Santa Barbara News-Press: July 11, 2021 by Santa Barbara News-Press

When water goes bad ...

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The Investigator describes a trip to California’s Salton Sea- A2

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Circus Vargas dazzles on opening night

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Montecito Water District customers can now track water usage through the placement of “smart meters.”

Montecito Water District urges water conservation By MADISON HIRNEISEN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Montecito Water District officials are encouraging customers to engage in water conservancy measures following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call for a 15% voluntary reduction in water use across the state as

many counties, including Santa Barbara, are facing extreme drought conditions. During the last spell of drought conditions, Montecito Water District customers reduced consumption by 56%, according to a news release from the organization. Please see WATER on A7

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Circus Vargas performs at the Earl Warren Showgrounds on Friday.

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Flying trapeze artists, daring motorcyclists and other stunning performers returned to the big top on Friday for the opening night of Circus Vargas at the Earl Warren Showgrounds. From now through July 19, the historic Circus Vargus will present the show, “Mr. V’s Big Top Dream,” for audiences in Santa Barbara. The show tells the story of the circus’ founder, Clifford Vargas, through dance numbers, humorous dialogue and awe-inspiring performances. The show features a variety of jaw-dropping feats, including performances from a talented contortionist, dazzling trapeze flyers and dancers. Friday’s performance prompted loud cheers from an audience that was eager to be back at an in-person event. “This is the first activity we’ve done since everything (with the

pandemic),” Danielle Naumann, a local resident attending Friday’s show, told the News-Press. She attended the event with her threeyear old son, Kaeden, and her mother, Robin McKenna. “I think (the circus) is really huge for the fact that we’re able to get together,” Ms. Naumann added. “Because before it was just me and my son, I’m a single mom. So we were just stuck in our home, and we couldn’t go to any parks, we couldn’t do anything. So now we are just able to finally get out there.” Ms. McKenna, who also attended Friday’s show, added that being back out at in-person events feels like going from “clouds to sunshine.” For Daniella Quiroga, the show’s talented contortionist, being back in front of an audience just feels right. The 18-year-old is the daughter of the show’s owners, Katya ArataQuiroga and Nelson Quiroga, and she’s been a part of the show since Please see CIRCUS on A5

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Gina Hendrickson rides with her Rocky Mountain horse “Double D’s Sudden Surprise” as she won the Rocky Mountain Horse (RMH) Trail Pleasure Championship during the Santa Barbara National Horse Show at the Earl Warren Showgrounds on Saturday.

National Horse Show wraps up at Earl Warren By MADISON HIRNEISEN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

At left, a performer prepares to shoot a bow and arrow from her toes. At right, a woman seems to relax through the air.

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The Santa Barbara National Horse Show wrapped up the final competition day of its 101st year on Saturday, awarding its last set of blue ribbons to the show’s top horses. Saturday’s events concluded four days of competitions at the

Earl Warren Showgrounds. This year’s show featured 10 different horse breeds that competed in events that judged the horses’ gait, trot and walk. During Saturday’s line-up, horses competed in a variety of events, which included championships for pleasure riding, two gait, open gait and Please see HORSES on A6

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Saturday’s DAILY DERBY: 07-02-06 Time: 1:43.45

Saturday’s POWERBALL: 1-5-29-54-62 Meganumber: 3

Saturday’s DAILY 3: 1-1-1 / Midday 6-7-2

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This is what happens when the water is bad

ews item: Santa Barbara County goes from “severe” to “extreme” drought. News item: California lake beds turn to dust. News item: Water crisis reaches boiling point on Oregon-California line. News item: Levels of Great Salt Lake in Utah at 170-year low. News item: Water is disappearing in the West. For my summer vacation, I went to the Salton Sea. Salton Sea is in California’s low desert, just north of Mexico. It was hot. About 110 degrees hot. But without hot, what is summer? To reach the Salton Sea from a desert oasis called Rancho Mirage, go straight down Frank Sinatra, right on Bob Hope, across Gerald Ford, turn right onto Dinah Shore, continue on to I10, fork onto Route 111 and pass through Mecca. No one was praying in Mecca. Hardly anyone was even there. I wouldn’t be there either if I didn’t have to pass through it. The only retail business I saw in Mecca was called 99 Cents. But it was closed. Permanently. The Salton Sea is actually not a sea, but a lake. OK, let’s be truthful. The Salton Sea is really a cesspool. That’s because this “sea” or lake is so salinated that precious little life within or around it can survive. No one is allowed to jump into the Salton Sea. The fish jump out. The Salton Sea is an example of what happens when water goes bad. And water is going bad — very bad, very quickly. Our first stop is Salton City. The streets of Salton City have beautiful names: Seaview Drive, Crystal Lane, Salton Bay Drive, Honolulu Avenue — and so on. Clearly, the property developers had high hopes for Salton City. Their hopes were dashed by Mother Nature. The “development” today is a bunch of barren empty plots on a grid bordered by scores of power lines. It may be the cheapest place to buy seafront property in the whole of the United States. The only sign of life in Salton City is way inland, on an exit ramp from the highway, which has an ARCO Travel Center with a tower/marquee announcing what they sell: gasoline, bags of ice, propane, spare parts for RVs and Jack-in-the-Box hamburgers.

SONNY BONO Our next stop is the Sonny Bono Natural Wildlife Center on the far south end of the Salton Sea. The problem is this: There is no wildlife.

And the sea water, which once brushed alongside this center, is long gone and cannot be seen, even from the center’s observation deck with the high-powered 25-cent binoculars, which are corroded and broken anyway. (Sonny Bono may have this, babe — but it ain’t much.) Near the Sonny Bono Center are three power plants, from which noxious smoke spews from gigantic chimneys into the air. (As if more poison were needed here …) The nearest town to the Sonny Bono Center is Niland, whose magnificent centerpiece — an L-shaped building with pillars and porticos — is empty and dilapidated. The action, if you can call it that, is alongside Niland’s highway: A single motel called Motel. Closed. Nearby, Bobby D’s “Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Pizza.” Closed. Buckshot Deli & Diner appears to be open. Also, a liquor store called Liquor. (Liquor stores always manage to survive.)

SALVATION MOUNTAIN We carry on, veering east, toward Salvation Mountain. Salvation Mountain is an art installation, the result of 500,000 gallons of splattered paint and 28 years of spiritual fervor. It was created by a man named Leonard Knight. When Leonard was 35, he chanted the Sinner’s Prayer in a van outside his sister’s house in San Diego and experienced a vision. Leonard joyfully returned to his native Vermont and went from church to church to spread the simple message that had been conveyed to him by the vision he’d experienced: Accept Jesus into your heart, repent your sins, and be saved. Church leaders did not like Leonard’s simple message, which became even simpler when he changed it to, simply, God is love. (Churches need organization, hierarchies and money to exist, grow and prosper. Priests and gurus know that people think they have to work hard and donate lots of money to become spiritually gratified. For that reason, hierarchical organizations don’t approve of simple messages. And they particularly don’t approve of direct access to a higher power that cuts out the middleman.) So Leonard spent years trying to piece together a hot air balloon from scratch so he could launch his message — God is love — into the sky. But he could never get his balloon off the ground. When Leonard settled in Slab City, near Niland and the Salton

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Sea, due to his fondness for a hot desert climate, he decided to convey his message by creating a small monument. Leonard could not pull himself away from his monument, which grew from small to big, then bigger and bigger, until it was a hill. Four years later, Leonard’s hill collapsed. What did Leonard do? He thanked the Lord for demonstrating the danger his hill posed. And then Leonard started over, “with more smarts,” as he put it. He built an even bigger hill, which grew into a mountain. Leonard Knight is now long gone. But his mountain remains. Atop the semi-dome of Salvation Mountain are these words: GOD IS LOVE. Below GOD IS LOVE is a large red heart and within the heart are these words: Say Jesus I’m a sinner please come upon my body and into my heart. (This was the prayer/mantra Leonard was chanting when he experienced an epiphany and accepted Jesus into his heart.) Beyond Salvation Mountain is Slab City, which makes Burning Man look like an effete imposter. Slab City is the real thing, year-round — and no one from the high-tech elite is flying in on private jets to show off their hip-ness and figure out how to synthesize ecstasy and keep you transfixed to their social media sites and apps. Slab City is a community of mobile homes that are not so mobile anymore. Slab City bills itself, The last free place. And beyond Slab City is East Jesus, which gets its name from pioneers in North America. “East Jesus” was slang the pioneers used when they were in the middle of nowhere or lost. One pioneer would ask the other, “Where the hell are we?” The other pioneer would scratch his head and say, “Darn, must be East Jesus.” And now East Jesus truly exists, just beyond Salvation Mountain and Slab City. When we arrive, it is clear that East Jesus is not just the end

of the road, but also a portal to another reality — or surreality. This is signified by a simple framed glass door that stands all by itself, attached to nothing. When you pass through this door, you are truly in East Jesus. There are no people here this day, though you have a sense that The Hills Have Eyes. A sign nailed over a shack window announces Terrible Psychiatric Advice Inside 25 Cents. A hundred-year-old television sets are stacked upon one another, seven-high, to create a wall — or a bank of messages. Words and phrases have been affixed to the screens such as “Blah, blah, blah” and “Fake News” and “You Need More Stuff” and “Irri-tainment” and “Don’t Be Yourself” and “This Machine Kills Brain Cells.” One display features a burnedout car, with this sign: Car-B-Que. Other displays feature modes of transportation: a crashed plane, an abandoned boat, a vintage VW hippie bus adorned with stickers and a house that appears to have fallen from the sky and landed on the Wicked Witch of the East. These various forms of transportation are unneeded for us to get back through the portal as we simply roll out as we’d rolled in, past a farewell sign: Caution: Reality Ahead. (Thanks for the warning.) Reality, outside of East Jesus, means Bombay Beach, 18 miles north, alongside the Salton Sea. Sixty years ago, Bombay Beach was a gem of a resort. Today, Bombay Beach is a vision of the apocalypse. The main drag of Bombay Beach is Avenue A. It bustles with inactivity. Bombay Beach has its own landmark version of the Eiffel Tower or Washington Monument. It is called the Cell Phone Tower. This is a real plus because it means you get great cell phone service. Bombay Beach has a bar, just one, called Ski Inn. Sixty years ago, customers could water-ski right up to the bar. No one water-skis up to Ski Inn anymore. The reason no one water-skis up to Ski Inn anymore is because they can’t. They would have to leave their water-skis about a halfmile away and walk the rest. And if they got wet while waterskiing, they would probably be on their way to Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley, not Ski Inn. Bombay Beach is about what happens without water or when water goes bad. A nauseating, putrid stench fills the air throughout Bombay Beach. You know how, after a few minutes, noses adjust to stenches? This doesn’t happen in Bombay

