom Don’t be surprised if Gov. moved the goal posts to reopen Newsom asks for another $30 based on testing positivity billion to recover the illicit rates and the emergence of payments his administration new cases. lost from giving money to Then Gov. Newsom changed Mexican drug cartels, Russian virtually everything when he thieves, along with numerous no longer allowed a county people in prisons and jails. to progress through his four With respect to lawsuits stages based upon their own against Gov. Newsom, they COVID-19 numbers. Instead, were many fold. These he unilaterally forced counties included suits by members of to become part of a larger the state legislature, counties geographical region that fixed such as San Bernardino, their combined destinies various business associations on hospitalization and the and churches. availability of ICU beds.

With respect to the vaccine And, to note, none of Gov. rollout, we are near last place Newsom’s stages ever allowed in our ability to get people us to return to normal. vaccinated. And there is little Then last Monday, Gov. to no talk about administering Newsom dropped the second doses, without which regional approach and the the vaccine is only 50% hospitalization/ICU criteria effective, and a one-dose saying that “the numbers were regimen could cause a major projected to get better,” despite mutation of the virus. the fact that, according to The Finally, speaking of the Associated Press, the San governor’s credibility and Joaquin Valley agricultural his future electability, there region increased its ICU is the drive to recall him. capacity to a mere 1.3%, its Gov. Newsom refused to first time above zero in recent acknowledge there was a recall weeks, and the Southern effort until the 1.25 million California region, the most signature milestone was populous in the state, was still reached and large donations at zero ICU capacity. began pouring in.

Meanwhile, California ranks Most likely, he opened back nearly dead last in getting up portions of the economy people vaccinated. One of the after failing to convince the problems? The obsession with populace that the recall effort testing! Why is the state still was an attempted coup, which spending so much time, energy I might add, was probably Aunt and money testing people Nancy’s idea. when we could be vaccinating them?

Andy Caldwell is the executive I believe there are four director of COLAB and the host reasons for Gov. Newsom’s of The Andy Caldwell Show latest about-face, including weekdays from 3-5 p.m. on the Joe Biden win, lawsuits News-Press Radio AM 1290.

ost adults are again receiving Economic Impact Payment (stimulus) checks to spend to support an American economy crippled by the pandemic regulations.

Clearly many do need this income to manage in the current crisis, but for many others of us, it’s surplus income. We lived without it before and can again. So for us, I suggest that we find our own way to give it away to those who need it more than we do.

Give it, though there could be a remote chance that we might need that money in the future.

Give it, though it is our right to spend our own money any legal way we choose.

Give it, though we may not know or even like the recipient(s) or they may have fallen through the cracks in eligibility.

Give it, even though we can’t know with certainty that all of it will be well spent.

Give it, though we may not be thanked or even appreciated or get a tax deduction.

Give it, though we risk getting an unwelcome reputation as an easy mark.

Give it, though it may go against a long-held view that those who are needy just live carelessly.

Give it, though doing so runs the risk that it may change us, the givers.

Give it anyway.

Don Nason Goleta Editor’s note: Sometimes the stimulus payments have gone to people in the form of debit cards, rather than checks or direct deposits.

Shakespeare’s response

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h, Mrs. Jones and thy teachable moments article (“All the world’s a stage,” Voices, Jan. 24).

The most teachable moment would have been to let thy daughter write her own paper for the class even if it meant flunking the class because of poor planning and apparent lack of enthusiasm for me and the Bard.

The pearls of wisdom I do impart to thee, dear child, “to thyself be true” if nothing more thou dost take from this class.

The grade thy child received because of thy and thy husband’s “help” wasn’t hers; it belongs to thee, the true authors of the paper and ay “there’s the rub.”

Thy good intentions somewhat mirror the actions of thy Hollywood crowd who paid surrogates to take tests and write papers for their children. But alas, it seems “all the world’s a stage” as I have stated.

I assume thy daughter passed with flying colors. But in this liberal world of “toil and trouble,” perchance for thee “all’s well that ends well.”

Fear not and debate not, dear ones, for “the best is yet to come.”

William S. and D. Gould Of London and the Santa Ynez Valley

The ups and downs of drones

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isualize open-heart surgery behind performed at the site of a 10-car pileup on an interstate freeway.

Imagine doctors arriving in minutes at a railroad crossing to reattach the arm of a jogger vs. locomotive who tripped on a railroad tie. Instead of waiting for a helicopter or ambulance to arrive, future victims will simply wait for the surgeons, nurses, mobile emergency room, news cameras (and attorneys) to land nearby.

