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‘We’re just trying to stay afloat’

Two months into lockdown, Santa Barbara’s businesses struggle to survive

SB Supes to vote on RISE Guide By JOSH GREGA NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

By CHRISTIAN WHITTLE NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The COVID-19 crisis has turned life upside down for Santa Barbara, with the closure of nonessential businesses, strict social distancing guidelines, and stay-at-home orders throwing almost everyone’s plans for 2020 out the window. Experiences and responses from business owners have varied, with some struggling to make ends meet by adapting and others forced to completely close. While each story is unique, across the board it’s been a dire two months. When state and local officials called for the closure of all bars, nightclubs, pubs, wineries and breweries on March 17, the California Department of Public Health urged restaurants offering on-site dining to transition to only offering delivery and take-out service. Many in Santa Barbara have attempted to do just that in order to avoid closing down entirely. “I’ve been doing this for 20 years, and I knew and felt in the back of my mind that unfortunately the government and the financial institutions don’t have my best interest in their minds, so I definitely made the decision not to close,” said Ruben Perez, whose family owns Black Sheep Restaurant at 26 E. Ortega

“I was late with rent in April, then I was able to get a PPP loan, and that was able to free me up,” said Don Parsons, owner of Twin Lakes Golf in Goleta.

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“We’re just trying to hold on until we open back up,” said Ruben Perez, owner and manager of Black Sheep restaurant on Ortega Street.

St. “It takes money to be able to close in security and comfort and unfortunately that, for small businesses, isn’t the case. Even still at this point I haven’t gotten or received any of the PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) or anything like that, so we decided that it’s better and in our best interest if we just stay open.” By offering to-go and delivery, Black Sheep, which just celebrated its sixth anniversary, has been able to keep 10 of its small 16-person staff employed throughout the coronavirus crisis. It wasn’t a simple transition. The restaurant’s menu is designed with an intimate dining experience in mind, so Mr. Perez and his father, Black Sheep’s chef, had to design their dishes for transportation. “We’ve definitely had to modify our menu to just be a little more

sustainable in terms of food that’s going to hold a little bit longer to make sure it still has the same representation when it gets there,” said Mr. Perez. Of course, the business models for a full-service restaurants and to-go only operations are much different, and while the community has been supportive, Black Sheep is still struggling to pay the bills. “We’re just trying to hold on until we open back up. We’re not making money. We’re just trying to stay afloat,” said Mr. Perez. Other restaurants, like Mitchell Sjerven’s bouchon, are unable to transition to a viable to-go model, as their food and fine dining experience does not translate to a take-out or delivery service. Mr. Sjerven felt that it would be better to shut down immediately rather than bring in a miniscule Please see lockdown on A8

“Our industry has really taken it hard,” said Tom Patton, general manager of Ramada by Wyndham Santa Barbara.

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will discuss Tuesday whether to adopt its newly released Reopening in Safe Environment guide The RISE guide, a document designed to serve as a more localized companion piece to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s fourstage Resilience Roadmap for economic recovery is described by county spokeswoman Gina DePinto as a “living document.” The guide is expected to change over time as it receives additional input from local industry sectors and as the pandemic conditions change. Led by Santa Barbara County Public Health Officer Dr. Henning Ansorg, the creation of the guidelines set forth within the guide involved an expert panel of epidemiologists, physicians, and public health experts as well as more than 350 individuals from local industries, faith organizations, and educational institutions. Board of Supervisors Chair and 2nd District Supervisor Gregg Hart spoke highly of the collaboration that went into the document, calling it a “great example of our community’s ability to work together.” He added, “I’m hopeful that the collaboration that led to creating this document will help the board of supervisors and the County Public Health Department as we move forward in opening more businesses in our county.” According to a press release, the RISE document will guide local officials’ decision making in restarting Santa Barbara County’s economy if the state permits the county greater policy making discretion. The “Recommendations” section of the RISE Guide suggests advocating for a change in the state criteria that determine when localities can ease restrictions and progress onto the next phase of Stage 2 reopening. The stringency of current state standards, it says, doesn’t holistically take into Please see RISE on A3

A new kind of mission Dos Pueblos grad helps NASA design ventilators in response to COVID-19 pandemic By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

It took officials with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory just 37 days to create a life-saving solution. As concerns due to the novel coronavirus began to escalate throughout the country in March, the group of engineers who make their living exploring potential life on Jupiter or Mars combined their smarts and talents with their readily available equipment as they aimed at saving lives back home — creating a ventilator that can be used on critically ill COVID patients. The Vital Intervention Technology Accessible Locally, or VITAL for short, project included 175 lab employees. Due to the work-at-home directives in place, some 20 employees worked tirelessly while physically inside the Pasadena lab, including Goleta native and Dos Pueblos High School graduate Shaunessy Grant. Ms. Grant, a hardware quality assurance engineer at JPL, is responsible for hardware and workmanship inspections, as

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well as configuration control, documentation, risk mitigation, supplier sourcing and general spacecraft assembly. On the VITAL project, she was the lead quality assurance engineer on the floor. She worked to understand the Federal Drug Administration requirements and determine what documentation would be needed to garner approval for the ventilator while the prototypes were being built. The design was recently approved by the FDA via an emergency use authorization. “We specialize in spacecraft, not medical-device manufacturing,” said JPL Director Michael Watkins. “But excellent engineering, rigorous testing and rapid prototyping are some of our specialties. When people at JPL realized they might have what it takes to support the medical community and the broader community, they felt it was their duty to share their ingenuity, expertise and drive.” She also worked on the assembly line, inspecting various parts and overseeing workmanship to final testing

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and shipping. She also helped establish a manufacturing process to streamline assembly of the device. Last month, JPL delivered a prototype of the device to the Human Simulation Lab in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York for additional testing. The tests were successful, as the prototype performed as expected under a variety of simulated patient conditions. The team is confident the VITAL ventilator will be able to assist patients suffering from COVID-19 in the U.S. and throughout the world, said Dr. Matthew Levin, director of innovation for the Human Simulation Lab and associate professor of anesthesiology, preoperative and pain medicine, and genetics and genomics sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine. The ventilator can be built faster and can be maintained easier than a traditional ventilator in that it consists of fewer parts that are currently available through existing supply chains.

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The device can also be modified for use in field hospitals being set up in convention centers, hotels or other facilities around the world. The device requires patients to be sedated and an oxygen tube to be inserted into their airway. While typical ventilators can last years and can address a myriad of medical issues, the VITAL device is intended to last three or four months and is specifically tailored to coronavirus patients, according to officials. “Intensive care units are seeing COVID-19 patients who require highly dynamic ventilators,” said Dr. J.D. Polk, NASA’s chief health and medical officer. “The intention with VITAL is to decrease the likelihood patients will get to that advanced stage of the disease and require more advanced ventilator assistance.” NASA recently featured the device in a post on its website, which included a video sharing insight from various engineers on the time and energy put into the project, as well as reasoning behind their work. Please see ventilators on A3

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Dos Pueblos High School graduate Shaunessy Grant helps package a ventilator designed by her team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, aimed at treating critically ill coronavirus patients.

