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Community mourns death of I.V. pastor By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Father Jon-Stephen Hedges, a longtime volunteer chaplain for the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office and assistant pastor at St. Athanasius Orthodox Church in Isla Vista, died last week. He was 73. Father Hedges, known by many simply as “Father Jon,” suffered kidney failure resulting from amyloidosis and died Thursday while in hospice care. While he considered Colorado as his home, Father Hedges came to Isla Vista in 1968. The son of a Navy officer, he moved around during his youth before settling in I.V. He graduated from UCSB with a bachelor of arts degree in

Local nurses organize event to celebrate, mourn those lost to COVID-19

cultural anthropology, and also completed a Masters in Orthodox Theology from St. Athanasius Academy. He served as a volunteer chaplain with the Sheriff’s Office, the Isla Vista Foot Patrol and several other agencies. He also served as assistant pastor at the Isla Vista church, in addition to his work within the local community. “He collaborated and consulted with several Santa Barbara County agencies on crisis, trauma, and disaster issues; was deployed by Red Cross after Hurricane Katrina as a Disaster Mental Health worker; helped develop the St. Brigid Fellowship of St. Athanasius Church which Please see pastor on A6

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Father Jon-Stephen Hedges, a longtime volunteer chaplain for the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office and assistant pastor at St. Athanasius Orthodox Church in Isla Vista, died last week.

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Paddle boarders and kayakers glide through the Santa Barbara Harbor during a paddle out on Saturday dedicated to nurses and patients who lost their lives to COVID-19.

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Jose, left, and Paulina Tierrablanca toss roses into the ocean in memory of their grandmother, who died in July 2020 due to COVID-19, during Saturday’s event.

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A group of several nurses, community members and family members who lost loved ones to COVID-19 took part in a paddle out at the Santa Barbara Harbor Saturday morning to let the ocean heal them. A nurse from Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital organized the event to give nurses and family members close to COVID-19 patients a place to mourn and reflect on the time they spent with their patients. Nearly 20 participants gathered at the boat launch at 11 a.m. Nurses handed out sunflowers to the paddlers, and put signs on their kayaks and stand up paddle boards. One read, “Nurses are Earth angels.” They even organized acupuncture and hot stones services for the nurses after the paddle out. “It’s a little bit different for us nurses,” said Nichol Please see PADDLE on A6

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As Santa Barbara County prepares to expand its COVID-19 vaccination efforts, a new vaccine could soon be on the way. On Saturday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorization for the Johnson & Johnson singleshot COVID-19 vaccine. The EUA allows the vaccine to be distributed in the U.S. for use in individuals 18 years of age or older, according to the FDA. “The authorization of this vaccine expands the availability

of vaccines, the best medical prevention method for COVID-19, to help us in the fight against this pandemic, which has claimed over half a million lives in the United States,” Dr. Janet Woodcock, acting FDA commissioner, said in a statement. “The FDA, through our open and transparent scientific review process, has now authorized three COVID-19 vaccines with the urgency called for during this pandemic, using the agency’s rigorous standards for safety, effectiveness and manufacturing quality needed Please see vaccine on A6

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House passes COVID relief package By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The U.S. House of Representatives passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package late Friday night, with a 219 to 212 vote. None of the House Republicans voted for the bill, and two Democrats voted against it. The package is likely to fail in the Senate, due to the lack of any Senate Republican support for the inclusion of a federal minimum wage hike from $7.25 to $15 per hour. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, voted in support of the package. “The need for another round of COVID-19 relief resources has been apparent for months,” he said in a written statement. “Central Coast businesses have shuttered, workers have been laid off, and our children are falling behind in school. More families face eviction and food insecurity with each passing day.

The package is likely to fail in the Senate, due to the lack of any Senate Republican support for the inclusion of a federal minimum wage hike from $7.25 to $15 per hour. “State and local government representatives have told me they need more federal assistance to provide essential services and roll out vaccines. Today, I’m pleased to say more help is on the way.” The measure would include another $1,400 stimulus check for eligible recipients, along with additional financial support for small businesses, child care, rental assistance and vaccination efforts. “We are facing a once in a lifetime pandemic and the American Rescue Plan is a crucial investment that meets the moment,” Rep. Carbajal said. “This bill provides the critical

funding needed to distribute vaccines, safely reopen schools, keep small businesses afloat and lift Americans out of poverty. I’m glad we were able to deliver this critical assistance so we can get through this pandemic and back on our feet.” The Biden administration hopes a version of the bill will be passed by mid-March, before the current unemployment insurance benefits provided in an earlier relief package expires. Any adjustments to it would delay relief, sending it back to the House. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

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Small business grant program reopens for third time in Goleta By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The Santa Barbara Better Together Fund Small Business Grant Program is open for a third time in support of small businesses in the city of Goleta. The city received an additional $66,500, and in partnership with SBBT and the Santa Barbara Foundation, opened the grant program with March 8 as the application deadline for businesses. A maximum of $10,000 is available per grant to qualifying small businesses located within Goleta. “In these difficult times, I am pleased that the City Council was able to approve additional funds to continue supporting the Santa Barbara Better Together Fund Grant Program,”

said Goleta Mayor Paula Perotte. “Now is the time to support our local businesses, and we appreciate the help of organizations like the Santa Barbara Foundation to make these grants possible.” The grants can be used for items necessary to operate safely under current public health guidelines including, but not limited to, signage, personal protective equipment and items to accommodate outdoor seating. They can also be spent on rent and utilities, but the need must be related to lost income due to the pandemic. To learn more and/or apply, visit https://www.sbfoundation. org/covid-19-businesscommunity-resources/sbbtguidelines-goleta-english/. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

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Construction work is continuing on the new median bridge columns and the bridge span at the Evans Avenue undercrossing as part of the Highway 101 widening project in Carpinteria.

Spot fire shuts down railroad traffic SANTA BARBARA — Several small brush fires were reported Saturday afternoon along Highway 101 in the Santa Barbara area. Spot fires were reported between 5 and 5:30 p.m. in the area of 101 and Carrillo Street, Mission Street and Las Positas Road. Railroad traffic was shut down for a time, according to scanner traffic. A fire investigator was dispatched to the areas to determine the cause of the blazes. No injuries were reported. — Mitchell White

Closures planned for Highway 101 project CARPINTERIA — Several lane closures are planned this week as work continues on the Linden and Casitas Pass Highway 101 widening project in Carpinteria. From 8 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday, one northbound lane will be closed from North Padaro Lane to Sheffield Drive, as well as the onramps and offramps at Evans

ISLA VISTA — The Walter H. Capps Center at UCSB will present a virtual symposium on

indigenous peoples and the future of principled democracy. The discussion will explore the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which holds promise for protecting their places, traditions and life ways. With its benchmark standard

of “free, prior and informed consent,” the UNDRIP goes beyond disingenuous models of “consultation” that emerge from and reinforce asymmetrical power relations between Native nations and settler governments. The talk will begin at 4 p.m. on Thursday, and individuals

can register at https://ucsb. zoom.us/webinar/register/ WN_1tF1Xs6vTkGLWWQFy9AOJg>. This will follow the “Death, Dying and Medical Ethics in the Time of COVID” discussion on Monday at 7 p.m. — Grayce McCormick

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effort.” Construction work is continuing on the new median bridge columns and the bridge span at the Evans Avenue undercrossing. Over the next few weeks, in compliance with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife requirements related to bird nesting, crews will undertake pre-construction work to clear trees and vegetation so that construction can begin on the Padaro segment of the project. The project will add a new, third freeway lane in each direction and new bridges over Toro and Arroyo Parida creeks. At the South Padaro Lane Undercrossing, the bridge and on- and offramps will be replaced. At the North Padaro Lane Interchange, new on and offramp improvements will be built. There will also be three new sound walls built. The majority of work will occur in the median and near the South Padaro/Santa Claus Lane on- and offramps. Following construction, 108 new oak trees will be planted and the center median between Santa Claus and North Padaro lanes will feature the Blue Star Symbol and oak leaves as an update to the Memorial Oaks section to commemorate World War I service. Crews will continue work on southbound 101 and various ramps. Crews will continue regrading in preparation for ramp improvements for the Carpinteria and Linden avenues southbound offramps. Work will continue on foundation and posts for new signs, as well as clearing vegetation on the northbound side for the next stage of work. Work is also ongoing on the approach areas and safety barriers near Franklin and Santa Monica creek bridges. Also, crews will install underground supports for new wall sections on the south side of the 101 between Carpinteria and Santa Ynez avenues. Work will soon progress to building the wall footings and rebar installation. In addition, a landscaping contractor is working on new irrigation lines and is planting along southbound 101 between Linden Avenue and Casitas Pass Road.

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SANTA BARBARA — A female hiker was airlifted to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital on Saturday after suffering a lower leg injury near the summit of Arlington Peak above the city of Santa Barbara, authorities said. Initial reports came in around 12:20 p.m. The Santa Barbara County Fire Department responded with an Air Support helicopter, along with a ground ambulance and search and rescue personnel. The helicopter made contact with the patient, a woman in her mid-20s whose name was withheld, and a paramedic was lowered down and the patient was then hoisted up before being transported, said Capt. Daniel Bertucelli, fire spokesman. No other injuries were reported.

Avenue, Ortega Hill Road and Sheffield Drive, according to Caltrans officials. From 8 p.m. Monday to 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, one southbound lane will be close from Sheffield Drive to North Padaro Lane, which includes the onramps and offramps at Evans and Wallace avenues. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Thursday, the southbound onramps and offramps at Bailard Avenue and the onramp at Reynolds Avenue will be closed as needed. Cres will pave gore areas between the southbound lanes and highway ramps, and add a maintenance vehicle pullout at the onramp at Reynolds Avenue, officials said. The southbound onramp at Sheffield Drive will be closed for the duration of the project, with an anticipated reopening date set for 2023. The offramp at Sheffield Drive will be closed for up to 16 months and could reopen by the end of 2021. The offramp at Carpinteria Avenue will be closed for up to seven weeks and is expected to reopen on March 29. The offramp at Linden Avenue will be closed for five weeks as early as Monday through March 22. Temporary stop signs will be installed at the intersection of Sheffield Drive and North Jameson Lane for the duration of construction of the Summerland segment. Crews will install underground storm drains between Sheffield Drive and North Padaro Lane. Vegetation clearing will continue in preparation for upcoming improvements. Crews will remove old safety barriers from the median and then excavate old pavement and soil. Crews will also continue building footings, installing rebar and pouring concrete for columns, side supports and retaining walls for the new bridges in the median at the Sheffield Drive interchange. “As part of the longterm habitat and bird protection plan, biologists and arborists have removed old nests, installed visual deterrents, and will use auditory deterrents to discourage cormorant nesting within the construction area,” read a Caltrans news release. “This effort is to encourage the birds to nest outside the construction zone. At the end of the nesting season, the visual deterrents (beach-ball type balloons, flash tape, etc.) will be removed. Trees will remain as part of the longterm habitat. Biologists are on-site monitoring this

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Farmers market receives Local Food Hero Award By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The Santa Barbara Farmers Market was named the recipient of the Local Food Hero Award on Saturday morning as part of the 13th annual Community Seed Swap. The award was presented to Sam Edelman, general manager of the Santa Barbara Certified Farmers Market Association, during the weekly Saturday market in the Cota Street parking lot in Santa Barbara. After receiving an award certificate from the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Mr. Edelman, who is also a NewsPress columnist, thanked the group and the community who have helped the market continue to grow. “We are incredibly honored to receive this award,” he said. “It really is a testament of just how hard all of our local farmers work year in and year out to bring the community such wonderful food.” The local farmers market was one of the first 20 markets in the state, and has grown to be one of the most successful and highly

praised markets in California. “We have such an incredible local community that supports us rain or shine, year in and year out,” Mr. Edelman said. The award was given to recognize that more than 70% of the world’s food comes from small farms and gardens. It is given annually to outstanding individuals or groups that help strengthen the foundation of food security in the community, while also creating a vibrant local food economy. Some of the market’s earliest growers were in attendance for the event, including Randy Wade, Tom Shepherd and Robert “BD” Dautch. “This year, we thought the absolute, most important people that should be honored are the Santa Barbara Farmers Market and all the growers here who have kept us fed and nourished for decades — I think we take that for granted sometimes — through six markets at six different locations,” said Margie Bushman, co-founder of the SBPN. “They took us through a very difficult year and made sure we

were all fed and had the highest quality produce available,” she said. Wes Roe, the other co-founder of SBPN, said that the farmers market is currently the “most viable economic force on lower State.” “The Farmers Market has brought tourism, everything, down to lower State (Street) and the people,” he said. “When State Street has suffered so much, the farmers market has been so instrumental in drawing people here during COVID and I think we should honor that. “They have created an ecosystem through this farmers market that affects us all and it’s really important.” As the event wrapped up, Mayor Cathy Murillo congratulated the annual Seed Swap event and recognized Mr. Edelman for his work helping local growers. “I bow before you for all the good work you do,” she said. “You’re such a gentleman and what a presence that you have here. “Thank you for reminding us to eat our vegetables.” email: mwhite@newspress.com

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SELBERG, Kim Rene’ (Szafranski)

Kim Rene’ Selberg (Szafranski) passed away unexpectedly on Friday February 19th, 2021 at the young age of 65. She was born in Pomona, CA in 1955 and moved to Pasadena shortly after. In 1966 she moved to Santa Barbara where she attended San Marcos High School and met her future husband Jim. She graduated in 1973 and married her husband Jim in 1974. In 1973 she attended SBBC where she became a Secretary to Detectives at the SBSO until 1975. She then worked at Cottage Hospital until she moved to Ventura in 1985. In 1986 she worked at CMH as a Unit Secretary on the 5th Floor until her retirement in 2016. Since her retirement she has enjoyed many activities such as making flower pens, spending time with her Grandchildren and animals Roxy, Harley, Chloe, Toby, TB, Spunky, Deacon and Caine. She was a loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Friend. She is survived by her loving husband of 46 years Jim, Children-Kristina, Kelly, Daniel and Geniveve, Grandsons Weston and Travis. She will be reunited with her father Edwin, mother Jeannine and brother Mark. She will be greatly missed by many. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, March 4th at the Santa Barbara Cemetery at 3pm. In lieu of flowers you can make a donation to Hospice of Santa Barbara.