An amazing YouTube clip shows how autonomous “rescue drones” will be used in the very near future to provide emergency medical services. See youtu.be/yrEI4bezWc. Miraculous scenes of rescue drones arriving, even before the dust settles, could become our welcomed new reality. Few could have imagined these novelty “toys,” evolving from the paparazzis’ eyes-in-sky into science fiction-inspired realities and capable of delivering lifesaving services from heaven.

According to bleedingedge experts at the Journal of Emergency Medical Services (jems.com), even more advanced services will be available using manned (excuse me: “personned”) drones by 2025. See www.jems. com/operations/ambulancesvehicle-ops/falck-paramedicswill-be-in-manned-drones-before2025.

As with most things which are too good to be true, there may be potential downsides when drones cross into “The Matrix” realm of “essential” government programs.

The movie’s fictional protagonist Neo would have been very proud of this evolution.

Contemplate how these newand-improved medical tools could flutter out of emergency rooms, like butterflies of mercy and become tools of social justice.

Can you think of a more expeditious or “efficient” method

to control domestic terrorism and halt the spread of misinformation?

Could Jonestown and other cults of apostolic socialism have been quietly diverted into nonexistence with fact-checking and truth-detecting polygraph drones?

The tragic 1978 mass-suicide of 909 souls could have been prevented.

By 2030, social-justice warriors will have a stealth COM-YKTT drone equipped with “Trumpresidue” sensors, a high-tech array of non-GMO curare darts and a dangling meat hook.

The COM-YKTT (Come On Man You Know the Thing) Drone will safely transport potential domestic terrorists (antique gun owners, Fox News anchors, climate-change-deniers, white males, libertarians etc.) to a precrime evaluation facility near Area 51.

Possession of domestic-terrorist paraphernalia, such as pressure cookers, galvanized pipe, kitchen knives, soap boxes, copies of “The Anarchist Cookbook,” megaphones, typewriters, computers, controversial T-shirts, Twitter accounts, rebellious literature etc., will be considered a felony.

Since drones will benefit society on a global scale, their distribution and (highly unlikely) misuse by banana republic dictators (or entrenched bureaucrats) is probably nothing to worry about.

Probably.

Dale Lowdermilk Founder, notsafe.org Santa Barbara

So much for privacy

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y understanding is the county is looking into approving building a two-story, 24-unit apartment complex with 19 parking spaces for tenants, manager and guests.

This small piece of property, .54 acre, sounds like overbuilding to me.

My backyard backs up to this project. This means the residents of the second story will be able to look into my bedroom, bathroom and kitchen windows. So much for privacy!

Access to this development is the offramp of Highway 101 into a very busy Patterson Avenue and Call Real. This intersection is already over used and dangerous.

Several years ago the Patterson Avenue Corridor Neighborhood Association fought the building of a Jack in the Box on the same small parcel. It was denied as this project should also be denied.

With hindsight, I would rather have a Jack in the Box. V.D. Blunt Santa Barbara

Don’t rebuild Mission Canyon bridge

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s someone with an impossible assignment: to a background in find a feasible solution based on architecture and demolition and reconstruction civil engineering, I that will improve current am disappointed to conditions without destroying a see a respected colleague (Fred unique historical, aesthetic and L. Sweeney’s letter in engineering jewel that Voices, Jan. 24), express is an integral part of the Helen opinions that are factually Mission Historical Park.

Couclelis incorrect as well as The group has so far The author technically problematic. completed alternative lives in The title and first sketches for “flattening” sentence of Mr. Sweeney’s Santa Barbara the curvy road section letter immediately around the bridge, as well raise many questions: as for the bridge itself.

“Mission Canyon bridge needs They did their best under the reconstruction” — it doesn’t — “to circumstances, considering the solve access and safety problems.” issue from many angles, and There aren’t any problems that producing attractive visualizations cannot be solved with simple of three alternatives each for the measures. bridge and road section. These The Wallace Group was given were presented during a webinar

in December.

What a waste of effort and resources.

The Coalition to Preserve Mission Canyon has collected abundant material and opinions from a variety of official sources and city and county experts that show that: 1. The bridge is in very good structural condition and causes no safety concerns. Minor, very local repairs are possible and desirable.

Celebrating its 120th birthday this year (note: many similar stone bridges from Roman times are still in use in Europe), our bridge has seen its share of floods and the largest earthquake to hit Santa Barbara in historic times.

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m not sure if we can reverse what’s happening, but it is by far the most dangerous thing that has ever happened to America.

Not only was Parler wiped out overnight, but now Mike Lindell of My Pillow. How is it possible that Bed Bath and Beyond, Krogers and about a half dozen other retailers just drop My Pillow in a blink because of a different political view?