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quarantine housing to individuals who facilities in Santa Barbara County, only Also, during the county’s meeting on of recovery in the county, with 100 of two have had an incident of positive cases, cannot self isolate at home. Friday, Deputy Director of Community them being from the prison complex in ranging between two to five cases among “They are provided with food and Health Paige Batson gave an update on Lompoc, according to the Santa Barbara the ongoing efforts to prepare and protect staff and residents and one death,â€? Ms. necessary medical, social, and other County Public Health Department. For the third consecutive day, Santa Batson said. skilled nursing facilities. Additionally, according to the county’s community services that are available Barbara County again saw a rise in Moving forward, an increase in testing “The public health department total, there are now 903 cases in the the amount of positive COVID-19 cases while assuring that proper infection at these facilities for both patients and recognizes that elderly persons and those prison system, 800 of which are still announced. control measures are being adhered to,â€? staff is expected, according to a letter with chronic medical conditions are at active. After 17 new cases were announced Ms. Batson said. the county received from the California higher risk of severe illness and death According to the Bureau of Prisons, Saturday, the county’s total is now up to She added that this comes at “no cost Department of Public Health. due to COVID-19. Therefore, we have the federal department that operates 1,418 total cases. to the individual for the term of their According to the letter, skilled nursing prioritized public health interventions to the Lompoc facilities, there are 968 total Of the 17 new cases, seven reside in infectious period, while an individual facilities are required to submit a facility ensure a prompt response to any reports Santa Maria, two in Santa Barbara, two in cases in the Lompoc facilities. resides in our isolation and quarantine specific COVID-19 mitigation plan to the of suspected or confirmed cases in long At the Federal Correctional Institute Santa Ynez, with the rest coming from the quarters.â€? state. Lompoc, 881 inmates and 14 staff members term care facilities and skilled nursing mass testing being done at the Lompoc According to Dr. Van Do-Reynoso, “This mitigation plan includes six facilities,â€? Ms. Batson said. have tested positive. The U.S. Penitentiary Federal Prison complex. the Santa Barbara Public Health critical elements that must be met, of She also added she is pleased with Lompoc, has seen a huge jump, however, Of the total cases, 27 people are about five Bakery. By JOSH GREGA CHRISTIAN WHITTLE Brekkies byDepartment Chomp, and director, Mortensen’s Danish bara Front Country trails and access roads. how the public healthNEWS-PRESS department hasWRITER which one of one of them is related to as 57 inmates have tested positive at the recovering a hospital, with 11 in individuals a week isolate themselves STAFF WS-PRESS STAFFin WRITER The initial lease for the Chuck’s and Endless Sum“What seeing a lot of folksbeen are able doing is testing,â€? Ms. Batson said. to quickly intervene in some location as well aswe’re 16 staff members. the Intensive Care Unit, while 61 are with the public health department’s they’re driving up alongside of the road and just gomer property is 10 years with four, five-year options to Ms. Batson concluded her statement situations, thus keeping the amount of To date, 145 inmates have recovered, recovering at home. The number of housing. More than 20 years after they first opened, Chuck’s extend the term Developed recreation sites in California will re- ing for hikes up there. That’s ok. There’s not an order of the lease. by talking about the public health infections relatively low. including 102 in the U.S. Penitentiary, as COVID-19 deaths remains at 11. Waterfront Grill and The Endless Summer Bar CafĂŠ are in closed through May 15 after the USDA For- against hiking trails,â€? said Andew Madsen, U.S. ForMr. Petersen is inheriting the existing lease with email: jmercado@newspress.com department’s ability to provide “To date, with 14 skilled nursing well as nine staffers. To date, there have been 514 cases permanently closed. On the morning of April 30 the wa- only the four, five-year options remaining, with an Service issued an order extending the closures est Service spokesman. terfront restaurant announced its closure with a fare- average seasonally adjusted base rent of $23,585 per ursday. “We just want to make sure if people go out they’re well post on its Instagram account. The order was issued for the entire Pacific South- safely spaced between one another. If you get to a month. Sun Coast Rentals Owner David Huyck is encouraging camaraderie during this difficult The post read, “It is with heavy hearts that we anst Region and its 18 National Forests, which in- trailhead and there’s just too many cars there, you Mr. Petersen to continue running time was the best way to show we honor and Though proud to team with plans the industry leader in do-itnounce we have closed doors for good. Thank you Chuck’s and Endless Summer in line with its current des the Los Padres National Forest. should find a different area to go to as opposed to tryvalue our our staff’s hard work.â€? yourself moving and self-storage to better meet for your constantThe support. will never becenter The initial closure order went into effect March 26 ing to get in.â€? operation for a time, the restaurant has upgrades centerThe is amemories 95-bed skilled nursing the demands of Santa Barbara County. SANTA MARIA — Staff at the Marian forgotten.â€? d was set to expire April 30. providing sub-acute health care for people As state and local responses to the coronavirus planned U-Haul for around the fall.with According to the dealers agenda, has teamed independent Extended Care Center got a surprise recently Despite the in current economic chaos due to the COVt applied to recreational use areas such as camp- pandemic continue to evolve, the Forest Service felt need of short-term, intermediate or longunder Mr. Petersen’s business plan the second floor of to offer moving equipment since 1945. With in appreciation for their tireless work during ID-19 pandemic, the prospect of Chuck’s andthe Endless unds, day use sites and picnic areas. term care. The center is across street from the COVID-19 outbreak creatinginto challenging that the situation warranted a two week extension of the establishment will be converted a traditional the COVID-19 pandemic. Summer ceasing operation datesMedical back to before The order was issued to discourage large gather- the closures, said Mr. Madsen. Marian Regional Center.the out- deli cafĂŠ times for small more thanand 20,000 focused on businesses, sandwiches, soups, salads, The staff at the Dignity Health facility in break. According to the agenda of a March 24 Santa Bar- with adealers s of people and promote safe social distancing of across the U.S. Canada arebeer, creating “At the end of that they’ll and seea where gourmet grocery areaand selling wine, and Santaevaluate Maria received picnic-themed meal —of Dave bara of City Council meeting in which assignment the Mason ying more than six feet apart. supplemental income through U-Haul we’re at and whether or notJill we’re going tothe continue prepackaged foods. For evenings, thetheir second floor will from Ledbetter, center’s director lease to a new operator was the first item, have apartnership. n the Santa Barbara Ranger District, 12 camp- as we need it,â€? said Mr.nursing, a customer rents from the Madsen.and Debbie Mockler-Young,restaurant’s full bar andWhen a dinner menu focusing on a“adult Chuck’s and Endless Summer co-owner Steve Hyslop food and unds and picnic areas will remain closed, includU-Haul dealer, they are directly supporting an center’s senior director. “This order can be rescinded at any time. If local beverages.â€? small business their community. informed the Waterfront Department of his desire to the Fremont campground and White Rock and health officials say it looksMs. Ledbetter and Ms. Mockler-Young like the sky has cleared up The independent restaurant’s ground floor is in proposed to be simAs an essential service provider, sell the establishment in August 2019. d Rock picnic areas. coordinated, paid for and served the staff fried CARPINTERIA — Sun Coast Rentals Inc. we can rescind the order tomorrow. For right now, we ilar to Mr. Petersen’s Chomp restaurants.U-Haul Its menu of stores toto serve the public. chicken, potato salad, biscuits and cookies. has signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood After receiving the department’s lease assignment burgers, The order Thursday does not add to the closures don’t want to extend it out too far. fries,and anddealers shakescontinue will cater families, young The products are utilized by First Responders; They also have been stocking snacks daily dealer to serve the Carpinteria area. requirements, Mr. Hyslop began searching for a new eady in place for Santa Barbara. While other ar“We just want to make sure in the next couple of adults, and retirees, and for evenings will be converted delivery companies bringing needed supplies for the staff since the pandemic began. The rental 4745 Carpinteria Ave., buyer and ultimately foundshop, it inatbusinessman Aaron like the Monterey Ranger District have closed weeks as we monitor what’s going on that we are takto a “dinner type atmosphere.â€? “Our staff is a tight knit group whoPetersen, love a who will offer a essential services like U-Haul trucks, to people’s homes; small businesses trying to operates number of restaurants in Solilheads and forest roads, locals will still have ac- ing the appropriate steps with our state and supplies and by in-store pick-up goodalong potluck, but with COVID-19, we’ve had remain afloat; college students; and countless vang includingtrailers, Chomp,moving The Coffee House Chomp, s to the many Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Bar- local partners.â€? jgrega@newspress.com COURTESY PHOTO for boxes. Normal business hours are 7 a.m.email: to to enforce social distancing and discretion other dependent groups – in addition to the Jill Ledbetter and Debbie Mockler-Young distribute a meal to Aurora 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with sharing food items,â€? Ms. Ledbetter household mover. Ubaldo, a certified nursing assistant, at Marian Extended Care Center Saturday. To reserve products at this location, said in a news release. “We decided dishing in Santa Maria. — Mitchell White call 805-576-7116 or visit www.uhaul.com. up a surprise meal with comfort foods and By JORGE MERCADO

