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Moviegoers consume snacks while watching previews at the Metropolitan Camino Real Cinemas in Goleta on Saturday.

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California’s unemployment rate dropped 0.5 percentage points to 8.5% in February, as the state’s employers gained 141,000 jobs, according to data released Friday by the California Employment Development Department. Locally, the unemployment rate in Santa Barbara County was 7.1% in February, down from a revised 7.8% in January. The February unemployment numbers were released after January’s downward-revised month-over loss of 80,000 jobs. December and January combined for a two-month total of 155,400 jobs lost, but February’s gain recovered nearly 91% of that loss, according to the EDD Labor Market Information Division. Overall, California has now regained nearly 39% of the 2.7 million total nonfarm jobs lost in March and April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Santa Barbara County’s unemployment rate, which trended below 6% from December 2018 to February

Camino Real Cinemas resumes indoor operations By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

After practically a year of closures, movie lovers can finally see films on the big screen at Camino Real Cinemas in Goleta, instead of streaming them from their couches. Metropolitan Theatres got the green light to reopen the Goleta location on Friday and the Fiesta Five in Santa Barbara this Wednesday. Saturday afternoon, families, friends and individuals came to see “Nobody,” an R-rated horror film; the PG-rated animated “Raya and the Last Dragon” and the new “Tom and Jerry” film. “The first movie of the first day, it was like being reborn,” Chuck McQuary told the News-Press. He and his wife, Dolores, and his

wife’s sister, Sandy Grant, all saw the 2:20 p.m. showing of “Nobody” together. Ms. Grant said it was the “best movie I have seen in years.” “We went out and we were able to sit down, have something to eat and get up and go to a movie,” Mr. McQuary said. “It felt like the old days.” Face masks are required except while eating or drinking in the auditoriums, which are sanitized between showtimes. The theaters are permitted to operate at 25% capacity, with physical distancing measures, and Camino Real Cinemas launched a new mobile app that allows for reserving seats to ensure social distancing. Ms. Grant said she hopes that one day, they won’t need to wear masks as they watch the movies. Mr. McQuary said because no one was near their group during the

film, he slipped his mask off. “Life is good,” he said, adding that the group all received their COVID-19 vaccines. “Our favorite thing to do is go to the movies and go out to eat and this just feels good … This is what life is all about,” Mrs. McQuary told the News-Press. “We’re glad to see things open up and I hope people realize there’s good movies out there. We’re all sick of TV. “We really encourage people to get out. You get sick of staying home, seeing each other, watching television.” Mr. McQuary agreed with his wife, laughing and saying, “We really like each other, but it was really put to a test. “We’ve been over tipping when we go out because we’ve been so thankful for these people to be there and now we don’t have to

do the big tips anymore because people are going to have jobs,” he said. “I really felt bad for the people during that time because they were in a bad way. We were so thankful when we found people that were there for us.” Chuck Huber has lived in the Goleta area since 1987, and told the News-Press he’s always been a big movie lover. He saw the 2 p.m. showing of “Raya and the Last Dragon” on Saturday afternoon, and his review was that it was “really good,” with “beautiful animation” and a “better story.” “I went to a couple (movies) the last time things opened up again briefly,” he said. “Hopefully, this will be permanent.” Mr. Huber said he’s gotten so used to wearing a mask that he barely noticed he was wearing it Please see CINEMA on A6

At left, Moviegoers order snacks at the food court at the Metropolitan Camino Real Cinemas in Goleta on Saturday. At right, Movie theaters are permitted to operate at 25% capacity, with physical distancing measures, and Camino Real Cinemas launched a new mobile app that allows for reserving seats to ensure social distancing.

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Leftover vaccines could be available Pharmacies give out vaccines to ineligible residents By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

A slight loophole has allowed for pharmacies to divvy out leftover COVID-19 vaccines to, seemingly, whoever asks or knows the right people. In the mad rush to vaccinate as many people in Santa Barbara County as possible, more than 170,000 doses had been administered as of Thursday. In addition, according to County Public Health’s spokeswoman, Jackie Ruiz, the county will begin welcoming residents ages 16 and older to get vaccinated before Gov. Gavin Newsom’s set date of April 15. However, because of the sheer volume of appointments being made, cancellations are inevitable, and some pharmacies have been giving the extra shots to any resident who calls at the end of the day and asks for one. The doses must be administered within hours once they’re removed from storage, so the extra doses would end up in the trash bin if they’re not administered. “Of course, we do encourage anyone providing vaccines not to waste,” Ms. Ruiz told the NewsPress. “They’re asked to stay within the guidelines as much as possible. We do realize, even

at our own sites, sometimes you really only have 30 minutes to use up the doses.” She said that calling pharmacies at the end of the day is “not an official recommendation of the Public Health Department.” “The language the state and the federal government uses kind of allows for that leeway whenever there’s a possibility the vaccine will go to waste otherwise,” Ms. Ruiz said. This loophole has the potential to allow ineligible residents who can make it to the pharmacy within 30 minutes of a phone call to cut the line ahead of eligible residents who are still stuck on waitlists. But, if eligible residents cannot make it within the time frame necessary to administer safely, the next available people will be called and potentially vaccinated ahead of schedule. “The concern has definitely been raised by community members … Many times, people can’t get there within 30 minutes,” Ms. Ruiz said. “As far as I know, that’s what’s happening … We do everything we can to try and get folks who are eligible vaccinated and then, if that is not possible, we look at other solutions so the vaccine Please see SHOTS on A6

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2020, spiked to nearly 14% in April of 2020. The county’s unemployment rate has steadily dropped over the past 10 months. Santa Barbara County has a labor force of 214,600, with 199,300 people employed and 15,300 unemployed. Compared to other local counties, Ventura County had an unemployment rate of 6.8% for February, while San Luis Obispo County had an unemployment rate of 6.3%. In total, Santa Barbara County gained an estimated 3,500 jobs from January to February. This includes an estimated gain of 1,800 farm jobs and 1,700 nonfarm jobs. The county’s labor force increased by 3,700 (up 1.8%) from January. Employment in the leisure and hospitality sector saw the largest employment increase over the month, adding 2,200 jobs. Educational and Health Services added an estimated 300 jobs and manufacturing added 100 jobs. Month-over job losses were also noted in the the professional and business services sector

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Vehicle crashes into Mission Creek SANTA BARBARA — A woman was transported to a local hospital on Saturday after crashing her Jeep into Mission Creek at Rocky Nook Park. The incident was reported around 10:51 a.m. Saturday. The Santa Barbara County Fire Department responded to assist the victim, who was treated on scene by fire crews, said Capt. Daniel Bertucelli, fire spokesman. She was transported to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital for further medical treatment. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

The Santa Barbara County Probation Department conducted countywide wellness checks last week on active probation and post release community supervision clients. The “Operation Safe At Home” event was the third operation conducted during the pandemic. A total of 24 probation officers participated in 33 visits, with no arrests made, according to authorities. The operation specifically focused on probationers where it was determined there were children, victims, or vulnerable adults in the home. These cases included, but were not limited to, domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse, family violence, and where there was a child likely residing in the home. The

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A woman was transported to a local hospital on Saturday after crashing her Jeep into Mission Creek at Rocky Nook Park.

operation included the cities and surrounding area of Santa Maria, Orcutt, Lompoc, Santa Barbara and Goleta. The focus has been to perform wellness checks on active probationers and their families, observing living environments and documenting any needs of the family, providing information on probation and community resources, and deterring any future criminal activity by ensuring client compliance with their terms and conditions of probation. Wellness bags with sanitizing products, resources and food were provided to each family and Easter-themed baskets were handed out to children. — Mitchell White

Closures planned for Highway 101 project CARPINTERIA — Several lane closures are planned this week as work continues on the 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. A similar closure will be in place during overnight hours Monday to Friday, according to Caltrans officials. From 10 p.m. tonight to 7 a.m. Saturday, one southbound lane will be closed from Sheffield Drive to North Padaro Lane, as well as from Santa Claus Lane to Bailard Avenue. The closure will also include the on and offramps at Carpinteria, Reynolds, Linden and Bailard avenues and Casitas Pass Road. A similar closure will be enforced during overnight hours Monday to Friday. In addition, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Thursday, the southbound on and offramps at Carpinteria, Reynolds, Linden and Bailard avenues, as well as Casitas Pass Road, will be closed. Consecutive ramps in the same direction will not be closed at the same time, officials said. Over the next few weeks, crews will be finishing up work on the south side of the Highway in Carpinteria and will then shift lanes onto the new median and southbound areas.

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 reopened on March 18. 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 continue to install underground storm drains between Sheffield Drive and North Padaro Lane. Work will also continue on the retaining walls, temporary supports and bridge span at the Sheffield Drive interchange. Work will continue on the retaining walls, temporary supports and bridge spans in the area. “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 bridge span at the Evans Avenue undercrossing, and concrete recycling is ongoing at the North Padaro Lane interchange. 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 onand offramps will be replaced. At the North Padaro Lane Interchange, new on and offramp improvements will be built. There will also be three new sound walls built. The majority of work will occur in the median and near the South Padaro/Santa Claus Lane on- and offramps. Following construction, 108 new oak trees will be planted and the

center median between Santa Claus and North Padaro lanes will feature the Blue Star Symbol and oak leaves as an update to the Memorial Oaks section to commemorate World War I service. Crews will continue work on southbound 101 and various ramps as part of the Highway 101: Carpinteria project. The work includes installing rebar and pouring concrete for the Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement for southbound highway lanes and offramp. For the Bailard Avenue ramps, crews will pave the gore areas, known as the areas between the lanes and ramps. Construction work for temporary ramp improvements at Santa Monica Road is continuing. Work is also ongoing on the approach areas and safety barriers near Franklin and Santa Monica creek bridges. Also, crews are installing inand-out blocks for the new sound wall between Carpinteria and Santa Ynez avenues. 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.

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A trio of San Marcos Royals tallied 12 strikeouts in a combined no-hitter on Saturday against Bishop Diego. Henry Manfredonia, Nicky Fell and Aiden Johnson combined to blank the Cardinals in San Marcos’ 12-0 victory. Manfredonia struck out six and issued no walks through two innings, Fell struck out three in three innings of work and Johnson struck out two over the final two innings. The Royals had nine hits on the day and scored six runs in the third inning, including Emmett Speake’s three-run home run. DOS PUEBLOS 2, SANTA BARBARA 1 Kellen Montgomery registered 10 strikeouts in four innings of work in the Chargers win on Saturday. Dos Pueblos (2-1) scored on a bases-loaded, two-run single by Ethan Rodriguez. Josh Brennan hit a double and scored a run. Stats for Santa Barbara were not available. PREP SOFTBALL

CARPINTERIA 15, BISHOP DIEGO 8 Bishop’s Tessa Johansen went 2-3 and drove in four runs in the Cardinals loss on Saturday. Official stats were not available.

LOMPOC 18-10, SANTA YNEZ 3-0 The Pirates mustered just one hit in the second game of their doubleheader, as they were swept by the Braves. Stats for Lompoc were not available. COLLEGE BASEBALL

UCSB 7-12, UC DAVIS 3-0 UCSB pounded a combined 23 hits in its doubleheader sweep on Saturday. Cole Cummings went 3-5 in the opener and drove in two. Cory Lewis got the win, tossing seven innings of three hit ball. He allowed just one run and struck out five. In Game Two, Bryce Willits, Michael Marsh and Jason Willow each drove in three, while Rodney Boone allowed just two hits over seven innings. The two teams will wrap up their series at 1 p.m. today. COLLEGE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

UCSB 3, CSUN 0 The Gauchos picked up their second sweep in as many days as they defeated CSUN. UCSB (7-4, 3-3 in Big West) won by scores of 25-19, 25-17 and 25-19. Randy DeWeese had 20 kills and a hit percentage of .471, while Ryan Wilcox added eight kills of his own. Casey McGarry dished out 40 assists and added nine digs.