I don’t have words. It’s so mind boggling and unbelievable. All across the country the left is destroying everyone and everything in its path like locusts because they don’t like their version of free speech.

And their next big target is Fox News, the last place where you can still get honest news, and that’s exactly why Fox apparently needs to go. If they manage to get Fox off the air, this country better rise up like it never has before (I’m not talking violence) and let the liberal left know there’s a real force to reckon with.

We cannot remain passive.

This kind of destruction has nibbled away little by little until we’re now at the mercy of a communist takeover of America.

The left feels empowered like never before because they have absolutely nothing to fear. At this point they’re untouchable.

And the more opposition they remove, the more powerful they become.

I wish I didn’t have to admit this reality, but it’s not a joke anymore President Joe Biden’s call for unity is as hollow as his brain.

In just days he cost the country thousands of jobs, a breath away from shutting ICE down, destroying women’s sports and on and on. You know the list by now.

But what is he worried about? Spending $2 trillion on climate change. That’s what people without paychecks are worried about.

But Joe Biden is just the figurehead. It isn’t his list; it’s the woke list. Supporters of the woke movement had been making that list since November and had all the executive orders stacked and ready for President Biden to sign on day one.

Right now there’s no end to what’s happening. Since the left is making the rules, anything they deem is offensive and they don’t agree with will give them license to take down anyone and everyone in their way.

Is that America?

What gives them the right to determine how Americans exercise free speech?

This is so appalling and dangerous.

We have two Americas: one that is trying to survive, make a living, pay the bills and live by the freedoms this country has always offered and another that is determined to take it all away. Why? Are their morals higher than everyone else? Are their personal beliefs more right than anyone else?

So much so that we have no choice but to agree, or our beliefs will be crushed along with everyone associated with you.

In the case of My Pillow, it’s not just Mike Lindell. It’s all his employees, the material that goes into his products, the packagers, the trucks and so forth. Is the left so callous to shut people down because they don’t like them and plunge thousands of lives into poverty?

Is that the underlying plan? To make everyone governmentdependent?

In their opinion, is it for the greater good? What is it they’re going after? What is the end result they’re trying to achieve?

That America becomes a land of single thought and followers who are like robots in the New World Order of Please see schulte on C4

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The matter of Tori Rose Smith’s life

ictoria “Tori” Rose Smith lived a tragically short life. Three years.

That’s less than 200 weeks on this earth.

She was a girly girl who sported oversized bows in her straw-blonde hair and a megawatt smile on her face. A great-aunt described the blue-eyed baby as “bubbly,” “sassy” and “full of life” despite bouncing around foster homes for much of her brief existence.

Last week, authorities in South Carolina revealed that Tori had perished as a result of multiple blunt-force injuries to her tiny head. She was beaten to death.

Her adoptive parents, Ariel and Jerry “Austin” Robinson, are now charged with homicide by child abuse.

A six-page police incident report describes how first responders rushed to the Robinsons’ home on the afternoon of Jan. 14, 2021, after Mr. Robinson called 911.

Little Tori was not breathing.

EMTs performed CPR. She was rushed to the hospital, where she died. Investigators immediately suspected child abuse.

The key to Tori’s murder lies in 17 redacted lines of the police report from a Simpsonville, S.C., police officer documenting his crime-scene interview with Ariel Robinson, who described

an unknown incident involving others,” she rambled. her adopted daughter that had “I don’t feel I would … I don’t occurred the day before. The feel homicidal,” she told her entire paragraph is blacked out audience, then seemed only to — an ominous chunk of hidden half-joke: “Everybody wants to hit information about Tori’s last day on somebody some days but I don’t the planet. want to kill nobody.” She talked Thanks to her ubiquitous social about the temptation to just “snap” media presence, however, we can and warned openly that “(i)f you fill in a lot of blanks about get angry today and fly Ariel Robinson. She was a off the handle, punch fame-chaser, an aspiring somebody, kill somebody, comedian and a wannabe assault, murder, you are social media influencer one bad decision away who paraded her entire from ruining the rest of blended family (two your life.” biological sons, plus Tori Perhaps most and her two brothers, whom troubling, she used her Michelle Malkin apparent propensity for the Robinsons adopted all together) on Twitter, violence as material for Instagram and Facebook her stand-up routines. for clicks and likes.

One video from 2019 shows her Mrs. Robinson had achieved recounting how a social worker minor notoriety as the Season came to visit before she adopted 20 winner of the Food Network’s Tori and her brothers. Her own “Worst Cooks in America” contest. biological sons were making She hosted a podcast with her noise upstairs during the home husband and was set to launch a interview, prompting her to scream new YouTube this month called at the top of her lungs: “SHUT UP, “Cooking, Comedy and Convos.”