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quickly,� AT A said Ms. Gross-Schaefer. “I very quickly became aware GLANCE of what was going on in the CONFIRMED OVERALL community from Ventura up to Arroyo Grande and much of what CASES OVERALL / THURS. was going on in between.� right when the coronavirus ANNOUNCED THURSDAY In addition to advising groups all pandemic began shutting down over the region, Ms. Gross-Schaefer the globe, sheSTATUS didn’t take much COUNTY DEATHS OVERALL / THURS. is a member of the Santa Barbara time to breathe a sigh of relief. AT HOME 75 TESTS TO DATE Craftivists. The group formed She and her husband were RECOVERED 376on TOP 3 IN COUNTIES three years ago to support Planned a six week trip through South HOSPITALIZED 33 LOS ANGELES 23,233 Parenthood by sewing pink hats America, and when her sons12 INTENSIVE CARE UNIT RIVERSIDE 4,031 and raised about $20,000 for the insisted that they return on March RATE PER 100,000 HEALTHCARE WORKERS 66 SAN DIEGO 3,564 organization in the time since. 16, they hopped on the last United One of the members of the flight out of Santa Barbara. NICK MASUDA / NEWS-PRESS GRAPHIC She was stuck in isolation for two groups’ husband works for Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, and weeks after the trip, but she didn’t connected them with the medical wait for her quarantine to end to get to work looking for ways to help. staff there who sent them hospitalgrade materials so they could “I’m a doer. I like to be involved develop a design for local sewing in things,� said Ms. Grossgroups. Schaefer. “We designed and sent it to “I just started watching every them, they made adjustments YouTube video I could find about and they came back with more mask making.� samples. Once they settled on a Ms. Gross-Schaefer’s design we sent it down to Pat Beals’ first instinct was to put her Neighbor to Neighbor group and professional talents to use. She they produced over 500 masks for is the artist behind Laurie Gross Cottage,� said Ms. Gross-Schaefer. Studios, an internationally WS-PRESS STAFF REPORT Ms. Gross-Schaefer has also recognized studio specializing COURTESY PHOTO been working with the newly in large scale religious works for person died in a collision nOne a dramatic change after a Friday night just east of the Lake created Santa Barbara County synagogues all over the country. Cachuma entrance on State Route 154 Mask Network, an organization She’s also involved with Blessings dnesday night memo from the coordinated by Judi Weisbart with Abound, a gift line of sewn ifornia Police Chiefs AssociaSanta Maria Police Department. the Santa Barbara Foundation as blessings and encouragements. n indicated that Gov. Newsom Guadalupe and Santa Maria the fiscal sponsor. Together they Ms. Gross-Schaefer has run her uld be closing all beaches and police investigated a report that work to boost the county network studio since 1994, though her te parks, the governor indicated stated Mr. Taylor contacted a of groups small and large. background is in the textile arts. t only beaches in Orange County female juvenile over the internet It’s all about making “Sewing and making clothing uld be suffering that fate. and traveled to Santa Maria to SANTA BARBARA — One connections to all the individuals were the roots of my work Bottom line,and that their person died twowas people were meet with her, according to a or small groups making masks from the time I was child. My mo. Thatinmemo never collision got to department news release. injured a two-vehicle and trying to help them with grandmother was a professional XFFL PS FWFO UXP XFFL MPOH DPVOU ,�Friday Gov. 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Two right now so that’s going to take a medical-grade elastic through of lewd acts with a minor. His main open, as long as physical occupants were able remove big effort to match that need,� said one of her studio suppliers in midbail was set at $250,000. tancing is followed. themselves from the wreckage, Ms. Gross-Schaefer. March. Detectives believe there may Those that are doing good work, while a third person who In the early days of mask “There was a point when be additional victims in the want to reward that work,� Gov. suffered significant injuries making, Ms. Gross-Schaefer and everybody who was a supplier Santa Maria area. Anyone with wsom said.extrication, said Capt. required other sewers were updating their of such things was running out information that would assist Daniel Bertucelli, spokesman for investigators is asked to call designs every few days, if not daily, and people couldn’t get what they the Santa Barbara County Fire as new information came out. needed and I had a bunch of it,� Detective Silver at 805-928-3781 anta Barbara County, Department. “There never will be a said Ms. Gross-Schaefer. ext. 1346. 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COVID-19 deaths within a 14-day period. These required standards were appealed by county supervisors during their May 13 meeting. Under the RISE Guide, these would be respectively changed to less than 10% of COVID-19 tests in Santa Barbara County over 14 days coming back as positive, and a less than 2% fatality rate over 14 days. Additionally, it would require a “stable� number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 over the past 14 days. The RISE Guide also contains alterations to state healthcare and public health requirements. The former includes altering the requirement that hospitals accommodate surge capacities of 35% due to COVID-19 to their staff being able to increase the number of patients in intensive care units

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The Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table’s annual “Evening with the Athletes,” originally scheduled for next Wednesday, wound up as a nearly month-long celebration. The local sports booster organization went online to honor the 25 top high school and collegiate athletes from the fall and winter seasons. It recognized one sport’s winner daily on its web site (sbart.org) as well as on its Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram platforms. The presentation began in midApril and ended this week. Left unrecognized, however, were the athletes of the year from 22 spring sports which had their seasons cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. “When we saw what was happening and had to cancel our March Madness event and the rest of our weekly press luncheons, we realized that it wasn’t going to be possible to have the large event we’ve traditionally held this month,” Athletic Round Table President Ken Newendorp said. “Rocco Constantino, City College’s athletic director who’s also one of our board members, stepped up and said, ‘What if we do an electronic version and we release one kid per day so they actually get 24 hours of a spotlight only on them?’ “It was the perfect idea. Not only does it solve the issue of cancelling the event, but it makes it even more special in this current time. Everybody sees bad news constantly on their social media feeds and this has been a little bit of respite in a storm of negativity.” None of the athletes knew of their selection before their award was announced on the internet. “There were some pretty cool reactions to it,” Newendorp said. “The comments and interaction in the social media community have been really great. “Rocco located photographs of each athlete and did a great job of putting the slides together. From what started out as a bad situation — we thought we were going to have to cancel this event — turned into a huge positive.” The Athletic Round Table also announced five athletic scholarship winners. The high school and college coaches of the year will be announced next week. The organization began honoring local athletes and coaches of the year with the first of its annual Hall of Fame banquets in 1968. Trophy time became a weekly occurrence nearly 50 years ago when the Round Table held its first press luncheon on Sept. 14, 1970. The annual Hall of Fame induction banquet was split off from the athlete awards several years ago and became an autumn event in 2018. The next banquet is scheduled for October 12, coronavirus willing. Here are the lists of this year’s athletes of the year: Boys High School: Basketball — Bryce Warrecker, Santa Barbara: His averages of 22.7 points and 10 rebounds per game earned first-team All-State Division 2 honors from Cal-Hi Sports and the Channel League CoMost Valuable Player Award as he helped the Dons earn a share of their second-straight conference championship. Cross Country — Joseph Pearlman, Dos Pueblos: The two-time Channel League champion also won the Riverside Invitational, was second at Ojai and third at Clovis. He qualified for the CIF State Championships after placing third at the Southern Section’s Division 3 prelims and ninth in the finals. Football — Deacon Hill, Santa Barbara: The junior quarterback was voted Channel League Offensive Player of the Year and named to the AllCIF Southern Section’s Division 8 team after passing for 3,120 yards and 33 touchdowns to lead the Dons to their first CIF title game since 1989. Soccer — Juan Carlos Torres, Santa Barbara: He won Channel League Player of the Year and AllCIF Division 1 honors, having led the Dons to four Channel League championships and one CIF title. Water Polo — Ethan Parrish, Dos Pueblos, and Chase Raisin, Santa Barbara: Parrish, a Youth National Team member and Stanford signee, led the Chargers to the 2017 CIF-SS Division 3 final. Raisin, who has signed with Santa Clara, was named as this season’s Division 3 Player of the Year after powering the Dons to the championship. Wrestling — Conner Lee and Sean Yamasaki, Dos Pueblos: They both made the podium at the CIF-SS Divisional championships, while Lee advanced all the way to the State Championships in the 152-pound weight division. Yamasaki, competing at 132 pounds, became only the third wrestler in history to win four Channel League titles, matching his father Mike (1982) and Camarillo’s Ron Wilson (1971). Girls High School: Basketball — Athena Saragoza, Santa Barbara: The junior guard won Channel League MVP honors, topping all the Dons’ scorers while leading them to records of 17-10 and 10-0 in conference. Cross Country — Anna DiSorbo, Cate: She won the Santa Barbara County Individual Championship and advanced to the CIF State Championships, placing 23rd overall and fourth among sophomores in the Division 5 race. Golf — Melia Haller, Santa Barbara: The junior Don won the Channel League individual championship while shooting a 36-hole total of 153 at Rancho San Marcos and also took ninth at the CIF-

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LEGAL NOTICE BALLARD SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

LEGAL NOTICE ORCUTT UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

LEGAL NOTICE CUYAMA JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Ballard School District will be available for public inspection at the Ballard School District Office, 2425 School Street, Solvang, on June 22, 2020 during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 25, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. at the Ballard School Library, 2425 School Street, Solvang. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 25, 2020, at 4:30 p.m. at the Ballard School Library.

