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Sarah Cowan, left, teaches visitors about abalones at a booth outside the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center on Stearns Wharf on Saturday. The Sea Center reopened on Friday.

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Families of eager children and parents relieved to get out of the house and enjoy the sunshine lined up outside the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center on Stearns Wharf Saturday morning to enjoy its second day of reopening. Running Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Sea Center already had a 25-minute wait by 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Kids were restless waiting in line, chomping at the bit to get a glimpse of the white abalones or to pet the baby swell sharks. The Sea Center’s ability to move some of its interactive exhibits outdoors allowed for six different stations on the deck. Each family or group got five minutes at each tent, resulting in a 30-minute experience. Robin Artac, of Thousand Oaks, made the trip up to Santa Barbara with her two sons, Nick, 10, and Lucas, 8, who were pumped to be able to visit the center in person again. “We’re so glad it’s back open. He (Nick) asks to come here, like, every weekend,” Ms. Artac told the News-Press. “We love coming here. We come here a lot and we’ll spend hours here … This is another great way for us to get outside.” Both Nick and Lucas told the News-Press they want to be marine biologists when they grow up. “It (the Sea Center) is so cool,” Nick said. “Especially the wet deck, because it’s, like, so cool.” The wet deck allows for visitors to become scientists themselves and use oceanographic tools to sample the ocean directly below the wharf and examine the

Santa Barbara County returns to ‘Moderate Drought’ status By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Becca Buck, left, a volunteer at the Sea Center, educates a family on sea life on Saturday.

marine life they scoop up. The Sea Center was able to reopen the wet deck Friday for visitors to enjoy. The Artac boys said they enjoy petting the swell sharks as well, something they also got the opportunity to do Saturday morning, after sanitizing their hands, of course. “I like petting the swell sharks because it’s super smooth on one side and the other side feels like sandpaper,” Lucas said. Visitors of the Sea Center for the next few weeks will be able to pet baby swell sharks; feel

sea otter and sea lion pelts and baleen whale teeth; examine the wet deck’s tidal animals; touch sea stars and sea urchins; watch live camera footage of seahorses with a TV hooked up outside; check out the endangered white abalone; and visit the gift shop. Hand sanitizer is required for any of the touch exhibits, and each group is socially distanced from the next. Jeff and Cate Lee, of Orange County, also made the trip up to bring their two sons, Jeffrey, 7, and Jake, 5, to the Sea Center. “Whenever we come up from

Orange County, number one, I have to eat at Santa Barbara Shellfish Company because they have the best seafood,” Mr. Lee told the News-Press. “And then, because we’re on Stearns Wharf, we always come and visit the ocean museum. It’s part of our family trips coming up here to visit Santa Barbara.” When Jeffrey and Jake were asked what they were most excited to see, they answered with one word: “Sharks.” “We love it,” Mr. Lee said. “We’re wanting to support the Please see SEA CENTER on A7

Rainfall is set to return to the South Coast this week, as the county is expected to receive upwards of one inch of rain Tuesday through Thursday. Partly cloudy but mostly clear conditions are forecast today and Monday, though a cold storm system is expected to move through the region Monday night into Tuesday morning and bring increased clouds over Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. The front is expected to push inland Tuesday afternoon, bringing an increasing chance of rain through the day. The system is expected to move inland Wednesday night, or it could remain just off the coast around Point Conception, weather officials said. The main frontal and will move through the county Tuesday night into Wednesday, with rain and mountain snow expected.

Weather models are showing that Wednesday could be “more of a showery pattern” which will linger through Thursday or later in the week. A 70% chance of rain is forecast Tuesday night, and a 60% chance of rain is expected on Wednesday, according to the weather service. Early estimates show the county receiving between a half-inch and one inch of rain, with up to 1.33 inches in higher elevations. There is also the potential for decent amounts of snow, possibly six to 12 inches or more for higher mountains and some light accumulations down to 3,500 feet. With the wet weather, roadways are expected to be slick, and minor street flooding is possible. In addition, wintry driving conditions are expected in the mountains, with poor visibility and snow covered roads in and around Interstate 5 over the Grapevine and across the higher Please see weather on A6

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Another round of $1,400 stimulus checks and extended $300-per-week unemployment benefits, along with more food and rental assistance, got one step closer to American’s pockets Saturday morning. The U.S. Senate narrowly passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan in a party-line vote of 50 to 49, after 27 hours of debate. The legislation will now go back to the House for final approval, and then head to President Biden’s desk for his signature. Democrats hope to have the bill to his desk before unemployment aid programs expire on March 14. Three main adjustments were made to the House bill before the Senate’s passage. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ effort to put a $15 minimum wage hike into the bill failed late Friday night, setting a record for the longest vote in modern Senate history — 11 hours and 50 minutes. The Senate parliamentarian ruled that the measure violated the rules of reconciliation, the procedure Democratic leaders were using to approve the bill in the chamber without any Republican support. The unemployment benefits were lowered to $300 a week versus the House’s $400, but the aid will extend through Sept. 6. The first $10,200 of the jobless benefits will also be tax-free to households with incomes under $150,000, according to national media reports. The Senate also decided to narrow the eligibility for stimulus checks by 7 million families, who will now receive a partial payment of what they would have under the House version of the bill. The new bill cut off those who earn more than $160,000 a year and individuals who earn more than

$80,000 a year. Individuals earning less than $75,000 will receive the full $1,400; married couples earning less than $150,000 a year will receive $2,800; and families with children will be eligible for an additional $1,400 per dependent. The Senate’s version will deliver money to about 90% of American families, and adult dependents, such as college students, will be eligible for the payments as well. The child tax credit was extended for one year and new funding is going toward COVID-19 vaccine funding and testing, rental assistance and K-12 schools for reopening costs, as was proposed in the House bill. On Saturday, President Biden issued remarks on the passage of the American Rescue Plan, thanking Vice President Kamala Harris and the senators who reached “a compromise to do the right thing for the American people during this crisis.” “It obviously wasn’t easy, it wasn’t always pretty, but it was so desperately needed — urgently needed,” he said. “This nation has suffered too much for too long,” he added. “And everything in this package is designed to relieve the suffering and to meet the most urgent needs of the nation and put us in a better position to prevail, starting with beating this virus and vaccinating the country.” President Biden again said he believes America will have enough vaccine supply for every American by the end of May, but acknowledges it would “take longer to get it in their arm, but that’s how much vaccine we’ll have.” President Biden said he hopes the bill will find “quick passage” in the House “so it can be sent to my desk to be signed into law.”

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Santa Maria to offer St. Patrick’s Day craft project for adults SANTA MARIA — The city of Santa Maria Public Library is offering craft kits to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. A limited number of crafts will be made available at the library’s sidewalk pick-up window. Each kit will contain paint, glue and a wooden shamrock pin. The crafts will also include a list of fiction and nonfiction books from Irish and Irish American authors. The kits are open to adults ages 18 and older, and will be available for pick-up at the sidewalk service window at the main library starting March 15 and continuing through March 20. The main library is located at 421 S. McClelland St. Registration is required and begins Monday. Patrons may register on the events calendar at www. cityofsantamaria.org/Library or by calling the public library at 805-9250994. Patrons are asked to limit one kit per household. A limited number of craft kits will also be available at the Orcutt Branch Library from March 15 through March 20. The kits at the Orcutt Branch Library will be available on a first come, first served basis. Patrons are invited to post a picture of their creations on the library’s Facebook page or to tag the library on Instagram (santamaria_publiclibrary). Questions may be directed to the library’s information desk, 805-9250994 ext. 8562. — Grayce McCormick

Disaster psychology event scheduled MONTECITO — The Montecito Emergency Response & Recovery Action Group will be hosting a virtual community awareness event this week focused on disaster psychology. The meeting, scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, will include: information on disaster trauma; the causes of a traumatic crisis; the psychological impacts of a disaster on you, your family and neighbors; emotional or physical symptoms of trauma for various age groups; information on psychological first aid and how it can be used after a disaster; what steps to take to reduce stress; and what not to say when providing support to disaster survivors, according to a news release. Those interested can register for the meeting at merrag.org/training.

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As part of the Highway 101 widening project, crews are repaving the base layers for lane and ramp improvements on the southbound lanes and offramps at Carpinteria and Linden Avenues.

Surfer in distress hospitalized A surfer was transported to a local hospital on Saturday following reports of a surfer in distress at Rincon Beach, authorities said. The Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District’s water rescue team was dispatched around 1:20 p.m. to the beach, located adjacent to the Santa Barbara-Ventura county line. Units responded alongside the Ventura County Fire Department, which was first to arrive on scene and immediately began life-saving efforts, according to Fire Marshal Rob Rappaport. The victim, a man in his 50s, was treated on scene and transported to the hospital. The extent of his injuries were unknown, authorities said. — 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 9 p.m. tonight to 5 a.m. Monday, one northbound lane will be closed from North Padaro Lane to Sheffield Drive, as well as the offramp at Santa Monica Road. A similar closure will be in place during overnight hours Monday to Friday, according to Caltrans officials. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Thursday, the northbound offramp at Santa Monica Road will be closed, with a detour at the Santa Claus Lane offramp. From 10 p.m. tonight to 7 a.m. Monday, one southbound lane will be closed from Sheffield Drive to North Padaro Lane. A similar closure will be in place during overnight hours Monday to Friday, which will also include a lane closure from Santa Claus Lane to Casitas Pass Road. 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. Flaggers will be in place to direct traffic at the Evans Avenue undercrossing during daytime work. 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 have built the footings, support columns and side supports 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 effort.” Construction work is continuing on the new median bridge columns and the bridge span at the Evans Avenue undercrossing. Crews will also be working on pre-construction activities as needed for the Parado segment of the project, which 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 onand 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 are repaving the base layers for lane and ramp improvements on the southbound lanes and offramps at Carpinteria and Linden Avenues. Work is also ongoing on the approach areas and safety barriers near Franklin and Santa Monica creek bridges. Also, crews will install new wall sections on the south side of the 101 between Carpinteria and Santa Ynez avenues. Crews are set to begin installing in-and-out blocks. In addition, a landscaping contractor is planting and mulching along southbound 101 between Linden Avenue and Casitas Pass Road and Via Real. For more information on the project, visit www. sbroads.com. — Mitchell White

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SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara City College’s programming teams shined in this year’s regional competition of the International Collegiate Programming Competition last Saturday, with its top-scoring team, SBCC Yellow, taking first place among other regional two-year programs. SBCC Yellow, which consisted of students Jaden Baptista, Daniel Schaffield and Qimin Tao, also outscored multiple four-year universities, including Cal Tech, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Riverside and UC San Diego, according to a news release. Other SBCC teams also performed well at the event, outranking multiple Southern California universities. ICPC challenges teams of three students to solve a set of 11 coding problems in five hours or less. This year’s first-place team from UCSD solved all the problems in five hours. Several of this year’s top teams will advance to the North American Divisional Championships in April. “I am very proud of these outstanding young computer scientists,” Stephen Strenn, computer science professor and coach, said in a statement. “It was an honor and a privilege to see their hard work and team spirit come to fruition.”

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Community invited to celebrate Arbor Week SANTA MARIA — The city of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department is inviting community members to celebrate Arbor Week, which starts today through March 14. Local residents are encouraged to plant trees. For a demonstration on how to plant a tree, visit https://youtu. be/LIkk5K9zFyM. Arbor Day is a nationally celebrated event that encourages tree planting and care. Founded by J. Sterling Morton in 1872, it is celebrated on different dates according to each state. The city of Santa Maria is a 35year “Tree City U.S.A.” member. The National Arbor Day Foundation has recognized the city as a Tree City U.S.A. member due to Santa Maria’s strong commitment to complete an urban forest program, officials said. Questions may be directed to the Recreation and Parks Department at 805-925-0951 ext. 2260.