BEFORE I COME UP THERE Her YouTube channel has now AND PUNCH YOU IN YOUR been deleted. But other dark clues THROAT.” remain.

The audience laughed as she In her past podcasts, Mrs. described how she downplayed the Robinson spoke of battling violent threat to the social worker depression and violent thoughts. “I (“Aw, ya know, it’s just a game”) don’t feel like I want to hurt others, and then delivered the punchline but some days I do want to hurt about the adoption to more peals of

laughter: “We got approved” for Tori’s adoption — the audience erupted in cheers and giggles — “we gonna have her by December.”

I’ve devoted this column space to beautiful toddler Tori because you probably won’t hear anything more about her in the “mainstream” media. That’s because this homicide is wrapped up in a package of race and crime taboos you are not supposed to discuss.

Mrs. Robinson is black. Tori was white. On her social media accounts, Mrs. Robinson promoted black superiority, bashed Donald Trump and cops, and griped about institutional racism.

“In my house,” she wrote, “my black children get treated the same as my white children, and my white children get treated the same as my black children. It’s a shame that when they go out into the real world, that won’t be the case.”

Mrs. Robinson punctuated the Jan. 6, Instagram post with the hashtags “#whiteprivilege” and “#BlackLivesMatter.”

Eight days later, the family’s adopted white daughter succumbed to multiple blunt force trauma to her head and will never have a chance to “go out into the real world.”

Did child welfare bureaucrats

overlook Mrs. Robinson’s mental health issues because of her race? Were they aware of her resentment of white people before they allowed her to adopt three white children? Did the system lower their standards to appease social justice and affirmative action crusaders?

Were signs of abuse ignored out of deference to a rising celebrity whose politically correct status as a BLM-promoting, do-gooder shielded her from scrutiny and criticism?

Ideas have consequences. So do lies. Americans have been hopelessly conditioned to look the other way at cases like this, lest they commit what they’ve been taught is the greatest sin of all: “racism.” Until it is thoroughly demolished by people of courage, the myth of white privilege will surely claim more victims.

Say her name. Victoria “Tori” Rose Smith’s life mattered.

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

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Politicians are breaking COVID-19 rules

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fter Joe Biden’s inauguration, he ordered everyone on federal lands to wear a mask.

That night, he and his family posed for pictures at the Lincoln Memorial — none of them wearing a mask.

Gov. Gavin Newsom told Californians it’s “essential” to avoid “mixing with people outside of your household.”

Then he had dinner with lots of people outside his household.

Without masks.

You can see the mask-less governor and the Biden family in my new video.

Gov. Newsom did apologize for attending “a friend’s birthday party.” Maybe you heard about that. But you might not know that the restaurant charges $800 for dinners or that the governor’s “friend” is a lobbyist, a politically connected fixer who helps select Hollywood businesses get exemptions from government shutdowns.

Restaurant owner Angela Marsden, instead of hiring an expensive lobbyist, spent her money building an outdoor patio that complied with COVID-19 regulations. But then the state shut down even outdoor dining.

“I’m losing everything,” she cried in a viral video.

But the business right next door wasn’t shut down. NBC’s “Good Girls” was allowed to set up a dining area right outside her restaurant.

“She doesn’t have a powerful team of lobbyists to argue on her behalf in the state’s capital,” said Jarrett Stepman, a reporter who covers politicians’ hypocrisy for The Daily Signal.

California gives him plenty of fodder. San Francisco Mayor London Breed went to a party at that fancy restaurant, too.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi got her hair done when California salons were closed.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves held three Christmas parties, violating his executive order limiting the number of people at gatherings.

When a reporter asked, “How is that not in conflict with the order?” Gov. Reeves responded that his parties “send a message to the people of Mississippi that you can return to a life that is Please see Stossel on C4

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Was this California’s biggest bait and switch?

t may have been the biggest bait-and-switch event ever perpetrated in California, affecting the vast majority of the state’s six millionplus senior citizens, people aged 65 and up. So far, there has not even been an apology from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration, which was responsible.

If this had been an inside job aimed at stoking the current recall petition drive against Gov. Newsom, it could not have been carried out more effectively.

Here’s what happened. On a Wednesday afternoon in midJanuary, the state Department of Public Health issued a press release announcing in bold black letters that “Seniors 65+ Now Eligible to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine…”

Except, most were not.

It’s the latest of many embarrassments for Gov. Newsom’s two-year-old administration, accused by recall organizers of being grossly incompetent and hypocritical.