SEARS, Emilie McMinn

Emilie McMinn Sears (née Martin) was born in McGill, Nevada on February 23, 1932. She passed away peacefully on February 6, 2021 in San Diego, CA. Emilie’s family settled in Santa Barbara in 1946, where her parents James and Mary Martin owned the Busy Bee Cafe on State Street, and were pillars of the Greek Orthodox Community. Emilie attended SBHS where she served as Drum Majorette and, along with her brother Nick, built lifelong friendships. A highly accomplished businesswoman, Emilie’s uniqueness of character allowed her to flourish in several different careers, including in retail fashion merchandising and management (Macy’s, Kimo’s Polynesian Shop, and Diane’s in La Cumbre Plaza). Along with her first husband, Brooklyn Dodger Pitcher, Glenn McMinn, she traveled extensively to Triple A Ballparks, where they counted among their friends, Sparky Anderson, Sandy Koufax, and Joe Amalfitano. As many Santa Barbarans will remember, Emilie’s magnetic personality and professionalism proved to be the perfect match for a career in Real Estate. She listed and sold countless high-end properties throughout Santa Barbara and Montecito, with Sunset Company, Coldwell Banker, Village Properties, and Horizon Real Estate, which she co-owned with her business partner Sondra Buschman. In the 1990s, Emilie reconnected with Sondra’s brother, Jack Sears, whom she had known for many years, and would prove to be the love of her life. In 1998, Emilie and Jack traveled to the island of Rhodes, Greece, and were married by Emilie’s great uncle, a Greek Orthodox Priest. Alex Haimanis, longtime bartender at Harry’s Plaza Cafe served as the best man in their intimate ceremony. Upon their return, Jack and Emilie settled further into their roles as the proprietors of the Cafe Del Sol at the SB Bird Refuge. “The Cafe” was a favorite spot among locals and tourists alike, and as Emilie went from table to table greeting customers, Jack handled the day-to-day operations, and relished the opportunity to let her shine. Thanksgiving soon became a special time for family and customers alike, when in the early 2000s, Jack and Emilie began hosting a Thanksgiving Day Feast that they provided completely free of charge to those who would otherwise be without family (including The Cafe’s famous margaritas!). Emilie and Jack’s generosity was limitless, and their kindness was felt by all who experienced this special era at the Cafe Del Sol. In their later years, Emile and Jack relocated to San Diego to live with Jack’s sister Sondra. Jack Sears passed away in January 2019. May his memory be eternal. Emilie’s memory will live on through the many people whose lives she touched. She leaves behind her nieces Nikki Martin Van Winkle and Jamie Chamberlin, who was also her God-daughter and whom she helped raise. She will always be remembered by her sister Artis Chamberlin Pattison, and her brother Ted Martin and his wife Cynthia. May her memory be eternal! Rest in Peace dear Emilie, we will miss you always.

ZANINOVICH, Margaret Mary April 19, 1925 - February 25, 2021

Margaret M. Zaninovich left this world to join her husband and God on February 25, at home with her family, and at peace. At her request, do the math if you must know her age. She was born to Croatian immigrant parents from the Island of Hvar, Katina and Frank Surjak. Her parents arrived in America, married shortly thereafter, proudly attained citizenship, and spent the next years working diligently in the farming business. They instilled in their only child the virtues of love of country, hard work, humility and spirituality.

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RIFFERO, Emma Mary

02/27/1921 - 02/17/2021 With family at her side, Emma passed away peacefully at her home in Santa Barbara Calif. on February 17, 2021 ten days before her 100th birthday. Emma filled her life in its simplest of moments and the love she found there - her family. Emma was born in Dunsmuir, Calif. along with her twin sister Norma to parents Antonio and Maria Brun on February 27,1921. She is predeceased by her mother and father, twin sister Norma Peters, older sister Louise Golin, brother Guido Brun, and brother-in-law Richard Riffero. Emma is survived by her loving husband of 80 years, John H. Riffero. son John H Riffero II (Pamela), daughter Norma Jean Leifer (Vincent), and eight grandchildren John, Rochelle, Erin, Ashley, Leslie, Autumn, Erica, Emma Nadine, and her twelve great-grandchildren Jasmine, Justin, Dakota, Christian, Aiden, Elena, Evryn, Madeline, Bryn, Lily, Arianna, and Tobin, as well as, her brother-in-law Steve Riffero, and nephews Richard Riffero II, Fred Golin, and Michael Durbiano, nieces Deanne Peter-Pace and Marie Modler and cousin Sharon Ross. Emma was the first Executive Secretary of The United Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara. Emma volunteered for many local organizations including her church, Our Lady of Sorrows. In retirement she was an avid volunteer in her community and her children and grandchildren’s endeavors. Emma adored her family and is remembered for her delicious traditional Italian cooking and her famous patio barbecues. She was a model of resilience, devotion, selflessness and unconditional love. As the matriarch, Emma’s legacy lives on in her family. She will be missed immensely but will always be with us deep in our hearts. We are grateful for the International Caregivers Corp. and especially to Vicky Jallores who has been lovingly devoted to Emma and an excellent caregiver. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Santa Barbara Meals on Wheels, VNA Health on Gutierrez St., and the United Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara. These were all dear to Emma’s heart. Due to the Covid Pandemic immediate family will gather privately.

ROMERO, Bernice Jean June 24th, 1940 - February 7th, 2021

It is with great sadness and broken hearts that we mourn the passing of Bernice, a loving wife, mother, grammie, aunt, sister, and dear friend to many. She was called by her Lord and entered into eternal Heavenly Rest, after a six-year battle with the non-curable Alzheimer’s sickness. Bernice was surrounded by loved ones during her final days. Bernice was the third of five children born to Robert and Emma Lopez. Robert predeceased Bernice in passing. Robert was always called Daddy by Bernice, who always held a deep intense love for him throughout her life. Bernice attended schooling in Montecito and Santa Barbara and graduated from Santa Barbara High School. After High School she went to work as a waitress in Santa Barbara for a period of time, before enrolling at Santa Barbara Business College, from which she graduated with a Business Degree. She left from that and settled into an enjoyable job at Firestone Vineyards. She was employed at Firestone’s for eleven years before retiring. She totally enjoyed working for the Firestone Family, an employer of merit. She was a people person and enjoyed her exposure and dealings with vintners domestic and foreign. Bernice had many interests and talents, she enjoyed working in her flower garden, she was a remarkable seamstress, able to sew any item that she choose, also was very good at working with her hands in making many items of interest for herself, family and friends. Bernice is survived by Ron, her husband of 56 years, three granddaughters, Samantha, Jessica and Briana, they were her baby girls from childhood to adulthood and had absolute love from their “Grammie,” daughter Amanda, Nieces Cindy, Lisa and Janice, four siblings, a sister, three brothers and her mother. The family wishes to thank all those who assisted in her care during her battle with Alzheimer’s. Her three Baby Girls, Niece Cindy/David Menegon, Niece Lisa/Ken De St. Jean, Lorette/Ned Payne, Brother Michael/Mona Lopez. She always called for “Mikey” when she needed assurance on matters and he always made himself available when called upon through conversation and visits. The hired caregivers who took care of her daily living necessities, Christie Bobbitt, April Noriega, and Lisa Morales all provided understanding and patience in their care with Bernice. Fountain Square, Memory Care where she was a resident at time of passing and Hospice.

Schooled in Fresno in early years, Margaret attended Bakersfield High School and Bakersfield Junior College, living in nearby Arvin. In 1950, she married Martin J. Zaninovich, moved to the home they built together in Delano that still remains the family home, and raised a family. Margaret was righteously disciplined in the management of her home, taking that career (and the raising of her three children) very seriously. An omnipresent force and companion to her Martin, her velvet hammer approach provided an enviable partnership in their long and unparalleled happy life together.

Due to restrictions from Covid 19, no formal services will be held at this time. With a Celebration of Life at a later date.

Never forgetting her humble roots, Margaret continually gave back, both civically and by quietly serving the needs of others. A member of Arvin’s Entre Nous Society, she participated in Delano’s St. Mary’s Catholic Church and Altar Society, President of St. Mary’s Educational School Board, the Henrietta Weill Child Guidance Clinic, Delano Women’s Club, California Women for Agriculture, and longtime member of the Bakersfield Country Club. Her proudest professional moment was being removed from her children’s parochial school board for opposing the presence of religion books that were political in nature. Taking on the Catholic Church neither intimidated nor deterred her mission. The books were removed from the curriculum. She served on the board of Jasmine Vineyards, Inc. for 30 years, occupying a seat not usually reserved in those early years for wives of founders. Martin afforded all women, and most especially his Margaret, the highest of respect and esteem.

A loving, wise, warmhearted and positively happy man, Bernard Charles Parent passed away on February 11, 2021.

Margaret practiced “farm to table” and “sustainability” long before such terms were coined. She fed a goodly portion of Delano with her annual vegetable garden of tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers and squash (the seeds of which she propagated from her Croatian relatives) and spent the fall months pickling, making Alacante jelly and syrup, and perfecting her Ribier grape pie, a recipe she finally shared with the table grape industry. She demonstrated for her children the disciplines of hands-on and doit-yourself, all the while remaining stately, beautifully coiffed, and an unabashed lover of “pretty things” and shoes. She shall long be remembered and loved as a beacon of strength cloaked in elegance. After 61 years in Delano, Margaret and Martin lived with their eldest daughter Katina in Santa Barbara, though Margaret never truly admitted to being permanently gone from the Delano house. Katina’s unmatched loving care provided the perfect ending to this storybook marriage, which ended with Martin’s death in 2014. With the help of the Angeles sisters and their extended family, Margaret was well loved and cared for by Katina in a manner most befitting her. She is survived by her children Katina Zaninovich, Sonya Cesari (Paul), and Jon P. Zaninovich; four adored grandchildren, John and Katharine Etsell, and Eleni and Sophia Zaninovich; loyal sisters-in-law Winifred Pandol and Audrey Zaninovich, many loving nieces and nephews, as well as lifelong dear friend, Sonja Ducato. Internment will take place at Delano’s North Kern Cemetery. Memorial contributions appreciatively suggested to Santa Barbara Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care (VNA Health), 509 East Montecito Street, Suite 200, Santa Barbara, California 93103.

BOLTON, Lillian W.

Lillian W. Bolton, 95, of Santa Barbara passed away peacefully on February 4th, 2021 at Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital in Santa Barbara. She is survived by her son Jim Bolton and his wife Blanca of Solvang, son Ken Bolton of Ventura and five grandchildren. Her husband Foster preceded her in death in 2017 as did her daughter Martha (Marti) in 2018. Lil met Foster Bolton during World War 2 when she was working at a local USO in her native Illinois and Foster was in the U.S. Army Air Force stationed nearby. She dated Foster, a Vermonter, off and on until they married in 1948, after which they moved into Foster’s parents’ farm in Vermont. Lil and Foster eventually left Vermont and moved to Massachusetts. Foster worked as an engineer for Raytheon and Lil was an Avon lady for many years while raising three children. Foster got a job transfer to Raytheon in Santa Barbara and moved the family there in 1969. Lil was a fantastic organizer with a wonderfully logical mind for record keeping which landed her a job as a bookkeeper at Henry Levy’s furniture store, followed later by a job at Garrett’s furniture, both in Santa Barbara. Lil and Foster faithfully attended the First Baptist Church of Santa Barbara for many years but eventually moved north to Los Altos where Foster started a new engineering job. Lil attended business classes at a local community college there and as a result became well known on campus for her delicious coconut bread when the business department of the college put on a student-made-goods sale. Her breads all sold out in record time and the only complaint received was that she didn’t have more to sell. After Foster retired in 1993, they moved back to Santa Barbara to a house in Buellton where they remained for the rest of their lives. They attended the Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church until they were not physically able to. Lil joined a women’s Bible study group and met with them regularly for over 12 years. She cherished talking and being with friends and family and nothing pleased her more than when her entire family and loved ones were gathered together. She truly loved all her children and grandchildren and they all loved her. What will be terribly missed was her wonderful sense of humor and the way she had of including everyone in a conversation by making each person feel an important part of it. She also had a wonderful talent for gift buying, a talent she honed as a young housewife and mother to her three children. She was also beloved for her skill at writing custom rhymes and poems, creating dozens of personalized mementos for many people. She enjoyed “stamping” as well, making her own cards using the large selection of rubber stamps she accumulated over the years, mailing them to family and friends who always had tremendous appreciation for her amazing talents. Her family is enormously grateful to Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital and to Cliff View Terrace assisted living facility for the care and compassion offered to her throughout her entire stay at each. Everyone there adored her, as she did them. They did an outstanding job of keeping her safe, happy and healthy. In lieu of flowers, donations to either of these wonderful care facilities is appreciated.