Beach. After four hours’ circling the Salton Sea, we are overheated and manic-eyed — and rolling back toward the material world, which in Rancho Mirage means a gazillion country clubs and golf courses and, in nearby Palm Desert, every shop, brand and fast food shack ever created. Upon returning to “reality,” I understand that were it not for being phenomenally fortunate through family and some modicum of skill I might have ended up in Niland or Slab City or East Jesus. So, if it seems like at any point I have been poking fun at the folks who live in these places, it is a misperception. I’m laughing with them at the material world. For these are my people, the wild ones, the mavericks, the artists, the rebels. And may God — or The Source or Mother Nature — bless them all.

But Leonard Knight should have been praying for clean water. Because, without it, we’re all screwed.

THE ABC’S OF RUNNING A DIVE BAR, INTERACTIVE We did not have a listing for U and offered it up for readers to figure out. Mr. J wrote: “U is for Upchuck, what happens when friends bring their 21-year-old birthday girl in for her first legal drinks.” Mr. K wrote: “U is for Under — as in, under age, under the influence and under the bus.” We gave it further thought and came up with … Undertaker — the person you meet if you drink and drive one too many times … Robert Eringer is a longtime Montecito author with vast investigative journalism experience. You can reach him at reringer@gmail.com.

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TRAFFIC, CRIME AND FIRE BLOTTER Police searching for missing man SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Police Department is searching for a 28-year-old Santa Barbara resident named Brandon Baucom who was reported missing this week. Mr. Baucom was last seen at his residence on North Hope Avenue on Monday, according to a news release from the police department. According to a family member, Mr. Baucom contacted his family Wednesday to tell them he was in Bell Gardens and needed help catching an Amtrak train to get home. Since then, he has not responded to messages or phone calls from family members. Mr. Baucom was last seen wearing a black hat, a light grey hooded sweatshirt, shorts, dark colored sneakers and a backpack. Community members are encouraged to call 911 if they have information on Mr. Baucom’s location. — Madison Hirneisen

Shoplifting suspect arrested SANTA BARBARA — Two Santa Barbara Police officers arrested a suspect for alleged shoplifting on State Street Friday afternoon. The officers responded to a call from a sporting goods store on the first block of State Street around 3 p.m. Friday. The employee who called police told the officers they believed a person had shoplifted from the store and was selling items on the internet. Just before the officers arrived at the store, the employee called again to tell police that the suspect had entered the store. The officers then made contact with the suspect, who has been identified as Amber Manzo, a 21-year-old Santa Barbara resident. Police investigated and discovered that Ms. Manzo possessed stolen items from the store. While searching Ms. Manzo’s car, they found a purse that had been reported stolen from a high-end designer store on the 800 block of State Street earlier Friday. In addition, stolen items from two separate downtown stores were found in her vehicle. All items were returned to the stores without damage. Ms. Manzo was arrested and charged with four counts for shoplifting and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. — Madison Hirneisen

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discovered two elderly individuals had died inside the residence. Police are investigating the suspicious death of the couple. Based on a preliminary investigation, police say there is no current threat to community safety in connection with this incident. — Madison Hirneisen

Suspect arrested in attempted murder and rape case SANTA BARBARA — Police arrested a homeless suspect connected to an attempted murder and rape case on Friday. Police investigated reports of a violent sexual assault at a homeless encampment near the railroad tracks at Montecito Street on Thursday. After investigation, police identified suspect Ricky Phillips, a 55-year-old male who is homeless in Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara Police identified Mr. Phillips in the 1500 block of Bath Street Friday. Mr. Phillips reportedly resisted arrest and punched a police officer in the face. Police were eventually able to restrain Mr. Phillips in handcuffs. Mr. Phillips was booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail for rape by force or fear of bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon, attempted murder, and resisting arrest with force. The police department is partnering with Standing Together to End Sexual Assault to provide services to the survivor in this case. — Madison Hirneisen

Suspicious deaths Hope Ranch under investigation Volcano starts SANTA BARBARA — The vegetation fire Santa Barbara Police Department is investigating the suspicious death of an elderly couple that was reported Friday evening. Police received reports of a possible double suicide at a residence on Arbolado Road around 6 p.m. Friday. When officers responded to the call, they

SANTA BARBARA — The Hope Ranch Volcano erupted Saturday morning, causing a small vegetation fire near Arroyo Burro Beach. The Santa Barbara County Fire Department responded to the fire with three engines around

11:30 Saturday, quelling the flames within three hours. The fire occurred about a mile west of Arroyo Burro Beach. No structures were threatened in the fire, according to the department’s public information officer Mike Eliason. — Madison Hirneise

Female hiker injured in fall SANTA BARBARA — A female hiker was injured Saturday while hiking near Camino Cielo. The Santa Barbara County Fire Department and paramedics responded to reports of an injured hiker around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. The female hiker was around 30 years old and had injured her leg in a fall. Paramedics stabilized and treated the patient for a moderate lower leg injury before she was flown to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital via an air support unit helicopter. — Madison Hirneisen

Santa Lucia fire contained LOMPOC — The Santa Barbara County Fire Department fully contained the Santa Lucia Fire on Saturday evening one day after the fire scorched 35 acres of vegetation near Vandenberg Village. Firefighters responded to reports of the Santa Lucia Fire on Friday afternoon. The blaze caused evacuations for residents living west of Highway 1 and south of Constellation Road. The evaluations were lifted by Friday evening and the fire was 50% contained around 4 p.m. Firefighters stayed onsite overnight Friday and throughout the day Saturday to monitor hot spots. The fire was brought to 100% containment as of 6 p.m. Saturday evening, and firefighters expect to have full control of the fire by tonight.

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LOMPOC — The Lompoc Valley Medical Center is continuing to offer vaccinations to the public at its vaccination clinic every Friday in an effort to raise the county’s vaccination rate. The clinic is available every Friday between 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Appointments are available for eligible residents ages 12 and older on MyTurn, but walk-ins are also welcome. According to a news release,

LVMC is the only hospital in the county still offering first dose vaccination clinics. As of Saturday, about 67.8% of the county’s eligible 12 and older population received at least one dose of the vaccine. Of that same population, 59.5% are fully vaccinated. LVCM recommends all eligible people get their shot in the arm to protect against new and emerging variants, including the contagious Delta strain. “Getting vaccinated does not guarantee 100% protection