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UCSB 6, UNLV 1 The Gauchos swept the three doubles matches and claimed five of the six singles matches in their win on Saturday. At No. 1 doubles, Stefano Tsorotiotis and Alejandro Vedri won 6-2, Joseph Guillin and Kai Brady won 6-2 and Joseph Rotheram and Victor Krustev won 7-6. Pablo Masjuan, Krustev, Guillin, Brady and Vedri picked up wins in singles. UCSB will open Big West Conference play today with a 1 p.m. match against Hawaii. Spectators are not allowed due to COVID-19. COLLEGE WOMEN’S TENNIS

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The Warriors swept all three doubles matches and won five singles matches over Cal Lutheran on Saturday. Westmont’s Cade Pierson, Rachal Jackson, Sidney Lowry, Christine Hemry and Olivia Mandarang all picked up singles wins on the day. The duos of Pierson and Jackson, Lowry and Hemry and Jackson and Mandarang all won their doubles matches. The Warriors improve to 5-7 on the season. COLLEGE WOMEN’S SWIMMING

WARRIORS FALL IN DUAL MEET The Westmont women’s swimming team was defeated by Loyola Marymount and the University of Alaska Fairbanks in a dual meet on Saturday. The Warriors fell by scores of 106.5-79.5 to Fairbanks and 131-54 to

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UC SAN DIEGO 6, UCSB 5 The Tritons edged the Gauchos for the second straight time on Saturday. UCSB lost 7-6 on Friday in overtime, and fell by a lone goal again Saturday. Official stats were not available. COLLEGE SOFTBALL

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KIMES, Gary Richard

Gary Richard Kimes passed away at 83 on February 28, 2021 due to complications from the covid virus. He was an iron worker at local 416 for 30 years. He leaves behind loving siblings Kay Whalen, Celia Walker, Rene Darrow and Bob Gorbould, nine nieces and nephews, and the love of his life, Judie Olivia. Gary was a perfectionist who excelled in everything he endeavored. He loved to compete in archery and in trap, skeet and pistol shooting, ranking highly in both local and state competitions. His outdoor interests included fishing, hunting, archery, scuba diving, and underwater photography. When not enjoying outside activities, he was an avid reader. He especially like historical nonfiction. Gary will be missed for his independent, resilient, and straightforward spirit. A private service will be held June 7th in Santa Barbara.

JOHNSON, Mary Luella (Tucker)

Beloved wife to Mark Johnson, mother to Trista Johnson, sister to Karl Tucker and Kara Coronel and aunt to many nieces and nephews. Mary passed away Friday March 12, 2021 at the age 55, due to multiple complications ending in heart failure. Mary was a Santa Barbara High School graduate (1983) and received her degree in journalism. She worked for KEYT channel 3 for 32 years. She worked various different job roles with her final position as a Senior Marketing Specialist. Mary loved the Lord and especially loved being a mom, wife and developing relationships both professionally and personally. Even though Mary struggled with health issues, she always had a positive outlook about life and used her challenges as an example to express her faith and hope in Christ Jesus. Her favorite saying was “Life is delicious, eat it up!” Mary’s celebration of life will be held at Calvary Chapel of Santa Barbara on Saturday April, 3, 2021 at 2:00 pm. In Lieu of flowers, donations will be accepted in Mary’s name for ALS Association.

LUCAS, Mary Susan After a long struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease, Susan Lucas passed peacefully on the morning of March 21, 2021. Mary Susan Lucas was born on September 13, 1951 at Seaside Hospital in Long Beach, California. She grew up in Downey, California, the oldest of 4 children of James and Dorothy Ricketts. She attended Rancho Santa Gertrudes Elementary School, East Junior High School and Downey High School. Lifetime friends were made in Blue Birds and Camp Fire Girls. Growing up, Sundays were spent with the family at the Methodist Church in the morning, with paternal grandparents at their beach house in Alamitos Bay in the afternoon, and at “supper” with her maternal grandparents in Long Beach. Susan was a full-blown Beatlemaniac, and got to see the Beatles twice at the Hollywood Bowl, the second time from front row seats! She met her future husband, Gene Lucas, in the 8th grade, invited him to a Johnny Mathis concert the following summer, and despite an on-and-off start, they were a steady couple by the 11th grade. Susan attended Cerritos Junior College, getting her AA in English with a Spanish minor before joining Gene at UC Santa Barbara. They married in 1972 before their senior year, and she graduated with a BA in English. They then moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts for Gene’s graduate studies at MIT. While Gene attended grad school, Susan worked first as a receptionist/secretary for a soils engineering firm, then as a secretary in the MIT Provost’s office, then as an administrative officer for a team of biologists working on recombinant DNA at MIT. She bore their first son during their last year at MIT. They returned to Santa Barbara after Gene graduated from MIT with his doctorate, and moved back to Santa Barbara in 1978 for Gene to begin his career as an assistant professor at UC Santa Barbara. They had two more boys in their first 4 years in Santa Barbara, and while Gene pursued his academic career Susan raised the three boys. But this mom also served as a Den Leader for each of the three boys in Cub Scouts, co-president of the PTA at Kellogg elementary school, secretarial gigs to two different lawyers, and secretary and office manager for Cambridge Drive Community Church, which they joined in 1982. She also mothered Luca, a foreign exchange student from Italy, in his senior year at the boys’ high school. In his last 11 years at UC Santa Barbara, Gene had become the Executive Vice Chancellor for the campus, raising Susan to the status of UCSB’s Second Lady. Throughout her life, Susan was an organizer and a planner. She had a big, beautiful smile and an even bigger heart. She maintained correspondence with many, many friends and all the relatives. She loved music (especially the Beatles), family, dancing, camping, hiking, parties, walking, sewing, scrap booking, photos, traveling, sea glass, heart-shaped rocks, chocolate and cheese. A tragic fall a year after Gene’s retirement led to a traumatic brain injury, from which she did not fully recover before dementia set in. She spent the last years of her life in Gene’s care and then as a resident of the memory care facility at Villa Alamar. Susan is preceded in death by her father and mother, her brother-in-law Steve Rietfors, and her nephew Jordan Smith. She is survived by her husband, her three sons, Kelly, Ryan and Shannon Lucas and their families, her sisters Patti Rietfors and Carolyn Smith, her brother Randy Ricketts and their families and her grandchildren Kier, Camden, Ashlan, and Ezra. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. A memorial service will be announced when large congregant gatherings are safe again. Donations to the Alzheimer’s Association in her memory would be greatly appreciated.

SCHMIDT, Donald Irvin Born: August 27, 1935 Passed: March 7, 2021 Rebirth in the Lord: May 8, 1979

Don was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He lived in a rural area outside the city where he attended a threeroom schoolhouse. The family moved to Edmond where he lived until 1953, at which time he attended Northwestern University on an Evans Scholarship. His career was in sales and sales management: direct selling, advertising space, and for his final 15 years, investment real estate. Don has a daughter, Stephanie, and a son, Morgan, from his first marriage to Virginia. He has a daughter, Stacy and a son, Scott, from Ruth to whom he was married for 33 years and who predeceased Don in 1996. Don and Ruth had a loving, meaningful marriage. Don had the great joy of having a relationship with all four of his children for all of his life and a fun-filled marriage to his wife, Mary, for the last 23 years. Don had many interests: getting to know the Lord better, participating in small group settings; spending time with his grandchildren: Shoshanna, Alexander, Isabelle, Arthur, Mikaela, Teo, Tosh, Rigo and Bobby. He had the good fortune of spending his retirement years with his wife, Mary, traveling, playing golf, bridge and going to the movies. The enjoyment of just lovingly being together filled their lives. Don greatly valued his many personal and business relationships over the years. He was deeply loved by his family and friends. He was a generous, gracious, loving, funny and dedicated father, grandfather, husband and friend. The family would like to thank Smith Health Center and Hospice for their gentle care and Don’s lifelong friend and pastor, Bart Tarman. They also want to thank Dr. Gregory Sarna of Cedars Sinai and Dr. Michael Bernstein of Sansum Clinic who cared for Don for many years, as well as the many other healthcare providers who helped him along the way. A Celebration of Life will be held on August 7th at 2pm in the courtyard at El Montecito Presbyterian Church on 1455 East Valley Road. Reverend Bart Tarman will lead the service.

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MARTINEZ, Ruth

Ruth Martinez, born on February 20, 1936 to Earnest and Grace Pribble, lived a full and memorable life. Born and raised in Charleston, Illinois before moving to Santa Barbara at 18 where she met her beloved husband, Jess. Together, Ruth and Jess raised their three sons: Craig, Derek, and Bruce. A dedicated mother, wife, grandmother, and friend. Ruth was able to lighten a room with her contagious laugh and sense of humor. Her great generosity and kindness was seen by all around her. Ruth’s background working at the Santa Barbara school district engaged her love for education. This love was a great gift along with many others that she was able to give her grandchildren Jadelyn, Jordan, Billy, Miranda, and great-grandchild Payton. Ruth, the welcoming and compassionate woman she was, will be remembered with great love by her daughters-in-law Sue, Diane, and Christie. Ruth will be laid to rest with her cherished husband, Jess at Calvary Cemetery on March 27, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.

HALE, Thomas, III

Thomas Hale, III, age 79, longtime resident of Santa Ynez valley, passed away at Hillview Residence in Santa Maria, California, February 19, 2021. He is preceded in death by his parents, sister and two step brothers. Tom was born in Canoga Park, California, February 1, 1942, the son of Thomas and Carrie Hale II. In 1958 his father purchased the milk delivery business from a local dairy in Solvang. He graduated from the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School in 1960. Tom assisted his father delivering milk to the Santa Ynez valley residences for five years. Thereafter he began working for California Coastal Surveying in Solvang and eventually owned and operated the business until his retirement in 2007. Tom had many passions and one of them was dancing. Many noted his dancing skills which he continued throughout his life. One of Tom’s hobbies was hot-rods and fast cars. His two favorites were his Porche and a Corvette. He enjoyed going to car races with many friends and acquaintances. Other passions included dining at local restaurants and meeting new friends. He was a big fan of boxing and enjoyed watching matches with other enthusiasts. Tom kept in touch with his high school friends and met many once a month for coffee and scones. Tom was always very friendly and outgoing to everyone he came into contact with. The loves of Tom’s life were his dogs and cats. He never went anywhere without Buster and Rowdy. Tom’s cheery nature and friendliness will be missed by many. Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, no memorial services will be held.

KIRCHMAIER, Raymond King April 6th, 1940 - March 21st, 2021

Raymond King Kirchmaier, age 80, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 21, 2021 in Santa Ynez, CA. Ray was born to Joseph and Edythe Kirchmaier on April 6, 1940 in Santa Barbara, CA. Ray was a 1958 graduate of Santa Barbara High School, and later attended Santa Barbara City College and Whittier College. Ray proudly served in the U.S. Navy, aboard the USS Midway, for two years. He spent the majority of his career working in the accounting and athletics departments at UC Santa Barbara. Ray worked for the Santa Barbara County Education Office and concluded his career with his dream job at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School.

Seven of the state’s 11 industry sectors gained jobs last month JOBS

Continued from Page A1 services sector (down 500), as well as the trade, transportation and utilities sector (down 400). The sectors of mining, logging and construction, construction and financial activities also each saw a decrease of 100 jobs. Broken down further, leisure and hospitality jobs were down 31.7% from a year ago, arts, entertainment and recreation jobs were down 47.4%, and accommodation jobs were down 49.2% over the past year. The data released Friday by the EDD was based on two surveys. Total nonfarm jobs in California’s 11 major industries totaled 15,998,900 in February, a net gain of 141,000 jobs from January. Total nonfarm jobs decreased by 1,662,000 (a 9.4% decrease) from February 2020 to February 2021 compared to the U.S. annual loss of 9,475,000 jobs (a 6.2% decrease). Seven of the state’s 11 industry sectors gained jobs last month. Leisure and hospitality had the state’s largest month-over increase, of 102,200. Other services had the second-largest month-over increase, of 14,100, and education and health services also experienced a 13,000 month-over increase. Other month-over increases were noted in manufacturing (up 8,900), trade, transportation and utilities (up 8,200), professional and business services (up 5,400) and construction (up 600).

Government suffered the largest month-over loss, down 6,000. Information jobs were down 2,800, financial activities down 1,900 and mining and logging was down 700. The number of jobs in the agriculture industry increased by 2,900 from January to 423,100 jobs in February. The agriculture industry had 2,300 more farm jobs in February 2021 compared to a year ago. The number of Californians with jobs in February was 17,334,300, an increase of 345,600 jbos from January’s total of 16,988,700, but down 1,253,500 from the employment total in February 2020. The number of unemployed Californians was 1,610,200 in February, a decrease of 69,600 over the month, but up by 764,900 in comparison to February 2020. There were 794,348 people certifying for unemployment insurance benefits during the February 2021 sample week. That compares to 818,589 people in January and 351,766 people in February 2020. Concurrently, 90,662 initial claims were processed in the February 2021 sample week, which was a monthover increase of 32,285 claims from January, as well as a yearover increase of 55,533 claims from February 2020. Data for March 2021 will be released on April 16. For more information on Santa Barbara County and state unemployment figures, visit www.edd.ca.gov. email: mwhite@newspress.com

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Ray met his loving wife, Mary Kirchmaier, in 1976 at UCSB, and they were married on June 18, 1983 in Lake Tahoe, CA. Together, they raised Mary’s daughter, Gina, and Ray’s two sons, Jef and Greg. Ray was a fighter, and in 2013 survived a liver and kidney transplant which prolonged his life by almost 8 years. Mary cared for Ray daily, and together, they watched their grandchildren blossom and enjoyed many family celebrations and gatherings. Ray is survived by his wife, Mary Kirchmaier; a sister, Mary (Paul) Brunner; two sons, Jef and Greg (Kristin) Kirchmaier; a daughter, Gina Gandall; seven grandchildren, Audrey and Gabriella Gandall, Quinn and Sturgis Kirchmaier, Julia, Clara and Lydia Kirchmaier, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Ray enjoyed watching basketball, classic cars, fishing, and was a devoted pet lover to his dogs, ducks and chickens. Ray adored his family and always worked hard to provide for them. Ray lived with confidence, integrity and had a sense of humor that will never be forgotten. Ray’s family would like to thank Dr. Miguel Loya, Dr. William Golgert, Dr. Kevin Casey, Fresenius Kidney Care, his physical therapist, Jackie Jo, and his home health nurse, Sara, for all they did for him. Ray will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Direct Relief, Catholic charities, or the charity of your choice.