The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Orcutt Union School District will be available for public inspection at the Orcutt Union School District Office, 500 Dyer Street, Orcutt, on June 5, 2020, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 10, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. at the Orcutt Union School District Board Room, 500 Dyer Street, Orcutt. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 10, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. at the Orcutt Union School District Board Room.

The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Cuyama Joint Unified School District will be available for public inspection at the Cuyama Joint Unified School District, 2300 Highway 166, Cuyama, on June 5, 2020, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 11, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. at the Cuyama Joint Unified School District Board Room, 2300 Highway 166, Cuyama. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 25, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. at the Cuyama Joint Unified School District Board Room.

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LEGAL NOTICE BLOCHMAN UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Blochman Union School District will be available for public inspection at the Blochman Union School District Office, 4949 Foxen Canyon Road, Santa Maria, on June 5, 2020 during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 9, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. at the Blochman Union School District Library, 4949 Foxen Canyon Road, Santa Maria. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 9, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. at the Blochman Union School District Library. DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 17 / 2020 — 56047

LEGAL NOTICE SANTA MARIA-BONITA SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Santa Maria-Bonita School District will be available for public inspection at the Souza Student Support Center Business Office, 708 S. Miller Street, Santa Maria, on June 18, 2020, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 24, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. at the Souza Student Support Center Board Room, 708 S. Miller Street, Santa Maria. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 24, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. at the Souza Student Support Center Board Room. DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 17 / 2020 — 56057

LEGAL NOTICE SPECIAL EDUCATION LOCAL PLAN AREA (SELPA) BUDGET The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Santa Barbara County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) will be available for public inspection at the Santa Barbara County SELPA, 5385 Hollister Avenue, Building 5, Lobby, Santa Barbara, on May 27, 2020, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget and the budget adoption meeting will both be held on June 1, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. via Zoom meeting. Please contact Lindsay MacDonald at lmacdonald@sbceo.org for the meeting link. DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 17 / 2020 — 56066

LEGAL NOTICE BUELLTON UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Buellton Union School District will be available for public inspection June 5, 2020 online at the district’s website: http://www.buelltonusd.org/. The public hearing on said budget will be held online on June 10, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. at the district’s website: http://www.buelltonusd.org/. The budget adoption meeting will be held online on June 10, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at the district’s website: http://www.buelltonusd.org/. DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 17 / 2020 — 56048

LEGAL NOTICE COLD SPRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Cold Spring Elementary School District will be available for public inspection at the Cold Spring Elementary School District, 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, on June 3, 2020, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 8, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. at the Cold Spring Elementary School District, 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road, Santa Barbara. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 22, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. at the Cold Spring Elementary School District. DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 17 / 2020 — 56049

LEGAL NOTICE COLLEGE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the College School District will be available for public inspection at the College Elementary School District Office, 3525 Pine Street, Santa Ynez, on June 12, 2020, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 16, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. at the Santa Ynez Elementary, Room 4, 3325 Pine Street, Santa Ynez. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 16, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. at the Santa Ynez Elementary, Room 4, 3325 Pine Street, Santa Ynez. DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 17 / 2020 — 56050

LEGAL NOTICE GOLETA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Goleta Union School District will be available for public inspection at the Goleta Union School District Office, 401 North Fairview Avenue, Goleta, on June 12, 2020, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 17, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. at the Goleta Union School District Board Room, 401 North Fairview Avenue, Goleta. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 17, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. at the Goleta Union School District Board Room. DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 17 / 2020 — 56051

The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Solvang School District will be available for public inspection at the Solvang School District Business Office, 565 Atterdag Road, Solvang, on June 19, 2020, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 24, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. at the Solvang School Cafeteria - Lower Campus Multi-Purpose Room, 565 Atterdag Road, Solvang. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 24, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. at the Solvang School Cafeteria - Lower Campus Multi-Purpose Room. DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 17 / 2020 — 56058

LEGAL NOTICE VISTA DEL MAR UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Vista Del Mar Union School District will be available for public inspection at the Vista Del Mar Union School District, Vista de las Cruces School, 9467 San Julian Road, Gaviota, on June 5, 2020 during regular working hours and on-line at https://vista-vdm-ca.schoolloop.com/. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 9, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. at the Vista Del Mar Union School District, Vista de las Cruces School, 9467 San Julian Road, Gaviota via live videoconference accessible on-line at https://vista-vdm-ca.schoolloop. com/ . The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 17, 2020, at 5:30 PM at the Vista Del Mar Union School District, Vista de las Cruces School, 9467 San Julian Road, Gaviota via live videoconference accessible on-line at https://vista-vdm-ca.schoolloop. com/. DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

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LEGAL NOTICE HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Hope School District will be available for public inspection at the Hope School District Office, 3970 La Colina Road Ste. 14, Santa Barbara, on June 4, 2020, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 8, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hope School District Board Room, 3970 La Colina Road, Santa Barbara. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 9, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. at the Hope School District Office. DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 17 / 2020 — 56053

LEGAL NOTICE LOS OLIVOS SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Los Olivos School District will be available for public inspection at the Los Olivos School District, 2540 Alamo Pintado Avenue, Los Olivos, on June 3, 2020, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 8, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. at the Los Olivos School Room 602, 2540 Alamo Pintado Avenue, Los Olivos. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 22, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. at the Los Olivos School Room 602. DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 17 / 2020 — 56054

LEGAL NOTICE SANTA MARIA JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District will be available for public inspection at the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District website, http:// www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/, on June 5, 2020. The public hearing on said budget and the budget adoption meeting will both be held on June 9, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. and may be attended by phone or videoconference unless noted otherwise on the posted board meeting agenda found on the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District website, http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/. DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 17 / 2020 — 56060 LEGAL NOTICE SANTA YNEZ VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District will be available for public inspection at the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District website, www.syvuhsd.org/budget/ on June 19, 2020. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 23, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. online via Zoom (www.syvuhsd.org). The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 23, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. online via Zoom (www.syvuhsd.org). DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

LEGAL NOTICE SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Santa Barbara Unified School District will be available for public inspection at the Santa Barbara Unified School District, Administrative Office, 720 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, on June 16, 2020 during regular business hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 23, 2020 at 6:30 pm at the Santa Barbara Unified School District, Administrative Office, 720 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 23, 2020, at 6:30 pm at the Santa Barbara Unified School District, Administrative Office. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, special procedures may be followed for board meetings. Please check the District’s website for the most up to date information. DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

Based on guidance from the California Department of Public Health and the California Governor’s Stay at Home Executive Order N-33-20 issued on March 19, 2020, to protect the health and well-being of all Californians, and to establish consistency across the state to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District Hearing Board will temporarily provide a virtual-only option for participation in hearings. Notice is hereby given that the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District Hearing Board will hold a REMOTE VIRTUAL public hearing to consider the following matters on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, via Zoom. REMOTE VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION INFORMATION TO JOIN THE ZOOM MEETING PC, Laptop or Phone: https://tinyurl.com/apcdHearingBoardLink Password: 144132 Telephone: US: +1 408 638 0968 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 646 876 9923 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 Webinar ID: 893 9445 0238 Password: 144132 iPhone one-tap: US: +14086380968, 89394450238#, 1#, 144132# or +16699006833, 89394450238#, 1#, 144132# Public participation details will be included in the agenda.