County reports 39 new COVID-19 cases, one additional death By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department reported 39 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the county’s total to 32,301. One additional COVID-19 related death was reported, a Lompoc resident between the ages of 50 to 69 who had underlying medical conditions. The death was not associated with a congregate living

facility. The county has now reported 423 total deaths associated with the virus. The city of Santa Barbara reported 13 new cases on Saturday, and now has 87 active cases (6,056 total). Seven new cases were reported in Isla Vista, bringing its total to 1,241 total and 13 that remain active. Five new cases were reported in Lompoc, and an additional five cases were reported in Goleta. Lompoc has now reported 3,389 total cases (34 active), with Goleta recording 1,679 total with 30 that

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remain active. Four new cases were reported in Santa Maria, which has reported 10,865 total cases with 65 that remain active. Two new cases were reported in Orcutt (1,704 total, 14 active) and the geographic region for three cases was pending on Saturday. No new cases were reported in the unincorporated areas of Sisquoc, Casmalia, Garey, Cuyama, New Cuyama and the city of Guadalupe (two active),

the Santa Ynez Valley (eight active), unincorporated Goleta and the Goleta Valley (14 active), federal prison complex in Lompoc (two active) and the South County unincorporated areas of Montecito, Summerland and the city of Carpinteria (15 active). A total of 50 people are being treated at local hospitals, including 16 in the Intensive Care Unit. email: mwhite@newspress.com

Town hall to provide update on Platform Holly and Piers 421

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LOMPOC — Local group Love Your Inmate is hosting a plane flyover today in an effort to show support and bring awareness to those inside the Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex, which has experienced several outbreaks of COVID-19 since March 2020. The group will meet from noon to 12:30 at Ryon Memorial Park, at 800 W. Ocean Ave. The community is invited to attend. For more information, contact Chrissie Rogers at 909-601-0111 or loveyourinmateinfo@gmail.com. Last month, the group met with members of the Lompoc Prison Task Force and representatives from Supervisor Joan Hartmann’s and U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal’s office in an effort to raise awareness of COVID-19 deaths at the prison. Organizers arranged for attendees to release biodegradable balloons, though later canceled those plans after community members raised concerns about environmental impact. The flyover was scheduled in its place, which was delayed due to weather and rescheduled for today.

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The city of Goleta, alongside the State Lands Commission, will hold a virtual town hall on Wednesday about the Platform Holly decommissioning project.

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The city of Goleta, alongside the State Lands Commission, will hold a virtual town hall this week about the Platform Holly decommissioning project. The event, scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, will also include the upcoming California Environmental Quality Act process to remove the Haskell Beach oil piers. Jennifer Lucchesi, executive officer with the State Lands Commission, will provide an update to the community on the projects and answer questions about the project status and next steps, according to a news release. The most recent update on the decommissioning efforts was shared during a virtual event in August 2020. Officials said at the time that 14 wells had their production zone cemented, but operations were shut down due the pandemic, with three wells left unfinished. Jeff Planck, the co-project manager, explained that in June 2020, officials decided to “cold stack the rig,” which meant all the rental and most of the moveable equipment would be removed from the platform and the equipment that remained on the platform was secured in the vessels or tanks. The decision to cold stack the rig had multiple factors, including the number of people needed to operate the machinery, while the lack of physical space for social distancing made it difficult. The cost of having to upkeep everything played a factor as well.

“Once the realization that the pandemic requirements could easily last another six to 12 months, the decision was made to do the cold stack and to leave the platform,” Mr. Planck said. On July 26, 2020, the cold stack effort was complete and all personnel left the platform. According to Mr. Planck, “the Commission and their contractor Beacon West energy will continue to staff the platform with a reduced crew to maintain security to monitor the wells and to maintain the equipment left behind.” All wells were secured and shut in during this stoppage and there are no fluid wells on the platform, he said. The decommissioning work on Platform Holly was set to resume in late 2020 and was expected to take another 12 to 18 months to fully abandon all the wells. During last year’s meeting, officials also provided an update on the work being done to decommission the Piers 421 onshore piers. A test to remove the soil was held a few days after the meeting to allow for equipment to be placed in and around Piers 421 number two, Mr. Planck said. To register for this week’s meeting, visit https://tinyurl.com/cpbpf696 and use the pass code 792876. For those who aren’t able to attend, the meeting will be aired live on Channel 19 and rebroadcast Thursdays and Fridays at 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. The meeting can also be viewed online at www.cityofgoleta.org/ goletameetings. email: mwhite@newspress.com

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UCSB wins regular season finale over Cal Poly By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

UCSB senior Danae Miller dropped a season-high 26 points on Saturday, as the Gauchos used a strong third quarter to defeat Cal Poly, 78-68, to round out their regular season. UCSB (7-13, 6-9 in Big West Conference) was able to hold Cal Poly to just 37% shooting on the afternoon. The Gauchos outscored the Mustangs (12-10, 8-8) 23-9 in the third quarter en route to the victory. Miller’s scoring output was her highest point total of the season. She was perfect from the foul line, making all 12 of her attempts in the win. Taylor Mole added 15 points and seven rebounds, and Megan Anderson scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. The Gauchos finished the regular season in seventh place in the Big West Conference. BASEBALL

OREGON 5-17, UCSB 5-2 Kenyon Yovan certainly enjoyed the friendly confines of Caesar Uyesaka Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Yovan drove in nine runs in total, homering three times as the Ducks (5-2) pounded UCSB (6-4) in a double header. In Game 1, Yovan’s three-run home run cut UCSB’s advantage to 4-3. His RBI single in the top of the ninth gave Oregon the lead for good. In Game 2, Rodney Boone, who tossed six innings of no-hit ball on Feb. 27 against Pepperdine, didn’t make it out of the second inning. He allowed six hits and eight runs, though just one earned. All eight runs were scored in the second, including Yovan’s two-run home run. Yovan hit another two-run home run in the sixth. The two teams will wrap up their four-game series at noon today. HOPE INTERNATIONAL 5-11, WESTMONT 5-4 Hope International pounded a combined 21 hits on Saturday as it took both games of the double

header. In Game 1, the Warriors (10-9, 4-4 Golden State Athletic Conference) scored three times in the seventh inning to tie the game at 4. Devin Perez and Alex Stufft both homered, but Dominic Campeau’s RBI double in the bottom of the seventh put Hope (14-6, 6-2) in front for good. In Game 2, Westmont held a 5-4 lead, but Hope scored five times in the fourth inning to blow the game open, capped off by a Campeau single.

Sow’s double-double caps a perfect 11-0 season at the Thunderdome By MARK PATTON NEWS-PRESS SENIOR WRITER

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NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Westmont men’s relay teams picked up two AllAmerican honors on the final day of the National Indoor Track and Field Championships in South Dakota. The men’s 4x800 meter relay team of John Baker, Jason Peterson, Danny Rubin and Zola Sokhela placed sixth in the finals with a time of 7:47.84. Rubin, Jarad Harper, Peterson and Sokhela finished as national runner-up in the distance medley relay with a time of 10:09.66. During the four days of the national championships, Westmont earned four individual All-American titles and two relay All-American honors out of the seven events in which they competed. WOMEN’S WATER POLO

CAL 11, UCSB 10 The Gauchos were able to stage a second-half comeback behind a strong performance from Amanda Legaspi and Caitlyn Snyder, but ultimately fell short to the No. 5 ranked Golden Bears on Saturday. UCSB (2-1), ranked No. 9 in the country, got five goals from Legaspi, while Snyder added two goals, two assists and five field blocks. Madison Button had seven blocks in goal. UCSB trailed 6-3 at the half and 9-7 heading to the fourth. Cal’s Brigit Mulder scored a pair of goals in the final quarter to make it 11-8 with under six Please see SPORTS on A5

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UCSB’s Amadou Sow goes up for a dunk during the second half of the Gauchos 70-54 victory over visiting Cal Poly on Saturday night. Sow led all scorers with 22 points on 8-10 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds to record his fifth double-double of the season.

UCSB’s underclassmen sent their elders out as winners on Senior Night at the Thunderdome. Junior Amadou Sow scored a season-high 22 points and sophomore Ajare Sanni chipped in with 18 as the Gauchos put a cherry atop their Big West Conference championship trophy with a 70-54 victory over Cal Poly on Saturday. The victory completed a perfect 11-0 season at the Thunderdome for the 19-4 Gauchos. “I’ve just wanted to teach these guys how to win and how to be leaders because they are such good players and good people — even better people than they are players,” senior co-captain Devearl Ramsey said. “I feel we are in good hands and we can keep going and really build something special. “But right now, we’re trying to focus just on this year and do something special.” Next stop is the Big West Conference Tournament in Las Vegas. The top-seeded Gauchos, who won the Big West with a 13-3 record, will play at 11 a.m. on Thursday at the Mandalay Bay Resort against the winner of Tuesday’s 3 p.m. game between No. 8 Cal State Northridge and No. 9 Long Beach State. “This is why you play college basketball and why I coach basketball,” Pasternack said. “There’s nothing like it, to watch these kids be able to enjoy March Madness. Hopefully we can keep playing for a little while here.” Ramsey was one of five Gauchos presented with their framed jersey during a post-game ceremony. JaQuori McLaughlin, Please see UCSB on A7

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Goleta City Council approves purchase of solar-powered charging station GOLETA — The Goleta City Council has approved the purchase of Santa Barbara County’s first EV ARC, a vehicle charging station that is 100% solar-powered and grid-independent. Since the Electric Vehicle Autonomous Renewable Charger is powered by the sun, it is energy resilient and can still charge electric cars during eclectic outages. It is also compact enough to fit into a single parking space and requires no construction or electrical work to deploy. “Our city has made providing safe, reliable, affordable energy alternatives a priority for our community,” Goleta Mayor Paula Perotte said in a statement. “This is another important step on our path to sustainable energy that also helps combat climate change.” The EV ARC is expected to be delivered to Goleta by early summer. The purchase of the device was made possible by grants from the county’s Air Pollution Control District and the California Office of Emergency Services. The Goleta City Council has made a goal to reach 100% renewable energy by 2030, and officials say the purchase of the EV ARC is another step in the right direction. “We are excited to see the City take this step to support the transition to electric vehicles in line with its sustainable energy and climate goals,” Peter Imhof, the director of the department of planning and environmental review, said in a statement. “This solar-powered charging unit will offer flexible electric vehicle charging available to both City employees and members of the public.” — Madison Hirneisen

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CAL 1, UCSB 0 Emily Schuttish went the distance for UCSB on Saturday, allowing just one run on six hits over six innings of work as the Gauchos dropped their third in a row. Cal (6-3) got a run home in the bottom half of the fifth on a Sophie Medellin single. UCSB (1-8) threatened in the top half of the inning, but left two runners on to end the threat. The Gauchos loaded the bases in the top of the seventh on three straight two-out singles, but were unable to capitalize, as Sam Denehy flied out to end the game.

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Snow, McToldridge pace Dons past Royals Wire to wire victories by Blaise Snow and Daisy McToldridge helped Santa Barbara sweep San Marcos for both the boys and girls squads. The boys scored a perfect 15 points behind Snow (16:41), Drew DeLozier (16:54), Xan Tassos (17:04), Amir Walton (17:16) and Oliver LeVine (17:17). McToldridge (19:45) improved 29 seconds from last week. Freshman McKenna Snow took second (21:43), with Clara Aviani (21:57), Elena Everest (23:02) and Arielle Feinberger (23:57) rounding out the scoring, with the girls totaling a perfect 15 points.

Branum, Lerena take first place Lompoc’s Andres Lerena and Mallory Branum each took first place in Saturday’s three-

mile race against Santa Ynez at Cabrillo High School. Lerena finished with a time of 16:57, with Branum finishing with a time of 22:41. In the boy’s race, Santa Ynez’s Joey Linane took second (17:35), followed by Lompoc’s Paul Lawver (17:36). Santa Ynez’s Gann Carson (18:12) took fourth, followed by his teammate Musante Vincent (18:24). In the girl’s race, Lompoc’s Lauren Jansen (22:55) and Hannah Books (23:46) took second and third, respectively, followed by Santa Ynez’s Victoria Bernard (24:33) and Lily Tullis (24:35).

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SANTA YNEZ 10, PASO ROBLES 7 Taye Luke had five goals and Peyon Pratt had 12 blocks and two steals to lead the Pirates to a victory on Saturday. Luke also finished with two assists and a pair of steals, as Sydney Gills had four goals, two assists and three steals. Tabitha Pearigen added a goal and a steal.

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200 N La Cumbre Road Development Virtual Community Outreach Meeting The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara cordially invites all community members to a virtual outreach meeting regarding the redevelopment of 200 North La Cumbre Road into an affordable apartment complex for families. Housing Authority staff and our collaborating organizations, including architectural firm Cearnal Collective, will be available to provide information about the project, answer questions, and receive feedback. Date: Thursday, March 11, 2021 Time: 5:30 PM Location: Zoom Please register using one of the following links or by scanning the QR code below:

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Santa Maria 61/43

New Cuyama 61/31

Buellton 63/36

Solvang 65/36

Gaviota 62/45

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SANTA BARBARA 63/42 Goleta 63/42

Carpinteria 60/44 Ventura 60/46

AIR QUALITY KEY Good Moderate

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ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low

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Wind west-southwest 4-8 knots today. Waves 3-5 feet with a west-northwest swell 3-6 feet at 15 seconds. Visibility clear.