Please take notice that Jones Lang LaSalle, on behalf of Hillcrest Fund KG Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Secured Party”), offers for sale at public auction on July 30, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. (prevailing Eastern Time) via Zoom or similar online platform, in connection with a sale pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York, 100% of the limited liability company interests in KHP III Goleta, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Pledged Entity”), and all other collateral pledged by KHP III Goleta Mezz Borrower, LLC (the “Debtor”) under that certain Mezzanine Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of November 20, 2018 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge Agreement”) made by the Debtor in favor of the Secured Party, as successor-by-assignment from Bank of America, N.A. (collectively, the “Collateral”). The Collateral is owned by the Debtor, having its principal place of business at 101 California Street, Suite 980, San Francisco, California. The Debtor indirectly owns, and the Pledged Entity directly owns, real property located at 5650 Calle Real, Goleta, California, commonly known as the Kimpton Goodland Hotel (the “Premises”). The Secured Party, as successor-by-assignment from Bank of America, N.A, as Lender, made a loan (the “Mezzanine Loan”) to the Debtor pursuant to that certain Mezzanine Loan Agreement dated as of November 20, 2018 (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Mezzanine Loan Agreement”) by and among the Secured Party, as successor-byassignment from Bank of America, N.A., and such other co-lenders as may exist from time to time, the Secured Party, as successor-by-assignment from Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the Debtor. In connection with the Mezzanine Loan, the Debtor has granted to the Secured Party, as successor-by-assignment from Bank of America, N.A., a first priority lien on the Collateral pursuant to the Pledge Agreement. The Secured Party is offering the Collateral for sale in connection with the foreclosure on the pledge of such Collateral. The Premises are subject to a mortgage loan securing indebtedness in the original aggregate principal amount of $31,000,000.000 (the “Senior Loan”) and other obligations and liabilities of the Mortgage Borrower (as defined in the Mezzanine Loan Agreement) otherwise affecting the Premises. The sale of the Collateral will be subject to all applicable third-party consents and regulatory approvals, if any. Collateral is being offered “as-is, where-is”, with all faults, and the Secured Party makes no guarantee, representation or warranty (including, without limitation, any representation or warranty of merchantability or fitness), express or implied, as to: the existence or nonexistence of other liens or liabilities; or the quantity, quality, condition or description of the Collateral, the Premises or the owners of the Premises, the value of the Collateral or the owners of the Premises, the Debtor’s direct or indirect right in or title to the Collateral or the Premises, the Pledged Entity’s direct or indirect rights in or title to the Premises, or the owners of the Premises’ direct rights in or title to the Premises. The transfer will be made without recourse and without representation or warranty by the Secured Party, and subject to all defenses of and liabilities affecting the Pledged Entity, the owners of the Premises and the Premises. Without limiting the foregoing, any purchaser must purchase the Collateral subject to the terms of the governing documents (including the applicable limited liability company agreements). Please take notice that there are specific requirements for any potential successful bidder in connection with obtaining information and bidding on the Collateral, including but not limited to, that each bidder must comply with the restrictions applicable to the sale of the Collateral under the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of November 20, 2018 (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), including that such bidder is a “Qualified Transferee” (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), has obtained the consent of the holder of the Senior Loan or will repay the Senior Loan prior to the sale of the Collateral, and (2) that each bidder must deliver such documents and pay such amounts as required by the Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable governing documents relating to the Collateral. The Secured Party will be permitted to bid at the sale and, notwithstanding any requirement herein that the sale of the Collateral be for cash, the Secured Party reserves the right to credit bid all or any portion of the outstanding balance of the amounts due under the Mezzanine Loan Agreement. The Secured Party reserves the right to (a) set a minimum reserve price, (b) reject all bids (including without limitation any bid that it deems to have been made by a bidder that is unable to satisfy the requirements imposed by the Secured Party upon prospective bidders in connection with the sale or to whom in the Secured Party’s sole judgment a sale may not lawfully be made) and terminate the sale or adjourn the sale to such other date and time as the Secured Party may deem proper, by announcement at the place and on the date of sale, and any subsequent adjournment thereof, without further publication or notice, and (c) impose any other commercially reasonable conditions upon the sale of the Collateral as the Secured Party may deem proper. Each prospective bidder (other than the Secured Party or its affiliate) will be required to represent in writing to the Secured Party that such bidder: (i) is acquiring the Collateral for investment purposes, solely for the purchaser’s own account and not with a view to distribution or resale of the Collateral; (ii) has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investment and has sufficient financial means to afford the risk of investment in the Collateral; (iii) will not resell or otherwise hypothecate the Collateral without a valid registration under applicable federal or state laws, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or an available exemption therefrom; provided that the Secured Party reserves the right to verify that each certificate for the membership interests to be sold bears a legend substantially to the effect that such interests have not been registered under the Securities Act and to impose such other limitations or conditions in connection with the sale of the Collateral as the Secured Party deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the Securities Act or any other applicable law; (iv) will purchase the Collateral in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws; (v) is or will be, at the time of closing of the sale, a Qualified Transferee (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement); and (vi) will be able to satisfy and will satisfy all of the other requirements of the Intercreditor Agreement. Meeting any requirements of the foregoing shall be at the sole responsibility, risk, cost, and expense of a prospective bidder. All bids (other than credit bids of the Secured Party) must be for cash. Prior to the public auction the highest or otherwise best qualified bidder, as determined by the Secured Party, will be required to (a) deposit with a title company or other agent designated by the Secured Party, by wire transfer of immediately available funds from a U.S. commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System, an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of such bidder’s bid price and (b) otherwise comply with the bidding requirements and be prepared to deliver in immediately available funds, the balance of the wining purchase price for the Collateral after the auction and (b) execute documents relating to the sale in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Secured Party. The balance of the purchase price for the Collateral must be paid by certified or bank check or wire transfer of immediately available funds, from a U.S. commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System, no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on the date that is ten (10) calendar days after the date of the public auction, time being of the essence, or such other date as agreed in writing by the Secured Party. Further information concerning the Collateral, the requirements for obtaining information and bidding on the Collateral and the Terms of Public Sale can be found at www.goletahoteluccsale.com, or by contacting Brett Rosenberg by telephone at (212) 812-5926 or by email at brett.rosenberg@am.jll.com.

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LVCM is the only hospital in the county still offering first dose vaccine clinics. The clinic is offered every Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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from Covid, but I know for me, when I got vaccinated, it meant that I did the single biggest thing I could do to protect myself and those with whom I come in contact,” Steve Popkin, the LVCM chief executive officer, wrote in a statement. “And, I have the piece of mind of knowing if I or a loved one got Covid, or worse, was hospitalized or died of Covid, I would not have the immense regret of knowing I had the opportunity to change that fate. — Madison Hirneisen

As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt worked on ways of expanding the health options for Americans, Sansum founder, Dr. Rexwald Brown, was one of only 11 physicians in the U.S. called to serve on the Medical Advisory Committee. Our CEO, Kurt Ransohoff, was asked to speak before Congress on the current state of healthcare in the U.S. Throughout our history, Sansum has not just cared about our patients, we care about healthcare.

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Alvarez named children’s project executive director By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

The Carpinteria Children’s Project board has appointed Teresa Alvarez its executive director. Ms. Alvarez has been with the organization since 2019 as the associate director and has served in that role in addition to being interim executive director since January. “When we appointed Teresa as interim ED we planned to embark on an extensive executive search. However, it soon became clear

that Teresa had the skills, the expertise and the commitment to the mission CCP needed for the next steps in our growth and focus,” board president Michael Cooney said in a news release. “Teresa is above all a hard-working leader who is wellrespected in the community, among CCP staff and families and by the board, and we look forward to continuing to work with her as we serve the Carpinteria children and families.” CCP is a community resource that offers early childhood education on their campus at

the former Main School on 8th Street and at Aliso and Canalino elementary schools. The Family Resource Center offers assistance and advising for basic needs such as food and social services enrollments in addition to parenting classes, referrals for counseling, services to address childhood trauma, and other issues that encourage healthy family relationships. “Not everyone gets to say they have their dream job and live in their dream community, but today, I do,” Ms. Alvarez said. “I value the work CCP does through

VOLPI, Brian

Brian Volpi passed away unexpectedly in Cusco, Peru. Oldest son of Richard and Jacqueline Volpi, Brian was a lifelong Santa Barbara native and always proud of his status as a local. In 2002, he earned a degree in History from UCSB. His joy and lifelong passion was skateboarding. Around 10 years of age he began skating constantly. He and his friends would meet up all around SB, spending their time going to different skate spots. His other passion was biking and rehabbing discarded bicycles. He eventually started Pedi-cabbing off Cabrillo Blvd., where the beach scene of visitors and other riders served as another outlet to be out and about. Brian chose to live in downtown SB with his RV, where he could live modestly. He often parked near Skater’s Point in the mornings and could be found in Rocky Nook Park in the afternoons. If people knew of Brian or had recently seen him around, they FRPPHQWHG RQ KLV GRJ $OÀH 7KH WZR ZHUH DOZD\V WRJHWKHU $OÀH URGH DURXQG RQ WKH back of Brian’s scooter in a milk-crate attached to the back. Brian is survived by his younger brother Brett and his family. We will be honoring Brian’s unique and beautiful life on July 17th, at 10am in Palm Park Parking lot. We hope you will come and join us. For further information please contact brettvolpi@gmail.com or call or text to (805) 455-7522

William Naumann “Bill” was born in Alameda, California on September 21st, 1928 and passed away June 8th, 2021 following failing health. He was the son of Werner and Elizabeth Naumann, who had immigrated to the U.S. from Germany in 1927 with extended family, joining the pilgrimage to the Bay area. All developed homes, businesses, using skills from the “Old Country” as they learned English and integrated. Bill grew up in the Oakland Hills, taking ferries to “The City,” watching the building of the Golden Gate and Bay bridges. He’s always been industrious; in his youth he worked with his father’s cabinetry and home building, and picking grapes at his uncle’s vineyard. He developed his own business as an DXWR PHFKDQLF +H ORYHG WR Á\ HDUQLQJ D SLORW·V OLFHQVH In Oakland, he fell in love with Helen Jensen, married in 1949 and started a family with three children: Beverly, James and Eric. In 1962 the family moved to Sonoma County, where the family realized a goal to raise their own meat, have dairy cows and horses. There, Bill engaged in many endeavors to support the family: butcher, bartender, truck driver and retail sales. In 1966, Bill was transferred with his retail work to Santa Barbara where Renee and Julie joined the family. Together, with love, Bill and +HOHQ UDLVHG ÀYH FKLOGUHQ 7KH\ ZHUH IRVWHU SDUHQWV IRU Children’s Home Society, caring for newborns awaiting adoption. Both Bill and Helen retired in 1989, Bill from his retail work and Helen from nursing. They started traveling, visiting the east coast, Alaska, Europe, New Zealand, England, Ireland and the Bahamas. Both played tennis and engaged in long bike riding excursions in California. Summers often found them camping at the Russian River with grandchildren and friends. They truly enjoyed their retirement. Bill has always been an avid reader of history, politics and novels and played golf, three times scoring “holes in one.” He loved to cook, especially Italian, and is famous for his Irish soda bread. As a tenor, singing was one of his most favorite activities since quite young, performing for gatherings of all sorts throughout his life. Bill and Helen had been married for 71 years. Bill prided himself as a devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather, supporting his children to realize their dreams. Bill was kind, compassionate and fair in all of relationships. He will be truly missed by all those who have loved and known him. He is survived by his loving wife, Helen, children: Beverly, James, Eric, Renee, Julie, 13 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, brother-in-law, numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. There will be a family gathering to honor his life with date to be determined.