Case No. 2020-08-R (Regular Variance) –

Terracore Operating Company, LLC 6085 Cat Canyon Road Santa Maria, CA 93454

Hearing – To consider a Petition for a Regular Variance from District Rules 361.D.3, 361.D.4, 361.L.2., 206 and Permit to Operate 8171-R10 Condition 2.e, submitted on April 22, 2020. District Rule 361 requires all AB 617 boilers, steam generators, and process heaters, rated between 2 - 5 MMBtu/hr to meet new emissions standards for NOx by June 20, 2020. The Petitioner was on schedule to complete installation of low NOx heater treaters by the June 20, 2020 deadline. However, the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus has delayed Petitioner’s heater treater construction project. To comply with the current social distancing and shelter in place directives, the Petitioner has reduced the size and schedule of the construction crews. This delay has significantly impaired the Petitioner’s ability to progress on the project as planned. As a result, the Petitioner will not meet the June 20, 2020, deadline for the low NOx heater treaters. The Petitioner operates the equipment described in the Petition at the GWP Fee Lease in the Cat Canyon Oil Field, Santa Maria. The Regular Variance, if granted, will allow the Petitioner enforcement relief from June 20, 2020 through June 19, 2021, or the date the facility installs compliant equipment, whichever occurs first. The excess emissions associated with the granting of the Petitioner’s request are expected to be approximately 8.19 lbs/day NOx. Case No. 2020-09-R (Regular Variance) –

DCOR, LLC 260 Maple Court, Ste., 290 Ventura, CA 93003

Hearing – To consider a Petition for a Regular Variance from District Rule 206, Part 70 Permit to Operate 9110-R5, Conditions 9.C.2.a and 9.C.2.b(i), submitted on May 7, 2020. The Petitioner utilizes sub-sea pipelines to transport crude oil and produced gas to an onshore facility for further processing. After processing, natural gas is transported via Southern California Gas Company, Main Gas Transmission Pipeline L-1004. The Petitioner was informed Pipeline L-1004 will be shut down for pipeline integrity hydrotesting starting May 20, 2020, for 30 days. The maintenance activities conducted by Southern California Gas Company will prohibit the Petitioner from using the gas pipeline. Since the petitioner is not able to send the gas to the pipeline they are requesting to flare the produced gas. As a result, the Petitioner will exceed the annual flaring limit before the end of the 30-day project and for the remainder of the calendar year. The Petitioner operates the equipment on Platform A in the Dos Cuadras Field, offshore lease tract OCS-P-0241, approximately 6 miles south-southeast from the City of Santa Barbara, California. The Regular Variance, if granted, will allow the Petitioner enforcement relief from June 3, 2020 through December 31, 2020. The excess emissions associated with the granting of the Petitioner’s request are not yet known. Case No. 2020-10-R (Regular Variance) –

DCOR, LLC 260 Maple Court, Ste., 290 Ventura, CA 93003

Hearing – To consider a Petition for a Regular Variance from District Rule 206, Part 70 Permit to Operate 9111-R5, Conditions 9.C.2.a and 9.C.2.b(i), submitted on May 7, 2020. The Petitioner utilizes sub-sea pipelines to transport crude oil and produced gas to an onshore facility for further processing. After processing, natural gas is transported via Southern California Gas Company, Main Gas Transmission Pipeline L-1004. The Petitioner was informed Pipeline L-1004 will be shut down for pipeline integrity hydrotesting starting May 20, 2020, for 30 days. The maintenance activities conducted by Southern California Gas Company, will prohibit the Petitioner from using the gas pipeline. Since the petitioner is not able to send the gas to the pipeline they are requesting to flare the produced gas. As a result, the Petitioner will exceed the annual flaring limit before the end of the 30-day project and for the remainder of the calendar year. The Petitioner operates the equipment on Platform B in the Dos Cuadras Field, offshore lease tract OCS-P-0241, approximately 6 miles south-southeast from the City of Santa Barbara, California. The Regular Variance, if granted, will allow the Petitioner enforcement relief from June 3, 2020 through December 31, 2020. The excess emissions associated with the granting of the Petitioner’s request are not yet known. Case No. 2020-11-R (Regular Variance) –

LEGAL NOTICE CARPINTERIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET Pursuant to Governor Newsom’s Executive Orders, including but not limited to Executive Order N-29-20, public comment on the proposed 2020-21 budget may be held by videoconference/ teleconference. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 9, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 23, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. Persons wishing to address the Districts’ Board of Trustees regarding their budget adoption will find videoconference/teleconference information in the posted agenda 72 hours ahead of the hearing if applicable. Interested persons may inspect a copy of the proposed budget at the Carpinteria Unified School District Office, 1400 Linden Avenue, Carpinteria, on June 5, 2020. Please contact the district via telephone. Please note that due to COVID-19 public health orders, persons wishing to inspect the proposed budget may be limited to receiving a copy of the documentation in a manner consistent with public health orders regarding social/physical distancing. DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 17 / 2020 — 56063

LEGAL NOTICE LOMPOC UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Montecito Union School District will be available for public inspection at the Montecito Union School District, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, on June 3, 2020, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 9, 2020, at 4:15 p.m. at the Montecito Union School District Auditorium, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 9, 2020, at 4:20 p.m. at the Montecito Union School District Auditorium. DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

MAY 17 / 2020 — 56055

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The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Lompoc Unified School District will be available for public inspection at the Lompoc Unified School District, 1301 North A Street, Lompoc, on Thursday June 18, 2020 during regular working hours, and on our web-site https://www.lusd.org/Domain/52. The public hearing on said budget will be held on Tuesday June 23, 2020 at 5:30 P.M. at the Lompoc Union School District, 1301 North A Street, Lompoc, and/or via Zoom meeting https://www.lusd.org/Page/30. The budget adoption meeting will be held on Tuesday June 23, 2020, at 5:30 P.M. at the Lompoc Union School District, 1301 North A Street, Lompoc, and/or via Zoom meeting https://www.lusd.org/ Page/30.

LEGAL NOTICE MONTECITO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2020-0000974 The following person(s) is doing business as: Pepper Oaks Farm, 3737 Baseline Avenue, Santa Ynez, CA 93460, County of Santa Barbara. Michael Carpenter, Trustee Patricia Youngman Administrative Trust Dated July 25, 1996, 3737 Baseline Avenue, Santa Ynez, CA 93460 This business is conducted by a Trust. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 3/1/1994. /s/ Michael Carpenter This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 16., 2020. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk By: John Bech, Deputy 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24/20 CNS-3362496# SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS

NOTICE OF VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARING COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT HEARING BOARD

MAY 17 / 2020 — 56059

LEGAL NOTICE GUADALUPE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

MAY 15, 16, 17 / 2020 — 56067

LEGAL NOTICE SOLVANG SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

MAY 17 / 2020 — 56061

The proposed 2020-2021 budget for the Guadalupe Union School District will be available for public inspection at the Guadalupe Union School District, 4465 Ninth Street, Guadalupe, on June 5, 2020, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 10, 2020, at 5:15 p.m. at the Mary Buren Elementary School – Media Center, 1050 Peralta Street, Guadalupe. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 17, 2020, at 5:15 p.m. at the Mary Buren Elementary School – Media Center.