PARENT, Bernard Charles

Born April 22, 1930, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Bernie graduated from the University of Manitoba with a degree in chemistry when the periodic table only had 12 elements. Growing up, Bernie was athletic, playing hockey in high school and college basketball for the University of Manitoba Bisons. He was left handed and well known for his one-hand push shot. He made his way to San Francisco where he met the love of his life and future wife, Rosemary. The two married and moved to Santa Barbara to raise a family, and were blessed with two daughters: Mary and Alexandra. Bernie was a collector of wisdom — both through his own experiences, and through the experiences of others, and he loved to share that knowledge. One of his favorite books was “The Art of Living” based upon the theories of the Greek philosopher, Epictetus. He was known for his warm and enthusiastic personality that instantly enchanted those who met him. When people asked how he was, Bernie would always reply with: “I’m happy.” He embraced life, saw the best in everything and was perpetually upbeat — an approach to life which always inspired others. One of Bernie’s passions was serving on the Board of the Alexander House, a nonprofit foundation which offers financial assistance for fixed-income seniors in Santa Barbara. He loved working as a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley, his employer for more than 50 years. At the age of 90 Bernie was still going strong; he had special, long-lasting, relationships with his work colleagues and clients and he considered many family. Bernard is survived by his beloved wife Rosemary Parent, his devoted daughters Mary Parent (son-in-law Javier Chapa) and Alexandra Parent. His optimism and fervor for life were contagious, and will live on with his memory. In the words of Epictetus: “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the The Alexander House Foundation, P.O. Box 22508, Santa Barbara, California, 93121.

In Memory JON GATHERCOLE July 11, 1948 - March 1, 2019 His legacy: He made us smile, He made us laugh, He made us happy. Let us resolve to make others happy, to keep Jon’s legacy alive. Jon’s legacy survives in our hearts and through his Bright Star Foundation at www.BrightStarGives.com

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Downtown Santa Barbara announces community awards By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Community leaders gathered last week virtually for the 2021 Downtown Santa Barbara’s annual awards ceremony. The event honors noteworthy recipients in various categories for their contributions to the organization’s mission: to champion Santa Barbara’s downtown district and the businesses therein, according to a news release. The Santa Barbara Foundation received the Citizen of the Year award in recognition of its work in providing financial relief through grants to individuals, nonprofit organizations and other businesses in need. “We’re a community foundation and our job is to harness collective wisdom but also to mobilize philanthropic capital and that’s what we did by partnering with so many people in the community, so all of the honor today really goes out to the many many people that we work with on a daily basis,” shared Jackie Carrera, CEO of the Santa Barbara Foundation. “It goes to our donors and it goes to all of the leaders in the business community and the non-profits who are doing that work every day.” The Santa Barbara AIA Design Charette received the George Gerth Volunteer of the Year Award for its work mobilizing the minds and creativity of more than 200 design professionals and 16 teams to reimagine and reenvision the downtown area. The Economic Development Collaborative was awarded the Business Champion of the Year, as the organization fielded hundreds of calls daily supporting businesses to navigate the challenges of the pandemic, apply for grants and loans and organized business task

forces and resources biweekly to connect and distribute resources to local partners. The Entrepreneur of the Year Award was presented to Brandon Ristaino and Misty Orman of Good Lion Hospitality. Mr. Ristaino and Ms. Orman own hospitality businesses and bars in the downtown area, including Good Lion Cocktail Bar, Test Pilot, Shaker Mill and the newly opened Venus in Furs. “We feel incredibly honored, excited and stoked,” shared Mr. Ristaino. “After the dumpster fire of 2020, this award couldn’t be any sweeter. It was the most challenging year in our professional life by far and we couldn’t be more excited.” The Harriet Miller Youth Leadership Award was presented to Dorienne Larbig, of San Marcos High School, in recognition of her leadership and community service. She logged more than 590 hours of community services and has maintained an above ‘A’ grade point average. The young leader used her love of the ocean to create a campaign called Mylar Mistake to educate the community on the hazardous impacts of Mylar balloon plastic pollution on the environment. Now-former Santa Barbara Police Chief Lori Luhnow received recognition for her years of service. In her acceptance speech, Ms. Luhnow said she was “glad that this year has proven the theory that public safety is a shared responsibility” and that many of the recent collaborations highlight what is needed to keep the community safe and resilient for future success. The 2021 awards ceremony was presented by Southern California Edison. email: mwhite@newspress.com

LOCAL FIVE-DAY FORECAST TODAY

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TUESDAY

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Sunshine and patchy clouds

INLAND

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

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68 35

64 34

67 33

71 35

66 38

66 45

61 43

62 42

62 43

COASTAL

Pismo Beach 63/41

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Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Maricopa 70/43

Guadalupe 62/36

Santa Maria 65/37

Vandenberg 58/41

New Cuyama 65/27 Ventucopa 61/32

Los Alamos 65/34

Buellton 64/30

Solvang 65/30

Gaviota 60/41

SANTA BARBARA 66/38 Goleta 65/37

Carpinteria 63/45 Ventura 66/50

AIR QUALITY KEY Good Moderate

Source: airnow.gov Unhealthy for SG Very Unhealthy Unhealthy Not Available

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Santa Barbara through 6 p.m. yesterday

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76/43 64/45 85 in 1976 30 in 1961

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

0.00” Trace (3.83”) 6.23” (12.63”)

City Cuyama Goleta Lompoc Pismo Beach Santa Maria Santa Ynez Vandenberg Ventura

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

70/41/s 59/33/s 39/17/s 57/25/s 61/53/s 68/39/s 71/40/s 52/39/s 67/42/s 72/50/s 38/16/s 65/37/s 63/42/s 70/34/s 68/43/s 68/44/s 69/48/s 69/46/s 71/47/s 67/31/s 66/38/s 71/46/s 65/45/s 67/41/s 67/39/s 69/46/s 43/18/s

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 68/31/s 67/43/s 67/40/s 63/42/s 68/38/s 68/35/s 62/44/s 67/45/s

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POINT ARENA TO POINT PINOS

Wind northeast 7-14 knots becoming northwest today. Waves 2-4 feet; south-southwest swell 3-6 feet at 16 seconds. Visibility clear.

POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO

Wind northeast 7-14 knots becoming northwest today. Waves 2-4 feet; south-southwest swell 3-6 feet at 16 seconds. Visibility clear.

SANTA BARBARA HARBOR TIDES Date Time High Time Feb. 28

9:52 a.m. 10:49 p.m. March 1 10:38 a.m. 11:24 p.m. March 2 11:31 a.m. none

5.6’ 4.7’ 5.1’ 4.9’ 4.4’

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LAKE LEVELS

0.9’ -0.6’ 0.7’ -0.1’ 0.6’ 0.4’

AT BRADBURY DAM, LAKE CACHUMA 75/40/s 66/34/s 49/19/s 61/26/s 61/48/s 67/40/s 73/35/s 52/37/pc 73/41/s 72/48/s 39/17/s 70/39/s 62/43/s 66/37/s 65/45/s 70/39/s 68/44/s 72/47/s 73/47/s 67/31/s 68/40/s 70/46/s 63/46/s 67/41/s 66/39/s 69/44/s 46/21/pc

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

Wind northwest 6-12 knots today. Waves 2-4 feet with a west-northwest swell 3-5 feet at 12 seconds. Visibility clear.

TIDES

LOCAL TEMPS Today Hi/Lo/W 65/27/s 65/37/s 64/34/s 63/41/s 65/37/s 66/30/s 58/41/s 66/50/s

MARINE FORECAST

SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL

64/47/r 47/15/c 37/22/s 52/41/sh 47/24/s 70/54/sh 84/71/pc 25/16/s 50/22/c 51/25/pc 71/47/s 55/37/c 52/29/s 45/28/s 53/37/c 54/28/c

At Lake Cachuma’s maximum level at the point at which water starts spilling over the dam holds 188,030 acre-feet. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, equivalent to the amount of water consumed annually by 10 people in an urban environment. Storage 122,606 acre-ft. Elevation 726.42 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 11.5 acre-ft. Inflow 21.2 acre-ft. State inflow 0.0 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. -90 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

SUN AND MOON Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset

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WORLD CITIES

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Mar 21

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Gauchos go cold in Riverside to suffer first loss of 2021 By MARK PATTON NEWS-PRESS SENIOR WRITER

UCSB will have to wait another week to celebrate a men’s basketball championship. The Gauchos’ school-record, 13-game winning streak came to a dead halt with a 68-52 defeat at UC Riverside on Saturday. UCSB (17-4, 11-3 Big West Conference) still leads secondplace UC Irvine (14-8, 8-4) by two games in the league standings with just two regular-season games remaining at home on Friday and Saturday against lastplace Cal Poly. The Gauchos, who hadn’t lost since their 73-69 setback at UC Irvine on Dec. 28, suffered a complete breakdown. They shot only 36.5%, had just six assists with 16 turnovers, and were out-rebounded 37-32. They are 15-0 win they win the battle of the boards and 2-4 when they don’t. The 52 points were the fewest UCSB has scored all year. Riverside’s Zyon Pullin, whose missed layup in the closing seconds enabled the Gauchos to escape overtime on Friday, got his redemption on Saturday with a game-high 21 points. The Highlanders improved to 11-7 overall and 6-4 in the Big West. The Gauchos struggled to get started, missing their first eight shots and committing a turnover during the first four minutes. Riverside made just two of its first eight attempts. UCSB finally got untracked on Amadou Sow’s hook shot off Devearl Ramsey’s pass with 15:21 left in the first half. JaQuori McLaughlin scored underneath off a high-post pass from Destin Barnes the next time downcourt. Sow and McLaughlin led the Gauchos with 17 points apiece. But Ajare Sanni, the Gauchos’ third-leading scorer on the season, and fellow guard Josh Pierre-Louis did not make the trip because of illness and “an abundance of caution” (with the COVID-19 pandemic), according to a university statement. The Gauchos never led, but they did get as close as 10-8 after two more baskets by Sow. A three-pointer by Wil Tattersall triggered a 9-2 run which put the Highlanders ahead 19-10. Ramsey scored a runner, Sow converted a three-point play off McLaughlin’s pass, and Ramsey found him again for a layup as UCSB stayed within seven points, 24-17. But the Gauchos went back into the deep freeze, making just

Record round at La Cumbre suggests Tiger’s tale isn’t over yet Tiger Woods, then an 18-yearold senior at Western High School, thinks about his next shot while playing in the 1994 CIF-Southern Section Individual Golf Championships at Santa Barbara’s La Cumbre Country Club. Woods shot a 66 to break both the course and CIF Tournament records.

UCSB still leads second-place UC Irvine by two games in the league standings with just two regular-season games remaining at home on Friday and Saturday against last-place Cal Poly. one of seven shots — Ramsey’s three — during the last 5½ minutes of the half. Pullin pulled the Highlanders farther ahead by scoring four quick points. Flynn Cameron ended the period with a long three as UCR entered halftime with a 34-20 lead. Riverside shot just 40.8% in the first half, but UCSB made just 28.1%. Sow sank 5-of-9 shots and the rest of the Gauchos were just 4-of-23. Sow, however, got into quick foul trouble during the second half and scored just one more point in the next 10 minutes. McLaughlin, who made only 1-of-7 shots in the first half, made 6-of-8 in the second half while scoring 15 of his 17 points. He brought the Gauchos to life by converting a jumper and a driving, three-point play during the first two minutes of the period. But the Highlanders’ George Willborn III stripped the ball from him two minutes later to score a layup and key an 8-1 run that increased their margin to 18, 45-27, with 13:50 remaining. McLaughlin and Ramsey, who both rank among the nation’s top-two playmakers in assist-toturnover ratio, combined for nine turnovers on Saturday. UCSB finally found the range from three with back-toback bombs by Sékou Touré and Ramsey. An alley-oop dunk by Robinson Idehen off McLaughlin’s lob capped an 8-0 run that reduced UCR’s lead to 45-35. The Gauchos were still within 10 with 11:41 left, but each of their next three possessions disintegrated with a turnover. The Highlanders seized the opportunity with a 7-0 run and were never threatened again. email: mpatton@newspress.com