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Susan raised Tara in Goleta, where she also enjoyed a lengthy, gratifying career at Raytheon EW as an expert in material planning and control. To this profession Susan brought dedication, persistence, vital analytic skills, meticulous accuracy, attention to detail, and so always drew the most challenging assignments and new projects. Susan was well known for her candid commentary - she would tell it like it is. Even if people didn’t always want to hear it, they needed to. This was accompanied by a generosity of spirit by which she would go above and beyond to help those in need. Upon retirement, Susan moved from Goleta to Santa Barbara and dedicated herself to her daughter and grandchildren, twins Gianna and Justin Jr, visiting frequently to Peoria, AZ. Being an amazing grandma was her favorite hobby, and suited her perfectly. Grandma Susie was known for making the holidays special, and especially enjoyed visits around Easter and Christmas. Susan enjoyed playing all types of games, especially Pinochle with her family as well as friends/neighbors at Rancho Santa Barbara, and indulged in a little gambling during excursions to Las Vegas. While in Nevada, she found tranquility and relaxation at her brother Michael’s home in Pahrump. Susan’s other siblings lived nearby in Santa Barbara where they enjoyed visits, football bets, watching tennis, and other pastimes. Susan is survived by her daughter, Tara Echevarria (Justin), 8-year-old grandchildren Gianna and Justin Jr, siblings Patricia, Margret, John, Michael and Moira, as well as many nieces and nephews. Susan is predeceased by her parents, and brother Robert Leigh Jr, aka “Babe.” Contributions are welcome to be made in Susan’s memory to VNA Health Santa Barbara ID#77-0342043, who served her during her final days.

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NAGAMINE, Susan Leigh

After graduating school, Susan married Ross Nagamine and spent the better part of a decade having many adventures in California then relocating to Seattle, Washington, where they founded and operated a home construction business, then began commercial salmon fishing. Many of Susan’s favorite stories were from this exciting, entrepreneurial time. Together they had a daughter, Tara, but divorced shortly after.

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Susan Leigh Nagamine, 73, passed peacefully March 13th in Santa Barbara, CA, listening to her favorite music with her daughter by her side. Susan was born to Robert Leigh and Cecilia Joan (Dunn) Norton on September 4th, 1947. Susan grew up in Montecito, CA, the 5th of 7 children.

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At Lake Cachuma’s maximum level at the point at which water starts spilling over the dam holds 188,030 acre-feet. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, equivalent to the amount of water consumed annually by 10 people in an urban environment. 120,375 acre-ft. Storage Elevation 725.42 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 19.7 acre-ft. Inflow 8.2 acre-ft. State inflow 0.0 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. -111 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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Moore, Berberabe rise to the head of the class in the NAIA By MARK PATTON NEWS-PRESS SENIOR WRITER

Stefanie Berberabe speaks softly but carries a big load for the Westmont College women’s basketball program. The 5-foot-3 junior guard from Norwalk was named as the NAIA National Player of the Year this week after leading the Warriors to victory over top-seeded Thomas More, Ky. in Tuesday’s national championship game in Sioux City, Iowa. “She is the most humble person,” said Westmont’s Kirsten Moore, who was named as NAIA National Coach of the Year. “She wants to serve her teammates and looks to the needs of others above her own. She is such a selfless person.” Two of those teammates also gained All-America status. Iyree Jarrett, a 5-5 junior guard who was a first-team All-American last season, was tabbed to this year’s second team. Lauren Tsuneishi, a 5-foot senior, received honorable mention as well as the NAIA Hustle Player of the Year Award. Berberabe said this season’s drive to the national title — its second in the last nine years — was a collective effort. “We thrive in situations where we are down,” she said. “We are good at comebacks. We just needed to focus on defense and rebounding and everything else came together. “We all attacked, using our athletic ability to make things happen on the court both defensively and offensively.” Berberabe averaged 17.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.1 steals per game. Her field-goal percentage of 54.8% ranks fourth in school history. “She has been such a dynamic player for us this year,” Moore said. “She has an incredible fighting spirit that goes along with her incredible athleticism. “As she has grown in her confidence and her attacking mentality, it has taken our team to another level. Time and time again, when we needed buckets and big plays, she made it happen on the offensive end.” She asserted herself on the other end of the court, as well, Moore said. “Her defense is electrifying the way she flies around the court and makes hustle plays,” she said. “She is such a game-changer on

both ends of the court.” Jarrett averaged 14.4 points and a team-leading 5.9 assists per game — fifth-best in the NAIA this season and second-best in school history. She also got 5.0 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game. Her career scoring average of 12.3 per game ranks third in the Warriors’ record book. Her 947 career points has her poised to become the 16th member of Westmont’s 1,000-point club. “She loves basketball and is a phenomenal basketball player,” Moore said. “You can tell her love of the game by the IQ that she plays with. “She is a facilitator for everything that we do on offense. Her passing makes people around her better. Her ability to create off the dribble and draw defense and create open opportunities for other people is next level.” Tsuneishi averaged 13.9 points and a team-best 3.9 three-pointers per game, ranking second nationally. She made 39.6% of her threes and 92% of her free throws. Her Hustle Player of the Year Award was also richly deserved, Moore said. “Everyone watching sees the heart that she plays with,” she said. “That is the heart she brings on a daily basis in practice, even when no one is watching. “For her to do that at the national tournament, and for it to be evident to everyone watching how much heart she plays with, was so fun.” Tsuneishi completed her Westmont career with 1,078 points. She also ranks second in career three-pointers with 291 and her free-throw shooting of 81.5% is fourth in the school record books. She was a workhorse for the Warriors, playing the third-most minutes (3,524) in school history. She was a freshman on the Warriors’ NAIA runner-up team of 2018. “Lauren has been the consummate Warrior in her four years at Westmont,” Moore said. “She has continued to fight for the values of this program, for the foundation of what the Warrior way is and for how we do things. “She has been the lynchpin connector between this year’s team and the last team that went to the national championship game that included Lauren McCoy, Morgan Haskin and Jae Ferrin as seniors. As a freshman, she took that in and she has passed it on to

this group of younger Warriors that have joined her.” Moore, who also won NAIA Coach of the Year honors in 2013, has compiled a win-loss record of 370123 (75.1%) during her 16 seasons at Westmont. She’s had 15 of her players selected as All-Americans. “Honestly, I just consider it a privilege to coach these young women every day,” she said. “They teach me and inspire me. “My overwhelming feeling is gratitude toward their willingness to trust me and to let me lead them through this year of adversity and trust that good can come from it.” Westmont (15-1) lost only its season opener to Pepperdine, an NCAA Division 1 team. Its regular season was whittled to just 11 games and its GSAC schedule to just six by the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was a daily process of trying to maintain our hope, to continue to increase our faith and to choose to love one another through thick and thin,” Moore said. “We chose to do that through all the highs and lows that COVID and all the adversity brought. “There were so many things that could have been so disappointing along the way, but they chose to love each other well through that journey and to maintain hope. It has increased all of our faith.” email: mpatton@newspress.com

Lauren Tsuneishi, a 5-foot senior, received honorable mention as well as the NAIA Hustle Player of the Year Award.

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Stefanie Berberabe was named the NAIA Player of the Year this week after leading the Warriors to victory over top-seeded Thomas More, Ky. in Tuesday’s national championship game in Sioux City, Iowa.

Iyree Jarrett, a 5-5 junior guard who was a first-team All-American last season, was tabbed to this year’s second team.

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mention that they are also eligible but haven’t made an appointment. In those cases, she said a waitlist is occasionally created there and those spouses may get one of the extra doses. She made sure to mention that it is not the case at every single clinic but it is happening in Santa Barbara County. “I want to be transparent. If there is some possibility that there will be vaccines at the end of the day, those folks are called to see if they can come and take those doses. We’re very mindful of the criteria. A good chunk of the time, it’s folks that are actually eligible but just don’t have an appointment,” she said. Ms. Ruiz said that residents

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Alexander Robbins, a worker at the Metropolitan Camino Real Cinemas in Goleta, shares that he’s happy to be able to see free movies again with his employee discount.

Metropolitan City Manager Sal Garcia shares his excitement at being able to reopen at the Metropolitan Camino Real Cinemas in Goleta on Saturday.

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Both the City Manager Department and the Finance Department presented their annual work programs for FY 2021/22 to the Goleta City Council in a special meeting Thursday evening. The council set priorities for each of the departments’ projects and goals. Both departments shared with the council that the shift in work priorities and reductions to revenue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that instituted a hiring freeze greatly impacted staff’s ability to finish previous projects and programs, including the Annual Work Programs for fiscal year 2019-20. The City Manager Department presented to council its currently filled and unfilled positions, requesting someone to fill a management analyst position. In addition, staff listed numerous upcoming and potential new projects and programs beginning in FY 2021-22, including: developing a public art installation policy; exploring affordable childcare policies; adopting project labor agreements; exploring cannabis tax revenue streams; developing a citywide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan; and overseeing developments such as tenant protections, the Old Town visioning process, the homelessness strategic plan and providing incentives for Goleta employers to provide new housing for their employees near the employers’ workplace, among many others. In addition, Mayor Pro Tempore James Kyriaco suggested that staff consider working remotely for the foreseeable future. “Let’s think about our existing city facilities where we have employees work and think about things such as: Does it make sense to still have a cubicle farm environment in some areas? Could we change the setup and do flexible work spaces where desks, chairs and tables can be rearranged to easily facilitate small group meetings … so you can have collaborative work spaces that can also really help in the times when we have more people … with social distancing,” he said. “I have a feeling that’s going to be something that we need to have with us into the future as we have other challenges.” Council member Kyle Richards added that he’s looking forward to the agenda report indexing project, which will make staff reports, minutes to the council meetings and follow-ups with resolutions and ordinances made after the meetings available online on Goleta’s website. “In terms of transparency … they’re not necessarily easy to access, so I just want to say I’m

excited to see it’s on our list,” Mr. Richards said. Council member Roger Aceves recommended staff prepare for the discussion on coming out of the pandemic and what it will look like for Goleta, especially financially. The Finance Department listed its upcoming and potential new work efforts starting in FY 2021-22, including: evaluating credit card merchant services; assisting with meeting compliance for funding related to the American Rescue Plan; submitting the final two-year budget plan; evaluating shortterm vacation rental compliance; and preparing final mid-cycle budget update for FY 2022-23, among others.

“We have a lot of unmet needs that we have in the city and we certainly need to be putting some resources toward them.” Kyle Richards The department also listed potential new work efforts that they hope to accomplish with additional staff members. These include: developing the sidewalk vending business license; implementing independent contractor reporting as required by EDD to assist with child support collection and ongoing reporting; and increasing flexibility on the use of extra space in the City Hall building, among others. Mr. Aceves requested the prioritization of projects that are revenue generators, and other members of the council echoed the request. “The further we push them out … the more we delay income revenue that we need to conduct city business,” he said. Mr. Richards cautioned that the list of goals and projects was ambitious. “We don’t have any lack of projects on our to-do list,” he said. “We certainly have a lot already going on, more than we can accomplish in the next year … This really speaks to the need for us to start looking at the year ahead and potentially unfreezing some of those vacant positions we have … We have a lot of unmet needs that we have in the city and we certainly need to be putting some resources toward them.” The lists of priorities and future goals are available on the staff reports online at cityofgoleta.org. email: gmccormick@newspress.