SCHWARTZ, J. Terry

JENSEN, Torben

J. Terry Schwartz, beloved husband and father, died in Santa Barbara on June 28, at the age of 74, after a lengthy battle with a debilitating neurodegenerative disease.

Torben Jensen’s life began September 18,1939, in Copenhagen, Denmark and ended June 5, 2021 in Westlake Village, California. Torben lived an extraordinary American dream life, having started out living under the German occupation of Denmark during WWII before immigrating to the United States, in 1951. Upon arrival, the family headed west to California, and eventually settled in Solvang in 1954. He attended and graduated from Santa Ynez Valley High School in 1957, where he met his bride to be, Gloria Castillo, whom he married in 1959 and celebrated sixty-two years of marriage. Torben was very active in his community as a member of the Jonata Elementary school board, the Santa Ynez Valley High School Booster Club, the Vikings of Solvang and the Lutheran Home Board. Torben proudly served DV D PHPEHU RI WKH 6DQWD %DUEDUD &RXQW\ 6KHUULII ·V 'HSDUWPHQW DV D UHVHUYH RIÀFHU for over ten years. He was active in youth sports, coaching Little League Baseball, YFL Football and refereeing adult and SYV High School soccer. Torben managed Birkholm’s Bakery for over thirty-seven years and after moving to Westlake Village in 1992, he then managed Bubbles Baking Company in Van Nuys for another twenty years. Torben retired in 2012 where he and Gloria became dedicated parishioners of Saint Patrick’s Episcopal Church, Torben serving as a member of the vestry and as a VHQLRU ZDUGHQ IRU ÀYH \HDUV Torben enjoyed traveling the world and had a great passion for sports, especially for the Premier Soccer League. He loved instigating a good laugh and ‘watering’ the plants in the garden. He is survived by his wife Gloria Jensen, sons Kim (Carol Krivulka) Jensen and Mike (Janna) Jensen, daughter Lisa (Rob) Johnson; his six grandchildren, Beaux Jensen, Dain Jensen, Mikaela Jensen, Lee Jensen, Raquel Johnson and Justyne Johnson; niece Carlene (Rick) Viboch and their children Brittany and Danny; his Aunt Elizabeth and cousin Richard (Semiha) Jensen and children Arif, Sara, Zahra, and Adil Jensen. A memorial service will be held Sunday, July 18, 2021, at 2:00 PM at Saint Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 1 Church Rd., Thousand Oaks, CA, 91362. A celebration of life will also be held in Solvang, California at the Dolphin House Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 11:00 am. Memorial contributions can be made to the parish of Saint Patrick’s Episcopal Church, one Church Rd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91362.

LURIA, Leatrice (Abramson) Leatrice (Abramson) Luria, 93, passed away peacefully on June 10, 2021, in Santa Barbara, California, the city in which she made her colorful mark for nearly seven decades. Lee was born in New Hampshire on April 29, 1928, and grew up mostly in Newton, Massachusetts. When she was 18, she went on a blind date with a man named Eli Luria; within three months, they were married. They would remain by each other’s side for the next 59 years. The young couple soon moved to Arlington, Virginia, where they welcomed their daughter, Kandy. Four years later, they migrated crosscountry to Los Angeles, pursuing Eli’s dream of building houses in Southern California. In 1954, they settled in Santa Barbara, where Lee would spend the rest of her life. Lee quickly became a pillar of the Santa Barbara community -- a generous supporter of local art, music, culture, and education. She was classy and sassy, a natural leader who easily commanded any board room or fundraising event. She was generous with both her time and her money, helping many organizations craft -- and then accomplish WKHLU YLVLRQ 6KH ZDV IRFXVHG DQG GULYHQ D ÀQLVKHU ZKR QHYHU OHW DQ\WKLQJ VWDQG LQ her way. In 1985, and later joined by their daughter Kandy, she and Eli started the Luria Family Foundation as a means of expanding their philanthropy. Lee was an especially devoted patron of the Music Academy of the West, Ensemble Theatre Company, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara City College Foundation and Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara. In addition to her philanthropic work, Lee was a talented glass artist and ceramicist, an adventurous world traveler, an excellent mahjong and bridge player, a lover of cats, gin and tonics with lots of lime and ice, and bright red cars. Lee will be remembered as magnetic and positive, the kind of person who drew you in and drew you close. She was witty, curious, and sharp as a tack. She was meticulously organized and detail-oriented, often making plans six months in advance -- and always reviewing every menu item for the many fabulous events she hosted. Having celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary at the Santa Barbara Zoo as a blacktie affair, Lee perfectly balanced her West Coast home with her East Coast roots. She was elegant and sophisticated, without ever being pretentious or stuffy (and always impeccably dressed). She was strong and tough, blunt and opinionated, fearless and FRQÀGHQW Lee was, quite simply, a force: a woman who didn’t suffer fools, who didn’t take “no” for an answer, who marched to the beat of her own drum. By energetically solving every problem that came her way, she forever shaped Santa Barbara’s streets and shores. Let us continue her legacy by striving to make a difference each day. Because, as Lee would say: “What are you waiting for?” Lee was predeceased by her husband, Eli Luria. She is survived by her daughter, Kandy Budgor, and son-in-law, Aaron Budgor, of Santa Barbara, California; her grandson, Adam Budgor, granddaughter, Mindy Budgor, and granddaughter-in-law, Soraya Scroggins, of New York, New York.

Resource Center at CCP, where she served for two years before she led El Centrito Family Learning Centers, a family resource center in Oxnard. She has previously worked at United Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara and at the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. Ms. Alvarez also volunteers as a commissioner for First 5 Santa Barbara, the board chair

for Future Leaders of America, and on the Santa Barbara Latino Giving Circle, where she is a founding member. She earned her bachelor’s in sociology at UCSB and master’s in psychology at Antioch Santa Barbara. She and her husband Brian are raising their two young sons, Nico and Enzo, in Carpinteria. email: dmason@newspress.com Teresa Alvarez is the new executive director of the Carpinteria Children’s Project.

NAUMANN, William Werner

GONZALES, Margaret “Chita”

06/10/1925 - 06/11/2021 Our beautiful Mother, Nana, Aunt and friend passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving daughter and son-in-law, Dana and Deborah Versola. Margaret is preceded in death by her two sons Steve and Richard Valenzuela, Daughter Donna Chavez, and is survived by her daughter Deborah (Dana) Versola and son OB, grandchildren, Rick Dewhirst, Angela Cabanillas, Kristine Villa, Melinda (Des) Johnston, Michael and Michelle Chavez, great-grandchildren, Ryan and Miles Dewhirst, Amber and Alessa Manzo, Mikey, Raymond and Gabriel Chavez, and many loved nieces and nephews. She will be dearly missed by all those who knew and loved her! The memories we have of you will remain in our hearts forever! The family would like to invite you to join them for a celebration of life on Saturday, July 17th at Tucker’s Grove Park, Area 1 at noon.

early childhood education and the Family Resource Center and the staff who help make beneficial impacts each day. It is truly an honor to lead the organization and the CCP staff and to work in tandem with the board to ensure this organization serves Carpinteria Valley for years to come.” Ms. Alvarez has more than a decade of experience in the nonprofit sector in midmanagement and leadership roles in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. She was hired as the Family

Terry was an intelligent, honorable, determined and caring man with a fantastic intellect, a passion for learning and discovering, a sense of humor and a dry wit. He was born March 27, 1947, in Washington, DC to June Marie Fulks Schwartz and Joseph Brewer Schwartz.

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After his Naval Service, Terry graduated from the UCLA School of Law in 1974 and MRLQHG WKH ODZ ÀUP RI 3ULFH 3RVWHO 3DUPD LQ 6DQWD %DUEDUD ZKHUH KH ZRUNHG IRU years, much of that time as head of the litigation department. Terry loved traveling, reading, volunteer work, and spending time with his family. He served for many years on the Boards of the Santa Barbara Zoo and the Cancer )RXQGDWLRQ RI 6DQWD %DUEDUD LQFOXGLQJ VHUYLFH DV 3UHVLGHQW RI ERWK RUJDQL]DWLRQV +H also served on the Board of the Santa Barbara Historical Society and was active in community affairs such as the Council on Alcoholism and Drug abuse. Terry was preceded in death by both parents. He is survived by his wife Sue and son Scott. Scott came home for a two-month visit in January, 2020, and remained for the last seventeen months of his Dad’s illness. Scott brightened Terry’s life with stories, encouragement and treats. Sue was his caregiver for many years and was thankful for every day she had with him. Although Terry’s time on this earth has ended, we will always love and remember him. We miss him terribly. He will always have a safe place in our hearts. The family would like to thank Tavo Moreno, Terry’s additional caregiver, for his cheerfulness, his help and his caring. Without Tavo, Terry would not have been able to continue living at home. Tavo not only provided physical help, he also lifted Terry’s spirits and gave him new things to think about. The family was blessed to have Tavo in our lives. We would also like to thank Sue’s sister and brother-in-law, Keith and Linda Massingill, DQG 7HUU\·V IULHQGV 5DQG 6KRWZHOO 7HUU\ &RQQHU\ DQG &UDLJ DQG (OOHQ 3DUWRQ IRU WKHLU HQGOHVV VXSSRUW SUHVHQFH LQ KLV OLIH DQG FDULQJ DQG KLV QHXURORJLVW 'U 3KLOLS 'HOLR $W 7HUU\·V UHTXHVW QR VHUYLFHV ZLOO EH KHOG 3OHDVH KRQRU KLV PHPRU\ LQ \RXU RZQ ZD\

IN MEMORY PAUL FRITZ 7/20/41 – 7/10/11 10 years “… a love which is not simply a recollection of a bygone past but a living force which sustains us in the present.” -- Henri Nouwen Loving and missing you always! Carol, Kate, and Steven

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Terry joined the US Navy and their son Scott was born in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Under the big top

The performers of Circus Vargas put on quite a show for the crowd at Earl Warren Showgrounds on Friday.