There has been the $8 billion heist from the state unemployment department, Newsom’s attendance at a too large and too unmasked

Napa County dinner with care workers and nursing home lobbyists, and more. residents), they should vaccinate But this incident affected people over 65 next.” by far the most Californians.

Except the news release did Less than an hour after the not mention counties. And while health department three counties — Orange, notice went out, long Riverside and Stanislaus — before television actually did begin serving stations and all the some over-65 residents, state’s newspapers that did not happen in most headlined the alleged of the state. The bait and large expansion of switch was most egregious vaccinations, cyber in Los Angeles County, links to a pharmacy home to more than 1.6 vaccination scheduling million seniors.

Thomas D. website began The pharmacy website Elias circulating among many was soon swamped, The author tens of thousands of handing out thousands is a longtime seniors. of appointments. Large observer of The site offered numbers of seniors went California appointments to to bed that night thinking politics. get vaccinated at they now knew where pharmacies in dozens of their isolation from the Ralphs grocery stores, owned by coronavirus plague would begin to the national Kroger chain. Except, end and life could begin returning no seniors ended up vaccinated in to normal. It was a big relief for most counties. It was, for the most most. part, baloney.

Except that when the “lucky” Here’s the state health folks who scored appointments for department’s explanation, from the next day showed up, almost spokesman Darrel Ng: “The all were turned away, pharmacy announcement is that when persons explaining they were counties are done with the first still vaccinating only health care phase of vaccinations (for health workers. Other seniors received

emails canceling appointments and telling them to stay away.

It turned out Kroger executives reversed earlier corporate decisions to follow the state directive and vaccinate individuals over 65, deciding instead to follow local health officials’ guidelines to the contrary.

It was a classic bait and switch, leading thousands to believe they would soon have the item most coveted these days by many Californians, but giving them nothing. This was caused almost purely by the Newsom administration’s decision to issue that press release.

Many seniors took this as a new sign of the governor’s supposed incompetence. Spokesman Ng said he could not say who wrote the press release and who authorized sending it. Lines of responsibility remain unclear.

But many people’s anger was directed at Gov. Newsom, the front man for state government, who refused several requests to discuss the widespread confusion and frustration. “The guy looks like he’s in over his head,” said one 72-yearold Los Angeles man.

Gov. Newsom’s press secretary, Jesse Melgar, did not respond to queries about how his boss plans to assuage the frustration his administration created. Would Gov. Newsom, for example, use emergency powers to order that pharmacies and mass vaccination sites start serving senior citizens, as his administration promised?

Would he apologize for the bait and switch, as he did for his attendance at that Napa dinner with his lobbyist pals?

Instead, other than referring questioners to the health department, the governor’s office said nothing.

Which leaves senior citizens as frustrated as they have been at any time in the 10-month California lockdown and Gov. Newsom more vulnerable than ever to recall this year or a re-election defeat in 2022.

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can see it now: Ladies’ magazines filled with our new First Lady’s chocolate chip cookie recipe — that she admitted she didn’t bake — as she distributed baskets of cookies to the 5,000 troops that were billeted in D.C.’s freezing garages with two WCs. As her first gesture, Dr. Jill Biden wanted to personally thank a fifth of the 25,000 troops sent to D.C. following Jan. 6 for “protecting her family.” Not the nation? She must have gotten a memo from the Democratic National Committee about Hillary’s disastrous admission that she wasn’t going to” sit home and bake cookies” as first lady.

Sorry, Jill. Your chocolate chip cookies don’t cut the mustard.

Calla Jones I’m already Corner missing Melania Trump! I’m sure The author I am not the lives in only fan of the Montecito former first lady of mystery, calm demeanor and smarts leaving the last four years of, what has been many times, gratuitous hell, with her gorgeous head held high. Her elegantly casual black outfit was perfect as she walked across the White House lawn to the Air Force One helicopter en route to Mar-aLago for one last time.

A few hours later, there was Melania descending Air Force One for the last time in Palm Beach in a stunning sleeveless, calf-length,

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frothy frock embossed with citrus fruit, blowing gently in Florida’s warm wind, holding her husband’s hand. I could almost hear her whispering to the president, “Finally we’re back among people who love us and appreciate what you’ve tried to do for this nation”.

Not since Jackie Kennedy’s stunning, shocking and all too short reign, have we had a first lady who has managed life like Melania Trump — with style, grace and dignity. Maybe Laura and Barbara Bush, to some degree. Certainly not Hillary. Nor Michele, who flogged her book of victimhood on TV last year.

I remember when she posed in pearls and black à la Jackie for her first official portrait. I wish someone had told her: “You’re no Jackie Kennedy,” to paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen’s infamous quip to Dan Quayle during their vicepresidential debate in 1988.