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Hearing on the request of Autumn Brands LLC, applicant, to consider the following: a) 20DVP-00000-00011, a Revised Development Plan (Original Development Plan approved November 17, 1969), to allow a cannabis operation pursuant to Section 35-144.U of Article II, the Coastal Zoning Ordinance, consisting of: 8.92 acres of mixed light and nursery cultivation within seven existing greenhouses and 27,942 square feet of processing within two existing processing buildings. Additionally, an unpermitted detention basin and bioswale (collectively, the stormwater facility) will be validated, consisting of approximately 3,885 cubic yards of cut and 1,296 cubic yards of fill. b) 20CDP-00000-00079, a Coastal Development Permit to effectuate the Development Plan in compliance with Section 35-169.2 of Article II, the Coastal Zoning Ordinance. The application involves Assessor Parcel No. 005-280-041, located at 3615 Foothill Road, in the Toro Canyon Plan area, First Supervisorial District. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION RECORDING SECRETARY (568-2000) MAR 28 / 2021 -- 56926

Santa Barbara County confirms 26 new COVID-19 cases By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department detected 26 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, increasing the county’s total to 33,045 cases. Of those, 203 cases are still infectious. Orcutt reported the most cases Saturday, with six new cases. It has a total of 1,746 cases of which 17 are active. Lompoc confirmed five new cases, which brings its total to 3,501 cases. Public Health deems 40 cases still infectious in Lompoc. Santa Maria also recorded five cases. It has a cumulative 11,139 cases, and 52 cases are active. The following areas also detected daily cases: Goleta, four cases (1,727 total, 13 active); Santa Barbara, three cases (6,192 total,

38 active); the unincorporated area of the Goleta Valley and Gaviota, one case (1,155 total, 10 active); the Santa Ynez Valley, one case (984 total, five active). The geographic location of one daily case is pending. Santa Barbara County’s hospitals are treating 37 patients with COVID-19, 12 of which are in critical care. Saturday, 34.2% of the county’s staffed ICU beds were available. The Lompoc Valley Regional Medical Center reports a steady supply of vaccine, so it anticipates being able to vaccinate the public without interruption. Santa Barbara County joined the state’s vaccine network last week, so providers will be joining the MyTurn.ca.gov scheduling system in coming days. email: ahanshaw@newspress.com

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Jan Ziegler, director of 10 West Gallery at 10 W. Anapamu St. in downtown Santa Barbara, holds up two prints. The gallery is a collective of artists, and she enjoys watching each artist develop new work.

Curated contemporary Downtown gallery interweaves abstract artists in new show By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

here must be some magic behind the scenes of 10 West Gallery’s latest show. The artwork harmonizes across the bright, white storefront. High-contrast abstracts with piercing lines somehow bring out the softness of demure figurative pieces. 10 West is a collaborative gallery, meaning each of its artists has a stake in the gallery’s success, but

each contributing artist is also an individual with a distinct style. That’s clear in the latest exhibit, which is on display until May 16. “The artists that are in 10 West really melt together. As different as each work is, it really melts together,” Karen Zazon, one of the artists in the show, told the NewsPress. The gallery, located at 10 W. Anapamu St. in Santa Barbara, is directed by Jan Ziegler — an artist herself with an eye for contemporary artwork. Ms. Ziegler has an extensive

background curating art, but she doesn’t constrain 10 West’s artists to a theme or a particular style for each show. “Sometimes I don’t even know what I’m going to get before I get it,” she said. “And so basically, they bring in everything, and I design the show with what they do bring in.” Oftentimes, artists bring in their latest work, and Ms. Ziegler sorts them by vibrance, texture and subject matter. “Part of the show is that it has to look good as a show, not just each

individual piece though that’s how it’s sold. But we don’t want people when they walk into the gallery to be overwhelmed by too much,” she said. She centers each piece at eye level and rarely stacks paintings, so each piece has its moment. It feels like a museum, except everything’s for sale, of course. The current show is united by a feminine energy, a coincidence during National Women’s Month. A deep-relief painting juts out from the center of the back wall “Considering Eve” by Lisa Crane

conveys womanhood. Ms. Ziegler positioned the piece prominently, the crux of an incidentally feminist show. While the female form has long been a motif in Ms. Crane’s portfolio, Ms. Zazon painted curvy torsos into her repertoire during the lockdown. “I happened to be in that COVID frame of mind where we’re isolating, and it gave me the opportunity to have fun. So I got out of my head with some figurative work,” she said. The pandemic filtered out

distractions and allowed her to enjoy her time in her studio. She started collaging vintage sheet music and poetry into multilayered paintings. Other 10 West artists experimented with new techniques as well. Pamela Grau began screenprinting and using bright colors. “All of a sudden, color was brought into my work. I think my work is getting more colorful, and Please see GALLERY on B4

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The plight of farmworkers is explored in “The Invisible Valley,” which will have its world premiere Wednesday to open the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Struggling in Coachella Valley Santa Barbara International Film Festival opens with documentary about farmworkers By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

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homes without electricity or with electricity in such a shape that it’s a fire hazard. “There were homes with tarps for the roof. It’s intensely below the poverty line.” Noted Mr. Maurer, “It was pretty shocking and sad to know that people who are really essential workers in this country have to deal with these circumstances,” the director said. Mr. McMillan said the farmworkers in the Coachella Valley follow the harvests and include people who travel to Santa Maria and other Santa Barbara County areas to work in the fields. While the problems are dire, there’s a variety of possible solutions, Mr. Maurer said. “A lot of farmworker unions are working to mitigate issues with workers in the field. There’s a lot of shelters and outreach programs in the valley.” The director cited the example of the Galilee Center, which works to provide food and clothing and meet other needs for low-income residents. Mr. McMillan and Mr. Maurer also met with two nuns, Sisters Gloria and Claudia, who are working hard to help the farmworkers. “Invisible Valley” covers the nuns finishing a shelter, which opened during the filming. “The nuns are warm, lighthearted, funny and incredibly driven,” Mr. Maurer said. The filmmakers said they hope to help the farmworkers by raising awareness. “The first step is to make people aware of these people who are picking the crops that we buy at supermarkets through the winter but can’t afford to put those same products on their table,” Mr. McMillan said. One person who became more aware was Mr. McMillan’s mother-

in-law, Mary Ingebrand-Pohland. She’s a snowbird who spends winters in the Coachella Valley. She discovered the farmworkers’ plight when she joined a program called “Read with Me,” in which she volunteered to help local students with their reading skills. “A lot of the students she was working with came from farmworking families,” Mr. McMillan said. Mr. Maurer said the filmmakers discovered members of the golf communities, who joined programs through their churches and became aware of the farmworkers’ problems. “There were very, very successful people who had had long careers and were retiring in Palm Springs,” Mr. Mauer said. “They said some of the most gratifying work they had ever done was volunteering with these communities.” email: dmason@newspress.com

FYI “Invisible Valley” will be shown on both drive-in screens at 8 p.m. Wednesday to open the 36th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The screens are located at Santa Barbara City College’s lower parking lots, located at 140 Loma Alta Road. In addition to being shown on the drive-in screen, “Invisible Valley” will be shown online for 24 hours beginning at 8 p.m. Wednesday. For more information, go to sbiff.org.

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At left, “There was this whole hidden side that we knew nothing about, the agricultural side that contains the majority of the valley that no one sees or talks about outside of Southern California,” said producer Zachary McMillan. Shown at right, director Aaron Maurer said the “Invisible Valley” filmmakers saw families dealing with hunger. “They were barely able to put food on the table and pay for the trailer they had. It went from that to folks who are living in the desert and have no running water.”

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ay “Coachella Valley,” and most people think of its prestigious music festival and popular golf resorts. But there’s another side to the Southern California valley. There’s the side in which lowincome farm workers go home to structures with no running water and no electricity or inadequate, unsafe electricity, according to filmmakers Aaron Maurer and Zachary McMillan. They noted there are farmworkers who are homeless and sleeping in their cars. They investigated the plight of agricultural workers for “Invisible Valley.” The 87-minute documentary will make its world premiere at 8 p.m. Wednesday to open the 36th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. You can watch the movie for free on the beachside, drive-in screens at Santa Barbara City College. Or you can see the film online for 24 hours beginning 8 p.m. Wednesday. (See sbiff.org.) “Even though it’s a story that focuses on Southern California and the Coachella Valley, there are themes and issues in the movie that are applicable to the whole country,” Mr. Maurer, the “Invisible Valley” director, 37, told the NewsPress last week by phone from his home in Minneapolis. Mr. McMillan, the producer, 38, participated in the call from his home in Brooklyn. “Aaron and I have been down to the valley together a long time ago for the Coachella Music Festival,” Mr. McMillan told the News-Press. “There was this whole hidden side that we knew nothing about, the agricultural side that contains the majority of the valley that no one sees or talks about outside of Southern California.” Mr. McMillan and Mr. Maurer grew up together in Minneapolis and have been making films since they collaborated on a video for a social studies assignment back in high school. Mr. Maurer earned his bachelor’s of fine arts in film and animation in 2006 at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, R.I. Mr. McMillan received his bachelor’s in liberal arts and science in 2008 at New York University. In the Coachella Valley, the filmmakers became interested in the difficult world of migrant farmworkers, many of whom are

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I think I’m in a happier place,” she said. “I think the work is coming from a more playful place.” Her studio is her favorite place, so isolation has come naturally. Her aesthetic, apart from her new prints, is meditative. She lives mindfully, and it seeps into her paintings. Two of her paintings in the show are representative of a deep, meditative mindset. “Collective Consciousness in a Unified Field” appears to be a collection of oysters with metallic pearls but is actually constructed out of reused take-out cups. Pat McGinnis also reclaimed materials for his art. He gathered scraps from the destruction of the Ellwood oil plant, sealed the metal and positioned the remnants

playfully as sculpture. The sculptures sit on pedestals in the center of 10 West Gallery, a rustic touch in the stark white environment. Vibrant paintings with stark lines catch attention as guests wander into the gallery space. Jo Merit, who explores a variety of color palettes, wanted to represent the sunset in her latest work. The paintings, full of geometric lines, fit the mid-century vibe that first prompted Ms. Merit to start painting. This is just her third show at 10 West, though she’s collaborated with Ms. Ziegler a long time through the Abstract Art Collective. “I think she has a really good eye for hanging things,” Ms. Merit said. “She makes sure that everything is displayed at its optimal placement, and she’s really good at playing things off each other. She really

has a good eye.” Although the pandemic has paused Thursday art walks and temporarily closed galleries last spring, 10 West has maintained a customer base. The gallery’s latest sales have been mostly local, though some Californians on day trips come by looking for unique art. Ms. Ziegler has remained busy, and she feels fulfilled working with buyers and engaging a community. “I can’t say enough about Jan as the director,” Ms. Zazon said. “She goes the extra mile to sell our work. It’s such an asset to us as artists.” Ms. Ziegler said she loves hanging each new show. She gets a rush of excitement each time. “Each new show feels so fresh and new, so it always feels like the best show ever.” email: ahanshaw@newspress.com

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SANTA BARBARA — The Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara is displaying artful baking in a free Zoom workshop. Museum staff will show participants how to make shortbread cookies with edible flowers and herbs at 11 a.m. Saturday. The workshop is family-friendly, though young bakers should have parent supervision. The tutorial includes tips to balance out the sweetness of the shortbread with savory herbs, and staff will suggest modifications for those with food allergies. Participants will have enough time to mix, cut and decorate the cookies. A guide to edible flowers is available on the museum’s website. To register, go to mcasantabarbara.org/event/ family-friendly-workshop-flowerherb-shortbread-cookies. — Annelise Hanshaw

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GUEST OPINION ANDY CALDWELL: Land preservationists demand too much/ C2

SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2021 PURELY POLITICAL

James Buckley

End of empire America needs to get serious about economy Editor’s note: Author James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident.