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Continued from Page A1 she was a small girl. On Friday night, she dazzled the audience with her graceful movements, which included shooting a bow and arrow with her feet. “The audience is our main reason for working,” Daniella told the News-Press. “When it comes to the circus, that’s why we do what we do — it’s to entertain people, the people that come and watch.” She continued, “So I just always hope that they enjoy what they see and that I’m giving it my best so that they’re getting the most out of what they come for.” The circus is a family affair for the Quiroga family, who have owned the show for 15 years now. Over the course of those years, Circus Vargas has presented shows for thousands of audiences, keeping the legacy of Mr. Vargas alive every step of the way. During a typical show season, the circus would travel throughout the western United States, presenting their show to audiences from the end of January through the start of December. But during the pandemic, the show’s performances were cancelled for nearly 15 months until crews started up performances last month in San Luis Obispo. Taking a year and half off from performing prompted some nervous feelings from Mariella Quiroga, who is one of the trapeze flyers in the show. The 23-year-old has been performing in the circus for her entire life, living on the road and seldom staying in one place for more than two weeks at a time. While she was

very happy to be back performing last month, she said it came with its fair share of nerves. “I hadn’t been doing trapeze very often during the time off, so I was definitely nervous about getting back into it, wondering if I was gonna feel weird and tense again flying,” Ms. Quiroga told the News-Press. “There was kind of something in the back of my mind, wondering if everything was gonna work out.” “But once the show actually starts and the lights come on, and you start working, it’s kind of like you get back into motion.” In addition to the pandemic’s impact on performers, the circus itself ran into some financial hardship over the course of the last 15 months. According to Ms. Arata-Quiroga, the show’s owner, the pandemic was “devastating” for the circus. For a few months during the COVID-19 crisis, she told the News-Press that was unsure if they would be able to open ever again. But now that in-person shows are back, she’s hoping to give audiences the best show ever. “And thankfully, thanks to our loyal patrons, we were able to pull through, and now the only thing we can do is give them the best circus ever, the best show ever,” Ms. Arata-Quiroga said. “And that’s what we’re aiming for.” For more information on Circus Vargas, visit circusvargas.com. Tickets for the shows in Santa Barbara can be purchased on-site at the Earl Warren Showgrounds or purchased in advance on the circus’ website. email: mhirneisen@newspress.com

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Above and at bottom, contestents compete in the English Pleasure Saddle Seat Open Stake at the Santa Barbara National Horse Show at the Earl Warren Showgrounds on Saturday.

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Continued from Page A1 saddle riding. Lance Bennett, the show’s manager, reflected on the competition week on Saturday, noting that the show saw a return to pre-pandemic numbers in size and participation during this year’s show. “Santa Barbara National is back and it’s alive,” Mr. Bennett told the News-Press. “Our numbers are right where they were in 2019, pre-COVID,” he later added. “We are right where we were before everything changed. We’ve got new exhibitors, which is promisin for the industry and for the business. (We have) new horses that we haven’t seen before, new barns that we haven’t seen before (and) new riders that we haven’t seen.” Nadine Tilley, the owner of Tilley Andalusians in the West Lake Village and long-time participant in the National Horse Show, said she was very excited to be back at the horse show once again. With last year’s Santa Barbara National Horse Show cancelled due to the pandemic, Ms. Tilley said it was good to be back showcasing her eight Andalusian breed horses. “We are so glad to have Santa Barbara open,” Ms. Tilley told the News-Press. “It’s such a pleasure to show here.” Since the 1980’s, Ms. Tilley has

Gina Hendrickson, foreground, rides with her Rocky Mountain horse “Double D’s Sudden Surprise.”

brought horses to show in Santa Barbara. She said throughout her years involved in the show business, Santa Barbara is one of her favorite locations to participate in shows. After a year without a show, Ms. Tilley said being back with fellow

equestrians and exhibitors feels “freeing.” “It’s exuberant, it’s wonderful to be able to be out and get together with people who enjoy horses,” Ms. Tilley told the News-Press. “During the pandemic, we could go out and ride and enjoy horses

outside, but It’s wonderful to come back to a competition and the closeness that we all share with the love of an animal. No matter what breed you’re in, we all enjoy doing the same thing.” Various family members, friends and equine enthusiasts were in Saturday’s audience, taking in the day of events. One audience member, Gale Lucas, traveled up from Los Angeles to show her horse, Sky, during this week’s showcase. Her horse, a 9-year-old Missouri Fox Trotter, was the sole representative for its breed at this year’s horse show. It’s been three years since Ms. Lucas has attended the horse show in Santa Barbara, and she said she sensed a very positive energy among competitors this year. Without a horse show to attend last year, Ms. Lucas said she feels that equestrians have a new sense of appreciation for the sport. “I think a lot of people are going to more (shows) than they would have because they kind of missed it last year,” Ms. Lucas told the News-Press. “So I just notice this sense of, ‘oh, thank goodness we can go back’ and the two shows that I’ve been at (this year) are bigger than they have been in past years. So there’s kind of a renewed excitement of like, wow, I want to get back in the show ring and be able to do what I think is fulfilling and exciting.” email: mhirneisen@newspress.com

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With the governor’s new request, Montecito Water District officials are asking customers to re-evaluate their water priorities. storage rights in the Semitropic Groundwater Banking and Exchange Program, establishing the Montecito Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency and creating a 50-year water supply agreement with city officials in Santa Barbara that includes access to the city’s desalination facility. In addition to these measures, the district is pursuing a possible recycled water project that would focus on maximizing the use of available wast water, according to a news release. As the county enters a season of drought, Montecito Water District benefactors can track their water

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Foresters lose to Saints After narrowly missing a walk-off home run, the Santa Barbara Foresters lost to the Arroyo Seco Saints 6-5 Friday night at Pershing Park. A two-homer night from Dylan Campbell drove the offense for Santa Barbara. The Foresters’ first lead came with Campbell hitting a three-run homer in the fifth inning, and he added drama to the ninth inning with his second longball of the game. Starting Foresters pitcher Justin Eckhardt had a great night, striking out seven of the Saints. The action continued Saturday night when the Foresters hosted the OC Riptide. Earlier last week in Pershing Park action, the Arroyo Seco Saints defeated the Foresters 8-6 on Thursday. But on Wednesday, the Foresters enjoyed an 8-3 victory over San Luis Obispo. For more about the Foresters, go to sbforesters.org. And you can listen to the games on KZSB AM 1290, the NewsPress radio station. — Dave Mason

A two-homer night from Dylan Campbell drove the offense for Santa Barbara on Friday.

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“Some of the wines come from the same vineyards, but we just approach the same fruit in different mindsets, and we create drastically different projects … We’re just trying to experiment and express different kinds of ideas and approaches to winemaking through these different labels and personalities,” said Dave Potter, the winemaker behind Municipal Wines in Santa Barbara.

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ome would call Dave Potter’s wines oddballs — himself included. From the inside out, from the complex, vibrant tastes to the abstract, modern corks and labels, Municipal Wines pop out from the shelves and grab the eyes of curious customers. And once those customers have a taste, Mr. Potter said they remain loyal. “We’ve always skewed toward younger drinkers,” the winemaker told the News-Press. “And it’s always been younger people with a different kind of approach to wine.” The winemaker has traveled around the world, studying vine arts in Australia and France, in order to learn how to challenge the status quo. All-natural bottles of syrah, pinot noir, chardonnay and many different blends line the shelves of his Potek Winery on Haley Street in Santa Barbara. Most recently, he launched a totally unfiltered, chemical-free line called Nowadays, which he described as “crystalline pure expressions of the places they came from.” Before Nowadays, in January, Mr. Potter released his non-alcoholic line, “January Zero Percent Drinks.” While he said he assumes people drank more alcohol independently throughout the pandemic lockdowns, he sees some people shifting to wanting to experience the “ceremony” of drinking wine without the actual alcohol part of it. The January Drinks are, he said, a “light body alcohol, wine that was traditionally served to farmers in the field.” By pressing and soaking grape skins in water, the end result in the bottle is a diluted, alcohol-free wine. But it retains the wine’s color, aroma and exciting taste. “It was like, how do we make something that tastes good and is interesting and complex?” Mr. Potter said. “Because grape juice just tastes like fruit juice — it’s the fermentation that unlocks all the interesting flavors. So we did it by basically layering on flavors that are reminiscent of what we would find in wines that we like to drink.” Municipal Wines tend to appeal to millennials and Generation X, Mr. Potter said, along with Generation Z as they become of age. All of the label designs are done in house, telling the story of the natural, progressive or traditional wine inside. He said the natural Nowadays wines aim to “let Please see WINES on B4

At left, Potek Winery’s 2017 La Rinconada Chardonnay, sells for $46. Center, the 2019 It What it Is Skin Fermented Chardonnay, a Nowadays wine, sells for around $28. At right, this Muni Wine, the 2020 Bright White, is priced at $28.