I can’t imagine Melania Trump writing a tell-all book about being a victim of the White House. But I do imagine that Melania thanks her lucky stars that she came to America and became an American citizen the right way, just like so many have done for centuries.

It troubles me that no fashion magazine editor put Melania on a cover, let alone assigned an article on her brilliant sense of fashion. OK maybe, the pith helmet in Africa and the back of that jacket she wore at the Texan border in the first few months were a bit much.

The fact that the cranky, leftwing, fashion media couldn’t even write about the first lady never appearing in the same outfit twice says more about the petty fashion press than Melania’s unquestionable wealth and seemingly limitless clothes budget.

Understanding her role and her duty to represent the nation as best

she could was the story.

Jill Biden must have fashion editors drooling. Magazine covers will soon feature the new first lady nonstop. Her staff will make sure that we see a “wholesome,” maybe even “virtuous” side (the Bidens have two rescue dogs) of a wife who nods when husband, Joe, says Hunter is the smartest man he knows and has a set of keys, along with Joe, to an office that does business with the Chinese Communist Party.

As I watched Jill Biden hold the Biden family Bible, I couldn’t help thinking that this woman knows that her husband has already lied to Americans about his and Hunter’s involvement with China and Russia and that she, too, is complicit.

Does Jill Biden have her own style? Maybe. But I, for one, will not buy a magazine that has Jill Biden — sorry, Dr. Biden — on the cover. I shall also mute the TV when Jill Biden tries to convince us that her husband does not suffer from dementia as she finishes Joe’s sentences.

I wonder if she, like Rosalynn Carter (who had to be sure Jimmy’s cardigan was buttoned), will attend Cabinet meetings to make sure her husband doesn’t fall asleep. Or if she tries to tell us that her husband is a man of sterling character as he awards with boundless diversity versus earned merit those who leased the most hallowed piece of America’s real estate for the first couple.

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But “the people” can’t. Only politicians get to do that.

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo attended a wine and paint event, just days after tweeting, “Stay home except for essential activities & wear a mask.”

Even after a photo showed her at the event, President Biden nominated Raimondo to be secretary of commerce.

“Instead of being booted out, they get a promotion,” Mr.

Stepman said.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered a 14day quarantine for anyone going to several states, including Delaware, for “nonessential” activity. Then she went to Delaware for a Biden victory celebration, something that strikes me as “nonessential” as they get.

“I do a lot of things to advance the interests of the District of Columbia” was Bowser’s arrogant defense. “All of them are necessary.”

If politicians do it, it’s always necessary. Rules are for the little people.

In Chicago, after politicians ordered salons closed, Mayor Lori Lightfoot still went to one for a haircut.

She defended her decision, saying: “I’m out in the public eye.

I take my personal hygiene very seriously.”

Mr. Stepman says Lightfoot is a “double hypocrite” because “she was seen attending Election Day parties and giant street festivals not wearing a mask.”

The Heritage Foundation tracks such political hypocrisy, calling it “COVID Hypocrisy.” As I write, they’re up to 57 examples of “Rules for thee, but not for me.”

Mr. Stepman, the reporter, concluded, “It’s up to us to say, ‘You’re either going to follow these rules, change these rules, or we’re going to throw you out.’”

Throwing out these hypocrites would be a good start.

John Stossel, a former ABC News and Fox Business Channel anchor, is author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.”

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Continued from Page C1 staffing is at dismal levels, and of course, nothing is her fault.

(Oh, and she did have her Zoom cocktail party during COVID-19. It worked out well for some.)

The latest stats regarding the COVID virus and Santa Barbara: While our numbers are leveling off, they remain high, and Did You Know? wants to know why the mayor and city council are not doing more to address this health problem in the city. Santa Barbara County is still listed in the purple tier.

Why is it that so many Santa Barbara citizens must drive to Santa Maria or Lompoc to get their vaccines? What gives? Where is the advocacy? Where is the leadership? The city is too busy with the AUD projects, installing electric bikes and changing the face of Santa Barbara as we know it. Everyone is on their own and left to their own devices.

Why is it that Trader Joe’s, TriCounty Produce, Santa Barbara Home Improvement, Gelson’s and Target are the only ones

still disinfecting their carts and monitoring how many people enter their stores? Smart & Final does not even provide disinfectant or towels to clean the carts oneself. We hope this isn’t a negative result of Gov. Gavin Newsom getting scared about the recall and reopening the state.

Forty percent of the 5.3 million vaccines have been administered.

What about the remaining 60%?