As an update to the Notice to Contractors regarding Dos Pueblos High School CTE Pavilion Project, published on May 3 and May 10, 2020, the Plans and Specifications for this project will be on file and made available to view, download or purchase on May 18, 2020 through Cybercopy at http://www.cybercopyplanroom.com

MAY 17 / 2020 — 56064

DCOR, LLC 260 Maple Court, Ste., 290 Ventura, CA 93003

Hearing – To consider a Petition for a Regular Variance from District Rule 206, Part 70 Permit to Operate 9114-R5, Conditions 9.C.2.a and 9.C.2.b(i), submitted on May 7, 2020. The Petitioner utilizes sub-sea pipelines to transport crude oil and produced gas to an onshore facility for further processing. After processing, natural gas is transported via Southern California Gas Company, Main Gas Transmission Pipeline L-1004. The Petitioner was informed Pipeline L-1004 will be shut down for pipeline integrity hydrotesting starting May 20, 2020, for 30 days. The maintenance activities conducted by Southern California Gas Company, will prohibit the Petitioner from using the gas pipeline. Since the petitioner is not able to send the gas to the pipeline they are requesting to flare the produced gas. As a result, the Petitioner will exceed the annual flaring limit before the end of the 30-day project and for the remainder of the calendar year. The Petitioner operates the equipment on Platform Hillhouse in the Dos Cuadras Field, offshore lease tract OCS-P-0240, approximately 6 miles south-southeast from the City of Santa Barbara, California. The Regular Variance, if granted, will allow the Petitioner enforcement relief from June 3, 2020 through December 31, 2020. The excess emissions associated with the granting of the Petitioner’s request are not yet known. Case No. 2020-12-R (Regular Variance) –

Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc. 2500 Miguelito Road Lompoc, CA 93436

Hearing – To consider a Petition for a Regular Variance from District Rules 361.D.3, 361.D.4, 361. L.2., 206 and Part 70 Permit to Operate 5840-R6, Part II, Conditions 9.C.3.a, 9.C.3.v., submitted on May 11, 2020. District Rule 361 requires all AB 617 boilers, steam generators, and process heaters, rated between 2 - 5 MMBtu/hr to meet new emission standards for NOx by June 20, 2020. The Petitioner initially planned to utilize a boiler at another location within the facility. Due to the specialized nature of the product created at the Celpure Plant, it was determined this option was not feasible. As a result, the equipment requires replacement. Due to this recent discovery, the COVID-19 virus social distancing requirements, and delays in shipping, the Petitioner will not meet the June 20, 2020 deadline for the low NOx boiler replacement. The Petitioner operates the equipment described in the Petition at the Celpure Plant at the Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc. Lompoc Facility. The Regular Variance, if granted, will allow the Petitioner enforcement relief from June 20, 2020 through June 19, 2021, or the date the facility installs compliant equipment, whichever occurs first. The excess emissions associated with the granting of the Petitioner’s request are not yet known.

Said Petitions are on file with the Clerk of the APCD Hearing Board and available for public inspection. Interested persons may submit written evidence, arguments concerning this matter, or make arrangements to view said Petitions before the hearing by contacting the Hearing Board Clerk at: variance@sbcapcd.org, or 260 North San Antonio Rd., Suite A, Santa Barbara, California 93110. MAY 17 / 2020 — 56069

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Our newest guide coming soon is about businesses reopening and a wider array of services including: Home Improvement, Auto Care, Entertainment, Education, Shopping, Health & Wellness, Farming and Grocery. Our goal is to engage the community to help keep our businesses open, even if we can’t physically be close together during these times. If you would like to be included in our guide please call: Natasha Wolf at (217) 419-4658.

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Chef Robert Perez makes carrot ginger soup at Black Sheep restaurant, which has remained in business during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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amount of revenue while running up expenses remaining open, and put bouchon in a dormant state. “I frankly feel that I have a better argument for rent relief when I can’t even operate than I do if I were open kind of limping along,” said Mr. Sjerven. “My fear is that a lot of these operators that are kind of making a go of it, giving it the old college try, are doing maybe 10-15%. That’s kind of the baseline I’ve been hearing from people I talk to, of what their normal revenue would have been. If you’re still paying rent and you have any sort of staff payroll labor costs associated with it, which I assume you do because somebody’s got to cook the food, clean dishes and run the food out to the car, those costs are awfully high.” Even if the economy began to open soon, Mr. Sjerven is rather pessimistic about the ability of

restaurants to return to prepandemic levels of business. Not only will strict social distancing measures be put in place, effectively cutting many restauraunt’s capacity to 50% or less, the pandemic has been a catastrophe for the Santa Barbara tourism industry upon which local restaurants rely. “For the last eight weeks we, and I’m saying ‘we’ collectively in the entire hotel industry, both in Santa Barbara and nationally, occupancy has dropped off probably 80%,” said Tom Patton, general manager for the Ramada by Wyndham Santa Barbara. “I think the statistic I saw the other day was that nationally 70% of hotel employees have been laid off or furloughed, eight out of 10 rooms are vacant, and the tourism and lodging sector has lost 7.6 million jobs last month, which is more than the next four sectors combined. Our industry has really taken it hard.” The situation for Santa Barbara has been especially terrible

A golfer takes a shot at Twin Lakes Golf in Goleta. It was able to reopen after a month of being closed after Santa Barbara County eased restrictions.

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The pandemic was bad timing for hotels such as the Ramada by Wyndham Santa Barbara, which depend on the spring season to make up for slower winter months.

due to the timing of the shut down. Most hotels rely on spring break and college graduations to significantly boost their cash reserves after going through the slow winter months. “Every business for the last two months has been eating through their cash reserves. I think generally most businesses have a large enough cash reserve to carry them through three months. Some have more, some have less. There were a lot of businesses who went through the Thomas Fire and the debris flow and were barely picking themselves up off their feet from those natural disasters, and they got hit by this, (which) was a whole order of magnitude worse. It really has been a really unfortunate combination of things that has hit the industry really hard,” said Mr. Patton. While many businesses in the county are battling for survival every day, others have endured the shut down and are beginning to reopen, hoping the worst is behind them. On May 2, Twin Lakes Golf Course was able to reopen after more than a month of being closed after the county eased restrictions on golf courses and other businesses. While golfers have returned in droves to the course, and owner

Don Parsons was able to avoid any layoffs, the green light to reopen came just in time for Twin Lakes. “I was late with rent in April, then I was able to get a PPP loan, and that was able to free me up. I’m current with all my liabilities so I’m doing my best there,” said Mr. Parsons. “Cash flow changes throughout the year here as a golf course and I had planned for a rainy winter, and we had a really good January and February. We’re actually ahead, and I have a line of credit set up. We had a fair amount of cash. I burned through all the cash unfortunately, but we’re all caught back up again.” Despite the unprecedented hardship faced by businesses owners, many remain optimistic that the economy can reopen in time to salvage the summer. No matter what industry they are in, what their response has, or how badly the coronavirus crisis has hurt them, the message from Santa Barbara business owners seems to be the same: It is essential to open the economy as soon as safely possible. “We’ve got to get businesses open. I think that’s what we’re hearing from our city, we’re hearing that from our county,” said Mr. Patton. “Nobody disagrees that we need

to get businesses open safely and nobody disagrees that health and safety is number one, but we’ve got to come up with a plan where we start opening businesses now

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POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO

Wind west-northwest 8-16 knots today. Waves 3-5 feet with a south-southwest swell 4-7 feet at 17 seconds. Visibility clear.

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The hotel industry, which includes Ramada by Wyndham Santa Barbara, has been hit hard by the pandemic.

and obviously incrementally open them further as tests results bear that out, but we need to act now.”

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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. Storage 155,627 acre-ft. Elevation 739.95 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 66.4 acre-ft. Inflow 58.9 acre-ft. State inflow 0.0 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. -80 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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“We could turn it (overpopulation) around on a dime, but it would take what Bobby Kennedy described as moral courage,” said Santa Barbara resident Robert Johnson, who wrote “The Culling.”