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SANTA BARBARA — The Theatre Group at SBCC will perform “Here We Go Again! A Musical Revue,” set for Thursday through July 18 at the Garvin Theatre. The theater is located at Santa Barbara City College’s west campus in the 900 block of Cliff Drive. Curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. The 2 p.m. July 18 matinee will be live-captioned for the hearingimpaired. “Here We Go Again!” will feature performers in musical numbers from Theatre Group’s shows, past and future. The production is directed by Katie Laris, with musical direction by David Potter and choreography by Christina McCarthy. This performance will mark the beginning of the 75th anniversary of The Theatre Group at SBCC, which started in 1946 as Alhecama Productions. Tickets are $26 for general admission, $21 for seniors and City College staff and $17 for students. To purchase, go to www. theatregroupsbcc.com or by calling the box office at 805-9655935. Fully vaccinated people aren’t required to wear masks. The Theater Group at SBCC asks that unvaccinated people wear them.

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SANTA MARIA — The Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department and People for Leisure and Youth are sponsoring the return of the Concerts in the Park Series this summer. The first concert, featuring

the Brass Factory, will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. July 18 at Rotary Centennial Park, 2625 S. College Drive, Santa Maria. The Brass Factory is a ninepiece band featuring a threepiece horn section, four-piece rhythm section and a male and

female vocalist. The band plays music varying from classic rock to Motown, soul, dance, R&B and jazz. The concerts are free and family-friendly. Those attending are advised to bring lawn chairs, blankets

and snacks. The complete Concerts in the Park schedule will be available at www. cityofsantamaria.org. For more information, call 805-925-0951, ext. 2260. — Marilyn McMahon

Embroiderers’ Guild to meet CAMARILLO — The Channel Islands Chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America will meet at 9:30 a.m. July 28 at the United Methodist Church, 291 Anacapa Drive, Camarillo. This month’s meeting will focus on working on a friendship bookmark, which includes different counted thread work such

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Universities teach disrespect ‘The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.” — The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Republicans have better handle on unemployment rates

nemployment has families they had lost their jobs. appeared in many The reality was that I could not aspects of my life. argue with the reasoning since Being unemployed I had the rare combination of from a lay-off was having studied all the aspects rough, particularly with small of a technical manufacturing children asking “What’s for company: engineering, dinner, Dad?” management and law. Causing Along the way, as a Brent unemployment by lawyer I had successfully Zepke being assigned to “redefended several cases The author organize” a company’s on behalf of employers, lives in Santa including a pro bono one operations (reduce jobs Barbara and people) led to the for Opera Delaware, and a perpetual question even plaintiff’s case for myself after the 10,000th one: “Why based on correctly calculating my me?” The CEO’s response to “why compensation during a baseline me?” is “Because if you prevent quarter. In 2020, I saw the impact one legal case, it is worth it.” My of COVID eliminate a son’s job unasked question became “Worth as a state government ordered it for whom?” the business to close, and the The price for me and my family employer closed it forever. As a was many nights alone as I flew taxpayer, I now see that President around the country sending Joe Biden is proposing that we other people home to tell their taxpayers spend huge amounts of

money to combat unemployment. Is that a wise approach? Let’s follow Vice President Kamala Harris’ approach to the border crisis of first finding the “root causes.” For root causes the three steps are: 1. Identifying the root causes. 2. Determine how to fix the causes and learn from the underlying issues. 3. Prevent future problems. Let’s look at each of these. 1. Identify the root causes. Using May as the month for year-to-year comparison of the unemployment rates, the history and significant events are: 2015, 5.5%; 2016, 7.8%, eighth year of President Barack Obama’s terms; 2017, 4.3%, President Donald Trump took office in January; 2018, 3.8%; 2019, 3.6%; 2020, 3.5% (February), downward trend continued; 2020, 13.2 % (May),

COVID caused governments to order closures; 2021 5.8%, Republican states have permitted businesses to re-open. The root causes of the changes are: A. The trend changed from 2016 to 2017 because of the change in the presidency in January 2017. B. In 2020, COVID and the states closing private businesses forced the rate to increase from 3.5% in February to 13.2% in May. C. As indicated later in this article, the Republican states reopening enabled the combined rate to drop to 5.8% in May. 2. Determine how to fix the causes and learn from the underlying issues. The changes in presidencies is a factor and the effect of the change to President Joe Biden remains to be seen. COVID caused a huge increase until President

Trump’s Operation Warp Speed provided a solution that enabled Republican governors to remove restrictions for businesses to open, bringing to mind the lesson from the song “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” by John Anderson. The difference in states is shown by the rates in the most populous states. (The overall U.S. rate was 5.8%). Here are the unemployment rates in May 2021 in the 10 most populous states, starting from the most populous of them, California, to the least, Michigan. They’re labeled D for Democraticcontrolled and R for Republicancontrolled. California-D; 7.9%; Texas-R, 6.5%; Florida-R, 4.9%; New York-D, 7.8%; Pennsylvania-D, 6.9%; Illinois-D, 7.1%; Ohio-R, Please see ZEPKE on C4

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have to respond to the following letter, which I’ll print in full: “Dear Mr. Buckley, “I came from a solid Republican family, my father being so partisan that on his deathbed in 1988, he asked who had won the presidential election the day before. When told Bush had won, he said with enthusiasm, ‘Good!’ “In the last 30-plus years the Republican Party has changed greatly, and now leaders such as John McCain and Jeff Flake are castigated because they saw flaws in the man Republicans now revere: Donald Trump. You enumerate all the flawed Democrats over the years who were respected in their party, and it’s fair game to point out their deficiencies, even as you justify some of Trump’s. Mentioning John Kerry serving Biden’s cabinet reminds one that Kerry served in Vietnam while Trump was relying

on ‘bone spurs’ to keep himself brand of autocracy. Are you out of the military. ‘Only losers proud of your fellow Republicans serve,’ he bragged during his 2020 who support white supremacy, campaign. an assault on voting rights, “But to say Trump ‘reinsurrection for the gaining of invigorated the American illegitimate power? economy’ when the facts Would you glad-hand PURELY show that the Obama the Marjorie Taylor POLITICAL policies were already Steeles among us? pulling us out of the ‘great The Qanon followers? recession’ is to stretch The anti-vaxers? The credibility. Trump’s Proud Boys? The subsequent tax cuts failed heavy-handed assaults to do what he promised the on those guarding country, as corporations our hallowed Capitol hoarded their wealth on a day of infamy? James Buckley instead of investing in The threats to family industrial growth. members of legislators “But I mostly take who dare to challenge exception to your claim that Trump? Trump also ‘re-invigorated the “Do you not have a shred of American spirit as no other had.’ pride for people like Liz Cheney “Are you proud of the American and Adam Kissinger who speak spirit Trump has fostered? This up against our recent threat to ‘spirit’ is one embraced by the democracy and the deplorable least patriotic elements of our state of the Republican Party? society, people who would gladly For Founders like Washington trade democracy for Trump’s and John Adams who gave years of

their lives and agonizing thought to the shaping of our democracy? They wanted to get it right! And Washington knew when to leave the pinnacle of power in the best interests of this democracy. “Now, so-called ‘patriots’ are dismissing their birthright in a democracy. ‘Trumpism,’ with all the hatred that it embodies is all they care about. You are among them, I know, but I am proud to be among those wishing for a better America than these deplorable citizens want to bring about.” Joanne O’Roark Santa Barbara Wow! Let’s take this slowly and in turn: 1) John McCain and Jeff Flake aren’t “castigated” because they saw flaws in President Trump. The late Sen. McCain was a thorn in President Trump’s side because his vote against doing away with Obamacare caused Mr. Trump

to lose one of his early promises. But, to be fair, Sen. McCain was indeed an American hero, just not a very good Republican. President Trump considers former Sen. Jeff Flake a “RINO” (Republican in Name Only), and he is certainly that. 2) Yes, Mr. Trump avoided service in Vietnam, as did Democratic Party hero Bill Clinton, both for pretty much the same reasons. By the way, I did serve during the Vietnam era and know lots of people who avoided the draft. It doesn’t make them brave but it also doesn’t make them unworthy. 3) Donald Trump never said, “Only losers serve.” He reveres the military men and women who serve. That was one of the hundreds of made-up quotes from “anonymous” sources that plagued Mr. Trump’s presidency and that the press gladly repeated Please see BUCKLEY on C4

story is probably becoming familiar in many modern families as fallout from our American education system gains traction and unfortunately becomes commonplace. After paying for our children’s upper-tiered education, then getting them into ivy league colleges and into graduate school with our financial largesse, their ivytowered militant professors have so influenced them that after graduation, our children no longer speak to us because of our traditional values and beliefs, which got them there in the first place. Their education process teaches them to disrespect and devalue us and to criticize everything and everyone who got them into the ivy league college of their choice. Is this what we signed up for? If we fail to call attention to what is really going on here, these are the consequences for not calling a spade a spade. The pendulum will swing. But when? When we finally stand up to what is really going on here. We are not going to pay on average $65,000 a year to turn our children into zombies. Some parents are fighting this divisive anti-white indoctrination masking as education, while the largest teacher’s union, the National Education Association is supporting the critical race theory. (By the way, CRT is a theory, not an establishment of fact.) In fact, the NEA has made mandatory, “anti-white teaching.” They have declared they will pay for legal fees of any teacher who instructs despite state laws that prohibit CRT instruction. Parents have suggested cameras in the classroom, to the objection of teachers. If the teachers protest cameras while they teach our children sex ed in third grade or CRT in any grade, then we must agree something is wrong. Did you know Cal State Eastbay is offering a $1,200 stipend to faculty to attend career development programs that include CRT, and to understand how “whiteness” can be eradicated? How can teachers trained as “anti-racist” educators not become racist themselves, since this indoctrination targets one group — white people? What happens to biracial people? Those whose one side of their family is white? Does this not create and instill self-hatred and confusion? The course introduction includes the question, “How can our vigilant work in countering racism also aim toward liberatory(?) conditions where whiteness has been eradicated?” What does this mean? The whole premise is farcical because one race, one faction, one mindset does not make the world go round. Do these educators think this is only a “race” to the top? What happens after you have arrived? This career development angle ($1,200 upon completion), if accepted at Cal State, could migrate to other universities and colleges locally. Again, we ask, who gains by this ageold divide-and-conquer of Americans? It’s simple, but it works. It is horribly devastating to our Please see DONOVAN on C4

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Santa Barbara resident Rowland Lane Anderson likes Kid’s World, located in Alameda Park in Santa Barbara. But he’s concerned about one aspect not shown in this photo: unlicensed vendors.