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merica has always loved a good comeback story. It’s why places like the Alamo and Pearl Harbor get such prominent play in our history books. You can’t have a comeback without first having a comedown. And that’s why America is rooting so hard again for Tiger Woods. There is something oddly satisfying about the humanness of a fallen hero. But there’s also nothing more enthralling than the super-humanness of the hero who gains redemption. We never cheered for Tiger more than after he won the 2019 Masters — 14 years, four back surgeries, and several personal downfalls after his last triumphant walk off the 18th green at Augusta National. There’s no guarantee he’ll walk normally again after Tuesday’s car accident left him with a mangled right leg and ankle. But I wouldn’t bet against another redux for the 45-year-old Woods. Athletes like Tiger are at their best in the challenge of a hunt. He suggested as much more than a quarter-century ago, on the eve of the 1994 CIFSouthern Section Individual Golf Championships at Santa Barbara’s La Cumbre Country Club. “I love the competition, there are no ifs, ands or buts about it,” Tiger said. “I’m just one of those people who loves to compete. If I didn’t have that, I’d try to find it someplace else.” When asked to name which part

of his game played best — His doesn’t walk around like he’s the irons? His putter? His woods? — greatest thing in the world.” he said none of the above. Not on campus, perhaps. But “I’d say it’s the mental side,” he walked every golf course as Tiger replied. “I can hit though he owned it. the ball a long way — I San Marcos High had tend to hit it crooked its own wunderkind at every now and then, and the time in freshman I can bail myself out — Michael Chavez. He had but I think it has to do just won the Channel with the mental side. League Individual “I’m very tough and I Championship and he don’t let a lot of things would soon become the get to me. And I think youngest player to ever MARK PATTON that’s a big bonus.” win the Santa Barbara Woods, a high school City Championship. senior at the time, was Chavez started the already a media sensation. He’d 1994 CIF Tournament strong, already played in four PGA Tour birdieing No. 8 and No. 9 to finish events and had won three U.S. the front nine at two-under-par. Junior Amateurs. But he still But Woods, who began the wanted to represent Western High tournament on the back nine, was School at the La Cumbre Country tearing up La Cumbre like no one Club. ever had. He birdied four of the Ted Oh of Torrance High, first six holes he played. the 1992 CIF champion, had Palm Desert High was skipped the 1994 event to play in represented in the event by Bryan a U.S. Open qualifier. But Tiger Geiberger, son of the first golfer closed the door on his own Open to shoot a 59 in a PGA event. opportunity. It would’ve meant Spectators began whispering missing his high school graduation about Tiger’s challenge to Al that same week. Geiberger’s feat when he rammed “Luckily, Tiger came in with in another birdie putt at the 17th a good head on his shoulders,” to finish his first nine holes with a Western High coach Don Crosby 5-under 30. explained. “I’ve always just tried That talk grew even louder after to treat Tiger like one of the kids, Tiger dropped in another birdie period. And we’ve tried to make at No. 1 to put his score at minus-6. sure — and I know he and his He turned mortal, however, on family have tried to make sure — the 522-yard sixth hole when he that, on campus, he was just Tiger hooked his drive out of bounds. He Woods. took a double-bogey seven to drop “And so I think he’s led a really to 4-under. normal high school life. The kids “I hit my driver three times know who he is and they look up to today, all on the front side, and him, but he’s just Tiger Woods. He I hooked all three,” he would

lament after all was done. Tiger scored one more birdie at the par-3 seventh. He barely missed another on his final hole — the ninth — when his six-foot putt lipped the cup. But it remained one of the most amazing displays of golf ever played in this town. “With Tiger Woods in the tournament, I knew the winning score would be under par,” said Chavez, whose 70 put him in a three-way tie for second, “but I didn’t think it would be 66.” That 66 set both a course and CIF Tournament record — and left Tiger hungry for something better. “I’ve never seen this course before, but I think it’s great,” Woods said afterward. “I liked the way the greens rolled. They got a little spiked-up toward the end because they dried out. “My score could have been a lot lower. I missed a lot of putts. You have to watch out for the grain on the greens. They can fool you.” He didn’t flinch when asked if there was fool’s gold in the high expectations that were getting stoked by the media. “My expectations are so high no matter what anybody else expects, it’s going to be less than what I expect of myself,” Tiger replied. “So that’s a big bonus. Plus, I really don’t give a darn what they think.” And that’s probably still true to this day, even with a right leg held together by a rod and some screws. email: mpatton@newspress.com

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Gauchos sweep double header against Pepperdine By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

A late-inning rally in the opener and a stellar pitching performance helped the UCSB baseball team take both games against Pepperdine on Saturday at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. The Gauchos (5-1), who haven’t lost since their season opener against Santa Clara, was able to rally from down 5-0 in Game 1. Pepperdine’s Billy Cook hit a grand slam in the top half of the third, but the Gauchos came roaring back to tie the game at 5 just an inning later. Marcos Castanon hit an RBI single to open the scoring, followed by a two-run single by Cole Cummings. Jason Willow followed with an RBI single before scoring on a wild pitch to tie the game. Pepperdine (1-5) took the lead again in the seventh on a run-scoring groundout, but the Gauchos scored four times in the bottom of the eighth, capped off by a tworun single by Steele Ledford, to secure the win. In Game 2, Rodney Boone was spectacular, tossing six innings of nohit baseball, allowing three walks and striking out six. Ryan Harvey worked the final three innings to pick up his first save of the season.

Christian Kirtley went 3-4 in Game 2 and drove in two, including an RBI single in the fourth and a run-scoring double in the sixth. The two teams will wrap up their series at 1 p.m. today at Pepperdine. WESTMONT 10, Azusa Pacific 9 (14 innings) Parker O’Neil’s run-scoring bunt single in the top of the 14th proved to be the difference maker on Saturday, as the Warriors outlasted Azusa Pacific to take Game 1 of the doubleheader. After allowing Azusa Pacific to overcome a four-run deficit late, O’Neil was able to get the eventual winning run home on a ball that didn’t even leave the infield. In the 14th, Daniel Netz reached on a bunt single, Alex Stufft reached on a throwing error by the Cougars’ pitcher before O’Neil’s RBI bunt. Westmont (10-4) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first as Thomas Rudinsky went yard. Azusa Pacific (1-1) tied the game in the third courtesy of a throwing error by the Warriors. Andrew Bayard’s two-run homer in the fourth made it 4-2, and the lead grew to 6-2 following a sacrifice fly by John Jensen.

Westmont took a 9-5 lead in the seventh courtesy of a two-run single by Netz followed by an RBI double by Stufft. The Cougars scored twice in the seventh to draw closer, and Aaron Roose’s two-out, two-run single tied the game until the 14th. Game 2 action was ongoing as of deadline on Saturday. MEN’S BASKETBALL

WESTMONT 114, HOPE INTERNATIONAL 74 The Warriors pulled into a first place tie with Vanguard in the Golden State Athletic Conference standings with Saturday’s win over the Royals. With the victory, Westmont and Vanguard are Co-GSAC West Regular Season Champions, though Vanguard holds the tiebreaker courtesy of a 2-1 head-to-head record and gets the automatic berth into the NAIA National Championships. The Warriors will now seek an at-large tournament bid, with the brackets set to be announced on Thursday. On Saturday, Ajay Singh tallied 23 points and 18 rebounds to lead the Warriors in both categories. He also notched six blocks, which ties for second in Westmont history, two fewer than Evan

Haines’ eight blocks in 2010. Cade Roth produced 21 points, eight assists, four rebounds and two blocks while Jared Brown tallied 20 points, five rebounds and seven assists. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

UCSB 83, RIVERSIDE 76 The Gauchos (6-12, 6-8 Big West Conference) celebrated Senior Night at the Thunderdome in style on Saturday, as they earned their fourth win in a row. Doris Jones, who scored 22 in the Gauchos win over Riverside on Friday night, was magnificent on Saturday. She scored a game-high 35 points, sinking 12 of her 17 shot attempts. She added 10 rebounds, including five offensive and five defensive boards. Danae Miller added 17 points and three assists in the win. UCSB shot 52% from the field in the win, and held Riverside to just 39% shooting in the contest. The Gauchos led by as many as 17 points on Saturday. SOFTBALL

UCSB 7, SAN DIEGO 3 (8 innings) The Gauchos earned their first victory of the 2021 season, scoring four runs in the top of the eighth to defeat the Toreros on Saturday. Junior Emily Schuttish pitched all eight

innings, including seven shutout innings, earning her first win of the year. She allowed eight hits and struck out three. Madelyn McNally, Rayna Cohen and Ashley Donaldson all finished 3-5 at the plate. Donaldson had three RBIs on the day. The Gauchos head up north next weekend to take on Cal, BYU, and Stanford at the Stanford Classic. The team will play a pair of games on Friday and Saturday before a single game against the Cardinal on March 7. Live stats will be available on UCSBGauchos.com. MEN’S TENNIS

UCSB 5, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 2 UCSB claimed five of six singles matches on Saturday to earn its first win of the season. In singles play, Joseph Guillin swept past Diego Nava, 6-3, 6-2, while Victor Krustev won his second match of the season with a 6-3, 6-0 win over John Bryan Otico. Joey Rotheram defeated Emin Torlic, 6-4, 6-4, before Alejandro Verdi clinched singles with a 7-6, 6-2 win over Thien Nguyen. The Gauchos (1-1) will return to action Friday when they host the University of Arizona. email: mwhite@newspress.com

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Clark, the clinical resource nurse at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital who organized the event. “We spend way more time with the patients than we’re used to spending. We’ll take care of someone for four weeks to six weeks and we learn to love them. “We become their surrogate family because no visitors are coming in and when we lose them…” Ms. Clark told the News-Press that hospitals’ privacy laws make nurses unable to talk about their patients, and when they lose someone to COVID-19, they don’t have an outlet to discuss their sorrow. Even when it comes to nurses’ spouses or family members, Ms. Clark said it’s hard for them to listen to the sad stories every night. Her goal for the paddle out was to celebrate and mourn those patients. “Imagine you’re taking care of someone 40 hours a week for six weeks in a row and you’re responsible for every breath and you’re responsible to make sure they take that next breath after their last breath,” she said. “There’s nowhere for that grief to go. We don’t have a way to say goodbye to these people.” In addition, Ms. Clark said the paddle out serves as a way to let the families of the patients know that they’re thinking of them, even though they can’t mourn with them. “We just wanted to find a way to say goodbye and let the families know that their people mattered

A group of several nurses, community members and family members who lost loved ones to COVID-19 paddled out into the harbor Saturday morning.

to us,” she said. Peggy Mathis attended the paddle out to mourn those lost and let the nurses know she’s rooting for them. “We are here to support nurses who have gone through such hard times when they lose their patients,” she told the News-Press. “They become so attached to their patient that it’s like family to them, and it’s just been so traumatic for the nurses, so we’re here to honor them today.” Stand up paddle boards and kayaks were donated to the paddlers by Paddle Sports. Luisa Hyatt, one of the owners, said

seven paddle boards and three kayaks were donated. “It was an easy thing to do,” she told the News-Press. “The owner group of Paddle Sports was like, ‘Absolutely, have them fill waivers out and off they go.’” Ms. Hyatt said the event was organized mere days ago. “They’ve been holding so much, these nurses, and they just knew they got to a point where they needed to be able to come together in a way that was away from the hospital arena, and what better way to be out on the water?” the owner said. “They need to learn how to replenish themselves.

They’re giving so much right now for our community.” She addressed the group of nurses and family members as they set out on the water, saying, “So all you nurses who are absolutely unbelievable in what you’ve been holding for our community: We are so grateful. From those of us who are not walking in your shoes and not in there seeing what you’re seeing and holding all the emotions and mental capacity of what you guys are holding — thank you. Let the ocean heal you today.” email: gmccormick@newspress.com

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our community and for how he inspired the most powerful.” “I loved the way he gave you all of his heart and all of the twinkles in his eyes when he spoke to you, no matter who you were,” she said in an email. “I love how he brought people together who agreed upon nothing besides their love and respect for him.” Father Hedges, who played a key role in helping form the Isla Vista Community Services District, was the victim of an attack at his home in 2016 by a UCSB student. “And so loving him the way I do I was personally horrified when he became the crime victim of a brutal beating but not the least bit surprised when he forgave his attacker and asked us to do the same,” Ms. Dudley said. “To say I will miss Father Jon is an understatement because as mighty as he was he will leave a permanent hole in my heart.” First District Supervisor Das

Williams took to Facebook last week to remember the late Father Hedges. “I must have been 14 the first time I met Father Jon. I was a disciple of science and held faith in distain,” he wrote. “I am not sure that I ever could have come to believe without seeing an example of someone who lived their values. His work for the homeless, for Isla Vista, for St. Athanasius, and as chaplain for the Sheriff’s Department showed a giving, gentle spirit that complemented his strong convictions.” Sheriff Bill Brown issued the following statement to the NewsPress. “Father Jon was a longserving volunteer Chaplain for the Sheriff’s Office. He had a ubiquitous presence in Isla Vista and a deep and abiding love for others, especially the less fortunate who struggle for things we so often take for granted in this life: a clear and sober thought, a

place to live, a meal to eat, a hot shower, treatment for a worsening ailment, a person to talk to, somebody to allay our fears, someone to love. “He selflessly dedicated his life to three noble endeavors: helping those impacted by tough circumstances, misfortune, bad choices or calamity; supporting, nurturing and fortifying first responders who are called to help others; and serving God by doing those first two with such devotion, kindness and grace. He touched many lives and will always be fondly remembered.” Father Hedges was married to Khouria Melissa Hedges and was the father of Ben Hedges (Viktoria) and Sarah Brasel (Zach) and grandfather to Sydney, Cole, Ethan, Noah, Luke and Elias. His hobbies included hiking, fishing and playing folk music. Services are pending. email: mwhite@newspress.com