the candidate would be deported or placed on a temporary work program. It was originally five years but changed to 14 in the late 1700s. Costs for newcomers should be limited to clerical processing costs. With anywhere from 12 to 20 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., our representatives will need to mount a draconian effort to train all these illegals in American culture, history and English. Otherwise we will not have an American system, as we know it today, for our grandchildren. There must also be a crackdown on all employers to require all employees to be legal immigrants or on the

t happens to the best and the biggest. Always. Over the 5,000-year history of human endeavor, they’ve all fallen. Every one of them. Empires, that is. The Romans swallowed up the entire Mediterranean basin before its empire outgrew and outspent itself. More recently, the formidable British Empire — in which the sun never set — faded on the horizon after a solid 250-year run. Cleopatra borrowed, caroused and spent her country into oblivion, though she saved it from the fate of the unfortunate Carthaginians, whose capital, Carthage, was razed and the fertile soil around it salted by the Roman army so that nothing could/would ever grow again. The Spanish built an enormous and wealthy empire with their holdings in the New World after the “discovery” of the Americas; they amassed the world’s largest hoard of gold and silver. It was a glorious time to be Spanish and they ruled the roost for the next 200 years, when they weren’t fighting with the French or the English. The United Kingdom solidified the extension of its 250-year turn after defeating the combined French and Spanish naval fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar. The U.S. joined the club as one of the Masters of the Universe in the middle of the 19th century. More recently, there were the Soviets, whose socialist republics made up, I believe, the largest empire in all recorded history. But that empire’s 72year life span is just a long weekend in a historian’s eye. One thing the aforementioned collapses have in common is the debasing of their various currencies. (Cleopatra notoriously shaved the edges of Egypt’s coin of the realm by 10% or so, thereby instantly increasing her wealth by … about 10%.) The Romans did something similar, as did the Spanish later in history. Hence, the advent of lined indentations on the edges of coins. In the Soviet Union, the ruble had nothing whatsoever backing it (neither does any currency in use today), but it worked as an internal measure of trade when something worth buying appeared on sale. When the wall between East and West Berlin came tumbling down, so did the ruble, followed rather quickly by the death of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The once mighty British sterling succumbed to the power of the then almighty U.S. dollar in the early 1960s and the U.S. dollar became the preferred unit of international trade, the world’s reserve currency. The U.S. was once truly rich. But a series of incompetent and feckless politicians, beginning with Lyndon B. Johnson and his congressional partners in 1964, facing the combination of the Vietnam War and the “War on Poverty,” and with the advantage of a lop-sided Democrat advantage in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, opened the floodgates to a spending tsunami. All sides gave up

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Save Mission Creek Bridge Let’s preserve this historic structure and take less expensive steps for safety

“No civilized society in the history of man on this planet has been without an understanding of the importance of a study of the past: it is philosophy teaching by example. It can make men wise. It certainly lengthens the experience of the individual and so improves his ability to deal with the perplexities of the present and the uncertainties of the future. The existence in our modern environment of the creations of the people who have lived here before us, the buildings which have served them and the sites upon which significant events transpired, can contribute to an understanding of the foundations of our world today.” — Pearl Chase

road exists to Hana, Hawaii, known as the Hana Highway. Fiftynine bridges, 52 miles long and 620 curves. The highway is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The

only change was in 1962 when the factions are in discussion of how to 1929 road was paved. No attempts remedy the perceived faults of this have been made to straighten bucolic 148-foot bridge. this road to improve line of sight Although the Mission Canyon or to widen the one-lane bridges Bridge Studies Team calls the that are used by both bikers and bridge charming, they also call vehicles. it dangerous, a bridge that will Behind the Queen of the flood and mimic the results of the Missions lies the Santa Barbara Montecito debris flow. There are Mission Creek Bridge, which is a already two debris flow basins stone barrel vaulted in Mission Canyon: compression Creek and DID YOU KNOW? Mission arch, constructed Rattlesnake, per Jon Bonnie Donovan Fry of Santa Barbara much like the bridges built by the County Flood Control. Romans. MCBST has aligned itself Engineered in 1891, the Mission with the city of Santa Barbara’s Creek Bridge is the oldest bridge transportation planning and not only in Santa Barbara but is parking manager, Rob Dayton. The also the oldest known bridge in city also hired the Wallace Group Southern California, according to for $1 million to have the “bridge Stephen D. Mikesell in his book, studies team” join with public “Historic Highway Bridges of works to present options should California.” they want to proceed. The bridge became a city They suggest three options. landmark in 1998. Option one revamps the original Every bridge has two sides. Two bridge; options two and three

would replace it. The street and pedestrian paths would be widened, and bike paths would be added (it is now a shared road). All options remove at least seven sycamore or oak trees. (Try doing that on your private property.) All options address “the obstruction of the view” of the bridge by the sewer pipe. Imagine after all these years, the view in a creekbed gets more consideration than the resident’s views of the Riviera. In his last “Preservation Watch’’ column in the January issue of The Capital, the late Santa Barbara resident Kellam de Forest voiced his concerns for the MCBST proposals: “Options 2 and 3 are not historic. …” The problems illustrated by the transportation planner and MCBST are based on “what ifs.” On the balance hangs an $11 million taxpayer-funded federal highway transportation grant

that is available only for a new significantly wider bridge. No mandated changes or safety issues are at stake here, but rather a “perception of safety” issue. The whole corridor including the bridge is classified as Vision Zero: no fatal accidents. Nor is it a hot spot on the Santa Barbara Police Department’s traffic circulation documents for recommended improvements. Sixteen minor collisions occurred in the corridor from 2010 to 2017, and a few fender benders since then. The focus is on the bridge, as it is tied to the funding. There is nothing “structurally deficient per the regular Caltrans inspections, although labeled with a funding category of functionally obsolete.” The proposed options threaten the historic merit of the bridge that is landmarked and is in El Please see DONOVAN on C4

Immigration reform must start with secure borders

mmigration issues have been in the political forefront of the nation for many years. Under President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, illegal immigration grew to a peak, and cages were needed to house the children separated from their parents. When President Donald Trump was elected, his agenda was to get the problem under control and end this illegal invasion of our country. Mexico’s and Central America’s refusal or lack of interest in controlling their borders with the U.S. deliberately violates our sovereignty and is a de facto state of war with the U.S. They deliberately send to the U.S. their people and drug dealers for their financial benefit.

Violations of our borders by President Trump negotiated illegal immigrants threaten terms with these countries to our national security and the control their population and health of our citizens. Many limit border crossing. In addition, illegal immigrants are terrorists’ immigration reform must include sympathizers, and others carry “The Wall.” During his term, diseases from countries President Trump funded where health codes are more than 600 miles of Justin M. not enforced. new modern walls built Ruhge Unless our borders where necessary to are “iron curtains” control the border. The author with effective walls, President Trump is lives in Lompoc immigration reform right. The U.S. must is a waste of time and secure our borders from represents political posturing illegal immigration before we can used by the Democrats to curry reform our naturalization system. favor with the Mexican illegals The U.S. must negotiate a strict for their future votes after treaty with Mexico to control they have received amnesty. their border with the U.S. With In the meantime, even more this action in the last four years, illegals will attempt to cross the the illegal flow across the border porous border to receive such was slowed to a trickle. opportunities in the U.S. that are Then along came the 2020 not available in Mexico. election, and misguided

American voters elected Joe Biden as president. Joe immediately opened the borders and stopped the wall, canceled the foreign control agreements, reopened the holding pens for children, and is totally responsible for the chaos that is now under way in the whole U.S. Unless stopped now, about 1 million illegals will cross our borders this year. And there’s no COVID testing. Immigration reform can only proceed with controlled borders. Another issue is the present process of naturalization, which many believe is too long and expensive. Perhaps we should consider a shorter period of three to four years. If the candidate did not pass their test in that time, then another year would be granted. If that failed, then

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When preservation is greed by another name

recently testified Funny thing is, in spite of all before the Santa the laws requiring an analysis Barbara County Board of the impacts of construction of Supervisors about projects, the state dumps the recent protests this mandate on us without against the San Marcos bothering to analyze any of Preserve development project. the negative impacts of the As a way of background, same! this particular property Whereas, everybody I know was originally zoned, many shares a disdain for urban decades ago, for full-scale concrete jungles, the fact of development. However, the matter is every time the permission to develop the Santa Barbara community site was approved only when claims another preserve, the owner agreed to it takes land off donate 90% of the the table for this property as an open future development space preserve. mandated by the Activists are now state. claiming that the This begs the project is still not proverbial question protective enough of “If not here, then of the environment, where will we build Andy Caldwell according to their own these units?” Will insatiable greed — we be forced to read that covetousness. eventually take agricultural Truly this project was land out of production, or must originally scrutinized to the we start to build obscenely point of the absurd! It was high multi-story units that forced to gauge the impact to violate the sacrosanct premise lichen from moving boulders in Santa Barbara to never around on the property, block the views of either the along with many other such hills or the ocean? machinations. The owners of the San All this is nothing new. Marcos development, who Perhaps the worst example are not members of COLAB, ever? Some farming families already gave up 90% of their spent 12 years trying to land. Why isn’t that enough? subdivide their 4,000-acre And why would people ranch into 13 parcels. All the part with their cash to come parcels would have remained up with $20 million to buy in agriculture, and the lots the development rights to were intended to remain in the property, when there are the families. The supervisors plenty of better uses for this denied the project, claiming it money? would “urbanize” agricultural Finally, the county loves land. to require mitigation from Currently the planning developers, but how about commission is considering requiring mitigation from a housing project on a golf preservationists? Namely, course in the Santa Maria every time the community Valley. Originally, some 40 takes units away from a years ago, more than 800 project by downsizing the homes were proposed for the same, they need to name site. Now it has been whittled the time and place those down to 129 units with 74% lost units will be replaced open space. by a higher-density project All local governments need elsewhere in the immediate to have a discussion on the vicinity (rather than dumping tendency to deny projects the same in the Santa Maria outright or radically downValley or Lompoc!) to make zone properties to maintain up for the lost opportunity open space in a county that is costs. more than 90% open space as The community needs it is! leaders to step up on this This discussion is issue with an honest and imperative due to the fact frank discussion, rather than that our state government has pretending to be heroes mandated that some 24,000 whose real accomplishment housing units must be planned is merely adding to the woes to be built in Santa Barbara of the working class who County, including more than can’t afford to live here and 10,000 in South County. Our the subsequent jobs/housing elected representatives imbalance. in state government have mandated this insane number Andy Caldwell is the executive of units of housing despite director of COLAB and host the fact that we don’t have the of “The Andy Caldwell Radio water to serve our existing Show,” weekdays from 3-5 p.m., community. on News-Press Radio AM 1290.

ast year, on the first day of spring, an oil tank truck crashed on State Route 166 east of Santa Maria, spilling 6,700 gallons of crude oil and fuel into the Cuyama River. The driver was speeding and is finally being prosecuted by the district attorney. ExxonMobil recently revived plans to send 70 such trucks daily, on Highway 101 from the company’s Gaviota facility to the Nipomo refinery. If that doesn’t work out, ExxonMobil will then send the trucks barreling down the 166 to its Kern County pipeline. Those 70 trucks then return to pick up the next day’s load. Will our county and the state sanction this major pollution process and oil spills waiting to happen? For 30 years this oil was piped north in substandard and neglected pipelines until the Refugio Beach oil spill shut down the pipeline. Do the citizens and environment of Santa Barbara County need to bear the pollution and accident risk of this oil trucking so ExxonMobil can avoid the consequences of the Refugio spill and make a short-term profit? Please contact your county supervisor and state Assembly and Senate members and tell them to stop this dangerous and climate killing project! Larry Bishop Buellton

Chinese are laughing at us

e’re not a very serious country. China reminded us of that fact in a less-thandiplomatic exchange with our top state department representatives in Anchorage, Alaska. When we objected to the genocide of the Uyghurs and other religious and ethnic minorities in western China, they countered with a charge of U.S. racism against blacks in the U.S. The Chinese are practicing forced abortions and sterilizations, rape and torture in internment camps. Of course, the counter charge of U.S. racism, compared to what’s going on in China, is absurd, but years of the left (and its compliant media) playing the race card at every possible opportunity has led to this. Most of our nation’s attention is wasted on identity politics. We Americans are anguishing over whether biological men can complete with women in high school and college sporting events. Instead of looking ahead, we are debating whether we should pay reparations after a war ended slavery more than 150 years ago. Last summer, our major cities were allowed to burn, while authorities stood by and did nothing. We are the world’s oldest democracy, yet we have proved incapable of running fair and equitable elections. A nation that gives up control of its borders, as we have recently done, does not deserve to be called a nation. We are competing with a ruthless, single-minded dictatorship that plans on surpassing us and to achieve ultimate world domination. Everywhere, we are projecting weakness, and China is projecting strength. Our president is obviously not physically and mentally up to the job. Yes, the Chinese are laughing at us. John Hammerel Santa Barbara