Kid’s World is great, except for ... Editor’s note: Santa Barbara resident Rowland Lane Anderson wrote this about Kid’s World, which is in Alameda Park in downtown Santa Barbara. More information is at santabarbaraparks.com/parks/ kids-world-park.

Organized crime thrives via woke blindness

y job with rates, also happens to have COLAB is the largest number of gang to serve as a members, more than 2,000 government and counting. And yes, as watchdog. inconvenient as it is for this Accordingly, I can assure discussion, most of them are you that the Santa Barbara people of color. County Board of Supervisors The ultimate question consists of highly educated and not being asked? Is there a experienced politicians. pathology in our communities But they are also notoriously that is attracting a woke — and that spells trouble disproportionate number of for common sense, logical children of color into a life of priorities and public crime? safety. Don’t ask our chief Relatedly, our probation officer to supervisors are content answer that question. viewing everything That department, through a lens of race, as reported by the aka critical race theory, grand jury, stated which means they have that “the leadership Andy Caldwell become color blind in a at Santa Barbara bad way. Specifically, County Probation has by primarily looking at declared that they no the color of people in only one longer deal with gangs; they way, they have become blind instead deal with high risk to other issues and factors of youth.” Somebody, somewhere, causation having to do with our please say out loud, “You have criminal justice system. got to be kidding.” Anyone, Sadly, they are not alone. please. They are aided in this Today’s youth street disservice by way of the gangs only exist via their county public defender, who association, cooperation and would rather every criminal subordination with major be diverted from jail, and the criminal enterprises such as chief probation officer, who has MS13, who compete against, turned a blind eye to organized and war with, other organized crime in our communities. crime syndicates for the Accordingly, yet another allegiance of the same. report presented to the Ignoring the organized supervisors purports to criminal element of local indicate that the number gangs and the racial of people of color who are composition of the same in any “justice-involved” individuals analysis means the study is not is indicative of something worth the paper it is written systematically wrong as it on. There is a reason there are pertains to how people of color now nearly weekly stabbings, are disproportionately involved shootings and murders on in the system. However, these the streets of Lompoc and public servants are surely Santa Maria, resulting in a looking through the wrong end disproportionate number of of the microscope. people of color in our jails. For instance, a recent Grand Maybe our county supes Jury report indicates the should go on a ride-along increased criminality among with city cops and leave their juveniles is ascribed to the rose-colored glasses at home lack of consequences due to as a solution to their woke diminished law enforcement, blindness. yet some supervisors, namely I am of the opinion that Gregg Hart and Das Williams, family cohesion, goodare calling for further paying jobs, youth activities, reductions in our jail capacity. better schools including tech Why? Well, according to the schools and more cops on dopes at the Santa Barbara the streets, not to mention a County Action Network, going faith community that ventures to jail is traumatic to criminals! out from its spiritual ghetto, Who knew? rather than defunding our To their credit, at least, all public safety departments and five supervisors withstood ignoring the crime syndicates some of the demands by these who are driving this bus, are most extreme decarceration the way to go. activists who wanted to cut the sheriff’s budget by a whopping Andy Caldwell is the COLAB $26 million. Nevertheless, executive director and host of something is still lost on these “The Andy Caldwell Show,” policy and decision makers. airing 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays on North County, which has KZSB AM 1290, the News-Press the highest felonious crime radio station.

he Kid’s World playground has to be one of the best ideas ever! Built by local residents in 1993, it continues to be the most popular playground for my sons. I go with my second batch of sons as I did with my first. But one thing has changed. My efforts to encourage a good diet are now threatened by a visit to Kid’s World. I had a two kid tantrum yesterday because the boys demanded the sugary, sticky popsicles sold by multiple vendors at the entrance to Kid’s World. I finally had to drag the boys to the car and leave our favorite playground due to those vendors and their unhealthy products. If I want to treat my sons to ice cream, I can go to McConnell’s or any of the ice cream parlors, but I do not expect unlicensed vendors to blockade the entrance to Kid’s World. They do not pay for a business license or pay taxes so why is the city allowing this? Rowland Lane Anderson Santa Barbara

No reason to change Mission Creek bridge

he realigning of Mission Canyon Road and the bridge over Mission Creek, for the purpose of increased traffic flow, seems to fly in the face of the traffic calming efforts the Santa Barbara City Council has championed in the past. To expend major funding on a sound structure is frivolous. Granted, outside funding may be available for this project, but this funding is still taxpayer money. The refrain, “If we don’t use it, we will lose it,” does not promote the betterment of either the roadway or the aesthetics of Mission Canyon. What is thin, is the City Council’s appreciation for the historic value of this bridge, the stegosaurus wall and their surrounding character and significance. Gary Christiansen Santa Barbara

We need pipelines

he June 4, 2021 protest against the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline by a crowd from Society of Fearless Grandmothers in Santa Barbara leaves one puzzled. Have they not seen what happened when the Colonial Pipeline was hacked? Chaos ensued. We need these pipelines to

support our growing need for power and plastic products. These pipelines are the safest and cleanest ways to transport fuel. There is no other resource. These amateurs are always trying to redesign the power system without any in-depth knowledge of the complicated process involved. They seem to think renewables are the only way to go. Renewable power claims are misleading. Wind power is only available when the wind is blowing and solar power is only available when the sun is shining. And wave power is only available when there are waves. What do we do for power when these things are not there? In the meantime, the power supply must be designed to handle all the power demanded all the time day or night. Let’s use California power needs as an example. California uses the largest amount of power in the U.S. Presently, the peak power used in California is 50 billion watt hours. The promise of about 400 million watt hours from wind power or solar is a drop in the bucket in comparison. In addition, the power needs are growing at about 5 billionwatt hours a year. Wind power and solar power, when operating, are way too puny to even begin to meet these needs. The nuclear power plant at Diablo safely produces 2 billion watt hours of power every hour of the day, rain or shine, day or night, wind or no wind. That is enough power for 2 million homes or 10% of the state’s power. Twenty-five nuclear plants would provide all the power needed for 50 years, day and night. In a very small way, solar, wind and conservation can reduce the amount of fossil fuels, but they are in no way a substitute for our power needs, nor a solution in themselves. They just contribute too little power, and they can have a great impact on the environment. Let’s not forget the enormous amount of power and materials that are needed to manufacture wind turbines and solar power panels. And these sources are not economically viable without extensive government subsidies. Nuclear also needs power to manufacture uranium from the earth, but the power it produces far exceeds that of the renewable sources. In any case, the power grid must be designed to meet our peak power needs of 50 billion watt hours. Even if alternate power could meet those power levels, it would be for only half of the time. For the other half of the time, we would still need fossil or nuclear sources for our power. Just 20 acres are needed per plant instead of the thousands of acres of land needed for alternative power sources. Nuclear plants can be located near the power users so longdistant power lines are not needed as they are to bring power from remote renewable solar and wind sources. Nuclear generators can be

built in many different sizes and located where needed for the user. The new Virginia Class submarines run for 33 years with one nuclear fueling. Our present water shortages could be alleviated by reverse osmosis desal plants powered by small nuclear power plants such as are used on Navy submarines or aircraft carriers. Do we want to become a third world country with power outages half the time? That is what renewables and pipeline shutdowns offer us. The stark reality of the power situation cannot be overcome by demonstrators with signs. Justin M. Ruhge Lompoc Editor’s note: Justin Rughe is a retired physicist, engineer and nuclear studies engineer.