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to support emergency use authorization.” In announcing the new vaccine, Johnson & Johnson said that its vaccine was shown to be 66% effective in preventing moderate and severe disease in a global Phase 3 trial, but 85% effective against severe disease. The preliminary statement says the vaccine was 72% efficacious in preventing COVID-19 in the U.S. population, but only 57% efficacious in preventing COVID-19 in South Africa, where a new mutation, B.1.351, is now the dominant virus strain. The vaccine requires only one shot, and can be stored in a refrigerator for three months and stay viable under those conditions. Johnson & Johnson has produced 7 million doses as of Friday, and is slated to have 30 million by the end of April. “Providing the FDA EUA is granted in mid-February, I am excited to see another vaccine to become available in the near future,” Dr. Henning Ansorg, Santa Barbara County’s public health officer, told the News-Press last month. “The simplicity of the one shot regimen and the less complicated storage requirements will make it a preferred vaccine option for certain situations (smaller practices, use in mobile units to reach out to homeless or other vulnerable populations where a follow up for the second dose can be difficult to guarantee).” As discussed by local health officials on Friday, the state anticipates getting 380,000 initial doses of the J&J vaccine, which would then be distributed to the county. It was unclear

approximately how many vaccines the county would be allotted. The newly approved vaccine comes just one day after the county announced expanding its vaccination efforts for residents in the county’s Phase 1B. Starting Monday, appointments will be available to Santa Barbara County residents that are emergency services workers, grocery workers, and Phase 1A health care workers. Additional outreach for separate clinics for educators and childcare, and the agricultural and food industry are also taking place at clinics next week. According to health officials, approximately 2,800 total firstdose appointments will be available at vaccination sites in Santa Barbara and Santa Maria. Starting Monday morning, eligible residents that are in emergency services, grocery and Phase 1A health care workers can schedule an appointment at https://publichealthsbc.org/ covid-19-vaccine-appointmentregistration/. Appointments will only be available beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, officials said. Those who are eligible and need assistance with appointment registration can call 211 and select option 4. The call center is available 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week. The county will also be holding vaccination clinics on Tuesday and Wednesday for food bank and grocery workers and emergency services employees. On Thursday, priority groups in TK through 12 will be vaccinated by Lompoc Valley Medical Center. Additional clinics are being planned for the other sectors and additional details are expected to be released next week. At least 1,000 vaccines have

been dedicated to childcare and education workers, said Dr. Van Do-Reynoso, director of the county Public Health Department. Also on Monday, the county’s mobile COVID-19 testing unit will be moving Carpinteria, specifically at Procore, 6267 Carpinteria Ave. The test site will be available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday for at least two weeks. It will then move to a new location, which will be announced in the near future. To request an appointment, visit https://lhi.care/covidtesting. On Saturday, the county Public Health Department announced two additional COVID-19 related deaths, along with 84 new cases. The county has now recorded 31,951 total cases, including 386 that remain active. A total of 411 deaths have been recorded. One of the deaths announced Saturday was an individual between 30 and 49 and the other was over 70. Both had underlying health conditions and neither was associated with an outbreak at a congregate living facility. One was from Santa Barbara and the other was from Santa Maria, officials said. Santa Maria reported 24 new cases and now has 104 active cases. A total of 21 new cases were reported in the city Santa Barbara, and 15 new cases were reported in Lompoc. Santa Barbara has 89 active cases, and Lompoc has 51. A total of 12 new cases were reported in Orcutt. A total of 74 people are receiving treatment at local hospitals, including 18 in the Intensive Care Unit. The county’s ICU availability was 26.3% as of Saturday. email: mwhite@newspress.com

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Patching and repairs, associated with and made necessary by the reroofing work. 3. Hazardous Materials Abatement. 4. Mechanical, plumbing, and electrical work, associated with and made necessary by the reroofing work. Contractor’ License required: B Prequalification of Bidders and E/M/P subcontractors: As a condition of bidding on this Project, and in accordance with the provisions of Public Contract Code section 20111.5 and 20111.6 all Bidders and all electrical, mechanical and plumbing subcontractors listed in the Bidder’s proposal must either be pre-qualified for at least five business days before the date of the opening of the bids or must submit a completed prequalification package by the deadline stated below. Bids not conforming to this requirement will not be accepted. Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.6(j) a list of prequalified general contractors and electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors will be made available by the District no later than March 23, 2021 at lgonzalez@sbunified.org Prequalification packages are available through the Cybercopy at http://www.cybercopyplanroom.com. Pre-qualification questions must be directed to L.M. Sweaney at lynns11s@aol.com or leave a voice message at (909) 337-8302. Prequalification packages must be submitted to L.M. Sweaney & Associates, 180 Grass Valley Rd., Lot 3, Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352 (UPS or FED-EX ONLY) (Voice Message: 909-337-8302) no later than March 10, 2021 [Note: Per PCC 2011.6 – must have submitted package at least 10 business days before bid opening, can specify earlier date]. FAXED PRE-QUALIFICATION APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773 and 1773.2 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the District has obtained from the Director of Industrial Relations, the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of workman needed to execute the contract which is available for review at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/statistics_research.html. During the Work, the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) will monitor compliance with prevailing wage rate requirements and enforce the Contractor’s prevailing wage rate obligations, with a copy of the same being on file with the clerk of the District’s governing board. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under him, to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workmen employed by them in the execution of the contract, and to comply with all prevailing wage requirements set forth in the Labor Code. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1771.1 of the Labor Code of the State of California, a contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid or engage in the performance of any contract for this project unless; (1) currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5; or (2) expressly authorized to submit a bid by Section 1771.1 and provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. 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Bid opening will be held on March 24, 2021 at 1:00p.m. for La Colina Jr. High School 300 & 400 Building Roofing Replacement Project (“Project”).

PROJECT LOCATION: Toro Canyon Park Road, Montecito, CA 93108 MANDATORY JOB WALK: There will be a MANDATORY job walk noted above at the north end of the project site (Toro Canyon Park entrance parking lot located at 576 Toro Canyon Park Road, Montecito, CA 93108: 34.4321183,-119.5548137): Toro Canyon Park - Google Maps . Only those prime contractors attending the job walk shall be qualified to bid the work. Masks required. EXAMINATION OF SITE: Each bidder shall examine the site of work before bidding and shall be responsible for having acquired full knowledge of the job and of all problems affecting it. No variations or allowances from the contract sum will be made because of lack of such examination. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Contractor shall repair/reconstruct approximately 1.2 miles of asphalt roadway from Toro Canyon Road to the entrance of Toro Canyon Park. CONTRACTOR’S LICENSE: The CONTRACTOR shall possess a Class C-12 license at the time this Contract is awarded. QUESTIONS: All questions should be addressed to the Community Services Dept. Capital Program Manager, Jill Van Wie, via e-mail: jvanwie@co.santa-barbara.ca.us . BID DOCUMENTS: To request the plans, specifications and proposal forms for bidding this project please contact Jill Van Wie, Capital Program Manager; (805) 568-2470; e-mail: jvanwie@co.santa-barbara.ca.us . BID SUBMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS: Each bid shall be in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the Community Services Department. The bid shall be sealed and received at the Community Services Administration office located at 123 E. Anapamu Street, 2nd Floor, Santa Barbara, California, 93101, on or before 3:00 P.M., Thursday, April 1, 2021, at which time each bid will be opened. The Official Time will be determined by the Community Services Bid Clock, located at the address indicated above. SUBSTITUTION OF SECURITIES: Pursuant to Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code and the project specifications, the CONTRACTOR may substitute securities or request that the County make payment of retentions to an escrow agent for any money held by the COUNTY to ensure contract performance. PREVAILING WAGES: Bidders are hereby notified that that all work performed under this agreement is subject to the Davis-Bacon Federal minimum wage rates and prevailing wage rates pursuant to the California Labor Code. Pursuant to FEMA’s Procurement Guidance for Recipients and Subrecipients Under 2 C.F.R. Part 200 (Uniform Rules) and Section 1770, et. seq. of the California Labor Code, the contractor and all subcontractors shall not pay less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages as predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor and by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. If there is a difference between the Federal Minimum Wages and the General Prevailing Wage Determinations as predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, the contractor shall pay not less than the higher wage rate. The applicable Davis-Bacon Federal wage decisions are included in the bid documents. Copies of the prevailing rate of per diem wages pursuant to the California Labor Code are on file at the County Department of Community Services Parks Division and are available to any interested party on request. In addition: • No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)]. • No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5. • This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: The work to be performed under this contract is on a project assisted under a program providing direct federal financial assistance from the United States Department of Homeland Security, Federal Office of Emergency Management (FEMA) and subject to 2 CFR § 200.321. The County hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged, minority and women’s business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religious creed, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award. Minority- and women-owned and operated businesses are encouraged to apply.Contractor, if subcontractors will be utilized, shall conduct all necessary affirmative steps to ensure the use of minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and labor surplus area firms when possible. Regulations for implementing affirmative action steps are contained in the Project Special Conditions. CONFLICT OF INTEREST: In the procurement of supplies, equipment, construction, and services by subrecipients, the conflict of interest provisions in (State LCA – 24 CFR 85.36 and Non-Profit Organizations – 24 CFR 84.4), OMB Circular A-110, and 24 CFR 540.611, respectively, shall apply. No employee, officer or agent of the sub-recipient shall participate in selection, or in the award or administration of a contract supported by Federal funds if a conflict of interest, real or apparent, would be involved.

A mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference will be conducted on March 1, 2021 beginning at 10:00a.m. Meet at 4025 Foothill Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110 at the flagpole. Bids will not be accepted from contractors not attending the mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference. Prospective Bidders arriving after the above-designated starting time for a mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference shall be disqualified from submitting a bid for this project. Plans and specifications will be on file and available to view, download or purchase on, or as soon as possible, after the mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference through Cybercopy at http://www.cybercopyplanroom. com The deadline for pre-bid questions or clarification requests is March 10, 2021. All questions are to be in writing and directed to the Project Architect/Engineer, Robert Robles, Robert Robles Architecture, Inc. at rr@robertroblesarch.com CLEARLY MARK BID RESPONSE ENVELOPE WITH TIME/DATE OF BID OPENING AND PROJECT NAME. Bids so received shall be opened and publicly read aloud at the Santa Barbara Unified School District Administration Office, 720 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101. All bids shall be made on the forms provided in the specifications and each bid must conform to the Contract Documents. Each bid shall be accompanied by the bid security specified in the Instructions to Bidders. The Project description is as follows: The Work of this project consists of alterations to the existing Buildings # 300 and #400 in order to provide upgrades that shall consist of, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Reroofing (full roofing replacement). 2. Patching and repairs, associated with and made necessary by the reroofing work. 3. Hazardous Materials Abatement. 4. Mechanical, plumbing, and electrical work, associated with and made necessary by the reroofing work. Contractor’ License required: B Prequalification of Bidders and E/M/P subcontractors: As a condition of bidding on this Project, and in accordance with the provisions of Public Contract Code section 20111.5 and 20111.6 all Bidders and all electrical, mechanical and plumbing subcontractors listed in the Bidder’s proposal must either be pre-qualified for at least five business days before the date of the opening of the bids or must submit a completed prequalification package by the deadline stated below. Bids not conforming to this requirement will not be accepted. Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.6(j) a list of prequalified general contractors and electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors will be made available by the District no later than March 23, 2021 at lgonzalez@sbunified.org Prequalification packages are available through the Cybercopy at http://www.cybercopyplanroom.com. Prequalification 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 March 10, 2021 [Note: Per PCC 2011.6 – must have submitted package at least 10 business days before bid opening, can specify earlier date]. FAXED PRE-QUALIFICATION APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773 and 1773.2 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the District has obtained from the Director of Industrial Relations, the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of workman needed to execute the contract which is available for review at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/statistics_research.html. During the Work, the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) will monitor compliance with prevailing wage rate requirements and enforce the Contractor’s prevailing wage rate obligations, with a copy of the same being on file with the clerk of the District’s governing board. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under him, to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workmen employed by them in the execution of the contract, and to comply with all prevailing wage requirements set forth in the Labor Code. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1771.1 of the Labor Code of the State of California, a contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid or engage in the performance of any contract for this project unless; (1) currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5; or (2) expressly authorized to submit a bid by Section 1771.1 and provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. The successful Bidder will be required to post all job-site notices required by DIR regulations and other applicable law. The successful bidder and its subcontractors will be required to follow the nondiscrimination requirements set forth in the General Conditions.

WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS: The COUNTY reserves the right to reject any and or all bids or waive any informality in a bid. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening thereof.

The District will be participating in the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE) Participation Goal Program pursuant to Education Code section 17076.11 and Public Contract Code section 10115.

BID SELECTION: The COUNTY reserves the right to select any one or any combination of bids, whichever is in the best interest of the COUNTY.

No Bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the bid opening. The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive irregularities in any bid.

CONSTRUCTION TIME: The successful CONTRACTOR (after receiving the Notice to Proceed) shall have sixty (60) calendar days to complete all work called for under the Contract Documents. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES: The liquidated damages will be One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150) per day for project delays that are determined to be attributable to the CONTRACTOR.

BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT By: Steve Vizzolini, Director of Facilities and Modernizations Planning Department

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heo Apostolopoulos, now 18, was just three months old when he started having spasms. His mother Jennifer Griffin took him to doctors and after a handful of years, realized Theo had more than epilepsy. “One day, I turned to his neurologist and asked ‘Is this Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome?’ He said yes, but I already knew it was,” she told the News-Press. Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome is

a rare epilepsy syndrome. LGS patients have multiple types of seizures, and it often starts in childhood. About 3 to 4% of children with epilepsy and 1 to 2% of adults with epilepsy have LGS. Today is Rare Disease Day, a day of awareness held the last day in February. Last year, Ms. Griffin and Theo met up with other LGS caretakers and patients. “When you have a rare disease, other families that are experiencing the same thing are not usually nearby. Every once in a while, it’s nice to connect with

other caregivers,” she said. “It’s really comforting.” The diagnosis of LGS didn’t change Theo’s treatment plan because doctors mainly treat symptoms. (There is no known cure for LGS.) But the diagnosis brought a community. “You need all the scientists, the researchers, but you also need people that can understand what you’re going through at any certain time,” Ms. Griffin said. She works as the director of family support services for the LGS Foundation after previously working with families of special

needs children. Ms. Griffin frequently went to support groups for special needs families and met another mother of a child with LGS one day. She told her about a conference for LGS patients and their caretakers, and Ms. Griffin signed up. She felt at home at the conference among 300 to 400 attendees with similar experiences to hers. “I felt really overcome with how important it was for me to see all these other families that look like mine, and children that look like mine,” Ms. Griffin said. “I thought,

‘Wow, I really feel like an adoptive child who just found her birth family.’ ” In her job with the LGS Foundation, she connects caretakers with resources and helps run a Facebook group for caretakers. Members give tips, like using pool noodles to put bumpers on furniture, a necessity when Theo falls during a seizure. Many families are afraid of their child having a seizure in public, so they isolate. But Ms. Griffin prefers to go out and educate others about LGS.