End homelessness with ‘Housing First’

he “cleanup” of the Pershing Park homeless encampment began at 9 a.m. March 12. The city had posted signs warning the encampment residents to clear out within 72 hours. At this point, police officers and sanitation workers arrived and ordered the campers to take down their tents, pack up their belongings and leave. The police told them to, “Go anywhere, except back into the park.” Observers watched as intimidated campers gathered up whatever personal belongings they could carry. Other frightened residents stood around with confused looks on their faces, not knowing what to do or where to go. A woman began to scream as police and sanitation workers started taking down tents and picking up unattended property to haul to the dump. By the afternoon, many of the campers had left, while those who remained sat on nearby curbs or

paced around in shock. At the end of that day, the tent encampment and its residents were gone. The city has dedicated $50,000 in funding towards encampment “cleanups.” Even before the raid on the Pershing Park homeless encampment, the city had locked the park’s public restroom and access to clean drinking water. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the breakup of homeless encampments during a pandemic creates unnecessary risks to the health and safety of the community at large and the people who are displaced. The Pershing Park operation forced the campers back onto the streets, potentially exposing themselves and others to COVID. The city has passed ordinances making it a crime to camp and sleep in parks. It has removed public benches on State Street to deter the homeless from sitting or sleeping on them. The city continues to pass punitive ordinances targeting the homeless. A new ordinance bans oversized Recreational Vehicles, making it unlawful for RV dwellers to park on any streets in Santa Barbara. This ordinance is now being challenged in the Santa Barbara Superior court by the Committee for Social Justice. The most recent Santa Barbara Grand Jury Report describes homelessness as a “human crisis,” adding, “Shamefully, Santa Barbara County has one of the highest rates of homeless school-age children and youth in the state.” After decades of harassment and criminalization, the number of homeless people in the city of Santa Barbara grew to 914 in the 2020 point in time count. Santa Barbara’s unhoused residents have come to expect little or nothing from the city, except broken promises. The Grand Jury concludes that the city council, “(N)eeds a change in vision.” “Housing First” has proven to be the most effective model for ending homelessness. It is time for the city of Santa Barbara to act and implement a “Housing First” plan. Committee for Social Justice Jaan Landheer, former outreach worker (CSJ) Russell Brown, attorney CSJ Joseph Biko Doherty attorney People’s Justice Project Robert Landheer attorney CSJ

Britain’s tradition of diversity

nless you are an enemy of the multiracial democracy, England is usually the love of your life as a Briton or an American. What a shock that Prince Harry, Meghan Megan and Oprah did not make much of this fact in their interview. Harry and Meghan may be the heroes of their own independence, but many of us know better than to equate that independence with modern British royalty being easily deposed or any future king of England being a bigot. The Oprah interview showed me that race was hardly the couple’s big reason for leaving. Most incredibly the couple expressed very little love for England as a nation. Also clearly neither seemed desirous of the serious preparation and sacrifice the public-funded job of royalty requires. England is historically a diverse place, a hot melting of Vikings, Romans, Celts, Normans and Saxons, and now others including Africans, Indians and Arabs. The diversity within the Commonwealth is vast. All this diversity will remain after the departure of now Montecito’s most famous couple from an even more famous and enduring parliamentary, constitutional monarchy and democracy. M. Chris Trip Santa Maria

odoriferous occasions. This is a public nuisance that severely impacts our neighborhood as well as other surrounding areas. We strongly request that all relevant agencies do everything possible to ameliorate this situation. We are also concerned about the health effects of the Byers odor amelioration system currently in use. It has certainly not eliminated the problem, as we still smell the odor. Some of our residents suffer allergic reactions or migraine headaches due to the vapors produced by the Byers system. Elected representatives and regulatory agencies should endeavor to protect the health and safety of all our citizens. We object to increased cannabis production especially as it is taking place literally a few hundred feet from our homes unless a proven effective odor elimination system is installed and in use in all cannabis farms in the Carpinteria area. It makes no sense to allow additional cannabis production in our area until an effective odor containment system is in place in all existing and future greenhouses. To reiterate, the residents of Linden Meadow are strongly opposed to more cannabis production here or in the Carpinteria Valley until the growers put effective odor containment systems in place. Please keep our beautiful little city of Carpinteria a healthy, pleasant, and odor-free place to live. Our hope is that the city council, other agencies involved, and our county supervisors will be responsive to our objections as they are a major concern to our community. Carrie Miles on behalf of Linden Meadow homeowners Carpinteria

Socialized medicine not worth the price

n March 14, George F. Bajor, M.D., wrote in Voices that “True choices of physicians are only available under Medicare, but not private insurance. It should be available for all: (i.e. Medicare For All).” My question for Dr. Bajor is, “Do you accept Medicare Insurance in your medical practice?” If you do, you would be in the minority. More than 50% of the physicians in private practice in Santa Barbara County do NOT accept Medicare Insurance. Far more physicians take private insurance than they do Medicare. Why? Very simply, the lower reimbursement rate and the increased bureaucracy to process their billing claims. So if you are on Medicare and wish to use one of these doctors, what do you do? Simply pay for the doctor’s services out of your pocket. That does not sound like great choices to me. What Dr. Bajor is espousing for is Medicare for all, i.e. socialized medicine. Just look to our neighbors to the North, Canada, who have socialized medicine. When a Canadian does not want to wait months for a surgery, where do they go? That’s right, straight to the United States of America, where they can receive timely and excellent medical attention. The U.S. is a beacon for all when looking for superior medical attention and in a very timely manner. Why? There’s no socialized medicine, i.e. Medicare for all. Just a great free market system for health care! If you are interested in socialized medicine, i.e. Medicare for all, i.e. single-payer system, please do a little research and see how much the citizens of those countries pay in income taxes. No breaks for the lower income. The minimum tax rates in Europe begin at 35% and go up from there. Socialized medicine sounds great until they honestly tell you how much it is going to cost you. Don’t believe me; do the research for yourself. Michael Quigley Carpinteria

Cannabis creates heavy odors

Public schools need makeover

e are the residents of Linden Meadow in Carpinteria, a community of 40 homes immediately adjacent to the greenhouses located at 4801 Foothill and 1495 Sterling Road, Carpinteria. For the last few years, we have been regularly subjected to the heavy, skunky odors of cannabis growing in the greenhouses surrounding our area. The smell can be overwhelming — day or night. We often cannot open our windows because of the odor, and frankly, even closing the windows does not help on some

he old saying “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world” has never been more present and dangerous than in today’s society. Between the public educational (indoctrination) system and the mass mainstream media misinformation and lies, our country as we know it is disintegrating. Our students are being taught Please see LETTERS on C4

Susan Salcido

Stop hate of Asians A call to action and why I’m speaking up Editor’s note: Dr. Susan Salcido is the Santa Barbara County superintendent of schools.

orn and raised in the United States, I have never pledged allegiance to any other flag but ours. This country is my home. I am that person who sings patriotic songs on road trips, and if we’re driving together, there is a high likelihood that, at some point, our windows will be down, and we’ll be singing, “This land is your land, this land is my land.” Being American is part of my identity, but there have been instances where I have been confronted, challenged and hurt. From the time I was a young girl, I have witnessed people shouting at my parents, degrading them for speaking English with thick, Korean accents. At different periods in my life, people have extended the corners of their eyes with their fingers, mocking my Asian eyes, telling me to “go back to China.” I have been asked if I see things through a panoramic view because of the ways my eyes are shaped. Words and actions directed at my family and me have ranged from quiet and subtle to chaotic and violent, and for most of my life, I’ve kept silent. That ends today. Here we are in 2021, addressing anti-Asian hate and violence, and most of us are devastated and saddened that we have to confront it. We view videos that show violence against elderly Asian people. We read about the murders in Atlanta and feel sadness, sorrow, and question how this can be real. We retweet hashtags, like #StopAsianHate, as a call to action. What does “stopping” Asian hate look like? What steps can we take? For some of us, stopping means that we allow ourselves time to pause and reflect on how we are doing and feeling. In the past few days, I took time to think and reflect on my own and then talked with my children. When I asked them their opinions about what causes racism, the dialogue was good. But when we kept going, taking the initial questions to new levels, asking what contributes to the absence of racism, I was impressed with how readily they could express their perspectives. Their experiences are theirs and not a repeat of mine. Their childhood has provided them with venues to express their voices, books with characters with experiences and backgrounds that mirror their lives, and classroom environments that discuss race, equity and inclusivity. Our dialogue helped reenergize my optimism and hope that our children — not mine alone, but ours together — have the language and tools to help create the future we seek. For others, stopping may mean that you check in with friends and family. You may feel unsure about what to say or be afraid to say the wrong thing. Coming from a place of being open to learning, being vulnerable, and saying, “I’m not sure what to say,” or “I’m worried that I might say the wrong thing, but I am here to talk, listen and learn” can work wonders. By reaching out and showing your support, your actions will convey so much more than having the “perfect” words. Providing space to allow stories to be aired, expressed, vented and brought into the light, might be your starting point. In addition to pausing, engaging in dialogue and reaching out to friends and family, let’s do more. Let’s disrupt racist rhetoric Please see SALCIDO on C4

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MSNBC’s serial smear merchant

crew up, move up” is standard operating procedure in corporate and government bureaucracies. But in American journalism, the system goes far beyond rewarding incompetence. It sanctifies bias. It promotes dishonesty. It incentivizes malice. Want to get ahead in the liberal media? Just follow this credo: “Spew lies, climb high.” Take the case of professional character assassin Talia Lavin. This week, she published a highprofile feature at MSNBC.com as an official “MSNBC opinion columnist.” The hit piece targets a new upstart group of young college conservatives who have broken away from the establishment College Republican National Committee. The students believe that many College Republican chapters have veered far left on social issues, foreign policy and immigration. The split mirrors the widening schism between populists and elites in the D.C. GOP. I know many of the leaders of the new College Republicans United organization personally and spoke to the Arizona State University-CRU chapter last year. They are energetic patriots who embrace “America First” and

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mean it. computer forensic analyst for the To Ms. Lavin, this is tantamount U.S. Immigration and Customs to “white supremacy” and “Nazi Enforcement agency, of sporting sympathies.” She sounded the a “Nazi” tattoo she claimed was alarm that three campuses — an Iron Cross. It was actually ASU, the University of Arizona a Maltese Cross, the symbol of and Iowa State University double amputee Mr. — now have CRU chapters. Gaertner’s platoon in The MSNBC.com Afghanistan, Titan 2. He headline of her hatchet job lost both legs during an blared: “College students IED-clearing mission are falling in love with and earned the Navy white supremacy.” and Marine Corps Her proof that the kids Achievement Medal are “white supremacists”? with Combat Valor Michelle Malkin Their endorsement from and the Purple Heart me. before joining ICE to Yes, really. Ms. Lavin combat online child reports: “Operating under the exploitation. innocuous-sounding name The Harvard-educated Ms. ‘College Republicans United,’ the Lavin was forced to issue a group claims endorsements by fauxpology after losing her job fringe white nationalist figures as a “fact-checker” for the oncelike Michelle Malkin ...” esteemed New Yorker magazine. There she goes again! Well, But she didn’t retract a single I am indeed an unapologetic bilious word of a diatribe she nationalist. But newsflash, penned titled, “No, We Don’t freaked-out fact-benders: I am Have To Be Friends with Trump brown, and the last time I went Supporters,” which endorsed “fringe” was when I sported bangs hatred and violence against (really bad, poofy ones) in eighth “Nazis” and ICE agents. In it, she grade circa 1984. brazenly proclaimed: “When they Labeling everything and go low, stomp them on the head.” everyone she dislikes “white Ms. Lavin then snagged a job supremacy” and “Nazis” is Ms. as a lecturer for a New York Lavin’s entire schtick. University undergraduate In 2018, she falsely accused journalism class (canceled for Justin Gaertner, a combatlack of interest) before serving wounded war veteran and as an “extremism researcher”

for the George Soros-funded disinformation operation Media Matters for America, in 2019. She secured a deal with Hachette Books that resulted in a 2020 book on white supremacy (what else?), recently published a feature oped in The Boston Globe on white supremacy (what else?), and was quoted earlier this month in The Forward to bolster the hysterical conspiracy theory that the Conservative Political Action Conference stage was deliberately shaped in the form of a Nazi “runic symbol.” While former President Donald Trump and countless thousands of conservatives have been purged from social media for expressing lawful, peaceful and truthful conservative opinions, Ms. Lavin wields her blue-check-marked and verified Twitter account to spread even more falsehoods. In 2019, she lied on Twitter about being “chased” from a free speech conference in Philadelphia. The problem, as reporters from the Post Millennial pointed out, is that the conference venue was the highly secure and intensely surveilled Sugarhouse Casino. The director of security confirmed that no foot chases or any incidents occurred: “No one got chased.” In 2020, Ms. Lavin disseminated a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette photo

of an anti-COVID lockdown activist holding a sign that read, “Work sets you free.” That’s an English translation of the German slogan, “Arbeit macht frei,” which appears over the entrance of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Ms. Lavin juxtaposed the two images with her caption: “This is intentional.” Smearing “Reopen America” protesters as Nazis might have worked if not for indie journalist Andy Ngo’s eagle eye. He discovered that the photo had been doctored and that the sign actually read: “Free Small Business.” Instead of owning up to the deception, Ms. Lavin deleted the tweet and has spent the past year attacking Mr. Ngo as a “fascist grifter.” Spew lies, climb high. At the rate she keeps fabricating upward, Ms. Lavin may soon be co-anchoring the news on MSNBC with fellow serial prevaricator Brian “Choppergate” Williams. Media liberalism has its privileges. 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.