POINT ARENA TO POINT PINOS

Wind west-southwest at 4-8 knots today. Wind waves 2-4 feet with a southwest swell 3-5 feet at 14-second intervals. Visibility clear.

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Wind west-southwest at 4-8 knots today. Wind waves 2-4 feet with a southwest swell 3-5 feet at 14-second intervals. Visibility clear.

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4:19 a.m. 7:14 p.m. 5:30 a.m. 7:50 p.m. 6:30 a.m. 8:20 p.m.

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Maricopa 63/44

Guadalupe 61/43

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‘This is a safe, healthy, educational outing for the family’ SEA CENTER

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local businesses, and certainly the ones focused on the ocean, which is such a big part of the Southern California community.” “It’s a tradition,” Mrs. Lee added. “We’re so glad it’s reopened.” Beverly Armendariz and her 9-year-old daughter, Isabella, were also excitedly waiting in line Saturday morning. “We were members before the shutdown, so we’re excited that it’s open again and excited to come back,” Ms. Armendariz said. Isabella told the News-Press she was most excited to see the anemones. In addition, she said she was looking forward to scoping out the wet deck. “Last time we did that, we pulled up one of those big snails. It was really fun,” Ms. Armendariz said. She added that she and her daughter loved seeing footage in the past of cameramen filming down under the pier. Last time they saw footage, Isabella said, “We saw a shark!” Richard Smalldon, the Sea Center’s director, said everyone’s “really excited” to be able to reopen. “We’ve been closed for two months, and while operations remain intact, such as feeding the animals and caring for everything, it’s just really nice to be able to be open doing what we love to do — sharing the ocean wonders with our own,” Mr. Smalldon told the News-Press. “We’re fortunate to have such a great natural setting to temporarily operate outside, and, like everybody else, we’re hoping to move forward to the potential red tier so that we can operate with limited capacity inside.” On Friday, the center’s first day of reopening, Mr. Smalldon said they had around 150 visitors, and called it a “good getting-back-intothe-swing-of-things day.” The director said, “Everybody’s been so confined and locked up, and this is a safe, healthy, educational outing for the family. It’s supporting a local nonprofit and it’s a beautiful setting.” No prior registration is required to visit the Sea Center on Stearns Wharf. Tickets can be purchased onsite at a reduced rate of $7 per person, and members can enjoy the exhibits for free. The Sea Center will be open every Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., but Mr. Smalldon made sure to remind the public that when Santa Barbara County reaches the red tier, as they’ll open at limited capacity indoors. Visit sbnature. org for more information.

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Above, Beverly Armendariz, left, and her daughter Isabella explore a touch tank containing sea stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and sea snails on Saturday. Below, a pair of live crabs roam around the tank at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center on Saturday.

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‘It’s just been such an amazing journey since last March’ UCSB

Continued from Page A4 Brandon Cyrus, Robinson Idehen and Destin Barnes also played their final games at the Thunderdome. Every Gaucho player, coach and staff member took a turn cutting down the net. The Big West championship was UCSB’s fifth, adding to titles won in 1999 (a Western Division championship), 2003, 2008 and 2010. “It’s just been such an amazing journey since last March, not getting to be with our players except on Zoom in April, then May, June, July and August,” coach Joe Pasternack said. “Sept. 12 was the first time we were actually able to see our players. “They were away from us for six months, and then it all began on the tennis courts, lifting weights and shooting on Dick’s Sporting Goods baskets for six weeks.” Saturday’s victory was UCSB’s 13th in its last 14 games, completing a Big West season that began with two defeats at defending champion UC Irvine on Dec. 27 and 28. “You set that goal of winning a championship at the beginning of every season,” Ramsey said. “Every year I’ve been here, our team has been really good. I felt we could win it every year. “You always play to win, and this year we were clicking on all cylinders, and it happened.” It did take a while to get warmed up on Saturday. UCSB missed 10 of its first 13 shots and trailed for nearly the entire first half. A three-pointer by Colby Rogers gave Cal Poly its biggest lead of the weekend, 20-14, with 7:25 left in the period. Sanni gave the Gauchos’ ailing offense a few shots in the arm, sinking a three-pointer and a running floater. UCSB also made a flurry of steals to slice off more of its deficit. Josh Pierre-Louis had four of his team’s 10 steals, leading to 16 Cal Poly turnovers. “He changes the game,” Pasternack said of his sophomore transfer from Temple. “He’s going to be a great player. I’m just really excited to watch his development.” Sow swiped the ball from Tuukka Jaakkola and dunked despite being fouled from behind by the Mustang center. Jaakkola was called for a flagrant foul and Sow made both free throws. The rare fourpoint play ignited an 11-0 run that took barely two minutes. McLaughlin stole the ball from Keith Smith on Cal Poly’s next trip down court and lobbed to Sow for an

alley-oop, fast-break dunk. He then drove into the Mustangs’ defense and fed Cyrus in the left corner for a three. Sow capped the outburst by scoring on an up-andunder move to give the Gauchos a 27-22 lead. He made 8-of-10 shots, 6-of-6 free throws and grabbed 12 rebounds to record his fifth double-double of the season. “I don’t think Amadou had his best game defensively (Friday) night, but I thought he was terrific tonight,” Pasternack said “Everybody is going to have to be at their best on Thursday at 11 a.m.” Sow actually gave his starting spot to Idehen on Senior Night, but the 6-10 center sprained his ankle in the third minute. Idehen was held out of the rest of the game as a precaution. Jakov Kukic, a 6-10 freshman from Croatia, got three rebounds in 11 minutes of backup duty. “Everybody is going to have to be ready to play (in the Big West Tournament),” Pasternack said. Sanni added a step-back jumper and then stripped the ball from Rogers, leading to Ramsey’s fast-break layup and a 31-24, halftime lead. Although the Mustangs out-shot the Gauchos 43.5% to 37.5% by halftime, UCSB scored 12 points off 10 Cal Poly turnovers to take a 31-24 lead into the break. The Gauchos appeared headed for a rout when they scored the first six points of the second half. Sow tipped in a teammate’s miss and then reversed in a layup off Ramsey’s pass for a 37-24 lead. But they missed 12 of their next 15 shots including seven straight three-pointers. A three by Mark Crowe triggered a 10-0 run for the Mustangs. They got as close as three points, 41-38. Sanni righted UCSB’s ship by popping in a 15-footer and then a long three from the top. Ramsey and Sanni added two more threes to cap a 13-5 run that boosted the Gaucho lead to 56-45 with 5:32 to go. Sanni made 4-of-10 from three while his teammate connected on just 4-of-15. “We’ve played amazing against the zone all year but we didn’t execute tonight for whatever reason — we’ll get that fixed on Monday,” Pasternack said. “But Ajare has been a zone buster all year.” McLaughlin, quiet for most of the game, had his best Senior Night moments at the end to keep UCSB ahead. He scored a jumper from the left elbow of the key after an offensive rebound by Kukic, and then drilled the nail into Cal Poly’s coffin with a three for a 61-50 lead with 3:35 to go. email: mpatton@newspress.com

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SHERMAN, Marjorie

Marjorie Sherman, age 101, died Feb 19th in Ventura, CA. She faced death the same way she faced life - head on, never complaining, always thinking of others and fearless. Marjorie was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Cedric Ira in 2007. She is survived by daughters, Virginia Turner-Scholl (Rich), Santa Barbara, CA, Gerri Ream, Simi, CA, grandchildren, Greg Turner (Brenda) Forney, TX, Richard Soucy (Lori) Simi, CA, Kathleen Magazino (Michael) Santa Barbara, CA, 4 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great-grandchildren and her niece, Joan Arnold, Webster, NY. Marjorie was born in W. Webster, NY but lived most of her life in the West. She loved to travel, sew, read and knit. Her humor and wisdom will be missed by all. No services are planned.

KENDALL, Robert Edward The family of Robert Edward Kendall of Montecito, CA, is sad to announce his passing on February 1, 2021. Bob was the son of George Albert Kendall and Anna Carolyn Nelson. He was born on February 11, 1929 at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford, MA. Bob grew up in West Somerville, MA and Freedom Village, NH (summers). He attended Somerville public schools, graduating first in his high school class in May 1946. During WWII he worked after school in the General Settlement Department of the First National Bank of Boston from D-Day through V-J Day. Bob was invited by MIT and Harvard to enroll as a freshman. Because of time spent on the family boat in and around Boston Harbor prior to WWII, he elected to enroll at MIT in the Naval Architecture Department. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering in June 1950. He was admitted to several honorary professional societies including Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, and Sigma Xi. Bob was a founding member and treasurer (1949) of the MIT Foreign Student Summer Program, which invited 80 students to come to Cambridge during the summers of 1948 and 1949 to be updated on wartime developments in their specialty areas. The National Association of Manufacturers played a key role in financially supporting their travels within the US. In 1950, Bob started his career with the Baltimore Gas & Electric Company and received training in central power plant electrical distribution operations. He then worked with the MIT Naval Supersonic Wind Tunnel in Cambridge, MA and was the co-author of the foundational report on internal supersonic flow friction and recovery factors. At the Clifford Manufacturing Company in Waltham, MA, Bob was the manager of design and wind tunnel test groups relating to aircraft and missile heat exchangers, valves and aerospace environmental control systems. In 1955, Bob started his career with Arthur D. Little, Inc. At Cambridge and at Edwards Air Force Base, Bob was responsible for the design, test, and deployment of the 10,000 psi liquid nitrogen pump. This achievement was recognized by the American Chemical Society in 1957 as a first capability. While at Arthur D. Little, Bob became the Titan I ICBM Program Director and the Chief Project Engineer, Western Division, and Consultant for the AEC at the Los Alamos and Nevada Test Site at the US Air Force-Wright Patterson Air Force Base, NASA. From 1962-1982, Bob worked for Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, CA. His roles included Directorships in the Titan III System Test and Operations Office, the Special Projects Office and the Launch Vehicles Office of the Systems Planning Division. He became the Director of Operations for the Space Transportation System Planning Directorate and ultimately served as Principal Director for the US Air Force Advanced Launch Base Development Program. Upon retirement in 1982, Bob was the Founding Director and Vice-President of Gato Corporation in Santa Maria, CA. He advanced to become the Managing Director and Vice-President, Engineering and Operations. He also served as the Director of the Systems Development and Engineering Group of the Santa Barbara operations of General Research Corporation. Bob is survived by his loving wife, Joanne Pauley Kendall. The two of them have enjoyed the 38 years they have called Montecito home. Together, they were active members of the Birnam Wood Golf Club, the Valley Club, and the Channel City Club. Over their many years together, Bob and Joanne loved to travel. They explored the Eastern Seaboard, the Pacific Northwest, England, Canada, Hawaii, Mexico, Fiji and French Polynesia. Bob is also survived by his son, Robert Kendall, Jr, his daughter Elizabeth Kendall Zug, his 5 granddaughters, 1 grandson and his 6 great-grandchildren. The family funeral service was held on what would have been Bob’s 92nd birthday, February 11th at the Santa Barbara Cemetery. A memorial service will be held later in the fall.