Prior to COVID-19 lockdowns, she visited schools to educate students about disabilities. She encourages students to say “hi” when they see Theo and ask her questions. “If you can’t share that kind of stuff, then people are going to think there’s something wrong with being curious. And if there’s something wrong about being curious, they’ll think there’s something wrong with Theo,” she said. Awareness is important to her. Please see rare on B4

At left, Jennifer Griffin and Theo Apostolopoulos take a stroll through their Goleta neighborhood Wednesday. She often takes Theo to State Street where they can chat with more people. Some parts of caretaking are hard, but she enjoys spending time with her son, whom she describes as a fun guy to be around.

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UCSB Arts & Lectures will present Grammy-winning mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile at 5 p.m. March 9. A MacArthur Fellow, Mr. Thile is a composer and vocalist with a broad outlook that encompasses classical, rock, jazz and bluegrass, among other genres. Mr. Thile, a Southern California native, is a member of Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek. He is also the host of “Live From Here,” a public radio variety show. And Mr. Thile has released several albums as a soloist, including “Thanks for Listening” and “PopMatters.” Recent collaborations include “Not Our First Goat Rodeo” with Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan and Edgar Meyer. It was the follow-up to their Grammy-winning project “The Goats Rodeo Sessions with Edgar Meyer and Yo-Yo Ma” The virtual March 9 event is part of UCSB Arts & Lectures Winter 2021 House Calls series. For ticket information, call UCSB Arts & Lectures at 805-893-3535, or visit www. artsandlectures.ucsb.edu. — Gerry Fall

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at Poppies Art and Gifts, which is located at 323 E. Matilija St. Artist Melissa Welch will teach the basics of applying mosaic pieces. The cost is $29 per person plus a $12 materials fee. The workshop will be held outside on the back patio of Poppies Art and Gifts with safe distancing. Masks are required.

Sign up at poppiesartandgifts. indiemade.com. Poppies Art and Gifts features original art, photographs, jewelry, and other items by local artists. Store hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The store is closed Wednesdays. — Gerry Fall

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The Lompoc-Vandenberg branch of the American Association of University Women will host a virtual ChangeMakers meeting at 7 p.m. March 18. The dual-language event will recognize women who are leaders, especially women of color. It will celebrate the significant positive changes they make in their communities. AAUW — in collaboration with the Allan Hancock College student government — seeks to honor these ChangeMakers and inspire the next generation. The ChangeMakers celebration will feature keynote speakers such as Dolores Huerta and state Sen. Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara. Ms. Huerta is the founder and president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation and co-founder of the United Farm Workers Group.

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Her many awards include The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the U.S. Sen. Limón was born and raised in the Legislature’s 19th District, which includes all of Santa Barbara County and half of Ventura County. She has worked as an educator, leader and an advocate for various causes. Ms. Huerta and Sen. Limón will share their stories of making change and then answer questions from the audience. The ChangeMakers celebration will also include a live performance from singer songwriters and students Azyiah, Amia and Maliah Simmons. The Simmons Sisters, all of whom attended Lompoc High School in 2019-20, were the winners of the Hamilton Education contest and were featured on ABC’s “Good Morning, America.” They were also

nominated for the 2021 Lompoc Peace Prize for their work. “AAUW believes it is important to recognize the significance that women leaders, especially women of color, have had in making positive change in our nation, state and communities. We wanted to celebrate and highlight women leaders as ChangeMakers, hence the name of the celebration,” said Pam Buchanan, president of the Lompoc-Vandenberg Branch of AAUW. “Our branch believes it was vital to bring these ChangeMakers to our communities in order to hear their stories and to inspire us all to be ChangeMakers in our own way.” The free event will be live via Zoom from 7 to 8 p.m. March 18. To register, go to lompocvandenbergca.aauw.net. Learn more at www.aauw.org. email: gfall@newspress.com

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Every February, the FFA celebrates National FFA Week. During a normal year, Santa Maria High School FFA students would have participated in competitive events at lunch, the annual tractor pull and the “Got a buck, you’re in luck” hamburger barbecue. This year, things were a little different because of COVID-19, but the students were still able to get involved and celebrate National FFA Week. Last week, students participated in virtual contests posted on social media, a virtual Zoom meeting and Spirit Dress

Up days. During a drive-through Wednesday, students were given a variety of agricultural goodies. Students in the Agriculture Leadership class reached out to agricultural commodity councils and received goodies from Sun Maid Raisins, the Beef Council, the Santa Barbara County Farm Bureau and California Real Milk. Each student who attended the drive-through event received a customized drawstring Santa Maria FFA bag filled with these goodies and a snack. The Santa Barbara County Farm Bureau was also there to pass out free FFA jackets to those students

who applied for them through the Blue Jacket Bonanza program, which is celebrating its 10th year awarding jackets to deserving students. Also last week, Luis Guerra of Santa Maria High School was chosen as the South Coast Region Golden Owl. This is an award for agriculture teachers sponsored by Nationwide Insurance. Mr. Guerra will now go on to compete against the other winners in the state. For more information, go to ffa. org. — Gerry Fall

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Let’s speak up about COVID rules

hen we do not speak up, when we say nothing and don’t push back, when we don’t stand up for the truth, we are participating in our own demise. The government overreach for COVID-19 guidelines closed churches, schools and public meeting venues. After the Catholic Church won the lawsuit in the Supreme Court, objecting to draconian shutdown measures, the government retaliated with more stringent dictates and guidelines for how worshipers can conduct their holy services. Both The Lord’s Prayer/Our Father and the ensuing “Amen” are being forbidden during all church services. Nor can the Nicene Creed be recited — which is the declaration of faith! The Mass has been celebrated this way for approximately 1,988 years. By contrast, the state of California under the COVID19 constrictions is not even 12 months old. Masks, no singing, six-feet social distancing. Churchgoers understand the need to refrain from welcoming each other with any physical handshake. This has been accepted in the name of safety, along with the use of masks. The envelope gets pushed when they are not allowed to sing even through their masks! These sanctions are denying the opportunity to act out their faith in public worship. These are disturbing trends. Masks, six-feet social distancing, no singing, no praying in unison.

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recently received a couple letters from some cowards who, rather than debate my columns, decided it would be easier to threaten me into shutting up. One of the letters stated, “No more bad writing or we come and see you. All my brothers and amigos.” This tactic has become the norm in America. If we don’t agree with you, we won’t give our opposing viewpoints, we won’t argue with yours. We’ll merely demand that you do as we say or else. The other letter was eight typed pages long! It was filled with a never-ending diatribe of personal attacks and virtually went after every single thing they could think of they didn’t like about conservative positions.

Their venomous anger and and doing some research, I found hatred was splayed across each these people went to great lengths page, which was splattered with to hide their tracks. attacks on my manhood. Even the post office If these were adults, they was baffled how they were not well-educated. sent a certified letter They claimed they were that was delivered but the Montecito Monitor, never signed for. The and the four signatures other letter had a return made it a point below address that didn’t jive each name to clearly with its location. write their geographic So obviously these Henry location in Montecito people knew they Schulte and that it was private were doing wrong and property. Not really sure making sure they were The author why it was necessary lives in Solvang protected. The Santa to state it was private Barbara County Sheriff’s property other than to Office will be doing its make a further point that we can homework as well. come after you, but you can’t come Something I learned a long time after us. ago, “Know the strength of your After going to the post office enemy before you start the war.”

For four years, people on the left have done everything they possibly could to destroy Donald Trump and anyone and everyone who was connected to him. They lied and cheated and used the media to create a national hype about how evil this man was. They have nearly all the major networks, all the Big Tech, all the colleges, billionaires and even the Chinese government on their side. They prevented conservatives from speaking at colleges; they accosted people sitting in restaurants. They ruined the lives of people whose only crime was defending their homes. They stood outside other homes shouting death threats. They had the support of the FBI to create fictitious accusations and throw

people in jail. I could go on and on, but my point is: These woke/liberal/ socialist/Democrats have zero introspection. They have no selfawareness that they’re doing the very thing they’re accusing others of doing. And with all the support behind them, they still want to shut down our free speech. They’re blinded by their indignation that you’re saying something they don’t like, and you’re the one who needs to be silenced. I’m still amazed how smart our founding fathers were and how far into the future they looked to try and guarantee to keep what makes America the most desirable Please see schulte on C4

SB 14 addresses teen mental health Editor’s note: Luke Williams is a senior at Bishop Garcia Diego High School in Santa Barbara.

n December 2020, state Sen. Anthony J. Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge, introduced SB 14, legislation aimed at addressing teen mental health. As a high school student in Santa Barbara County who has experienced the benefits of a teen-focused mental health training program, I encourage California lawmakers to pass this important legislation as soon as possible. A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report revealed more than one in three high school students reported persistent feelings of sadness

or hopelessness in 2019 — an Oftentimes, the first people to increase of more than 40% notice changes in the behaviors compared to 2009. And that was of teens are other teens, their before the COVID-19 pandemic friends and peers. But I can tell disrupted in-person you firsthand — it’s more Luke support systems of difficult to get a read on Williams friends, teachers, and how my friends are doing counselors. over video chats than it is SB 14 would require in the cafeteria face-toteachers and other school face. employees who have direct However, last year my high contact with students to receive school was among the pilot training on how to recognize schools to participate in teen and respond to mental health Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA), and substance use challenges. It an evidence-based mental would also provide students in health training program. The grades 10-12 with similar, agecourse was enlightening. As a appropriate training so they then-junior, it gave me a new too could identify and respond perspective on mental health to signs and symptoms of issues and, more importantly, the mental health struggles in their tools to help my peers or loop in a communities with friends and trusted adult if necessary. peers. The training I received made

me a better citizen and helped to destigmatize mental health challenges. After completing the course, my friends and I discussed what we learned, and some revealed they struggled with anxiety or stress. tMHFA and the conversations we had inspired me to continue raising awareness of the importance of mental health, to use what I learned to make a difference. I decided to further address mental illness within another part of my community, the Boy Scouts of America. When I was pursuing my Eagle Scout rank, one of the requirements was to complete the First Aid Merit Badge, which addresses the immediate physical needs of someone in distress. Based on what I learned in

tMHFA, I believe that immediate mental health needs should also be addressed, so I proposed a new Mental Health First Aid Merit Badge using the tMHFA curriculum. My junior and senior years have been upended by a pandemic. Millions of students across California — including myself — started the 2020-2021 school year in an environment much different than imagined. This has impacted our mental health. With the overwhelming amount of COVID-19 news, SB 14 could easily get overlooked. However, it is precisely because we are living in such challenging times that this bill needs our attention and the support of all California lawmakers.

“It’s getting dark out here, y’all, you better look at the world. It’s getting very dark.” — Tracy Morgan Think about this. Our borders are being opened, but not our schools? Why are immigrants allowed to enter, much less go free without medical screening during a pandemic? Americans are in lockdown and must sue to worship inside their churches, parents are begging for the schools to open, while the teachers worry about safety. The hypocrisy has no border. During the pandemic, President Joe Biden opened our borders, ordered the Border Patrol to stand down and welcomed immigrants to come en masse. In this maniacal world, Americans must answer health questions and COVID-19 tests are necessary for a visa and are a possibility for air travel even within the U.S. However, people can cross our border and be released without a COVID-19 test! Only 9% of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill is for the Americans who have suffered economic loss due to the lockdowns, unemployment and shutdown of our world. The other $1.7 trillion has nothing to do with COVID-19 and is pork barrel and greed. Put beggars on horseback, and they ride their horse to death. Again, we are only eight weeks into this year, and gas has gone up anywhere from 50 cents to a dollar a gallon. Where is the equity in that? State Sen. Monique Limon, D-Santa Barbara, has joined ranks with Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, to sponsor SB 467, a bill that would ban fracking and other oil extraction methods beginning next January. How much better would Please see donovan on C4