SB writer’s pandemic novel COVID-19 leads to renewed interest in Robert Johnson’s ‘The Culling’ By DAVE MASON MANAGING EDITOR

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he villains in local author Robert Johnson’s book don’t have maniacal laughs or dream of taking over

the world. In fact, they’re trying to save the planet. But virologist Carl Sims, the protagonist in “The Culling,” isn’t certain and must decide whether the ends justify the means when he discovers the scientists’ plot to start a pandemic to kill 4.5 billion people. He struggles with whether population control justifies genocide. Mr. Johnson, a screenplay writer, said COVID-19 has led to renewed interest by readers in his actionpacked 2014 novel (The Permanent Press, $29). He also conceded some readers probably are avoiding pandemic novels during this time, but noted he wrote “The Culling” long before the coronavirus pandemic. He summarized the plot of “The Culling.” “A virologist (Carl) wants to do some work with deadly pathogens, but gets stuck on the lonely influenza reconnaissance thing that gets him tasked to join this World Health Organization team in China,” Mr. Johnson told the NewsPress at his Santa Barbara home. Mr. Johnson said Carl is drawn by the earnestness and irrefutable logic of scientist Jenna Williams and others.

people about “What I wanted virology or was a cadre of tackling a obviously altruistic, pandemic,” Mr. deep thinkers Johnson said. who have a Nobel “My goal was Prize or National to connect the Medal of Science,” dots between Mr. Johnson said. our rampant “I wanted them to population be able to present growth and all their cases, so it of the myriad wasn’t the standard problems we cliche maniacal have on the evil doer.” planet.” But Carl has Mr. doubts about Johnson said committing overpopulation murder, even to is a taboo save the planet, subject that and “The Culling” needs to be emphasizes that discussed. no, the ends don’t He explained justify the means. problems Mr. Johnson such as world originally “The Culling” by Santa Barbara hunger, climate planned “The author Robert Johnson (The change, the Culling” as a extinction of screenplay and Permanent Press, 2014, $29) is sold at various species now hopes to www.amazon.com. and plastic adapt it for a waste can’t be movie on HBO or solved without Netflix. He used population control. the novel to share information He said ideally, people should about overpopulation. have no more than two children “I wanted to try to make a per family and that the ideal, compelling story, a compelling movie and make it stand on its own maximum population for the in terms of interest and excitement planet is 2 billion people, not the current 7.8 billion. and slip information about Mr. Johnson, an Oakland population into it,” he said. “That native, earned his bachelor’s in was my goal. dramatic arts in 1981 at UCSB and “Population has long been a a master’s in fine arts in 1992 at quasi-obsession of mine,” he said. UCLA;s School of Theater, Film “My goal wasn’t to instruct

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and Television. His adventures included living from 1984 to 1985 on the American River near Donner Summit, west of Lake Tahoe. His Henry David Thoreauesque year in nature inspired his first book, “Thirteen Moons: A Year in the Wilderness” (2001). He moved to Santa Barbara in 1992 and lived in the city with his wife, real-estate agent Dana O’Neill, who died in 2015. He has two sons — Luke, 22, and Dane, 20. Mr. Johnson’s career as a screenplay writer has included penning a Mike Tyson movie on HBO and a Temptations miniseries on NBC. Both were in the 1990s. His interest in population control continues today. Mr. Johnson said some nations, such as Mexico and Brazil, are having more success than others in limiting the numbers. He noted India is expected to surpass China as the world’s most populous nation. Mr. Johnson stressed the importance of achieving population control through education and not coercion. He added he isn’t optimistic about curbing overpopulation, but noted the challenge isn’t impossible. “We could turn it around on a dime, but it would take what Bobby Kennedy described as moral courage. We have to transcend the taboo that stymies population control efforts.” Email: dmason@newspress.com

“I wanted to try to make a compelling story, a compelling movie and make it stand on its own in terms of interest and excitement and slip information about population into it,” Mr. Johnson said about “The Culling.”

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SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2020

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BY BEN ZIMMER AND BRENDAN EMMETT QUIGLEY / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

Ben Zimmer is the language columnist for The Wall Street Journal, a contributing writer for The Atlantic and a former language columnist for The New York Times. Brendan Emmett Quigley is a professional crossword constructor. They met some 12 years ago when Brendan began contributing crosswords to the Visual Thesaurus, where Ben was the executive editor. The making of this puzzle — brainstorming the theme, filling the grid and writing the clues — was a full collaboration. Brendan has had many puzzles in The Times. This is Ben’s debut. — W.S.

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ear Abby: I am a Yale-trained pediatric nurse with a post-master’s as a psychiatric nurse practitioner. I respectfully ask that you retract your answer to “First-Time Mom in New Jersey� (June 21). I’m concerned your response will encourage other mothers to buy into the incorrect assumption that it’s “impolite� to ask questions that ensure their child’s safety. You should have encouraged and empowered “First-Time Mom� to politely ask about the presence of weapons in the other parents’ homes, and if so, how they are stored. It’s important information for her to have. If she has every playdate at her house and refuses to go to another Abigail home Van Buren because she’s afraid to ask about gun safety, eventually the other mothers will pick up on the fact that she doesn’t trust their child-rearing capabilities, but won’t know why. If these potential friends don’t have unsecured firearms, or if they do and they are properly and safely stored, your advice will prevent healthy, honest friendships from developing, which will socially isolate her. How will she ever ensure a break for herself by allowing and encouraging her child to socialize at another trusted mother’s home she knows to be safe? Your advice will only isolate “First-Time Mom� further and put her and her toddler at great risk. — Colleen M. Sullivan, RN, MSN, CPNP Dear Colleen: Of course you are right. The woman’s question wasn’t about etiquette. It was about child safety. A large number of readers besides you agreed my perspective was off. I have heard all of you loud and clear, and I apologize. I should have advised: “You are responsible for your child’s welfare. Part of assuring her safety involves asking whether weapons are on the premises and, if so, what safety precautions have been taken. (The same is true for prescription drugs, swimming pools, caustic chemicals and foods to which your child is allergic.) You should also ask if the children will be under parental supervision at all times. If anyone feels concern for your child’s safety is presumptuous, do not allow your child to play there. Suggest instead that the children play at your house.� Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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more of a personal sleep aid than a solution to inequality. I hope instead you and Joe agree that you disagree only within a rather narrow band of like-mindedness on your good fortune and your obligation to share it. Then I hope you turn your collective attention to ways you can live through this time in direct service of people who need help. One basic example: Delivery people who don’t deliver don’t get paid. And many people really, really need to get paid right now, making their own risk assessments to do this. So using your good fortune in their service would involve buying the products they deliver, tipping them generously and pressuring the relevant powers that be to pay them more. Instead of withdrawing your demand, supply your business conscientiously. You don’t have to massage the ideals very hard to support exercise, either. Maybe your cardiac strength isn’t a factor in emergency rooms today or tomorrow — but as we witness an interconnected, interdependent society strain its health systems, we don’ttell-me-what-to-do! Americans can learn a lesson in the collective benefit of taking care of ourselves. It serves no one to squander permitted access to fitness. We could parse these details all day, but ultimately that’s more fiddling. If Joe wants to make a difference, then hand him this encouragement to apply his formidable selfdiscipline toward political action. It might ease his anxiety, too, which might be behind this, yes? That warrants a screening, if true. Skipping muffins helps his conscience more than his cause. Backing his beliefs with effort, talent, cash: That makes a mark. Email Carolyn at tellme@washpost.com or chat with her online at 9 a.m. each Friday at www. washingtonpost.com.

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Public school The Keystone Cops vs. the coronavirus closures may be a big mistake

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e succeeded in satisfying Gov. Newsom’s original directive that included criteria to flatten the curve, create surge capacity in our hospitals and gather enough personal protective equipment for care providers. Though the virus is still among us, the actual emergency situation is over. We have ample capacity and capability to handle this situation. Hence, we are no longer in a bonafide emergency, meaning the governor no longer has legitimate authority to invoke police powers to commandeer control of local jurisdictions and our lives. Accordingly, for months, I have repeatedly urged county supervisors, based on the sound advice of experts in the field of Constitutional law, to challenge the governor’s authority and wrest back local control. But no, the only thing these puppy dogs did was ask the governor for money as it related to costs and losses from the virus and the shutdown. Since his original directive, Newsom added additional