PAUL, Elwire

Elwire Paul was born June 14th, 1932, region of Bessarabia, Romania, in the town of Liepzig. Her parents were Emanual & Christine Neumann, and she had a younger sister Ella. German colonies in this area were established in 1842 where the villagers were primarily farmers, who were enticed from their native Germany with promise of land ownership, interest-free credit, exemption from taxes for 10 years, autonomy, freedom of religion, and exemption from military service. Each family was given 160 acres of known rich soil in the agreement. She grew up living on the farmland, to where her father worked the fertile soil, and raised Persian Lamb’s along with horses. Preceding the war, one of the Romanian Generals obtained military horses through her father since he was known for quality breeding in the land, and where the General kept one of them for his personal use. Her father was an entrepreneur who started a foundry that was very successful, and enjoyed the fruits of their hard work where they lived very comfortably. The family remained there until the Russians agreed with Germany in 1939 to divide up the land, and where the Besserabia region would change to Russian control. Elwire, her family, and the whole village picked up and moved back to Germany. They were not allowed to leave with any money, jewelry or valued possessions, only to leave with a suitcase of clothes. Their journey continued from Germany to Poland as they traveled as refugees during the war and invasions. At the end of World WW 2, the family fled back to Germany, and in those years she earned her College Business Degree. She put her skills to work when her family immigrated to the United States, working for a Shell Oil office as an Executive Assistant. Soon after arriving in the U.S., she traveled from Michigan to Canada to visit a girlfriend, and to where she met her future husband George Paul. Detroit, Michigan was their home after getting married in 1958 (divorced in 1997). They came to Santa Barbara in 1963 with their two sons Gerhard & Robert Paul, and eventually in 1965, they settled in Goleta, CA, with their young family. Her social personality and enthusiasm led her to participate in local Adult Education Classes, to which she enjoyed the many opportunities to coordinate her hands with an artistic eye and creative thinking. She had an appreciation of art, which was pursued as an outlet in many forms. She herself created items such as woven baskets, crocheted blankets, floral arrangements, photography, and decorated cakes. At one point she had a large manual foot-peddle Weaving Loom where she strung the warp thread and produced her woven wall hangings that she was very proud of. Her artistic expression included written words in poems, and to which we marveled at her beautiful scripted hand writing. Elwire was an accomplished cook and baker, and loved serving up her delicious food to her family. Baked goodies were in abundance, and brought smiles to all of us appreciating her “gourmet” talents. Her grandkids (and big kids) recall the tasty cookies...with her specialty of Apfel Kuchen (Apple Cake) that was a favorite treat. She loved her four grandchildren who brought much joy to her. “Oma” was always quick to read a book to this crew in their younger years, and she spent a lot of time getting on their ground level and playing with them. Funny moments with these young ones gave Elwire great storytelling details that she recalled in conversations, accented in humor and excitement. She would share to all who would be in earshot, and you always ended up chuckling after hearing her thoughtful observations. Photography was also a passion to capture treasured images of her grandchildren Brandon, Ryan, Joshua, and Renee, and we enjoy those snapshots preserved in time... to this day. She valued America and was proud to learn English to become an official citizen, and fully appreciated this incredible country to pursue any goal, and where she reaped the rewards of hard work and accomplishment. With arriving for a third time again to another location with only a suitcase in hand starting all over, the perseverance to learn the English language and build from nothing was an example lived out here with arriving in the United States. As an immigrant she felt very fortunate to be living in this country, as opposed to some of her relatives getting caught behind the oppressive “Iron Curtain” in East Germany. Her compassion of this family tragedy led her to send many international care packages all through the years. Elwire valued continual learning, always eager to educate herself through much reading and participating in a variety of classes. She was fascinated by interesting biographies of people, cultures, and places. Her library of collected books gave her a desire to travel and learn of regional customs. Interest in life stories led her to be a very inquisitive person, who was also very generous to people surrounding her. We admired her intellect savvy teamed with self discipline for delayed gratification that laid the ground work for fruits of financial success in her marriage union. We honor her influence of teaching financial responsibility with purposed action behind it, pursuing your interests with passion, taking pride in hard work ethic, and having compassion for people in need. She did her best to touch people with her kindness, and we will remember the positive times of love and caring she shared in her lifetime. Pastor Dan Hodgson of Vineyard Church resided over a beautiful family graveside service where she was placed alongside her parents in Goleta Cemetery. White roses along with one of her favorite reads of inspirational quotes and Bible scriptures were laid to rest with her, as she ended her time here on earth Saturday, January 23rd of this year 2021. Elwire is survived by: son Gerhard Paul and wife Eva of Goleta, son Robert Paul & wife Kim of Goleta, and their 4 adult children Brandon, Ryan, Joshua, and Renee. Also survived by her nieces Faye, Erica and nephew Ricky. Preceded in death were her parents Emanuel & Christine Neumann, and sister Ella Reimer. We want to thank all of her friends and extended family who gave their best of support over the years. May she rest in peace, and have a renewed mind and body, as she is in a better place with her Heavenly Father.

OBITUARIES

SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2021

SMITH, Tom

Architect, 1953-2021 Born Thomas Vernon Smith, Toronto, Canada Oct. 15,1953 to Gordon F. and Verna-Ruth Smith. Tom moved to Los Angeles with parents and sister Barbara in 1955. Early education in Norwalk, CA where he became a U.S. citizen. Came to Santa Barbara 1968. Graduated from San Marcos High 1971 after studying architectural drafting and design. There he designed the first Royal Reserve rest area. In 1970, a senior, Tom designed a home that was built in Rancho del Ciervo, his first commission at 17! Tom then moved to L.A where he joined the Alamo Christian Foundation. Moved to Alma, AR with them, designed buildings and a local housing tract for them in Alma, plus other activities. Tom was a strong Christian and a lover of Biblical history. In 1986 Tom came home to Santa Barbara, resumed studies at City College and worked for local architects. Tom then met Susan Trichler whom he knew from High School. They married in 1989 and were members at El Montecito Presbtyerian, later relocating their home to Guadalupe, CA. There they joined Orcutt Presbyterian. Tom’s office was in Montecito, working for Jon Sorrell on many large estate designs. When Tom became a Licensed Architect he had his own office there for the past ten years. Tom was active in his church and in Civil War re-enacting. He and Susan participated in several historical acting groups. Tom was active with E Clampus Vitus and designed some award winning Fiesta parade floats. Tom also enjoyed his model HO trains and his cats. Tom died and Susan was injured in a highway 101 crash Jan. 29, 2021. Tom was predeceased by mother Verna-Ruth Smith, survived by wife Susan D. Smith, father Gordon F. Smith of Santa Barbara, sister Barbara R. Reed of Boston, brother Donald F. Smith and many cousins, nieces and nephews. A private family inurnment will be held later. Donations to American Cancer Society or Orcutt Presbyterian Church.

BROWN, Judith Judith was born Judith Rose Winer in Nashua, New Hampshire in 1929. After high school she attended the University of New Hampshire, where her goals were to become an occupational therapist and move to Alaska. But instead she met George Brown and got married, supporting him through his education and career development, and caring for their 4 children. In the early 1960s they moved to California where George joined the faculty as a professor of education at UC Santa Barbara. When George went to Esalen Institute to study Gestalt therapy with Fritz Perls, Judith accompanied him and so impressed Dr. Perls that he trained her as well. This started Judith on a path of professional development which eventually included obtaining a Ph.D, becoming a licensed marriage and family therapist, and publishing three books. She and George became noted trainers in Gestalt Therapy and traveled all over the world giving workshops. Judith impressed and charmed everyone she met. She was the kind of person to develop life-long friendships after meeting someone on a plane or in a grocery store. Athletic and active, she was a charter member of the Santa Barbara Tennis and Swim club and took Pilates classes well into her 80s. In her last years she moved to a memory care facility in San Diego county, close to many loving family members. She died of complications from COVID in February 2021. Judith is survived by her sons Joshua, Ethan, and Adam, and by her daughter Elissa, as well as her grandchildren Jessica, Tawnya, Bryson, Elise, Rebecca, and Leah.

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FRENCH, Richard Everett

Richard Everett French, 76, of Los Osos California, passed away peacefully at home on February 19, 2021 into the arms of his loving Lord with his beloved wife by his side. Dick was born in Austin, Minnesota on August 5, 1944 and came to California when he was 2 years old. He grew up in Santa Barbara, across the street from where the new Municipal Golf Course was being built. He hung out there, earned some change as a caddy, and then picked up the game of golf, which became a life-long passion. Dick attended San Marcos high school where he met his high school sweetheart Linda Barnes. They graduated together in 1963 and were married 55 years. Dick is survived by his wife, Linda; sister Joanne Glaves of Soldotna Alaska; his two sons, Kevin French, wife Shannon, children Cameron, Caleb, and Chaley of Omaha, Nebraska and Darrell French, daughter Kara of Black Hawk, South Dakota; two sistersin-law, Leslee Johnson of Santa Barbara and Louann Barnes of Figueroa Mountain California and many nieces, nephews and cousins. He was a loving father and a proud grandfather known as “Pops” to all. Dick is preceded in death by his parents, Everett and Marcella French and his brother, Robert French. Dick served in the United States Air Force and was very patriotic and supportive of his fellow veterans. He returned to Santa Barbara, then went to PGA school and became an assistant golf professional at the newly formed Sandpiper Golf Course. He later went to The Valley Club golf course in Montecito and became the head golf professional. In 1978 he moved his family to Ventura where he became an active member of the First United Methodist church, East-End Lions club, and the Retired Business Men’s club. He dedicated many years of his life helping others and serving in the beloved Emmaus Community. After retiring from professional golf Dick worked at Vulcan Materials for 25 years in sales and dispatch, retiring in 2005. He had a strong work ethic and an undeniable competitive spirit that came alive while watching a good football game or college baseball and was able to enjoy his passion for golf up until his final years. Dick and Linda traveled in their 5th-wheel all over the USA always meandering through Nebraska and South Dakota to see their family on their way home. They explored out-of-the-way places, played golf along the way, and watched spring training baseball games. One of their favorite memories was a mission trip to St. Lawrence Island where they visited Native relatives that were raised by Linda’s grandparents and Nome Alaska where they worked on several service projects at KICY Christian Radio Station and Nome Community Methodist church. They then took two months and traveled via ferry down though Alaska visiting Dick’s sister and family in Soldotna. His family and friends knew him as a gentle, mild-mannered, and quiet, kind man who always put others’ needs before his own and whose actions spoke louder than his words. He will be remembered for his caring heart, loving embrace, and unconditional love. A Celebration of Life service will be announced in the future to honor a life well lived. The family wishes to thank their faith families at El Morro Nazarene church in Los Osos and First United Methodist church in Ventura California, the team at Wilshire Hospice and the many doctors who cared for him, their friends at Daisy Hill Estates in Los Osos and the many other friends who reached out during this difficult time. Memorial donations may be made in honor of Dick French to the El Morro Nazarene Church, 1480 Santa Ysabel, Los Osos, CA 93402.

BISOL, Antonio, Jr. 1927 – 2021

It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of a father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend, Antonio Bisol, Jr. Tony, at the age of 93, went home to be with the Lord, passing away peacefully in his home on February 11th with his devoted daughters by his side. Tony was born in Santa Barbara on September 2, 1927, the second oldest of six children born to Antonio Sr. of Treviso, Italy and Guadalupe Cota of Santa Barbara. Tony grew up on “the west side” and was an athlete for Harding Varsity Club, part of the “Candy Kids” coached by Gordy Gray. He later became a proud “Don” and graduated from Santa Barbara High School as part of the class of 1945. Shortly after graduation, at the age of 17, Tony joined the Merchant Marines and served during the final year of WWII. Following his service in the Merchant Marines, Tony enlisted into the California National Guard and was assigned to service battery of the 981st Field Artillery Battalion. As a member of that organization, he deployed to Korea with the 40th Infantry Division during the Korean War where he achieved the rank of Sergeant First Class. Additionally, he is a recipient of the Army of Occupation Medal (Japan), the Korean Service Medal and the United Nations Service Medal. After being honorably discharged from the service, Tony met and married the love of his life, Janice Mae Nichols and, as he said, spent the best 56 years of his life. Tony was employed for 35 years at Golden State/Foremost Dairy as foreman of the shipping and receiving department. After Foremost was bought out by a private company, he transitioned to Delco Electronics where he worked the next seven years until retirement. Tony and Jan spent many of their early years square dancing, and during their golden years they took up golf and enjoyed traveling with the Elks Club, discovering new golf courses. Tony was also an avid fisherman, spending many retired Wednesdays fishing at Lake Cachuma with his childhood friend Eddy Robles. You could also find Tony and Eddy every Thursday morning at Cody’s, sitting in their favorite booth, drinking coffee, and eating their favorite breakfast. Tony was a gentle giant who always had a positive spin on life and never complained. He often said, “A hundred years from now no one will know the difference.” He was a father who supported his children in whatever they were pursuing and did the same with his grandchildren, attending many of their youth activities and all of their graduations. He was a very proud grandpa and was so happy to live long enough to meet his first great-grandchild.

Charles L. Alva, “Uncle Charlie” 89, passed away on Feb. 16, a victim of the Covid virus. He was born in Santa Barbara on August 14, 1931. He lived for several years in Mexico but returned to Santa Barbara in his early teens. He served in the US Army for two years with a tour of duty in Japan. Upon returning to Santa Barbara, he began to work at Steve’s Market, in Montecito, which later became Jurgenson’s, where he worked for many years and subsequently retired. He married Vera Hruba Ralston Yates in 1973 and together they hosted many parties at their beachside estate. Vera passed away in 2003. Uncle Charlie then devoted his life to various philanthropic organizations and enjoyed assisting the vendors at the local Farmer’s market. He was a superb cook, “chef.” He loved cooking and was known to fix dinner for 150 guests for a Bar-B-Q, with steaks to order. Sometimes in the middle of the night, unable to sleep, he was known to bake a cheese cake, scones, a pie, or cream puffs. Quite often he would prepare meals for his gardeners and other employees. One never visited him without leaving with some of his kitchen goodies. He never opened a cook book. While he was working at Jurgenson’s, Julia Child would drop in to see what Charlie was preparing for the employees’ lunch in the store’s kitchen. He was a longtime member of the Coral Casino, where he hosted an annual family gathering of birthday celebrations. He is survived by many nieces and nephews. Among them are Sally Hawkes (Emmet), Tony Ramirez (Jill), Richard Ramirez (Roberta) and Gil Rosas (Susan). His vitality, love of life and people will be long remembered. Rest in peace, “Uncle Charlie.” Because of the pandemic, a service will be private. Please remember your private charity.