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he World of Coca “Time,” the chart decries Cola museum “following rigid time invites visitors schedules” and time “viewed to “visit the as a commodity.” vault where the Under “Protestant Work legendary secret formula Ethic,” the chart lists as white for Coca-Cola is secured. values: “hard work is the key to Regarded as the most closely success, work before play, and guarded and best-kept secret, if you didn’t meet your goals, the secret formula for Cocayou didn’t work hard enough.” Cola represents over 125 years The ethnomathematics of history, special moments, course teaches that white memories and the timeless supremacy manifests itself appeal associated with Cocain asserting that math is Cola.” purely objective, America had an as if objectivity is a open secret of what function of racism, made America great. meaning there can No, I am not talking be more than one about Donald Trump. right answer and that I am talking about the there should be no concepts of American requirement to show exceptionalism, the your work. Teachers Andy Caldwell Protestant work ethic, of the curriculum e pluribus unum, the are encouraged to melting pot, our foundation of show how at least two different self-evident truths, belief and answers “might” solve the trust in God, the rule of law, problem and to identify and the entrepreneurial spirit and challenge the ways that “math patent laws (that which allowed is used to uphold capitalist, Coca-Cola to keep producing imperialist, and racist views.” its patented secret), the I suppose what all this unalienable rights of each and means is that Coca Cola every individual, and the quest employees will give up their for equality, to name just a few. famous white privilege Unfortunately, everything formula advantage, while the that helped make America company de-emphasizes and great is threatened by a foregoes sales goals, on-time campaign to destroy it from deliveries, accurate invoicing, within by attributing its and the requirement that their greatness to “acting white” and employees show up to work on white culture, which are now time. supposedly euphemisms of How we have fallen! Consider institutionalized racism in our the 2016 movie “Hidden society, culture and economy. Figures,” about three black Here are three examples women who were instrumental of this stupidly woke in helping NASA launch John phenomenon. Glenn into space during the First, the highly publicized 1960s space race. poster published by the These three women — Smithsonian National Museum Katherine Johnson, Dorothy of African History titled “The Vaughan and Mary Jackson Aspects and Assumptions of — broke multiple barriers in Whiteness and White Culture their capacity as black female in the United States,” which mathematicians, computer surmises that white traditions, experts and engineers. attitudes and ways of life have As one of the stars of the been considered normal and picture commented, “You can standard practices because be mathematicians, scientists, white people have and still engineers, you can be in hold institutional power in technology, you can change America. the world. Genius has no color, Second, in addition to the gender. Brilliance has no color, once infamous school subject gender, and as long as you matter known as “ebonics,” continue to just do the work, schools are now teaching you end up on top, always.” “ethnomathematics,” which The woke stupidity and purports that there is racism in values of today’s soda jerks mathematics. pale in comparison and Third, the Coca-Cola Co. is are counterproductive to now promoting a curriculum the achievements of the urging and teaching employees trailblazers whose lives are how to “be less white.” depicted in “Hidden Figures” The Smithsonian poster and those who would aspire to included various categories emulate them. of subject matters including “Future Orientation,” listing Andy Caldwell is the executive such no-no’s as “planning for director of COLAB and host the future” and “progress is of “The Andy Caldwell Radio always best.” Show,” weekdays from 3-5 p.m., Under the category of on News-Press Radio AM 1290.

letters to the news-press Hold Congress accountable after Trump’s acquittal

nfortunately, the acquittal of former President Donald Trump did not come as a surprise to me. Our elected officials have become far too concerned with serving their party and party members, rather than the people they represent. Only seven Republicans joined the 50 Democrats to convict him — falling short of the 67 votes needed, but still six more senators than those who voted to convict him in 2020. This “win” did not disprove that Mr. Trump was accountable for the events of Jan. 6. In fact, few GOP senators tried to defend him, pinning their acquittal votes instead on the fact that he had already left office. The evidence supporting impeachment was overwhelming. This alliance with parties ties over community ties shows the whole U.S. population that not everyone is equal under the law and those with privilege can commit crimes and get away with it. Yes, it’s “not easy to go against your party,” and it’s “hard to do the right thing sometimes,” as Maryland GOP Gov. Larry Logan said. But letting a man guilty of inciting an attack on our democracy walk free, let alone a man who is supposed to be a role model and the leader of our country, is absolutely preposterous. If the riots and breach on Jan. 6 are not a good enough reason to convict, then what is? Mr. Trump was not held accountable in this trial, but I hold him accountable as well as many people across the U.S. What we can do now is hold the

elected officials that sided with Mr. Trump over factual evidence accountable for their decision and demand that they work in the best interest of the people they represent rather than just stay on good terms with Mr. Trump. This division of party lines will not magically go away. It’s something that needs to be worked toward, but it’s something that needs to be done.

like Jesse Jackson. He mocked the deaths of gay people during the heighth of the Aids epidemic. He called women struggling for equal rights “feminazis.” He was virulently anti-Semitic and antiMuslim. A friend to Americans? Only if you’re white, Christian, straight, male and Republican. Robert Baruch Yeosu, South Korea (formerly of Goleta)

Audrey Brecher Goleta

No issues with Trump’s lies? Editor’s Note: This is in response to Dr. B.E. Zepke’s opinion “Is Biden even trying to protect us?,” which was published in the Feb. 21 Voices section.

he writer has compiled an impressive list (going back almost a half century) exposing President Joe Biden’s alleged mendacity. Yet, Trumpistas never seemed to have a problem with the more than 30,000 Donald Trump lies (about 21 a day) documented by the Washington Post, Politifact, and many others during his one disastrous term in office. The writer seems to genuinely hate lies and the liars who tell them, but appears painfully shy about including this former president when these grievances are aired. Clearly, word limits are not the problem. So, what is? In response to David Limbaugh’s Feb. 21 column, “Rush Limbaugh: A loving brother, friend to Americans”: Rush Limbaugh once told an African-American caller to his radio show to “Take the bone out of your nose and call back.” He said that it seemed like the picture on every wanted poster looked

Rush Limbaugh will be missed

he liberal media’s headlines announcing the death of radio icon Rush Limbaugh at age 70 were mostly mean and venomous. These were headlines made by people who never listened to Rush, never agreed with his politics and didn’t know the first thing about the real Rush Limbaugh. If just half of these things they said about him were even remotely true, I would not have listened to Rush for more than 30 years. Thank you, KTMS 990. Rush was the unsurpassed genius of talk radio. He informed, he entertained and he made the complex understandable to millions of us who listened to him regularly. Rush was hated by the left because he told the truth about them in no uncertain terms, and as someone famously said, they “can’t handle the truth!” Rush called himself “a harmless, lovable, little fuzzball,” and that was just one of the things that drove the left crazy. To the left, Rush was anything but harmless, but to the right, he was loved and he will be missed. James A. Webster Santa Barbara

Here’s the solution to social media censorship I have come up with what I these kinds of accidents and believe may be the idea of the clumsy everyday mishaps — century. just like we need health or Let’s call it: Censorship automobile insurance. Protection Insurance. The solution: What if we The purpose of my proposal is could pay these social media not to express a political point companies not to censor us? Or of view or to create controversy what if we could buy protection or division. On the contrary, my from a third-party insurance aim is to offer a solution to what company that would secure many are currently recognizing our social media presence and as a huge crisis that has recently protect our free speech on these affected thousands, if platforms? not millions of citizens, It would only cost Alan and one that I’m sure you you $15 per month to Hurst will agree requires our never be censored! The author immediate attention. Wouldn’t that be cool? lives in Santa Of course, you might The problem is that a Barbara lot of people on social get turned down if you media platforms like have a horribly offensive Twitter, Facebook and YouTube record of reckless public verbal suddenly find themselves behavior and commentary — getting dinged, docked, dumped, just like a person with four DUIs suspended, purged, persecuted probably would have a hard time and ultimately canceled. getting auto insurance. It happens because these You might have to pay more, users inadvertently said or but some daring coverer would passed along the “wrong” words probably take you in for the right and/or opinions publicly on these price. The insurance company media sites. Eke! They didn’t would negotiate with the media mean it — or maybe they thought giants who would get a cut of it was fine. But despite their the action and everybody would regrets or intentions, they now profit. wake up one day to discover they Now that’s what I call good virtually don’t exist anymore. old American gumption and We all need protection from capitalism at its finest!

Sure, our civil liberties are supposed to be endowed and guaranteed to each citizen by our Creator. But who ever said, for free? Come on! Nothing is ever really free in this country. Besides, $15 per month is a pretty good deal. If you wanted Second and Fourth Amendment protection, you could bundle all your rights under a single umbrella policy. Talk about being in good hands! I know this is starting to sound slightly sarcastic. That is probably because I am a mere writer, and I suppose that deep down I am jealous of those who possess the boldness and competence to really transform their biggest visions and cleverest ideas into reality. I myself will certainly never take the initiative on this one. Alas! I’m just not the man to do it. However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t influential people out there (reading this very piece, even) who do have the means and the experience to make this promising idea a practical service to the public. All I request is original credit for the concept, which I am quite Please see hurst on C4

bout the first thing Donald Trump did after debarking from Air Force One near his new Elba (the island of Napoleon’s first exile) in Florida was float the idea of starting a political party of his very own. He has copious seed money for such a startup with more than $200 million he gathered in donations while boosting fake claims of rampant election fraud last November. The large and raucous crowds he drew even after losing the last presidential election by more than 7 million votes gave some indication of his ability to draw masses to any party he starts. Meanwhile, the idea has Democrats drooling across America, but nowhere more than in California. Third party efforts stoked by the rich and famous are not new to the nation or this state. They generally damage the party from which the founder defected. The late Ross Perot was the last billionaire to start his own party, running against Republican George H.W. Bush and Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992. Mr. Clinton won that time with a mere plurality, not a majority, taking just 46%of the California vote, for one example. Mr. Perot, a data processing mogul whose company General Motors bought for more than $2 billion, drew 20%, indicating President Bush might have won re-election had Mr. Perot not interfered. Now comes Mr. Trump, who appears to know at least some of this history. His stated purpose in starting a new party — if he goes through with it — would be to “punish” Republicans he claims betrayed him by not backing his bogus claims of having actually won in a landslide last year. Plenty of Republicans allowed Mr. Trump’s 30,000odd documentable lies while in the White House to slide. They often let his prevarications become the basis for national policy, fearing what the ex-president could do to their political futures. Namely, destroy them by running some of his minions against them in primary elections. One consequence has been the repeated shortages of COVID-19 vaccines and the chaotic distribution of what supplies there were when Mr. Trump left office. No one will ever know how many lives that cost, but most likely they number at least in the thousands. If Mr. Trump ever founded his own faction, he has said he would call it the Patriot Party, seemingly oblivious to Samuel Johnson’s famous observation that “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” Such a party would work hardest to undermine and defeat several GOP senators who decried his incitement of the crowd that went straight from a rally behind the White House to breaking into the Capitol building. He’d also go after the 10 Republicans in Congress who voted to impeach him a second time. These included one Californian, David Valadao of Hanford, who was never so independent while Mr. Trump held office. For sure, Mr. Trump would not attack the likes of his sycophantic Please see elias on C4

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Asian-Americans should stop blaming white people

ssst. Can I have your attention, please? I’m going to share a little secret that liberal “people of color” and their public relations agents in the media don’t want you to know. The recent crime wave against Asians in America’s big cities is not the fault of Donald Trump, MAGA activists, conservative talk radio or white people. It’s the fault of the perpetrators and the perpetrators alone — most of whom happen to be thugs “of color.” Let’s pop the delusional bubble of left-wing Asians who marched this weekend in New York City, Oakland and San Francisco in “unity” protests against “white supremacy.” These “wokesters” blame “anti-Asian bias” created

by an imagined backlash by Two weeks ago, in Oakland’s imagined “white supremacists” Chinatown, a 91-year-old against China because of COVIDAsian man was assaulted by 19. Donning “Black and Asian an assailant amidst a crime unity” T-shirts, they embraced wave of more than 20 robberies the self-defeating attitude of and violent attacks in that Oakland organizer neighborhood. The Eddy Zheng, who attacker wasn’t a whitewheedled: “Supporting hooded white man in our Asian community a KKK robe. He was a is not about dividing us. masked black man in a This support is for all black hoodie. of us suffering under In Daly City, Calif., an 84white supremacy. We year-old Thai grandfather need to understand died after a brutal attack Michelle Malkin that so we can triumph while on a daytime walk and have public and in his neighborhood. His personal safety.” attacker was a teenage Reality check: Just last week in black street criminal. Vallejo, Calif., Filipino-American Viral videos have exposed store owner Marc Quidit was shot several vicious attacks on four times in the leg by a gang of elderly Asian subway riders and armed robbers. They were black. pedestrians in New York City

since last fall. An inconvenient detail that anyone with functional eyes can see: The perpetrators in the security camera footage aren’t wearing MAGA hats. They don’t have flaming crosses in hand. Inconveniently for the “defund the police” hipsters, the opportunists robbing, punching and shooting Asians on those videos aren’t white people. They are black — and that’s just the plain fact. More facts: Federal Bureau of Justice statistics data show that of nearly 600,000 violent interracial victimizations involving blacks and whites, black suspects committed 537,204 interracial felonies (not including homicides), or 90%, and whites committed 56,394 of them, or less than 10%. The Red Elephants blog points

out that black perpetrators are also overrepresented among all perpetrators of hate crimes — by 50% — according to the most recent Justice Department data from 2017. Whites are underrepresented by 24%. You never hear these facts from the national propagandists in the so-called mainstream media. It’s a sin of omission that amounts to journalistic malpractice. The leftist Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferers have zero evidence that the thugs robbing and punching and murdering vulnerable elderly Asians have ever cared one iota about politics, COVID-19, race or Donald Trump. They have zero evidence that these street attacks were Please see malkin on C4

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John Stossel

Sales ban ineffective way to save rhinos

oday’s environmental activists are so hostile to capitalism that they end up killing animals they want to protect. Like the African rhinoceros. Poachers kill them to get their horns, which can sell for as much as $300,000. Poachers mostly sell in China and Vietnam, to people who carve them into ornaments or sell them as aphrodisiacs. By the way, the aphrodisiacs don’t work. When I started Stossel TV, my first video covered one man’s attempt to reduce rhino poaching by flooding the market with fake horns. Matthew Markus argued that his 3D-printed rhino horn would reduce demand for real horns. “One way to devalue something is to create a lot of it,” he explained. “When things are abundant, people don’t fight, kill or steal.” True. Bootleggers and Al Capone’s thugs disappeared when America ended Prohibition. South Africa, home to the largest number of rhinos, once tried something similar. For 20 years, they allowed people to own rhinos and sell their horns. Rhino farmers put the rhinos to sleep with tranquilizer darts, sawed off their horns (the horns grow back) and sold the horn. Farmers had an incentive to protect rhinos. South Africa’s rhino population quadrupled. But in 2009, under pressure from “environmental” groups, South Africa banned sales of horn again. The sad result: Poaching increased sharply. Poachers also killed park rangers who tried to protect rhinos. So I confronted Masha Kalinina of the Humane Society, one of many groups that called Mr. Markus’ plan to sell 3D-printed horn “greenwashing an illegal activity.” Ms. Kalinina said legalization might increase demand for real rhino horn, as did happen once Please see stossel on C4