Many of the nation’s teachers’ unions are protesting the return for in-house education, demanding to wait for the vaccine. Now that a vaccine is available, they still do not want to return, and instead are further demanding other perks.

People are calling it ransom for returning.

In Las Vegas, the teachers are going back to in-person learning due to the high suicide rate of their school children! Children, can you imagine? What have we done?

Last week in San Francisco, the school board voted 6-1 to remove the names of all past presidents, from 44 schools in their district. They also are removing the name of the first

female mayor of San Francisco, named after Sen. Diane Feinstein.

San Francisco’s female Mayor London Breed admonished the school board that they should be focusing on reopening — and not on renaming — schools.

What the mayor also said is that she cannot understand why the plan is to rename the schools by April, yet there is still no plan for reopening the schools.

What gives the school board this power to change the names, and therefore the history of these schools and of our country?

Again, this is another “Hurry quick while people are still sequestered, we can push through these broad changes.”

On top of this travesty, the costs are projected to be more than $1 million to rename these schools.

Historically, it is a known fact that when given the option to choose a (new) last name, many emancipated slaves would choose the names of presidents they admired, and who had sacrificed for their freedom. Jefferson, Lincoln and Washington were the presidents names most chosen.

How does this fit in with today’s

cancel-culture movement? Does this eradicate the validity of their history too?

Certain media outlets have recently promoted the idea that Trump supporters should be sent to indoctrination camps.

However, they have been doing this for decades in America. It is called the public school system!

Including, and most especially, the university system.

The teachers’ unions want to deny parents the alternative of a charter school and vouchers for non-public schools. This creates no competition, and everyone is programmed with the same message. No free thinking allowed.

“Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man; but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.”

— Leo Tolstoy

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

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And what gives them the right?

Who made them God? The latest attack on our liberties is the brainwashing of Americans that there’s a countrywide terrorist threat. It justifies keeping the National Guard in Washington to amplify the fear. And it keeps the pressure on all Trump supporters that should they exercise their right of free speech be ready to be taken down.

It’s ironic how in 1983 Susan Rosenberg set off a bomb in the Capitol and President Bill Clinton later pardoned her. But it’s even more ironic that she now works as a fundraiser for Black Lives Matter. Would this not make BLM a domestic terrorist threat? Of course, it does. BLM participated

in destroying major cities nearly all last year, but I don’t see the FBI going after them or being called domestic terrorists. Or the media showing the least bit of concern.

Is BLM untouchable because they’re black? Are those the new rules? If you’re a particular skin color, you get a pass? Black good, white bad.

And my God, the over-the-top sensitivity has become psychotic.

San Francisco is just going to change all the school names based on nothing but their opinions. You have to wonder what the kids are thinking and how they’re being further brainwashed that American history is horrible and we need to erase it. Even the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland can’t get by unscathed.

Who are these people, and how did they get so much power to make the largest corporations cower like children under their

desks? Is there an end to it or will this removal of our history continue until nothing remains?

I can’t believe that those with liberal proclivities think what we’re experiencing is for the good. They’re Americans as well, and factual history is critical for the future.

Do we ignore the teachings of the Native Americans and their history? Do we ignore the Civil War entirely because one side supported slavery, forgetting that another side fought hard to end it? Do we destroy the hieroglyphs because they used slaves? The millions of lives lost by the Nazis never happened?

Where do these people want history to vanish? What gives these self-righteous elites the power to dictate their version of history? History is history. Leave it alone. Learn from it, but you can’t change the facts and just because changing some names

won’t change what happened.

Instead of being dictators, why not become teachers instead?

Provide the future leaders of America with all the facts like we used to. You cannot be educated when you only know one side of the truth.

This is a war of liberty. The left got their way through election manipulation, and they’re doing everything they can to make certain that the next election will also go their way. Once you have power and taste its strength, you don’t want to let go.

And like all dictators, you will make certain those beneath you can’t usurp it.

Unless those who think with common sense and care about their fellow citizens band together and bring their own unification, we’ll succumb to being nothing more than serfs plowing the fields for our masters.

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Further, its status for being eligible for the National Register of Historic Places means that by law, any structural interventions have to abide by California Environmental Quality Act and the U.S. secretary of the interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. Remodeling and redesigning are not recognized treatments.

2. On the Option 3 bridge design, recommended as “most feasible” by the Wallace Group and enthusiastically endorsed

by Mr. Sweeney and the Mission Heritage Trail Association: The single-span bridge is a skew arch bridge, meaning that the ends of the arc meet the vertical supports or foundations at an angle. This design is inherently unstable because it creates lateral forces that tend to flatten the arch.