MOTTEK, Joan Waterman Joan Waterman Mottek, 94 of Dallas, passed away peacefully on the 3rd day, February, 2021. Joan was born October 2, 1926 to Mrs. Anna and Mr. William Waterman in Steubenville, Ohio. She graduated from Steubenville High School in 1944 and graduated in 1945 from the Katherine Gibbs School in New York City. In 1951, Joan moved to Puerto Rico and joined the Caribe Hilton, where she met the love of her life, Carl. Joan and Carl cherished traveling and time spent with family and friends. Life together included many moves raising their 3 children in New York, Chicago and Atlanta. They finally made California their home moving to Beverly Hills until Carl’s retirement in 1995 from Hilton Hotels Corporation. Joan and Carl then began an active retirement life at Birnam Wood in Santa Barbara, CA. In 2011, they moved to the Edgemere, in Dallas, TX to be closer to their children and grandchildren. Joan was a dedicated wife, a loving mother and a true lady ahead of her time, whose sharp business mind and support was instrumental to her husband’s successful career. Joan was a wonderful role model, who was always kind and generous in a very private way. A voracious reader, highly intelligent, loved a great game of backgammon and a challenging crossword puzzle. She will be lovingly missed by her three children: her daughters Gwen Longino of Dallas, Lynn and her husband Steve Clayton of Houston; her son Peter Mottek and his wife Mercedes of Boca Raton, FL. Joan and Carl have six grandchildren and one great-grandchild: Beau Longino of Dallas; Libby Longino Cohen, her husband Jake and son Micah of Austin; Brittany Clayton Friedberg and her husband Stephen of San Jose, CA; Alan Clayton and his wife Becca of Houston; Dominique Mottek Neto and her husband Pedro Neto of Boca Raton, FL, and Carl T. Mottek, II of Boca Raton, FL. A service will be held in the near future for the immediate family. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Salvation Army of North Dallas.

IN MEMORY ALEJANDRO “ALEX” SAUCEDO June 16, 1939 – March 4, 2016

Gone already for 5 years, but in our hearts forever. You are dearly missed and in my thoughts and prayers daily. I am so grateful to God for bringing you into this world. Your kind, gentle, loving ways, deeply held values and unwavering faith in God was an inspiration to us all that knew and loved you. A precious husband…I look forward to the day I can see you again!! Your loving wife, Debbie Saucedo Bruce

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Species found nowhere else Channel Islands National Park continues to preserve and protect endemic animals By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

rom 5-foot-tall mammoths to foxes the size of house cats, the Channel Islands National Park off the Central Coast has provided a home for millions of terrestrial and marine animals and birds over the centuries. The five protected islands also host a total of 23 “endemic” terrestrial animals — species that can only be found on the islands. Beginning approximately 20,000 years ago, San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz and Anacapa islands were actually all one “superisland” known as Santarosae, and, as discovered in 1994, home to “mini” mammoths 4.5 to 7 feet high at the shoulders. The mammoths were deemed “pygmy mammoths” due to their small size, and although they went extinct long ago, their remains exemplified island mammal evolution. Like the Galapagos Islands of South America, the isolation of the islands in the park has allowed animals’ evolution to proceed independently. Out of more than 2,000 plant and animal species, 145 are endemic, according to information on the National Park Service website. “These islands support animals and plants found nowhere else in the world,” Annie Little, the park’s supervisory natural resource manager, told the News-Press. “They’re extremely unique, and they’ve been referred to as the Galapagos of North America.” Now, 20,000 years later,

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Island foxes Lewis and Clark call the Santa Barbara Zoo their home, but originated from the Channel Islands where the species is endemic.

through diligent monitoring and conservation efforts, the Channel Islands are teeming with wildlife, and visitors have an exclusive opportunity to see the animals up close and personal in their natural habitats. The News-Press discovered that during a recent visit to the islands on a kayaking trip. On the boat ride over to the islands or kayaking through island caves, visitors might catch a glimpse of a Pacific gray, humpback, blue or fin whale if they’re lucky.

They are also likely to spot at least a few sea lions or seals. According to Ms. Little, San Miguel Island has a breeding population of approximately 80,000 California sea lions and more than 200,000 breeding elephant seals. “It’s a really important breeding ground for that species,” she said. “There’s just an enormous diversity of marine mammals out on the park, and they’re monitored each year by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who

keeps tabs on their population.” Once visitors reach land, if they take their sights to the sky, they have many chances to see both landbirds and seabirds. Bald eagles, Channel Islands song sparrows, ravens and spotted towhees can be spotted swooping through the island air. Perhaps most notable for birders is the island scrub-jay, the only island endemic bird species in North America, boasting brilliant blue feathers like a mainland blue jay. In addition, the Channel

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Islands support 99% of nesting for seabirds in Southern California. “The Channel Islands are extremely important for seabirds because these islands are isolated, and there’s relatively little disturbance compared to the mainland,” Ms. Little said. She added, laughing, “If you don’t like birds, it’s a little bit of a scary experience going to Anacapa during the nesting season.” Rare seabirds found on the Channel Islands include the California brown pelican and

the Scripps’s murrelet, but other more common species such as the double-crested cormorant, the western gull and the black oystercatcher also call the islands their home. A primary tourist attraction, though, is certainly the island fox, and hikers or campers on Santa Cruz Island might cross paths with one or two as they explore on foot. Many of the foxes with territories near the campgrounds are bold when it comes to checking out human beings. And they may even run in between visitors’ legs or trot alongside them on trails. The island fox is the largest of the Channel Islands’ native mammals, but one of the smallest canid (mammal of the dog family) species in the world. At the mere size of a house cat, the island foxes were given a 50% chance of extinction at one point, but soon became the fastest recovered mammal in the history of the Endangered Species Act — something both park officials and animal lovers consider a huge success story. As an example of the success, there used to be fewer than 80 island foxes on Santa Cruz Island. Today, there’s estimated to be around 2,500 running around the nearly 100-square mile island. In fact, the Santa Barbara Zoo currently has three island foxes from the southern Channel Islands in its care, two from San Clemente Island named Lewis and Clark, and one recently from Catalina Island, according to Estelle Sandhaus, the zoo’s director of conservation and science. “In August last year, a little fox from Catalina came our way, and she’s not in an exhibit or a public space to my understanding right now,” Ms. Sandhaus told the News-Press. “She was found injured with bite wounds … She would not have survived without intervention, so she was brought to the zoo, and now she’s thriving and doing great.” Please see SPECIES on B4

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At left, San Miguel Island, one of the five Channel Islands in the national park, has a breeding population of approximately 80,000 California sea lions and more than 200,000 breeding elephant seals. Center, the island scrub-jay is the only endemic bird species in North America, as it only breeds on one island: Santa Cruz Island in the Channel Islands National Park. At right, island foxes were given a 50% chance of extinction at one point, but soon became the fastest recovered mammal in the history of the Endangered Species Act.

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At left, the island fox is the largest of the Channel Islands’ native mammals, but one of the smallest canid species in the world. At right, this wild island fox was spotted on Santa Rosa Island in the Channel Islands National Park.

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At left, artist Holli Harmon creates “The Nature of Clouds” in the Wildling’s tower gallery. The installation suspends a pine tree, moss balls and chandelier crystals in a dreamy cloud-filled environment. At right, artist Nicole Strasburg details papercut fox silhouettes to view through the Wildling’s windows.

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The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature will give attendees a backstage look at its latest installations during “Art Through the Window: A Conversation with Holli Harmon & Nicole Strasburg.” The virtual program is set for 4 to 5 p.m. March 24. Because the museum can’t welcome guests inside just yet, it invited Ms. Harmon and Ms. Strasburg to create installations to be viewed from outside the Wildling’s windows, located at 1511-B Mission Drive in Solvang. The two artists will talk about the process of creating these custom works of art in the online presentation. “I plan to focus on how an artist uses materials to express and communicate a story,” Ms. Harmon said in a news release. “We’ll look at what an art installation entails — and how

we got to this point.” Ms. Harmon’s work, “The Nature of Clouds,” is in the Wildling’s tower gallery. A young Norfolk Island pine tree is suspended from the ceiling and surrounded by cumulus clouds, chandelier crystals and kokedama moss balls. The installation will be up through fall. Ms. Strasburg’s “Wintering: A Fox Tale” is a series of papercut fox silhouettes, illuminated at night and designed to bring joy and intrigue to passersby. It is available to view through spring. The suggested donation for the virtual event is $5. To register, visit wildlingmuseum. org/news/2021-art-through-thewindow. For more information, contact the museum at info@ wildlingmuseum.org or 805686-8315. email: anhanshaw@newspress. com

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Continued from Page A1 Ms. Sandhaus spoke to the importance of preserving and taking care of these pet-like foxes. She said that while island foxes are listed as near threatened now as opposed to endangered, the work is not done. “It’s an example of a success story that we can achieve working together, but it’s also a cautionary tale,” she said. “Island species can be more vulnerable to changes, so different changes in the environment like climate change and fires … and potentially introducing disease … could do severe damage to such a geographically distinct species or subspecies across these islands.

We need to remain vigilant and careful with these amusing and adorable creatures that we share the land with and remember to use care when visiting these species.” The conservation director added she hopes the story of the island fox and its rapid recovery shows how humans can keep these precious species alive. “The foxes, I think, were a pretty special case because of their conservation needs and their conservation story. It’s so important to tell that story for folks on the mainland,” Ms. Sandhaus said. “The islands are just an amazing jewel, and we’re so lucky to have them right off our coast, so I would definitely encourage folks to visit them, explore them and learn more about them, and, of course, come and meet our foxes at

the zoo.” Overall, despite the breathtaking views and exciting adventure the Channel Islands give to each human visitor, the animals provide an experience that outdoorsy and seafaring locals and tourists just can’t find anywhere else. “These islands represent a sanctuary for these plants and animals,” the parks manager said. “We live in Southern California with millions of people living here, and we can go offshore and experience a true wilderness setting out there. The public can enjoy and appreciate nature in a way that sometimes you can’t find here on the mainland in cities. “Protecting these really unique and special places is important, not only for the plants and animals that live there, but also just for us

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as humans to be able to experience such a wild place.” email: gmccormick@newspress.com

FYI All Channel Islands National Park campgrounds except Scorpion Canyon campground are open. Upper Scorpion Canyon campground is open. Park boat concessioner Island Packers has resumed trips from Ventura, including to Scorpion Anchorage. The park’s visitor centers remain closed. Visit nps.gov/chis/index.htm and islandpackers.com to learn more. Island foxes, a species native to the Channel Islands, are at the Santa Barbara Zoo. For more information, go to sbzoo.org. At far left, those who visit the Channel Islands National Park and kayak through the caves have the opportunity to see many kinds of endemic animals and plants on their adventure. At left, kayaking through the caves of the Channel Islands allows participants to see seals up close, and, if they’re lucky, other animals such as whales, sea lions, fish and other marine life on their journeys.

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Channel Islands National Park officials to provide update SANTA BARBARA — Channel Islands National Park Superintendent Ethan McKinley and Biosecurity Manager Juliana Matos will review the park’s progress during this past year in a Zoom presentation hosted by the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. The free presentation will take place at 7 p.m. March 18. The officials will discuss important updates and future

directions for the park in 2021, including the opening of the new Scorpion Pier, proposals on use of the main ranch buildings on Santa Rosa Island, and planning efforts for backcountry and wilderness areas. In addition to the park update, the park, U.S. Navy and Ms. Matos will discuss the latest developments for biosecurity on the islands.

Mr. McKinley was selected to serve as superintendent of the park in 2019, bringing 12 years of previous experience with the National Park Service. According to a news release, he’s one of the youngest superintendents in the system, but with a strong background in leveraging privatesector partnerships to further the Park Service’s goals of resource conservation and public access.