Have your say

Athlete points to trans women’s advantage Editor’s note: David Limbaugh is taking some time off. Salena Zito is filling in for him. Her column is about female athletes competing with trans women, who identify themselves as female and were assigned the sex of male at birth.

lanna Smith’s dedication to her sport is profound. Just listening to the elite high school track star explain her training schedule is exhausting. Yet no matter how hard she trains, if she has to compete against biological males (trans women), she stands no chance of winning. “There is simply a biological advantage that males have over females,” explained the daughter of baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Lee Smith. “Here is a perfect example,” Alanna Smith told me. “I have a twin brother who is an athlete but does not run competitively for his sports. We raced against each other recently, and he beat me. Not because he trained harder, but because there are biological and physical advantages boys have over girls in some sports.” Smith, who set high school and county records as a short-

distance track runner the moment she stepped on the field as a freshman at Danbury High School in Connecticut, said that when she turns up to compete against biological male runners who identify and compete as females, she knows the cards are stacked against her. And it has nothing to do with not being prepared.

females in education and schoolbased athletics. On Inauguration Day, President Joe Biden issued an executive order saying a court case about transgender rights applies to Title IX, a federal education law that prevents discrimination based on sex. Elite female athletes such as Smith, Mitchell and Soule say Biden’s pro-transgender order underscores their “It is frustrating. I concerns. spend all of that time Mitchell said she was training to compete ranked as the fastest girl against other girls, and in the 55-meter dash in I find myself losing to Connecticut high school Salena Zito biological males,” she track in 2019. “Then I said. went to a high school Since 2017, two trans competition, competing women have taken 15 women’s with two biological males who state championship titles in identify as girls,” she said. “I Connecticut. Smith’s frustration really put my all into it, (but) I led her last February to join ultimately came in third, behind with two other elite Connecticut both of them.” runners, Selina Soule and Soule said she missed an Chelsea Mitchell, to file a federal opportunity to qualify for the discrimination complaint against New England state championship Connecticut’s policy allowing in 2019 by one spot: “Both transgender competition against spots above me were taken by females. The girls explained that biological males.” the suit alleges the policy unfairly Soule said that two distinct marginalized them and violated positions can be held about this Title IX, the federal law designed that don’t need to conflict with to ensure equal opportunities for each other.

“This is not about not being supportive of the transgender community,” she asserted. “Not at all. This is about fairness to girls and women. You can effectively hold both points of view.” All three athletes stressed that their objective is evenhandedness in women’s sports. “Title IX was created for a reason, and that was to give elite female athletes opportunities to be competitive and successful; the very objective was to have fairness in women’s sports,” said Soule. Title IX was passed in 1972. In its first 10 years, the number of female athletes had blossomed to over 74,000. By 2020, that number had grown to over 220,000, according to data compiled by the NCAA. White House press secretary Jen Psaki was one of those elite high school athletes in Connecticut in the mid-1990s who was able to shine because of Title IX as an accomplished swimmer for Greenwich High School, and she earned all-state honors in the backstroke. Psaki went on to swim for two years at William and Mary, an NCAA Division I school that currently gives out approximately 200 athletic

scholarships a year, including women’s swimming. A 2020 study by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health showed among female and male competitive swimmers, males were increasingly faster than females beginning at the age of 10 years and continuing until the age of 17. In other words, had Psaki, who was also the captain of the high school swim team, had to compete against male swimmers who identified as female, her results may have fallen, despite her devotion to competing in her sport. When asked about Biden’s executive order and what the White House message is to the girls being forced to compete in sports against biological males, in particular in high school sports that lead to scholarship opportunities, Psaki said: “The president’s belief is that trans rights are human rights, and that’s why he signed that executive order. In terms of the determinations by universities and colleges, I would certainly defer to them.” Please see zito on C4

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In short, she did not answer the question, despite the president making it a priority to place female athletes and biological males in direct competition. Since Title IX, female athletes have been given the opportunity to compete in sports, giving them the experiences that athletics

give to the development of the young mind and body, such as organization and dedication, and learning how to manage both the lows of sitting on the bench or losing and the highs of winning or excelling. It also gives them the opportunity for scholarships, just like the boys. Soule said that competing in sports is as important for young women as it is for young men

and teaches important, lifelong lessons. “It is one thing to show up at a meet expecting to compete against another girl you know is a worthy rival,” she said. “It is another to show up and know you will lose before you even start because of the biological advantages you can do nothing about.” Christiana Holcomb, who is representing the three girls for

the Alliance Defending Freedom, a legal foundation, said: “It is because of the advantages of those biological differences that these girls are losing their ability to compete fairly. That is what this is all about.” Salena Zito is a staff reporter and columnist for the Washington Examiner. To read her past columns, visit www.creators.com. Copyright 2021 by Creators.com.

‘Your bans have failed... they are cruel to both rhinos and people’ stossel

Continued from Page C3 with elephant tusks. “It started up a new carving industry in China that had been dormant for decades,” she said. I pushed back: “It needs to be long enough to bring the prices down, and then people say, ‘Eh, there’s no money in poaching.’” “The problem is that people still see animals as commodities!” Kalinina responded. “Natural resources for their use.” Well, yes. I do. So what? I eat eggs. Chickens are plentiful because people like me pay for what chickens produce. Kalinina sneered, “Are we really going to just farm every single animal on this planet so we can endlessly continue supplying this bloodlust and thirst of people

to consume wildlife products?” “Bloodlust?” Give me a break. Even if you oppose people using animal products, banning sales doesn’t stop the use. It just creates black markets and crime. Far better is letting rhino farmers trim horns and sell them. Farming gives people incentive to protect rhinos from poachers. That saves both rhinos and human lives. When I told Kalinina, “Your bans have failed ... they are cruel to both rhinos and people,” she replied that “education” is the way to stop poaching. The Humane Society runs ads in Vietnam telling people that rhino horns have no medical value. They claim this campaign convinced many people. “But what good did it do?” I asked. “People are still poaching the rhinos.”

“It takes time,” she replied. “Time for the trickle-down effect.” It’s nice that the Humane Society tries to convince people not to buy horns, but it’s outrageous that their hatred of capitalism blinds them to better ideas. “It’s like the drug war,” I pointed out. “You can ban things, but if there’s money to be made, poachers will kill animals.” “This is an endless argument,” she replied. “We can’t live in a lawless society.” But markets are not “lawless.” Legal rhino farming or selling fake horn would save endangered animals. But the environmental groups just can’t see that. Now researchers from the University of Oxford have produced a new form of fake rhino horn that they say would reduce demand for poached horn.

“Environmental” groups oppose that, too. Fortunately, South Africa wised up. After my video was first broadcast, officials decided to ignore the complaints from the environmental groups. They relegalized sales of farmed rhino horn. After that, the killing of rhinos fell dramatically. 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.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www. creators.com. Copyright 2021 by JFS Productions Inc. Distributed by Creators.com.

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inspired by “anti-Asian hate”— as opposed to pure opportunism, criminal malice or plain evil. These crimes in liberal cities are spiking as radical, George Soros-backed district attorneys enact soft-on-crime policies such as “restorative justice” that let violent criminals run free. Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s

Soros-supported D.A. and son of convicted Weather Underground terrorists, dropped robbery, elder abuse and hate crime charges last year against a 20-year-old black suspect caught on tape attacking an elderly Asian man. Burglaries, arson and motor vehicle thefts have all spiked as Mr. Boudin has abandoned prosecution of “quality of life” crimes, as well as prosecutions for felony arrests. When you elect soft-on-crime

politicians and prosecutors, you get more crime. When you defund and demonize the police, all innocent citizens are unsafe — whatever their color. Blaming whitey may get you a few virtue-signaling points, but at what price in blood? What’s truly insane is that Asian-American liberals are marching arm and arm with the very dangerous zealots whose policies incentivized these street crimes against the vulnerable

and defenseless in the first place. Remember: What you permit, you promote. What you allow, you encourage. What you condone, you own. 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. Copyright 2021 by Creators.com.

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golf partner Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, also the GOP leader in the House and the likely replacement for Speaker Nancy Pelosi if Republicans regain control there. Mr. Trump might work against Kevin Faulconer when the former San Diego mayor, who never was much of a Trumper, runs to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in this year’s possible

recall election or for a full term in 2022. It remains to be seen whether Mr. Trump attacks Young Kim and Michelle Steel, new Republican representatives from Orange County who avoided voting on impeachment, never taking a stand. For Mr. Trump, the alternative to a new party would be working within the GOP, running primary candidates against his would-be victims. That would not work well in California, where Democrats

and independents could bail out Trump targets in the state’s June 2022 non-partisan primary. There is, therefore, little reason for any politician in California to fear anything the expresident does. No one planned it this way, but the state’s very open primary makes it difficult for outsiders to dictate outcomes. Which means Mr. Trump, who had severe negative impacts on California air and water quality, wildfire aftermaths, policing policy, immigration,

infrastructure and more, probably can’t greatly influence any more elections here unless and until he runs again for president. Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@ aol.com. His book, “The Burzynski Breakthrough: The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It,” is now available in a soft cover fourth edition. For more of Mr. Elias’ columns, go to www. californiafocus.net

country on the planet. And there’s a reason why the First Amendment is the right of free speech. It’s the most valuable of assets this country has, and the left knows that more than anyone. By shutting down free speech and opposing viewpoints, you shut down America. And there’s nothing the left hates more than to be confused with facts. Like so many in this country who speak up and present opinions and facts that don’t fit the left’s agenda, people are being terrorized and prevented from exercising their rights to say what the left dislikes. We’ve seen it over and over again just how evil and vindictive these people become. Take Supreme Court justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. The left dug deeply into the barrel of hate to smear and destroy the lives of these people and their families. By the time they were done with them, these good people had been rung through the political meat grinder and spit out as devil children. Sarah Palin was just a mom living a simple life in Alaska. When people on the left were finished with her — actually they still aren’t — she and her family had been labeled the evilest

people on the planet. Their lives and family were destroyed. One of the latest casualties is Gina Carano, who was fired from Disney for her conservative viewpoints. Gina said, “I’ve seen the bullying that takes place and so when it started, they point their guns at you, and you know it’s only a matter of time.” She went on to say there are many others who are afraid to speak up for fear of losing their jobs. When have you heard conservatives do that to liberals? When you have nearly the entire media and information highway at your disposal, it’s the equivalent of having a massive army covering your back. And when the media either buries or twists stories to fit the left’s agenda, the left is pretty much free to say and do as they please because they know they’re untouchable. And when these weaklings don’t agree with a local newspaper opinion writer and decide they’re going to threaten him into shutting up because they believe only their opinion matters, how low on the totem pole of life are you? For all those who hide in the shadows of fear from these bullies, if you don’t stand up to them, they’ll just keep coming. In the end, good always wins over evil, but you have to fight for it.

We know that science is following the money Donovan

Continued from Page C1 we be served if she worked with U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, to join with a congressman from Wisconsin, Glenn Grothman, to co-sponsor a resolution recognizing Vitamin D, as a preventative for COVID19? Glaringly, our national medical experts are advising nothing for prevention, except to stay indoors, touch no one, hide under the bed and wait for the vaccine. Now the vaccine is here, and the prescription is the same: Stay inside and wear a mask. Oh, and take a COVID-19 test, even with proof of vaccination, at least if you are boarding a plane, even domestically. American Airlines will send you a home COVID test for $119. It must be done within three days of your flight. And why now when the planes have been full for the last year? Imagine the profits.

It used to be “follow the money.” Now we are told “we are following the science.” We know that science is following the money — look around. Big pharma brought you the opioid epidemic. Overreaching control will be the death of our society unless we stand up and push back to keep them from taking control of every aspect of our lives. Wake up, America. No matter what they say, 2 + 2 does NOT equal 5! “Make no mistake, both Big Government and Big Tech can undermine human dignity and liberty, human flourishing and the common good,” Ryan T. Anderson stated on Monday… (whose book, “When Harry Became Sally,” was banned from Amazon).

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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sure I came up with all on my own. I think it is an idea that could be successfully and promptly implemented. I think it would be healthy for America at this time. Not only would we all be “INSURED the reasonably inexpensive freedom of speech” — but a lot of people could profit financially as well. It’s a winwin situation in my view, a golden opportunity that no serious-minded entrepreneur can dispel or ignore. I’m very serious in this regard. The truth is, I personally do not use Facebook or

Twitter or Instagram, nor do I comment on YouTube videos or other online message boards, and I’ve never been censored. But one day, I just might make a boo-boo. When I do feel the sober impulse to express a strong opinion or to propose solutions to problems that I think are of concern to others, I speak out the oldfashioned way: I write a letter to the local newspaper. Thank you, Santa Barbara News-Press, for the chance to be heard! I would appreciate any response and feedback to my (humbly brilliant) suggestion from your readers. So speak up, please. We got you covered!