criteria (test, trace and isolate) the new orders involve taking that gave the county hope and some people who have tested confidence they could reopen positive out of their homes. Yet, the county, at least a little bit, on at the same time, the governor May 8. But, at the last minute, he previously ordered nursing added further criteria having to homes, the most vulnerable do with the allowable population among number of positive us, to take in positive cases and deaths cases of the virus! Talk in the county — an about setting a match to impossible standard to gasoline! meet anytime soon. Nevertheless, Newsom Will it dawn upon our wants to test, trace local elected leaders and isolate cases of the that Newsom is playing virus — with particular Andy Caldwell the game of Lucy and emphasis on the word the football? “isolate.” This plan to The governor has no intention take people out of their home to restore our freedoms and and isolate them from their local control. Rather, he is family has been confirmed stalling until either a vaccine or by multiple sources, on video, a cure is developed for the virus, including the public health even though either of these director of Ventura County and products may never be created. the World Health Organization. Inherent in Newsom’s new None of this makes any criteria is something very sense. People who get really ominous. Whereas, we were told sick from the virus will end up to isolate at home to curb the being treated, and isolated, at spread of the virus, the virus is a hospital, no less. And that now primarily spreading among brings up the bigger problem those who are isolated at home, that has the Keystone Cops along with nursing homes and fumbling about. First, why prisons. So now the governor bother to count against us the has us playing a game of whackvast number of people who a-mole with the virus. That is, have no symptoms as if that too

constitutes an emergency? And why is Newsom using against us the cases emanating from the Lompoc Federal Penitentiary? Now that their back is against the wall, our county supervisors sent another letter advising the governor that they themselves have no control over the prison outbreak, and finally, they admitted that the real threats associated with the virus have much to do with preexisting comorbidities, something else they can’t control. The point lost on the supervisors in their letter? The governor has no authority over the federal prison to force upon it the imposition of his criteria. Therefore, neither has he any legitimate basis to count these numbers against us. As for the rest of us, the governor should leave “well enough” alone and at home, and let the rest of us get back to the marketplace and work.

Andy Caldwell is the executive director of COLAB and the host of The Andy Caldwell Show weekdays from 3-5 p.m. on NewsPress Radio AM 1290.

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High time for William Barr to appoint a special counsel to uncover the truth

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ur democracy is under fire thanks to corrupt officials at the highest echelons of our government — including members of the Obama administration — we’re now learning conspired with former FBI Director James Comey and other “deep state” operatives to stop Donald Trump from getting elected. And when that election meddling failed, members of Comey’s cabal, with far-reaching tentacles across intelligence agencies and the Department of Justice, abused their power, spied on innocent American citizens and unmasked them. That’s just the tip of the iceberg. These nefarious actors illegally leaked information to the media to smear President Trump and delegitimize and derail his administration. These scurrilous actions triggered illegitimate investigations — including a 22month special counsel probe into possible collusion with Russia — to effect a coup d’etat. Make no mistake. What’s

high-ranking members of the transpired went far beyond a Trump administration, including political hit job. former national security adviser It’s a toppling of a core pillar of Gen. Michael Flynn. “A stunning a democracy, one that requires 39 separate officials snooped on the peaceful transition of power Mr. Flynn’s conversations with from one administration to the foreign actors, lodging nearly 50 next. A government system that unmasking demands between respects the will of the voters in Nov. 30, 2016, and Jan. 12, 2017,” free elections. writes The Wall St. Journal When those time-honored editorial board. principles and But that’s not all. traditions break down, Adriana Cohen For the past several so does our electoral system and foundation The author writes years, Democrats — led by documented liar Rep. of our democracy, for Creators Adam Schiff, D-Calif. — because what Syndicate, Inc. and a complicit left-wing separates the United media have peddled States from a banana republic or a Communist regime is the false narrative that Trump colluded with Russia to steal the the peaceful transition of power. 2016 presidential election from Here’s the alarming reality Hillary Clinton. This massive, now coming to light: Newly damaging lie, and subsequent declassified documents reveal disinformation campaign, has that Obama administration since been debunked by the costly officials, including then Vice Robert Mueller investigation. President Joe Biden, violated Yet, nevertheless, it’s still spun as the peaceful transition of power factual in the mainstream media by working alongside Comey’s to take down Trump and his FBI and other operatives administration. who engaged in illegitimate The list of abuses coming to surveillance and unmasking of

light are downright chilling: The brazen misuse of FISA warrants to spy on Trump campaign associates using discredited opposition research paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC as a pretext. An FBI lawyer who doctored evidence. The reported withholding of exculpatory evidence by John Brennan, the former head of the CIA, to perpetuate the Russian collusion hoax and other troubling malfeasance. All said, it’s time for Attorney General William Barr to appoint a special counsel to get to the bottom of what appears to be a seditious conspiracy against a sitting president. A failure to uncover the truth and hold bad actors to account will continue to sow damaging distrust in our justice system. It’ll also threaten to silence the will of voters now and in future elections —an unraveling of our democracy. Mr. Barr, we can’t allow that to happen.

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ecades from now, “Virtual studying has been historians will ask around a long time, and the themselves why schools are not ready for it,” most of America’s Evers noted. The problem: “If governors you’re not doing concentrated shuttered public schools learning, you’re not learning the for months because of the way you should be.” coronavirus outbreak. Worse, It’s too easy to fall through America’s parents didn’t even the cracks. Last month the Las complain. Vegas Review-Journal reported Our future selves, if the that 21% of students enrolled country rebounds, will be in Clark County schools had no baffled that an establishment contact with the district after dead set against homeschooling campuses were closed. became so gripped with fear Knowledge workers working that it sent children in need of at home have the tools and life an education away from the skills to push their children to schoolyard. And if we’re lucky, participate. But children whose they’ll be astonished that the parents continue to work during governing class gave so little the pandemic may lack adult thought to the damage the move supervision. And even if their was bound to do to vulnerable parents have the technology kids who face dim economic and time to oversee young prospects without a solid children, many parents may not education. know how to teach children to They’ll wonder why voters read or compute. just went along with the scheme They’re not teachers — and and why public school teachers it is folly to think everyone is didn’t fight to keep schools open equipped to handle that job. because education is Evers sees countless Debra J. Saunders an essential service. children who are Obviously about to experience The author writes “the summer slide” governors wanted to for Creators shield children from — except it is not Syndicate, Inc. a disease that can be a summer but two fatal, even if deaths seasons of students from infected children are not learning to read, not exceedingly rare. One death is discovering the physical world one too many. around them, not being steeped But ignorance and feelings in history. of helplessness also can be And there’s an antidote to this hazardous to one’s health, and problem: schools. they can rob a young person of School districts in areas a promising future and sense of without dangerous infection well-being. rates could open their doors. This is a reaction that never Logistics fiends have looked had occurred to the Centers for at ways to allocate time in Disease Control and Prevention. ways that limit the number of Early coronavirus guidelines children in a classroom at a recommended school closures given time. Maybe it starts with only when an infected person three days of class time per had been in a building or in student. Or half days. areas of high infections rates — Families with health issues and then for two to five days. can keep their children home For the past few weeks, I’ve and rely on virtual learning. But tuned into online discussions most children could return to on education during the the classroom and resume their coronavirus shutdown, and journeys in the world. I’ve waited in vain for someone President Donald Trump is to mention that schools really the rare politician who argues should be opened as soon as in favor of opening up schools — possible. which sets him above those who Two words I’d love to hear: cling to a path they frame as summer school. Particularly for risk-free. There is no such thing. students who need it — which Children stuck in front of TV would be most students. sets and no books are going Instead, Washington’s to fall behind, and then grow great minds noddle about the up and see other kids armed need for better 5G Wi-Fi in with knowledge that gives underserved communities or confidence. Income inequality the need for local governments will grow. to deliver school lunches to In 1983, the U.S. Department needy children. of Education released a report, They speak as if they are “A Nation At Risk,” that warned: dealing with a jigsaw puzzle for “If an unfriendly foreign power which they have all the pieces. had attempted to impose So I called Bill Evers, a senior on America the mediocre fellow of the Independent educational performance that Institute’s Center on Education exists today, we might well Excellence, a fellow veteran have viewed it as an act of war. of the phonics and math wars As it stands, we have allowed and one-time education adviser this to happen to ourselves. to the Coalition Provisional We have even squandered the Authority during the U.S. gains in student achievement occupation in Iraq. made in the wake of the Sputnik I trust Evers’ take because he challenge. Moreover, we have values learning, not simply for dismantled essential support its role in career and financial systems which helped make success, but more because, as those gains possible. We have, he put it, education offers “the in effect, been committing an store of knowledge to help get act of unthinking, unilateral the most out of life.” educational disarmament.” He listed the problems that The people who wrote that school closures present for had no idea how bad things students. could get.

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