Ms. Matos promotes the importance of biosecurity through education and outreach, and implements strategies to help prevent, detect and respond to new invasive species introductions to the Channel Islands. The presentation is free, but registration is required at sbmm. org/santa-barbara-events. — Grayce McCormick

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The Santa Barbara County Water Agency and participating local water providers have announced the opening of applications for the 2021 WaterWise Garden Recognition Contest. The annual contest recognizes residents of the county with attractive, water-efficient landscapes. Residents can apply online for the contest to compete for an agency award and the countywide grand prize. Winners will have their gardens featured online and will receive an engraved stone boulder. “This has been an extremely dry winter, with rainfall currently 40% of our annual average,” said Matt Young, water agency manager. “Installing and maintaining waterefficient gardens is a great way to conserve this precious resource.” Residents of singlefamily homes are eligible to apply if they reside in areas served by the city of Santa Barbara, Vandenberg Village

Community Services District, and the Carpinteria Valley and Montecito water districts. Contest rules and applications are available at waterwisesb.org/ gardencontest. All applications are due by April 30. In an average home in Santa Barbara County, 50% to 70% of water use goes toward landscape irrigation, according to a news release from the water agency. The agency noted that waterwise gardens can greatly reduce landscape water use, save money and are beautiful and easy to maintain. The agency also said there are dozens of easy ways to make a garden more water-efficient, such as choosing waterwise plants, installing a smart irrigation controller or using the online Weekly Watering Percent to adjust your existing sprinkler timer based on the weather. Visit waterwisesb.org to learn about more ways to save water in your landscape and to apply for the 2021 WaterWise Garden Recognition Contest. email: gmccormick@newspress. com

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Speak out against CalCare “I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.” — Will Rogers

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The author is a longtime observer of California politics.

he last time San Diego elected a moderate Republican mayor with strong potential for appealing to voters statewide, it was Pete Wilson, a one-time state assemblyman who later won election to the U.S. Senate and two terms as the California governor. Now, while Californians think about possibly recalling Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, there’s San Diego’s recently termed-out ex-Mayor Kevin Faulconer, who figures to be on both the recall’s list of possible replacement governors and the state’s June 2022 primary ballot. Mr. Faulconer hopes to take a page from the playbooks of both Mr. Wilson and ex-Gov. Arnold

Schwarzenegger. Like former Gov. Wilson, Mr. Faulconer is busily purveying a message of moderation and effectiveness. Like Mr. Schwarzenegger, he hopes a recall can propel him to the next level of politics. With Mr. Faulconer as mayor, San Diego was the largest American city with a Republican governor. Now, the other major GOP figure planning to be on the recall list, John Cox, has devoted the recall season’s first major TV commercial to blasting Mr. Faulconer. Mr. Cox, a big loser to Gov. Newsom in 2018, knows who is his main threat this time. Mr. Faulconer has sometimes sought to downplay his Republican identity in this state

where the GOP label has lately meant certain defeat for anyone seeking statewide office other than Mr. Schwarzenegger, the movie muscleman. Some Republicans hope Mr. Faulconer can rescue them, giving California a Republican very different from the hugely unpopular (in California) former President Donald Trump. But Mr. Faulconer sometimes makes moves that belie his image as a moderate. One came in January, when he endorsed former U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa to replace the disgraced and resigned San Diego Republican Duncan Hunter in a Mexicanborder congressional seat. Mr. Issa, hardly a moderate, “retired” in 2018 from his former seat in

north San Diego County when the district became too liberal for him to expect re-election. The Hunter district leans far more to the right. Mr. Faulconer took some risk in endorsing Mr. Issa, a persistent harasser of ex-President Barack Obama while Mr. Issa chaired the House Government Operations Committee through much of the last decade. Then there was an appearance by then President Trump on Fox News last June, just after Mr. Faulconer visited the Oval Office. “(Faulconer) was just in my office, great guy,” Mr. Trump said. “He came up to thank me for having done the (border) wall because it’s made such a difference. He Please see ELIAS on C4

Miners deserve respect, not contempt Editor’s note: David Limbaugh is taking some time off. Columnist Salena Zito is substituting for him.

magine if you had a job. A good job, one that required skill and critical thinking and had a broad impact in the community where you

lived. A job you didn’t just show up to do. It was a job you were good at, and because of it, you were able to provide a roof over your family’s head, put your children through college or help pay for their wedding. And once a year, it gave you the ability to carve out a week or two to take the family on vacation. Now imagine that job becomes the center of political debate, one far removed from the Laurel Mountains, where Friedens, Pa., sits. Within two decades, your profession goes from being

championed by the Democratic mine, but crawling. Party and labor officials to one that “I get here, what? 4:30 a.m. Make they want to destroy. sure everything’s running. Then John Fisher and Harvey Charles I go underground and fix what’s were standing outside of the broken. All over, in the pots, in Acosta Mine mechanic station the slop, in the bad roof, in the in Somerset County in good roof.” He explained Pennsylvania. Both still all the vulnerabilities that had traces of coal dust exist in a mine that require on their hands and faces. monitoring and daily Both had just finished repairs. their shifts and were Here metallurgical cleaning up themselves coal gets mined. It is used and their equipment. exclusively for the steel Mr. Fisher works in production that supports Salena Zito the mine; Mr. Charles the construction of bridges, transports the coal. roads, highways, homes, Mr. Fisher has been factories, distribution doing this job since 1989, when he centers, churches and other returned home after serving four businesses supporting the years in the U.S. Marine Corps. country’s infrastructure and The 52-year-old said he travels 67 economy. miles one way every day from his Mr. Fisher explains the core home in Cherry Tree in Clearfield business here is producing and County to do his job at the mine. selling metallurgical coal to He describes his day, which domestic and international steel begins not with walking into the and coke (a porous fuel) producers:

“It’s a good living. I like what I do, or I would not be doing it.” So does Mr. Charles, who said he has been in the industry since 1987. “Right out of high school, I followed in the footsteps of my father and grandfather.” “I used to be the maintenance foreman. Now I’m just a truck mechanic,” he said of his job to make sure all of the massive dump trucks used to haul the coal out of the hollow are in working order. They acknowledge their industry is in the center of a political storm and that their fate does not rely on how many improvements the industry does to make it clean. “Politicians and the press need a good guy and a bad guy to either win a race or tell a story. We used to be the good guys that everyone stood up for,” Mr. Fisher said and then shrugged. “Now we are the bad guys.” Pick up the daily newspaper, and you will find mining will get

blamed for everything from the growth of the deer tick population to last year’s mild winter. (This winter has not been mild). Several things bother Mr. Fisher and Mr. Charles regarding how others look upon those in the mining industry. One is the stereotype of anyone in their business as either anti-intellectual or anti-clean environment. The former they consider insulting, the latter ridiculous. “Not only do we drink the water and breathe the air here, but we also hunt, fish and swim here. We are the first people who want whatever we do here to be safe,” Mr. Fisher said. It is a common refrain from energy workers across the country. The other thing that gets under their skin is when politicians flippantly suggest they can quickly get another job. Transportation Please see ZITO on C4

id You Know? is keenly aware of the parallel between what goes on at the local level of government, both city and county, and how it mirrors the national governing trends. To keep the citizens of Santa Barbara informed, the writers of this column pay keen attention to the process of how decisions are made and by whom. We strive to protect the beauty and traditions of this city, and we especially keep watch over the design and size of building projects, law and order issues, and any changes to the infrastructure such as the current move away from the use of natural gas. The issue of health care reflects national-to-local trends. Saul Alinsky, an American radical socialist and associate of the American Communist Party, was a leading political theorist and community organizer, who wrote the rule book on “How To Create A Socialist State.” He prescribed eight levels of government control that must be established before a socialist state can be created. Alarmingly, America may now be on that track. The first level is health care, according to Mr. Alinsky. “Control health care and you control the people.” The increasing authoritarian nature of the Santa Barbara City Council was on display when members unanimously approved a resolution to fully support Medicare For All, House Resolution 1384 and California Assembly Bill 1400 to mandate a singlepayer health care monopoly controlled by the state. It seems that council members assume their jurisdiction reaches far beyond managing the small municipality of Santa Barbara. Who among the city constituents gave them that authority? First, the city council set out to control the use of private property by overriding legal, private leasing contracts within the city limits. These restrictions on the ownership of private property will not entirely go away until the council members go away. Once power is taken, it is rarely given up. They then created an electric supply monopoly within the city, while at the same time, banning the use of gas as a fuel in all new construction. You can bet that later, we will see special city tax surcharges on gas usage to force the replacement of gas appliances by electric ones in existing buildings and homes. Hey, presto! Now the city council controls a monopoly over the supply and pricing of all energy within the city. These people just love government power and control. And what actually is “Medicare For All?” California AB 1400 introduces CalCare, which is a euphemism for a massive redistribution of income scheme that could not be fully accomplished through taxation. Here is just one quotation from the summary introduction of AB 1400. “This bill will require waivers, approvals and agreements to allow various existing federal health care payments to be paid to CalCare.” It is unclear whether this will include money you have paid in salary deductions and your premium payments to Medicare for your health care coverage; or, whether it means that Medicare will pay approved reimbursements for medical services into the CalCare Please see DONOVAN on C4

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he Biden inappropriate. administration and At a press conference in the DemocraticWashington, D.C., as reported controlled Congress by Breitbart: The National are in the process Organization for Marriage of reversing 60-plus years of called the Equality Act one of progress in women’s rights and the most pernicious attacks opportunities as it pertains to we’ve ever faced in America. matters of equality with men H.R. 5 is a sweeping assault on by way of a bill that has already the religious liberty rights of been passed by the House of people of faith. The legislation Representatives, along effectively makes with an executive order showing support signed by the president. for traditional Specifically, the marriage to be illegal Equality Act (H.R. 5) discrimination is a bill, that, if signed under federal law. into law, would amend This means that any the Civil Rights Act tangible step to refuse Andy Caldwell of 1964 to prohibit participation in a gay discrimination on wedding would be the basis of sexual illegal discrimination orientation and gender identity under this legislation. in employment, housing, The Heritage Foundation public accommodations, public summed up the likely effects education, federal funding, of the Equality Act with the credit and the jury system. observation that “it actually Some of the programs that would promote inequality by will be decimated by way of the elevating the ideologies of Biden companion executive special-interest groups to the order have to do with Title level of protected groups in IX and other laws that have civil rights law.” served to create equal access Family Research Council opportunities for women in President Tony Perkins states: sports programs and various “The so-called Equality Act other accommodations. is unfair on many fronts. It is Together, these rules will an attack on parental rights, affect churches, battered women’s sports, but to the women’s shelters, religiousmillions of people of faith in based hospitals and care this country, it is an egregious providers, schools, colleges, attack on the freedom to community facilities, and believe and live according to business operations. those beliefs. It would position The impacts of the policies the government to lord over serve to obliterate equality churches and other faithbetween men and women, in based institutions, dictating order to facilitate equity for potentially who they hire, how transgendered persons. What their facilities are used, and this means in practical terms is even punishing them for not that institutions, facilities such falling in step with a view of as restrooms and locker rooms, human sexuality that directly programs and individuals will contradicts orthodox biblical no longer be able to make a teaching. distinction between men and “No institution or person women in order to insure of faith, be it school, church, transgendered persons are synagogues, mosque, business, not being excluded in any way, or nonprofit will escape shape or form. the Orwellian reach of the For example, the Obama Equality Act. The Religious administration sought to force Freedom Restoration Act shelters for battered women to will be committed to the accept men who identified as ‘memory hole,’ and we will women. Relatedly, health care then experience a catastrophic institutions are now declaring loss of religious freedom in that promoting breastfeeding America, and, as a result, every as being “natural” has many American, those who believe negative societal effects. and do not believe, will suffer Specifically, in an article the consequences,” Mr. Perkins published in the journal said. “I urge the American Pediatrics, university medical people to speak with great professionals argue that by force and clarity to Congress to referencing and promoting stop HR 5, the Inequality Act.” breastfeeding as natural, health care providers may Andy Caldwell is the executive inadvertently be endorsing director of COLAB and host a controversial set of values of “The Andy Caldwell Radio about family life and gender Show,” weekdays from 3-5 p.m., roles, which would be ethically on News-Press Radio AM 1290.

he first 100 days of Joe Biden’s presidency are under way, and I’m hoping he and Congress will make reforming our democracy a top priority. The best way to do that is by passing the For the People Act. The For the People Act is a bold piece of legislation that would strengthen our democracy for generations to come. The law would dismantle numerous barriers to voting and representation, such as gerrymandering, racist voter ID laws, unnecessary hurdles to registration and felony disenfranchisement. It would add millions of new voters to the rolls. It would also reduce the influence of big money in our politics by enacting limits on donations from lobbyists and increasing the power of campaign contributions from Americans by enacting a smalldonor matching program. Without this much-needed reform, our political system will never be truly democratic or fully representative, meaning our government will continue to work only for the privileged few. With a new president in the White House, I want to build a better system for all Americans, which is why I’m urging Congress to pass the For the People Act.