Biased reporting and duplicity pandemics

he New York Times writing that President Joe Biden’s March 12 speech contained “exaggerations” and “misleading” statements made me wonder. How would it read if the speaker were Donald Trump? The selection of words is a key part of duplicity reporting. Similar meaning words can create much different perceptions. Consider the words The New York Times selected for President Biden’s COVID-19 speech. “Exaggerate” is “to represent something as being larger, or greater, better, or worse, than it really is” with synonyms of “overstate” and “overemphasize.” “Misleading” is “to lead in a wrong direction, often by deliberate deceit,” with synonyms of “deceitful, deceptive.” See the difference in these used for President Biden and the one used for former President Trump of “lying” is “telling a false statement” with synonyms of “untruthful, dishonest? Neither do I. Yet the miniscule differences between their synonyms can get magnified into a character issue when duplicity reporting substitutes exaggerate, mislead and lying. How about “gaffes?” A David Letterman routine of a Top 10 list can be utilized to illustrate how interchangeable are the synonyms for “exaggeration” or “misleading” and “lying” for classifying the 10 entries — and

how different the perceptions to socialize, and there was the are when using them for a hypocrisy of labeling Mr. Trump a teleprompter speech by Mr. “racist” for calling it the “Chinese Biden versus one that Mr. Trump Virus” while calling subsequent spontaneously shouted over the ones the “South African” and noise of his waiting helicopter. “Brazilian” virus rather than • The New York Times COVID-20 and -21. reported that President Biden • The New York Times “exaggerated” by saying former reported that President Biden President Trump met the “exaggerated” by listing Brent arrival of COVID with the number of deaths Zepke “silence” until March from COVID as being 12. Omitted is that it greater than the total The author took the World Health from World War I, World lives in Santa War II and Vietnam Organization that long to Barbara declare it a “pandemic” combined, since this although WHO did not only included battlefield visit the Wuhan lab until January deaths but greatly under reported 2021. the total deaths from those three In January 2020, during wars. Sound like “telling a false impeachment efforts, the statement?” How about blaming Centers for Disease Control and all those deaths on Mr. Trump? Prevention was studying gun The New York Times reported violence and racial issues, and that Mr. Biden was “misleading” the National Institute of Health, by saying Mr. Trump did not order the effects of alcohol on monkeys sufficient doses of vaccine since and the average weights of Mr. Trump ordered 800 million gays and lesbians, although Dr. doses. Really? Anthony Fauci had helped fund Was President Biden’s omitting the research in the lab in Wuhan any mention of Mr. Trump’s during the Obama administration. creating warp speed that created Acting alone, Mr. Trump protected the structure for the vaccine to be U.S. citizens by prohibiting flights created in record time “deceptive” from countries with high infection or “dishonest?” rates. • Previously, was Mr. Biden’s Same question for all 10: saying on his inauguration on Jan. Was Mr. Biden’s “silence” an 20, 2021, there was no vaccination “exaggeration” or an “untruth?” after he received a vaccination • President Biden’s “silence” on Jan. 1, 2021 “deceitful,” omitted that in February 2020, “untruthful?” Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Mayor • Was President Biden saying Bill de Blasio encouraged people that on inauguration day only in San Francisco and New York 8% had the first vaccine and

his goal was a million doses a day — without mentioning that there were 1.5 million doses a day already being given — “deceptive?” • Was President Biden saying if people behaved that maybe they could have a barbecue in their backyard to celebrate the Fourth of July — while omitting that in many states, such as Florida and Texas,that is already happening today — “deceptive” or “dishonest?” • President Biden saying that by May 1, every person would be on a “waiting list” sounds good, feels good and is meaningless as waiting lists are controlled by states. “Deceptive” or “dishonest?” • Political commentator John Harwood raved about Mr. Biden’s empathy for all the hardships caused by the closing of private businesses, schools and other places, while omitting that Mr. Biden and his party caused the hardships by closing these facilities. Sound like the boy on trial for murdering his parents asking for sympathy because he was an orphan? Compare The New York Times’ coverage with the one-word review of President Biden’s COVID-19 approach by the governor of a successful state in dealing with COVID, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida: “Insane.” Duplicity pandemics are illustrated by President Biden’s speech only dealing with the U.S.

actions since his inauguration. Omitted were President Trump’s warp speed program’s successes versus the rest of the world where now, for example, Germany’s lockdown includes grocery stores, Ireland is on level 5 and Paris is on lockdown. Another omission is the elephant-in-the-room: China. What has the country who dug bats out of caves, transported them to what is now called the Biological Weapons Lab, and permitted the resulting Chinese virus to be exported everywhere except their own country, been up to? In a word: acquisitions. China’s gaining control by loaning money for the maintenance of governments while private businesses were shuttered, includes Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Kenya, South Africa, Maldives and Egypt, where their connections by sea or road suggest a modern version of China’s silk road. In the U.S., despite the projected GDP growth of 6% created by the red states remaining open, the Biden-Pelosi team is rushing to join the silk road as a debtor nation to China by passing a huge unfunded spending bill before the opening of the blue states makes it unnecessary. Sadly only 10% is directed to the pandemic, and its sister bill will greatly raise taxes, hurting even the red states. Duplicity pandemics are created by politicians.

China must come clean on COVID Editor’s note: David Limbaugh is off. The following is a column by Betsy McCaughey.

to the world about China’s coverup of the initial outbreak, and renamed the virus COVID-19 to obscure its country of origin. Amazingly, the Biden f a plane goes down, there administration insists it can get has to be an investigation. the WHO to honestly investigate Otherwise, no one would the virus’s origins. That’s like feel safe flying again. But a virus from China has killed relying on the mafia to investigate organized crime. 540,000 people in our country so President Biden’s far — equal to 2,000 national security adviser, jumbo jet crashes Jake Sullivan, said that — and the Biden what America needs is “a administration is doing credible open, transparent nothing to get to the international investigation bottom of it. led by the World Health Scientists worldwide Organization.” That’s an are divided over oxymoron. whether the virus Betsy McCaughey WHO did sponsor jumped naturally from an investigation. But the animal world to it was fake. It granted humans, or whether the China veto power over which virus accidentally leaked from a scientists participated, barring lab such as the Wuhan Institute those proposed by Washington, of Virology, where biowarfare D.C. Chinese investigators were research is conducted. muzzled and barred from even The Chinese view biological dining with the international warfare as the future, and scientists. scientists are developing genetic The international group had no and viral weapons. The State Department has warned about low access to raw lab data or medical records of the earliest patients. safety standards at Chinese labs, Some of these patients had not including the Wuhan Institute of been to the Wuhan Live Market, Virology, and the risk of deadly making it implausible they caught leaks. the virus from an animal. Three of President Joe Biden is ignoring the danger as if another pandemic the earliest patients were Wuhan Institute of Virology employees won’t happen. His 200-page COVID-19 strategic who all fell sick and were hospitalized with an unidentified plan fails to mention China or virus in the first half of November the disease’s origins. President 2019. Biden rejoined the World Health The Chinese Communist Organization with no conditions Party blocked international attached, even though WHO lied

investigators from any evidence suggesting a lab leak. “It’s just a great coup by China,” said Dartmouth scientist Daniel Lucey. Twenty-six scientists from the U.S., France, Germany and other nations signed an open letter discrediting the WHO mission. It was a “charade” said Richard Ebright, a Rutgers University chemical biology professor. Truth is, President Biden could care less. Recently at the Anchorage summit, Secretary of State Antony Blinken itemized America’s “deep concerns” to the Chinese.

Shockingly, the virus wasn’t a top priority. That’s an insult to every American family who lost a loved one. Protesting persecution of the Muslim Uyghurs is no substitute for finding out why Grandma had to die. The Biden administration’s failure to press for answers is dangerous. China has seen what a virus can do. As Hudson Institute fellow David Asher points out, it devastated the world’s economies and killed millions. Yet China’s population was largely spared, and its economy “has roared back to be No. 1.”

Why build nuclear weapons when a virus can wipe out rivals and ensure world dominance? President Biden’s strategy to carve out areas of cooperation such as on climate change, while China continues to stonewall on COVID-19, sends a confusing message about what’s important. It’s like a husband confronting his wife for cheating but then asking her where they should go on vacation. Team Biden objects to the term “China virus,” supposedly out of concern for Asian Americans. Then let’s call it the Chinese Communist Party virus, instead of that meaningless name concocted by the WHO. Getting the world to call the virus COVID-19 was a major PR triumph for WHO and China — and a blow to accountability. It obscures who hid the initial outbreak, silenced doctors and journalists, and still refuses to tell the truth. To win a war, you must know your enemy. It’s China. Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York and author of “The Next Pandemic,” available at amazon. com. Contact her at betsy@ betsymccaughey.com or on Twitter @Betsy_McCaughey. To find out more about Betsy McCaughey and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com. Copyright 2021 by Creators.com.

John Stossel

Get off my property!

efore dawn, dozens of union activists invaded a strawberry farm, shouting through bullhorns. This frightened workers and infuriated the farm’s owner, Mike Fahner, who thought that in America, owning property means you have a right to control access to that property. Your home is your castle, and all that. Not in California, where politicians allow union organizers to raid farms. “If I didn’t allow them, I’m the one going to jail,” said Mr. Fahner, who sounded outraged in my new video. “That is asinine.” The property invasion law’s supporters say the United Farm Workers union deserves the exception to property rules because rich farmers abuse migrant workers. I threw their argument at Mr. Fahner, who replied that it’s absurd to say he abuses workers, because they keep coming back: “Four hundred and fifty people travel 400 miles. ... Why in the world, if they were being abused, would they continue to return year after year?” Because they don’t know they have other options, said the union. They also don’t know about their right to unionize, so unions must come onto farms to tell them about union benefits. The union’s predawn farm invasion didn’t win over many of Mr. Fahner’s employees. Fewer than 10% joined the union. Mr. Fahner already pays almost double California’s minimum wage. But the protests themselves impose a cost. Mr. Fahner only has six weeks to harvest, pack, ship and process his strawberry plants. “If we miss that window, you destroy the fields.” In response to the farmers’ complaints, California Deputy Attorney General Matthew Wise claimed, “Any access to the property is brief, unobtrusive ...” But the law allows union organizers to enter a farm three hours a day, up to 120 days a year. That’s hardly “brief” or “unobtrusive.” Please see STOSSEL on C4

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SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2021

Homeless crisis hits nuclear level

y family moved to Santa Barbara in 1960. That date sounds like such a long time ago, and it is. I was a young kid then and of course didn’t pay any attention to politics. My focus was having fun and surfing. But I do remember the city back then. Even at 10 years old, I would ride my bike everywhere. I would bike from upper State Street out to the Goleta Pier and go fishing. Or to the Santa Barbara Harbor and do the same. Or duck into The Granada and watch movies all afternoon. (They had double features then with opening cartoons.) Never once was I concerned about any kind of danger. I never gave it a second thought of being confronted by a screaming homeless guy. Sure, Santa Barbara had its crime and occasional homeless, but nothing like it is today. Four years ago, my wife and I moved to Santa Ynez and never looked back. It’s wonderful to go through two stop signs to visit the doctor or grocery store or go out to dinner. It’s great to spend a Saturday morning at a local farmstand (pre-COVID), have scones and share the beginning of a new day with friends. And there’s zero homeless. So I was blown away when I recently went to downtown Santa Barbara. I had to take care of some business at the Santa Barbara Carriage Museum and was stunned pulling into the parking lot seeing all the tents lined along the fence. I mean really blown away at the blatant in-your-face camps. The “residents” went