There are, of course, many different methods for building safe skew arch bridges, but these are complex and expensive and take longer to complete. Also, a skew-arch bridge would not meet the National Register criteria for a historic pace.

3. “Flattening” the curve is a surprising idea. All this will do is to speed up traffic, creating a dangerous situation at the busy T-junction with Mountain Drive.

It is also unnecessary. The Coalition to Preserve Mission Canyon has a large volume of data from the California Highway Patrol, the Santa Barbara Police Department, and from local newspapers and other sources for 2001-2020. While the database may not be complete, it shows that accidents on the Mission Canyon corridor are few and not serious.

None of the collisions involved

pedestrians or cyclists.

The corridor is as close to Vision Zero as can be hoped for a moderately busy two-lane road.

Improvements in signage and other minor interventions are possible.

There is one thing in Mr. Sweeney’s letter that I wholeheartedly agree with: Nature’s force can be deadly.

Taking the bridge and Mountain Drive’s T-junction out of commission for any length of time can indeed be deadly in case of fire for those living and working on the west Riviera, the oldest and densest part of a residential area that is officially declared to be among the most fire-prone in the state. The west Riviera also includes a number of conditional use permit facilities that more than triple the residential population: There is a K-9 school, a 92-room hotel with restaurant, an industrial park, a movie theater and a hospice facility. In case of fire evacuation, the only reasonable exit for that area is the Mountain Drive T-junction and the bridge, considering that the fire will most likely be coming from the east with the Santa Ana winds and that the bulk of the Riviera residents to the east will be using the Lasuen to Alameda Padre Serra exit, the west area’s only other option.

I would thus accept the risk of a 100-year-flood taking down the bridge 100 times more readily versus the very real and probable threat of a wildfire on the Riviera during the inevitably long demolition-reconstruction period, when the bridge will not be available for evacuation or first-responder access.

A shiny new bridge is not worth the lives of possibly dozens of people.

Mission Creek Bridge meets city criteria conn

Continued from Page C1 the problems the community wanted fixed such as installing crosswalks, trail maintenance, fixing the merger of Alameda Padre Serra and east Los Olivos Street, where fender benders occur, and slowing down southbound traffic on Mission Canyon Road so the picket wall and electrical poles are not hit by speeding drivers. These fixes cost almost nothing.

The removal and replacement of the historic bridge, which no community member, not even members of the Mission Heritage Trail Association, wanted touched when surveyed in 2014, is a boondoggle that will cost taxpayers a minimum of $11.4 million for no safety benefit.

People all over the country and world are realizing that historic stone bridges and historic roads are part of a valued heritage that they want preserved. Stone bridges that are more than a thousand years old are still in use and repaired without harming historic

integrity.

Paul Daniel Marriott of the National Trust for Historic Preservation has written “Saving Historic Roads: Design and Policy Guidelines” for when our leaders put preservation and sustainability over destruction and wastefulness.

As DOT rules change, older bridges and roads become labeled “functionally obsolete.”

These bridges and roads are still safe.

Mission Creek Bridge meets city criteria with 10-foot lanes and 5-foot wide shoulders.

Federal bridge funds may not be used if a bridge is not the cause of slow down in traffic speeds. This bridge does not cause slow downs.

The road is designed for a maximum 25 mph from the Mission to above 700 Mission Canyon Road. What is needed is for the DOT to find areas of flexibility so this corridor can be maintained and repaired when and where needed without triggering demands that compromise the integrity of historic, ecological or scenic resources.

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on a particular version of Christianity.”

According to Mr. Perry, “The Capitol insurrection was as Christian nationalist as it gets.” The author pointed to “the use of sacred symbols during the insurrection such as the cross, Christian flag, Jesus saves sign, etc.” and “the language of the prayers offered by the insurrectionists,” presumably to show all Christian Trump supporters are white revolutionary anarchists.

The glaring irony is that Christians are not the fascists in this equation. They do not support a Christian theocracy, though they believe they should have a voice along with other individuals and groups in society.

They oppose authoritarianism and fascism, which is actually the calling card of the Trumphating left, and they would never attempt to silence others who disagree with their politics or religion. They are not the victimizers in this war on speech

but the victims of the very leftists who falsely accuse them.

Neither white supremacists nor any other kind of rioting misfits from the right represent anything but a minute fringe of the Trump movement. To suggest otherwise is grossly disingenuous.

Fellow Christians on the political right and fellow Trump supporters: Don’t be disheartened or defeated by these efforts to stereotype us as violent and authoritarian.

It is just another one of the abominable lies these fascist forces are disseminating to dispirit and weaken us and thus greenlight their ongoing assault on our values and institutions.

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

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