believing that we taxpayers in a decent, well-established neighborhood had a chance to be involved in this or other projects that are totally wrong for some locations. Renate Quebec Santa Barbara

Catholic Charities appreciate help

he Lions and Rotary Clubs of Lompoc held a joint food drive Feb. 27 for the Lompoc Food Pantry and Catholic Charities in front of Foods Co., Grocery Outlet and Albertsons. Customers donated almost 4,000 pounds of food as well as $683. Catholic Charities would like to thank the Lions and Rotary, Foods Co., Grocery Outlet and Albertsons as well as all who helped with the food drive and the generosity of the people of Lompoc. These donations help to keep the Food Pantry open to assist the needy of Lompoc. The mission of the Food Pantry is to help those most in need in the Lompoc community, regardless of ethnic origin, gender or religious beliefs. Ryzbel B. Pack Client services regional coordinator Catholic Charities

Open border spells disaster

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Anarchy is prelude to dictatorship

eason is dead in America. What has replaced reason is the kind of ignorant emotion that inspired the rightist insurrection in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6 and the leftist property destruction in the cities last year. Our laws require little effort by the people any longer, so we live without restraint. We embrace only what feels and tastes “good.” There is so much selfishness, insecurity and pride that real learning is not possible for our stubborn new rioters. Far too many don’t believe in government, science, law, school, church or the value of work. For them, community is absurdity — there is no such thing as citizenship or membership. Many of our people will not take the vaccine, keep a job, do something for a neighbor or bring a child into the world, let alone save for a child’s college education. This new American anarchy is a prelude to dictatorship. Those who respect nothing but themselves will be herded into camps by rulers they took no thought to elect. Kimball Shinkoskey Former Goleta resident (Now living in Woods Cross, Utah)

Residents left out of decision process

egarding the high density affordable housing development at tiny 80 North Patterson Ave.: Thank you to the editors of the News-Press for publishing my letter about this high density project (“Wrong site for highdensity building,” Voices, Jan. 17). The building plans are for a two-story building with 24 studio apartments, manager apartment and community room plus 19 parking spaces for tenants, manager and three spaces for visitors on a .54 acre lot at the north off-ramp of Highway 101 and Patterson Avenue onto Calle Real. This is already a traffic nightmare without the additional vehicles. I wrote letters to Supervisor Gregg Hart; Lisa Plowman, director of planning & development; Sean Stewart, planning & development; and Travis Seawards, deputy director development review, for assistance and re-evaluation of this project on this terribly wrong parcel. Then several neighbors and I were informed that the developer seeks to go through the approval process established by Senate Bill 35. This SB35 creates a pathway for affordable housing to be developed without going through the traditional discretionary design review process. Well, thank you for having us sit through a webinar hearing from the Board of Architectural Review on Jan. 8 when this project was already a done deal. We were just wasting our time

resident Joe Biden’s case of Trump Derangement Syndrome — where he vetoes all of Donald Trump’s successes, especially where he opens the border because he sees illegal aliens as the future Democrats to secure the Democratic National Committee’s forever power — is a real danger to this country. Single-power regimes usually become dictatorships. Releasing at least a million illegal aliens a year into this country with a number of drug cartels, criminals, sex exploiters, terrorist agents, as well as the poor and uneducated with low job skills, is a recipe for disaster. An increase in crime, sexual crimes, kids’ drug use, vagrancy and homelessness would become normal. If a substantial number decides to live in a particular zip code, the area would have to have sufficient housing, medical, schools, police, jobs and tax base to survive. Illegal Immigration has substantial costs associated with it. Does this make any sense at all? Illegal aliens. Legal? Give them some rooms in the White House. Ted Solomon Santa Barbara

Medicare is no bargain

he Santa Barbara City Council recently voted to submit a resolution to the Congress in support of its “Medicare for all” bill. This shows once again the far-left social agenda of the council. These socialist liberals who propose “Medicare for all” do not know what Medicare is. All Americans are forced to contribute to Medicare when they start to earn an income. Since it was cast on the American public by liberal President Lyndon Johnson in 1965, your contribution is taken out of your salary along with your Social Security and payroll taxes. You have no choice. It is the law! There is no insurance until you have paid into Medicare for 40 years, and then, when you turn 65, if you live that long, Medicare pays part of your medical expenses, if any, and you keep on paying for it until you die. There is nothing free about Medicare, and no one gets anything until they are 65. In the meantime, while you work, you have to buy personal insurance. Medicare is the worst insurance ever invented by liberals; it’s even worse than Obamacare. It is going broke as we speak. “Government insurance” is always going to have problems and cost us more. Our own private health insurance is the solution that works best, just like all of the other private, non-government insurances that we buy every year. Justin M. Ruhge Lompoc Senior on Medicare

Los Alamos homeowners deserve better treatment

os Alamos is a small unincorporated town. We don’t have our own elected government. We depend on Santa Barbara County officials. We pay property taxes just like other county residents, and we expect fair and responsive treatment by these agencies. Recently, however, a Planning and Development issue has come to the forefront after laying dormant for about two decades. Back then, the county ceded all responsibility for the maintenance of a two-block stretch of road here. We didn’t ask for it. The county placed financial responsibility for road upkeep entirely in the laps of the adjoining homeowners. While 18 homeowners pay annual dues for these repairs, we are more than welcoming to pedestrians, joggers, bike riders and dog walkers from all parts of town. All may enjoy this quiet and safe neighborhood. Today, P&D is moving ahead with a developer’s profitable plan that would add as many as 11 new homes on an adjoining acre-anda-half lot. The county has granted him the right of access to our private road. A county permit for his lot plan would greatly increase traffic here. It would raise the risks of accident and injury, reduce the safe and peaceful enjoyment of the road by us and our neighbors in town, and result in higher costs to us for road maintenance. It may be that P&D is able to do this within existing zoning and planning rules. But it is not the right or smart thing to do. There is another road that could provide access for the developer. Planners ought to steer the outcome in this sound and responsible direction. Instead, they first ignored a one-lane bottleneck. Then they tried to minimize its risks to safety because acknowledging it would complicate their aim to push forward with an illconsidered plan. It seems to many here that county bureaucrats have been rigid, programmatic, occasionally arrogant and obfuscatory. Isn’t it time for a reappraisal and a sensible result? Seth Steiner Los Alamos President, Shaw Street Maintenance Association

COVID-19 vaccine triggers memory

s I sit here in the courtyard of the VA hospital in L.A. with a bunch of grizzled old veterans (like me) waiting for my first shot, I think back to 78 years ago as I stood in line with the rest of my platoon waiting for our shots. My daughter says, “Dad, you’ve got a tear running down your cheek.” I felt at home and at peace. Al Mason Santa Barbara

Let’s start practicing forgiveness

ew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is currently under attack for his handling of nursing home deaths. And Speaker Nancy Pelosi seems incapable of getting off of Donald Trump’s case. Every action results in an allout attack on any misstep by the opposition. I don’t agree with much of how Gov. Cuomo has managed the New York COVID-19 response. However, early on he said we are trying to fly a plane while still building it. That is a valid allegory. There is no simple perfect fix for every situation in life. People make mistakes. That is reality. We are supposedly value tolerance. Really? Show me! It appears to be in very short supply. Expressing a non-woke viewpoint has become a cardinal sin. Freedom ultimately is the right to say no without fear of reprisal. Let’s start practicing forgiveness and gentleness in any reproach or correction. Pam Barker Santa Barbara Editor’s note: Pam Barker sent this letter to Voices on Feb. 17 before news reports about women publicly accusing Gov. Cuomo of sexual harassment.

The author lives in Lompoc

Some good things about snowstorms Weather produces metaphor about healing America Editor’s note: The Rev. Ehrhardt Lang is a Lompoc resident and a retired pastor who served from 1981-89 at St. Mark United Methodist Church in Santa Barbara.

ome snowstorms are exceptionally good. The Earth needs them, and people who live in snow regions are especially fortunate. Each winter their place is repeatedly covered by a total witness from the sky, in which all dirt is hidden, trash becomes invisible, and forests are transformed into Christmas trees. The air is purified, and a profound silence descends upon their land, even its factories. Cars and trucks disappear, and there is a complete absence of hurry. The entire town is brought to a halt. The snowstorms transform everything into a world that was not there in prior days. Such snowstorms are like a return to Eden, but in a different way. There are no fruit trees here or flowers, but the world is made into a second paradise. For a few hours on such mornings, every person becomes Robinson Crusoe discovering the first signs of human life. The tracks are there. Was it a child? What is a man or a woman? Where was this individual headed? From where did he or she come? But all is at peace. Birds flutter in the trees, brooks emit the sound of an occasional splash from a fish at play. But on this day the world is once again an untouched land in which no former experiences are consequential. I believe that most people need such snowstorms occasionally. Everybody is dealing with various kinds of dirt and trash that needs to be removed — perhaps some unfulfilled dreams, some regrets, some remembered horrors, an old grief, a tragic mistake, a constant emotional noise — from which there seems to be no escape. Can this ugliness of life ever be removed by a perfectly clean morning? Is the end of life the only way out? Or can one travel to a place of snowstorms where all is made new again? Is there a pure world that can be imposed upon one’s troubled past? Is there a place where one can make first tracks in a fresh snow where nobody else has ever walked? None of us can go back to an innocent Eden, or a traumafree world. John Milton described it as “Paradise Lost.” But a snowstorm can become a welcome metaphor for discovering the possibility of a repaired life, a message from the sky that the silence we once had can be found again, perhaps in an unexpected surprise at daybreak. For me, a retired pastor, it seems significant that snowstorms always come from above, not from the ground below. King David apparently saw it the same way, when after his moral failure he found himself looking heavenward to pray, “Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow (Psalm 51).” After Jan. 6, this may be a good prayer for our morally violated nation right now. The blame game assumes the innocence of all except the accused. But no one can be sure. Our failure is a blight that cannot easily be seen or explained. One definition defines it as “a malignant influence of obscure or mysterious origin, which withers hope.” Blame here is irrelevant. Please see LANG on C4

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Missing Marizela: Ten Years

arch 5, 2011. I remember the moment like it was yesterday when my family contacted me in a panic to let me know that my 18-year-old cousin and goddaughter, Marizela “EmEm” Perez, had gone missing. “Help.” It’s the text you get in the middle of the night that doesn’t seem real. Ten years ago this week, EmEm vanished from the University of Washington campus in the middle of a sunny afternoon. She was last seen walking away from a Safeway grocery store in the U District and into the dread void of uncertainty. Once again, as I have done faithfully and heartachingly for the last decade, I must report that there is still no news on her whereabouts. Nothing. In 2019, I finally received some Seattle

Police Department documents games with me. in response to a public records The description on the flyer request about her case. But reads: nothing in the trove shed light on “Asian female, 5’5” tall, 110 lbs, any potential investigative leads. skinny build, asymmetrical bob In my home office, I keep a with short bangs and brown/red bulging file called highlights hairstyle, tattoo “Find Marizela.” on left inner arm with the There are handwritten words ‘lahat ay magiging notes of conversations maayos’ (all will be well), with police, carefully last seen wearing a dark constructed timelines, jacket with hood over a social media archives light color sweater with and holiday photos hood, denim jeans, light gathered around the brown suede laced boots, Michelle Malkin piano singing Christmas possibly wearing green eye hymns and carols. contacts, carrying a denim There’s also a stack of drawstring backpack with missing person flyers emblazoned rainbow butterfly screenprint, with the headline, “Have you seen with a Macbook Pro laptop.” me?,” illustrated with screenshots Ten years. from the Safeway surveillance The first weeks after she video. Pale and fleeting, EmEm disappeared are now mostly a looks like a ghost — drained of blur, but a few memories are the beautiful, bubbly energy she indelible. I remember breaking embodied as a child who loved down while a teenage girl sang baking cookies and playing board “If I Die Young’’ by The Band

Perry at my then-7-year-old son’s talent show on the night before I flew out to Seattle to be with Marizela’s parents: If I die young, bury me in satin Lay me down on a bed of roses Sink me in the river at dawn Send me away with the words of a love song Lord make me a rainbow, I’ll shine down on my mother She’ll know I’m safe with you when she stands under my colors ... … Gather up your tears, keep ‘em in your pocket Save them for a time when you’re really gonna need them, oh I won’t forget the kindness of strangers and old friends who volunteered to help us search local parks and public streets. I remember feeling lost and desperate in Discovery Park, staring out toward Puget Sound,