about their business and never the News-Press, it was called gave it a second thought they were the News Suppress. It led the illegally camping in the middle of way in leftist indoctrination the city. because it was owned by The I was further blown away when New York Times, way before I got back on the freeway CNN and MSNBC and at Castillo Street and others followed suit in saw even more camps hiding, manipulating and souring Santa Barbara’s omitting the truth. landscape. I didn’t see But people overlooked a single Spanish tile a lot of things because roof on these makeshift Santa Barbara has camps, which is a probably one of the best mandatory design for climates on the planet Henry any new construction in and coupled with the Schulte Santa Barbara. mountains and ocean, I don’t generally speak the place can truly be The author to Santa Barbara politics, lives in Solvang considered paradise — but a while back, Mayor except for its politics. Cathy Murillo said she Before I realized how was going to run for re-election, bad the homeless situation has wanting to continue all the great become in Santa Barbara, I had things she’s been doing. I really started writing my next column tried hard to think about what about San Francisco, but we have those were. And after I was become San Francisco. And as enlightened how bad things have we all know, the people who run really become in Santa Barbara, that city are uber liberal nut cases I’m not sure continuing those and it appears Santa Barbara has great things is a good idea. joined their line of thought using Prior to the pandemic, State San Francisco’s formula to bring Street was already in trouble. The down a picturesque city. malls lost their main anchors. This situation didn’t happen Tourists would write letters to overnight. The liberals who have the editor, saying how they were been running Santa Barbara accosted by the homeless and started this process many years never coming back. Businesses ago. They allowed dilapidated were tearful over how their front motorhomes to camp along our doors had become bedrooms streets and gave political shelter and bathrooms. And it’s common to homeless back then saying how knowledge the world over, they should be coddled for their literally, that Santa Barbara unfortunate difficulty. is anti-business. Trying to get And while the city was more anything through the building concerned about spending department, city or county, can thousands on painting a blue line age you 20 years just getting a on the sidewalk showing where permit to put in a toilet. the ocean might/possibly/could/ Santa Barbara has always maybe rise in a few hundred or leaned to the left for as long as I thousand years, the homeless can remember. In the “old” days were peeing on it. before Wendy McCaw took over Also, Santa Barbara — home

of Earth Day and GOO, EDC, Urban Creeks Council, Gaviota Coast Conservancy and all things to “save the environment” — turn a blind eye to the needles, human feces, urine and trash that flow freely into the ocean they so vehemently claim to be protecting. The entire world went nuts over straws, but ideology seems to win out over ruining our neighborhoods and environment. The solution to everything from government is to form committees, hire outsiders to do studies, have staff do reports, discuss endlessly how important it is and spend thousands on accomplishing nothing. In the meantime, the unsheltered crisis has hit a nuclear level. And hiding behind the virus to justify allowing homeless to camp in the heart of our city is just another cop out. I didn’t see any of these “unsheltered” exercising social distance, wearing masks or avoiding gatherings. Why have taxpayers been punished to follow the rules, having businesses close down and kids going through mental suffering because schools have been closed? But if you’re considered homeless, you have freedoms the rest of us are not permitted to partake. No rules, no laws. The Carriage Museum has been unable to open and the public suffers because homeless will wander in, use the bathroom and make camp. A homeless woman plugged an extension cord into their system to charge her laptop. I’m thinking free utilities, free rent, free food, full-time camping in paradise is sounding pretty good. Apparently so do a few thousand other people.

There are no roadblocks to spending BUCKLEY

Continued from Page C1 trying to balance the federal budget. And over those years, the value of what one U.S. dollar could buy continued to erode. Unfortunately, just as a new Republican majority and a repentant President Bill Clinton nearly righted the spending ship and actually balanced the federal budget for a few fleeting years in the late 1990s, the World Trade Center was turned into a pile of rubble, necessitating a bonanza of spending and budget deficits. Better known as “business as usual.” Now that we have had four spendthrift presidents in a row (Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden), working hand-in-pocket with their congressional enablers, the fiscal and monetary guardrails have been removed. There are no roadblocks to spending. A trilliondollar bailout, why not? Let’s make sure the bankers get their promised bonuses! A $2 trillion spending bill? Let’s make it $3 trillion, our outof-control spenders and public unions in New York and California need some relief too! How about sending everyone in America a big check!? Not a problem. The U.S. has now become the biggest freeloader in history and

simply prints money … because it can. Zimbabwe tried that a decade ago. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe oversaw an administration that spent so freely and drove inflation so high that it ended up issuing a $100 trillion bill before everything completely collapsed. (Those Zimbabwe bills, by the way, have way more value today than they ever did while in circulation. You can buy half-a-dozen Zimbabwe $100 trillion bills online for about $50). I recall a newscast during the mid-1980s collapse of the Argentine Peso. During an interview with an Argentinean

resident outside a supermarket, the woman being interviewed said what struck her about inflation is that she had just purchased a pack of chewing gum and realized it cost the same as her house had cost about 10 years earlier. While not as dramatic as the Argentine hyperinflation of the 1980s, the same house in California that you may have purchased, say, in 1975, for $38,000 now sells for upward of a million dollars. And get in line to buy that house as there will probably be a dozen people vying for it with higher bids. Which, I guess, goes to show you that putting your money under the mattress turned out to have been

really bad investment advice. So where do we go from here? No one really knows (well, OK, someone does but she’s hunkered down in a basement hideaway under the Rocky Mountains and isn’t available for press interviews), but we do know this: The devaluation of the U.S. dollar continues unabated and won’t end until a reliable replacement appears. When that happens — and it surely will — the fallout will be significant. When talk of “End of Empires” arises, what one hears mostly today is speculation that the United States of America, after nearly 250 years of growth and prosperity, is nearing the end of its period of world dominance. And, from this perspective at least, I have to agree it looks bad. Very bad. It would also be a signal that we’ve reached the End of Empire. This doesn’t have to happen, of course. Even though we’ve piled up over $30,000,000,000,000 in debt, we can still salvage a positive economic future if Americans take spending, saving and taxation seriously again. But unless you are a freebreathing professional diver, don’t hold your breath. James Buckley welcomes comments from readers and will respond to them in his column. Email him at voices@newspress.com.

‘For the last 20 years people have tried to destroy the Mission Creek Bridge’ DONOVAN

Continued from Page C1 Pueblo Viejo, the character of the corridor, the trees, land from Rocky Nook Park. The options intrude on the area that was inhabited by the Chumash and eliminates the boulder entrance that has been nominated as a historic landscape. Here are safety changes that would save the citizens $11 million: Improve the pedestrian paths, add pedestrian-activated flashing lights, create disability access on the existing pedestrian bridge, put crosswalks already proposed in the pedestrian master plan recommended at Alameda Padre Serra from safe routes to schools with proximity to Roosevelt Elementary School, and lower the current speed limit of 35 to 25 for all of Mission Canyon. The bridge preservationists request you contact the Santa Barbara City Council in support of sensible, economical solutions. Sign the petition to save the historic Mission Creek Bridge at tinyurl.com/creekbridge. Santa Barbara historian Neal Graffy said, “… for the last 20

years people have tried to destroy the Mission Creek Bridge by declaring it a danger and claim it is incapable of handling the volume of water, mud and debris from storms. In my years of recording the history of Mission Creek, flooding disasters and the Mission Creek Bridge, I have yet to come across any reference to this bridge getting blocked or incapable of handling the flow of water … I find the claims are easily resolved. “The result could cost less than $30,000 and preserve everything, rather than the complete destruction of this historic setting and landmark bridge and the waste of millions of dollars.” For the last year, during the pandemic, Mr. Dayton’s focus has been the reduction of vehicle lanes in favor of bike lanes. He has stacked the deck with city employees who are bike coalition members and the residents that drive cars are getting shortchanged. He is taking away streets and street parking, resulting in more cars paying to use city lots, inconvenience, and inaccessibility. He closes or narrows the road and paints the street in loud colors that are incongruent to the look of

Santa Barbara. An M.O. that no citizen would be allowed nor would be allowed to display such disrespect is used by Mr. Dayton. He ignores the boards’ and commissions’ recommendations and returns with the same plans. The BCycle project went from the Historic Landmarks Commission to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission’s decisions regarding BCycle were appealed to the Santa Barbara City Council. Mr. Dayton appeared before his fellow city employees at city council. The city council capitulated to Mr. Dayton’s pleas, and the mayor blessed the denial of the appeal with, “ … the BCycle can do whatever to make the project work.” Last Tuesday, Mr. Dayton used the same method. At his first meeting with HLC for the Westside Bike Paseo, he brazenly told the board to deny his project so he could appeal any direction from the citizen board of HLC and again, go before his cronies at city council. HLC refused his demand to deny the project. However, he got his wish on the second hearing

with HLC. And what about his rush job? The 2015 Westside Bike Paseo was not brought for approval until 2021. What kind of government is this? Mr. Dayton acts like a smug child. Councilmember Mike Jordan called the HLC’s efforts in preserving the look of the city historical elitisms, and Councilmember Kristen Sneddon said she felt she had no choice but to uphold the appeal. Why? Is she being pressured? She is right that the HLC is being rebuffed and dismissed by the city employees and City Council while their decisions diminish the capacity of the HLC. They volunteer to protect the “Historic Landmarks Committee.” We wonder if HLC Members will follow the footsteps of former ABR Board Member David Watkins who resigned in protest of special treatment being given to city projects. Do all (bike) roads lead to Rob?

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

LETTERS

Continued from Page C2 to hate their history, which has been incredibly distorted and rewritten. They are being told that there are not just two biological sexes but many and are vigorously encouraged to try to find their sexual identity. Young people, without parental consent, are being sexually mutilated to fit into the boxes that the radical left have created. The Biden regime’s new pick for assistant secretary of health, Rachael Levine, is horrendous proof of that. Race and gender identity are the core of the left-wing propaganda machine, and the left-wing media is doing its best to fuel the fires. This is not new.

RUHGE

Continued from Page C1 naturalization or official works programs. Employers must be responsible for these foreign workers. All the social welfare programs that attract the illegal immigrants must be eliminated. If you break our laws, you get nothing. If guest workers are really needed in the U.S., they must be under contract, for a finite time and bussed from the border by their employers and housed at decent facilities and returned to the border when the work is done as in the H2A program. The families could not live with the workers, and

SALCIDO

Continued from Page C2 and narratives by inserting our voice, insisting on change, and using what Nelson Mandela has called the most powerful weapon available: education. Let’s resolve to educate ourselves and others on what it means to stop hate. Let’s stop the dialogue when we hear language that creates an “us” versus “them.” Let’s educate, inform and transform so that policies and practices support tangible equity for all. Let’s do our part to change the narrative and

STOSSEL

Continued from Page C3 Last week, Mr. Fahner and another business, Fowler Packing, challenged the law at the Supreme Court. I hope the court sends a strong message to California’s union-owned politicians: Get off people’s private property! In earlier court battles, Attorney General Wise said the exception to private property rules is justified because “workers remain isolated ... from the flow of information that is characteristic of modern society.” But that’s not true. Maybe it was true in 1975 when the law passed, but now there’s the internet. And cellphones. “Every person has a cellphone in their pocket,” said Mr. Fahner. “All have phones?” I asked. “Yes,” Mr. Fahner replied. “They know how to communicate through Facebook and through Twitter — much better than most!” Even if they didn’t, the union could always approach workers after work at their motels. “All those union people had access to (the motel rooms),” Mr. Fahner said. “They could knock on their door and talk to them about their agenda.” Plus, the union has two radio stations. But it’s much more fun to intimidate businesses with predawn protests.

But now it is in your face daring you to question it. Censorship is the new norm. You don’t like what’s being said, erase it. No more discussion. The big tech and the far-left Democratic Party knows what’s right for you and the media will confirm it. A good portion of us, me included, have laughed off the crazy nonsense of the left for years thinking it would go away. It hasn’t, and now is the time to correct it. A major priority to get us back on track is to look for strong candidates who will be advocates for two main issues — voter reform and the complete makeover of our corrupt public school system. Monica Bond Santa Barbara only emergency medical service would be provided. Food could be provided individually or in a boarding house format. Visas must be reviewed and policed to end permanent student “visits.” Only if American citizens cannot fill a need should guest workers be allowed in. Family members have to wait their turn to become citizens to enter the U.S. permanently not as “tag ons” to naturalized members or anchor babies. “Sanctuary Cities” are outlawed. Immigration must be on a need basis and put on a moratorium until the system is normalized. Welfare and “new voters” is not a reason for immigration. experience for all people who have endured racism, hate, and violence throughout our history, for generations, and even today, in 2021. Let’s talk with and listen to our children, whom I believe are making monumental strides in the area of race, equity, and inclusivity. Let’s protect the elderly from being pushed down by racist acts and reprehensible violence. Let’s listen to those whose voices have been silent and whose eyes — that may be shaped like mine — have witnessed tragedy and despair. Let’s do this together today.

California officials now argue that this Supreme Court case “threatens ... public health.” Leftist media like Vox quickly agrees, claiming that denying access to farms “could endanger government functions like fire inspection and workplace safety.” But that’s not true, said Mr. Fahner’s pro-bono attorney from the Pacific Legal Foundation, Joshua Thompson. He pointed out that “Those types of routine government inspections are searching in a reasonable manner. What happened here is the government is taking our property ... just giving that to a third party to come on to proselytize. To use bullhorns to intimidate.” I asked the United Farm Workers union for its side of the story. They didn’t respond. So, in my video, Mr. Fahner got the last word. He used it well, saying, “This is trespassing. You should be going to jail for doing this.” John Stossel, a former ABC News and Fox Business Channel anchor, is author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators. com. Copyright 2021 BY JFS Productions Inc. Distributed by Creators.com.