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praying to God, asking: “Where? How? Why?” For all the negativity that surrounds the reputation of the national media, I have nothing but praise and thanks for the local reporters — Christine Clarridge at the Seattle Times and Shomari Stone at KOMOTV in particular — who covered Marizela’s story with compassion and context. Ms. Clarridge highlighted Marizela’s case, as well as the plight of other families with missing young adults, in a searing front-page feature on what parents go through in cases where the police have not found evidence of foul play. Suicide was a primary assumption on the part of the police. EmEm did have a history of depression. But the case of young Joyce Please see MALKIN on C4

John Stossel

We can’t be afraid to live our lives

oliticians have too much power over our lives. Many used the pandemic as another excuse to take more. Early on, politicians declared that they would decide who was “essential.” Everyone else was told to stay home. Much of the economy stopped. Millions were laid off. Then politicians relaxed the rules for industries that they deemed “essential.” “You can’t just call somebody essential without implicitly suggesting that half the workforce is not essential,” pointed out Mike Rowe, host of the surprise hit TV series, “Dirty Jobs.” That’s a big problem, said Mr. Rowe, because people find purpose in work. Now the Biden administration is eager to give money to people not working. It’s pushing a new stimulus package that would pay the unemployed an additional $400 a week. Since states like mine tack on as much as $500 a week in unemployment benefits, many people would earn $900 a week. That leaves them with more money if they don’t go back to work. So many don’t. But staying home imposes costs, too. Calls to suicide hotlines are up. Domestic violence is up. “It’s happening because people simply don’t feel valued,” said Mr. Rowe. Politicians claim they save lives when they order businesses to close. When New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a lockdown, he said, “If everything we do saves just one life, I’ll be happy.” Mr. Rowe mocks that in my new video this week. “Let’s knock the speed limit down to 10 miles an hour ... make cars out of rubber ... make everybody wear a helmet,” he said. “Cars are a lot safer in the driveway ... Ships are a lot safer when they Please see STOSSEL on C4

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‘California has lost its way on homelessness’ ELIAS

Continued from Page C1 said it’s like day and night; he said people (had been) flowing across, and now nobody can come in.” Mr. Faulconer quickly denied saying any of that, his office claiming he and Mr. Trump discussed only a trade deal. For sure, Gov. Newsom can use the Fox News tape against him and never mind Mr. Faulconer’s denial. But Mr. Faulconer hopes to win over more voters with another move than he might lose with any of that. Besides his own campaign, Mr. Faulconer plans to sponsor a statewide ballot initiative on the homeless issue aimed for the 2022 election, claiming San Diego has had more success on this than other large cities. Mr. Faulconer wants the still-unwritten measure to make it easier for cities and counties to “encourage” homeless individuals to accept psychological treatment and shelter beds. He also wants to roll back some laws like the winning Propositions 47 and 57, which reduced penalties for drug use and crimes like thefts and car burglaries valued under $950. “California has lost its way on homelessness,” he said in a speech. “We have to speak

COVID-19 challenges us ‘to figure out how to live in a dangerous world’ STOSSEL

Continued from Page C3 don’t leave the harbor, and people are safer when they sit quietly in their basements, but that’s not why cars, ships and people are on the planet.” Mr. Rowe pointed out that working and accomplishing things are big parts of what makes life worth living. He runs a foundation that gives scholarships to people to help them learn trades like construction. Of course, construction is dangerous. Some people get killed. Gov. Cuomo, should we stop

building things? Mr. Rowe likes the phrase, “Safety third!,” as a response to people who constantly preach, “Safety first!” “The ones who really get it done — they’re not out there talking about safety first,” he said. “They know that other things come first ... Every single time I’ve hurt myself, it’s always been in that fraction of a moment where I take my eye off the ball and I start to think that maybe somebody somewhere cares more about my well-being than me.” Mr. Rowe said COVID-19 challenges us “to figure out how to live in a dangerous world. But

guess what? That’s always been the case.” He cited C.S. Lewis’ essay, “On Living in an Atomic Age,” in which Lewis asked: “How are we supposed to live in a world with atomic weapons when everything could be over like that? ... (Lewis answered,) the same way we lived in a world when the Vikings could land on the shore a thousand years ago and raid villages.” There’s more to life than worrying about our death, Lewis wrote. “We must resolutely train ourselves to feel that the survival of Man on this Earth ... is not worth having unless it can be had by honorable and merciful means.”

COVID-19 is “just different,” said Mr. Rowe. “We’d be well-advised to understand where the risks are. And then we’d be better advised to go about the business of living the only life we have.” John Stossel, a former ABC News and Fox Business Channel anchor, is the author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www. creators.com. Copyright 2021 by JFS Productions Inc. Distributed by Creators.com.

Ten years on, the investigation into Marizela’s disappearance has all but come to a halt MALKIN

Continued from Page C3 Chiang — whose death in 1999 was reclassified as a homicide in 2011 by Washington police who mistakenly insisted the case was a suicide — shows the dangers of locking into assumptions without thoroughly exploring all leads. Ten years on, the investigation into Marizela’s disappearance has

all but come to a halt. But if you live in the Washington area and have any relevant information about her whereabouts, please contact the Seattle Police Department at 206625-5011. And for those who have to go through this same hell, a hell I wish on no one, I leave you with five hard-learned lessons from a decade’s worth of unknowing: 1) Document everything. 2) Take an immediate and full inventory of your loved one’s

internet footprint — every email account, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and social networking account. 3) Don’t assume the police are pinging cell phones, obtaining internet or phone records or obtaining surveillance camera video. Don’t assume anything. 4) Make sure your loved one’s info gets into the NAMUS (National Missing and Unidentified Persons System) database immediately.

5) Don’t be afraid to be a squeaky wheel. If you don’t speak up for your missing loved one, no one will. 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.

The pool of funding is always insufficient to cover the demands of 100% of the population DONOVAN

Continued from Page C1 pool for forward payment to the providers. In the first case, everyone will lose their existing, or future, federal Medicare coverage to this new, untested, state monopoly. In both cases, Medicare funds will be paid into the CalCare pool to help subsidize health care to 40 million people. The same two questions apply to the many millions of Californians who receive health care premium coverage as part of their compensation package from their employers and for selfemployed people who pay directly for their health care insurance. Their premiums, or medical reimbursements for medical services, will also be paid into the CalCare state pool. We need to understand more clearly the actual financing mechanisms for the whole of CalCare. Think on this. Many, if not most, have a free choice of doctors, specialists, hospitals and timing of treatments and

procedures. Experiences from other government-controlled health care monopolies is that there are cost control restrictions on these freedoms. Health care is often rationed by delaying or denying appointments with specialists, and delaying treatments and surgeries for many months, if they are approved at all. Cost containment is a large part of the CalCare formula. The pool of funding is always insufficient to cover the demands of 100% of the population. The evidence is clear when thousands of Canadians come to the U.S. for treatments and surgeries they can’t get in Canada under their single-payer health care system. Even the appropriation of all our personal health care funding, or reimbursements, will not be enough to fund the Californian health care monopoly. Experiences in the United Kingdom and Canada show that huge tax increases will have to be found to maintain the everrising costs of health care. These taxes will come at a time when government debt is already at a

massive, all-time high. We already see many doctors leaving California because of the high costs of living. Santa Barbara is a prominent example. When the U.K. government imposed nationalized health care in 1948, medical services in Britain were very primitive by today’s standards. By the 1950s and 1960s, British doctors and medical specialists were a very large part of the brain drain from Britain to the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa. There was an equally large brain drain of doctors into the U.K.., which recruited from countries of the former British empire and Commonwealth to replace those who had left. We can expect the same brain drain of doctors and medical specialists from California to other states among independent practitioners who do not want to become regimented government employees if CalCare becomes a reality. Take the trouble to Google AB1400 and study, at least, the introductory texts. Our future is at stake.

CalCare would be a huge change in every way, so we had better understand what Sacramento is planning for us. Do we get a say? Do we get a vote on AB 1400? Can we protect our right of choice on medical coverage? Can we prevent Sacramento from appropriating our personal health care coverage? Can we persuade the federal government to prevent California from appropriating our federal benefits? We need to get ahead of the AB 1400 momentum, before it rolls over us. Contact your representatives and let your voice be heard. Next week we will include more about how Santa Barbara is affected by national-to-local trends, which are directing decisions made that threaten the fiber of this rare and beautiful city of Santa Barbara.

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

the truth about what causes homelessness (referring to drug addiction and mental illness, as well as high rents and home prices).” Mr. Faulconer said San Diego cut homelessness after a hepatitis outbreak by sending nurses and paramedics to “every riverbed, canyon and street corner, vaccinated more than 100,000 persons, sanitized streets and built four bridge shelters.” That dropped his city’s homeless count by 9% in 2019, Mr. Faulconer said, noting that makes San Diego the only significant city in California with any reduction. Mr. Faulconer’s stances on many things almost replicate Mr. Schwarzenegger’s, and Mr. Schwarzenegger remains the only Republican elected statewide since 1998. But he was a famed movie star and Mr. Faulconer is neither famous nor an actor. So the jury remains out on the mayor’s statewide political viability. But so far, despite Mr. Cox’s claim to the contrary, the state GOP has no better hope. 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, visit www. californiafocus.net.

What will happen with the Trump voters? ZITO

Continued from Page C1 Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently said people who lost their job to climate justice might find a climate-conscious job. And President Joe Biden suggested coal miners should just learn to code. Last year in New Hampshire, in the middle of a brag of how former President Barack Obama had placed him in charge of judging what the jobs of the future would be, he said, “Anybody who can go down 3,000 feet in a mine can sure as hell learn to program as well.” It is still astounding to witness the contempt and disdain politicians and the press have toward the lives and livelihoods of people who aren’t like them, people who don’t live in their ZIP codes or attend the same universities they did. People who work with their hands don’t start a conversation by asking you where you work. It is rare to find anyone here who would say your profession is irredeemable and that you need to do something they find worthy. Traditionally, when a job or an industry has a problem, they work on fixing it or correcting it rather than destroying it. People often asked after the 2020 election what will happen with the Trump voters. (Mr. Fisher and Mr. Charles voted for him twice.) The thing is this complex conservative populist coalition existed long before it helped catapult Donald Trump to

the presidency in 2016. His win was, in part, the result of a culture that became detached from the people they served in various institutions, whether it was the government, the entertainment industry or the college campus. Many people ultimately rejected all of them. But if you never understood that, if you always thought it was about Mr. Trump, you never understood who they were and why they vote the way they do. And you never understood how someone who lives in the suburbs of Arizona or Kenosha, Wisc., or Miami could have anything in common with someone who works the mines in Appalachia. And you didn’t understand that because you didn’t care to, because you hoped for its destruction. There will be two endings to this story. The first is industries such as coal or shale, or the creation of pipelines, will continue to get attacked and dismantled, costing people their jobs. As Mr. Fisher said, politicians and the press always need a bad guy. And the other ending is this coalition will grow — despite the press incorrectly believing one person caused it and having the audacity to think they have the power to dismantle it. 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.

Americans have had to deal with an abundance of trash LANG

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The loss of hope is the climate needing life’s snowstorms. Many Americans now see little chance for a return to a healthy nation. Revolutionary types even fantasize about destroying the nation in order to save it. Like many persons, our nation has never been able to rid itself of a trauma-filled past. From Indian wars, slavery, racial riots, assassinations, political corruption, social injustice to recent assaults on the Capitol, Americans have had to deal with an abundance of trash. A “Paradise Lost” has come into our national conscience. Snowstorms, however, can remind us of possibilities greater than ever expected. National despair does not have to be the only option. Snowstorms can demonstrate a vision of an entirely new landscape. Instead of beautifying only an obvious

ugliness, snowstorms can transform even the smallest fencepost in every person’s backyard. Snowstorms arrive from the sky. The slogan “In God We Trust” may not be as naive as we have assumed, unless we imagine heaven to play favorites. Jesus clearly rejected this notion, when he said that God “sends the rain on the just and unjust” (Matthew 5:45). The history of the Jewish people is one of the most inspiring for the moral despair of nations, especially when championed by its greatest prophets. Isaiah announced God’s “snowstorm” to the corrupt nation of his time in these words: “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow” (Isaiah 1:18). Isaiah knew the evils of the day, but no one saw hope with greater certainty. These days our national news is full of snowstorms, but we can be encouraged by how often snowstorms have become images of hope and renewal.