I trust conservative news media

admit it. I am a news junkie. I get my news from radio, from television, from a newspaper and from my computer. I will soon be subscribing to NewsMax magazine, so add magazines to my list. What do my news sources have in common? They are all conservative, and “in my humble opinion,” they can be trusted to tell me the truth. In radio, I had, first and foremost, Rush Limbaugh and now his successors. In television, I have Fox, Fox Business and NewsMax. My newspaper is the NewsPress and especially its Voices section featuring David Limbaugh and James Buckley. On my computer, I have NewsBusters and other conservative news sites. Liberals may say my sources are too one-sided and that I should also listen to, watch and read some news from their side of the aisle too, such as CNN and MSNBC. To them, I say this. I already know what their side is saying, because it is the polar opposite of what I’m listening to, watching, reading and finally and above all, it is the polar opposite of the news that I can trust. James A. Webster Santa Barbara

City College needs stability

he Santa Barbara City College District community supports 3E Equal Opportunity Access to Entry, Enrollment and Employment to our campus. District residents give a vote of confidence to SBCC trustees Haslund, Gallardo, Miller and Parker’s 4-3 vote of 6/25/21 reconfirming the adopted trustee policy of 5/27/21 that allows ALL SBCC district students, the public, and employees access to campus, in-class instruction, learning opportunities, and benefits offered by tax-funded and publicly owned SBCC. The public has increasingly become aware that the Faculty Senate is a militant subset of instructors who use intimidation and disruptive tactics in an effort to take over SBCC from the community’s elected trustees, and the trustees selected a professional president responsible for implementing Board policies, procedures and protocols. SBCC benefitted from stability for 30 years under the leadership of one President Peter MacDougall and a long serving committed Board of Trustees (Lurria, Dobbs, Powell, Livingston, Villegas…) who delivered West Campus and a No. 1 ranking among community colleges. In the last decade, there have been seven presidents subjected to this small subset of disgruntled faculty determined to take control of policy and operations. Now this militant group votes no confidence for newly hired President Utpal Goswami because they do not want to teach on campus when they can be fully paid to stay home. It’s time for faculty focused on instructing students to come out of hiding to file grievances against those in the Faculty Senate and the union leader who bully and intimidate. It’s time to halt paychecks. This community needs SBCC stabilized. Denice Spangler Adams Montecito

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Santa Barbara resident Gary Christiansen sees no reason to spend a lot of money on what he considers the sound Mission Creek bridge.

Editor’s note: Denice Spangler Adams describes herself as a 41year resident of Santa Barbara City College District 1, past foundation director, donor and parent.

Henry Schulte

The author lives in Solvang

We have the right to speak

ave you ever asked yourself how it’s possible that two people can see the same thing so differently? It’s how, in your own head, you know you’re right and how is it possible the other person is so wrong? This is how family arguments, divorce, political discourse and most fights start. It’s also difficult to fathom how some people just can’t get over the notion someone else isn’t seeing things their way to the point they need to shut you up. And because they are so positive, they are right, the other person has to be wrong, they’re evil, and somehow, they have to prevent you from sharing your views I feel privileged that the News-Press has given me the space to express my opinions. I’ve always wanted to be a columnist. But I know it also comes with some risks. Some will like what I write, and some will hate it and others will just shrug their shoulders. But I must have missed the national memo that said only the left is permitted to say and do as they please. To this day, I have had to contend with a very disturbed individual who has the time to type up multiple pages, clip out dozens of articles and download all kinds of nonsense. This is worrisome that someone dedicates that much effort and time to try and intimidate me. This troubled behavior is endemic of what’s happening all across America. I have close family member whose siblings attack, scream and call her all the liberal playbook names to the point the family is completely fractured. This is happening everywhere, and the news is filled with these stories. I place a lot of the blame on former President Donald Trump. President Trump walked to the beat of a different drum. He was about as far away as you can get from being a politician and never had any problem speaking his mind. It’s what made him so popular with the working class of this country. Even though he was a billionaire, he spoke the people’s language and he spoke to the real problems of America: jobs, the border, China and the corruption in Washington. And it was for those reasons, the left launched perhaps the largest witch hunt in American history — and to this day are still after him. This hatred integrated deeply into the progressive mindset. Those who used their fame or political positions were regaled as heroes for speaking up against the political antiChrist. Hereto, more blame needs to be placed on Mr. Trump because he never held back his personal attacks. And again, this is why he was liked even more. All politicians say what they think people want to hear. They never really answer the questions and very rarely follow through on promises. President Trump did all of that and more. So the hatred for him grew exponentially. However, this empowered the socialist liberals and raised their level of attacks well beyond what’s normal behavior. It mushroomed into an almost living, breathing and growing beast. T The so-called “cancel culture” is much more than that. Its effect has become all too powerful to the point where common-sense voices are drowned out for fear of retribution. I’ve said it before. I get praise all the time for speaking my mind and am told to not stop writing. But the people giving the praise say they wish Please see SCHULTE on C4

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The Jan. 6 video coverup

ide and seek should be a game for children, not for ruthless feds. But here we are. An American citizen, innocent until proven guilty, is fighting for his freedom against a government juggernaut hell-bent on framing him as a violent Jan. 6 insurrectionist. One crucial key to clearing his name, his lawyer argues, lies in 30 seconds of a Capitol surveillance video that prosecutors don’t want the public to see. John Steven Anderson, 61, stands accused of “civil disorder,” “assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers,” “disruptive conduct” and other federal felonies related to his presence in a Capitol building tunnel, where police officers pepper-sprayed pro-Trump marchers near the lower west terrace door. Mr. Anderson’s lawyer, Marina Medvin, has battled Swamp attorneys who have designated

video of Mr. Anderson struggling corroborate the charges. The to breathe and seeking help government’s evidence, instead, from cops “highly sensitive” and shows a man approaching police subject to a restrictive protective to seek medical attention after order. being chemically sprayed As Ms. Medvin by a member of the crowd first decried in oral and after being subjected argument in April, to additional chemical “This is not the spray released into the Soviet Union, and the crowd by law enforcement. government does not get The video sought for to control the narrative release, and being blocked of what happens in Michelle Malkin by the government, the courtroom. The establishes Mr. Anderson’s weedlike growth of defense.” the government’s power over Bizarrely, the Deep State public information is outrageous opportunists milking Jan. 6 for and un-American and cannot all its political worth argue that be permitted to continue it would be a danger to national unchecked.” security to allow Mr. Anderson, In a written motion filed the media and the public to last month seeking to free the have access to the 30-second 30-second video clip, Medvin exculpatory clip at issue. asserted: “While John Anderson In response to Ms. Medvin’s is charged with assaulting and motion, the government cites impeding police officers, and the so-called mosaic theory to theft of government property, justify protecting video footage amongst other accusations, the from the Capitol police force’s government’s evidence fails to closed-circuit video system.

Every individual piece of video evidence must be protected from disclosure, the prosecutors’ argument goes, to prevent nefarious operatives from piecing together in aggregate the exact locations of the entire vast network of cameras. The problem, of course, is that the FBI, prosecutors, anti-Trump Democrat impeachment leaders and their water-carriers in the liberal corporate media have all selectively leaked, published and hyped several other key videos when it suits their narrative purposes. “The government has made Capitol CCTV video public when it bolsters or conveniences their case,” Ms. Medvin pointed out. “The government has already utilized CCTV video in their prosecution of Julian Khater and George Tanios, two Jan. 6 Capitol incident defendants, and has made the CCTV footage available to the public.” Moreover, the feds have utilized

still images from CCTV footage multiple times in other public court filings. They released critical footage to Democratic House impeachment managers in a concerted attempt to punish former President Donald Trump. The FBI website blasted Jan. 6 video clips online from all over the Capitol complex in its drag net efforts to drum up public hysteria and hunt more suspects. And every major liberal press operation, from NBC to Buzzfeed to The Washington Post to CNN, has disseminated hundreds of videos that could be pieced together to construct a detailed “mosaic” of the U.S. Capitol security system. (A press coalition of those anti-Trump forces has even intervened in the Anderson case, agreeing that the “highly sensitive” designation of the 30-second clip should be removed and that the government has offered no credible justification for suppressing it.) Please see MALKIN on A2

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Who are the real bullies on race?

s absurd, extreme and reckless as the American left has been on race, and despite growing public disapproval of their antics, they are doubling down rather than pulling back. On the Fourth of July, Utah’s Black Lives Matter chapter described the American flag as “a symbol of hatred.” “When we Black Americans see this flag we know the person flying it is not safe to be around,” it declared. “When we see this flag, we know the person flying it is a racist. When we see this flag we know that the person flying it lives in a different America than we do. When we see this flag, we question your intelligence. We know to avoid you. It is a symbol of hatred.” Lex Scott, the chapter’s founder, was hardly sorry when called out on the statement. “Ever since we put up the post, our page has been flooded with hatred from people who fly the flag,” Mr. Scott said. “And we want to thank those people for proving our point.” It seems that all flag-waving patriots are to be lumped in with the Ku Klux Klan, because according to Mr. Scott, the Klan “proudly” waves the flag at their rallies. I’m sure it would never occur to Mr. Scott that her categorical smear smacks of the same type of shameful mindset that drives racism. Mr. Scott’s statements are not representative of the left, you say? Well, how often have you heard a progressive condemn or even mildly criticize Black Lives Matter? Have you ever heard one criticize its Marxist roots? Aren’t you more likely to see leftists defending the organization and imploring us to understand its genuine grievances? It’s not just Black Lives Matter— not by a long shot. Pretty much the entire leftist freight train is steamrolling its way through our cultural, educational and media institutions— even our bar associations — not to stamp out actual racism but to ensure that it thrives, to force people Please see LIMBAUGH on C4

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Big business loves big government

oliticians say they pass laws to “protect Americans from big business.” People like hearing that. Many don’t like big business. Unfortunately, most people don’t realize that those laws often help big business while hurting consumers. “Big business and big government are not enemies like a lot of people think they are,” says American Enterprise Institute fellow Tim Carney in my new video. “When government gets bigger, whether it’s through spending or taxes or regulation, the big guys, big business benefits.” Consider the $15 minimum wage. People think of that law as pro-worker. But big companies like Walmart, Costco and Amazon lobby in favor of it. Why? Because big business can afford robots. Their competitors often cannot. “Capitalism is a cutthroat thing,” Mr. Carney said. “But this isn’t capitalism. When you turn to government to regulate your competitors out of business,

that’s where we need to say this is outlawed handmade toys.” wrong.” After small toymakers “Maybe you’re too cynical,” I screamed about that, Congress suggested. “Maybe (Amazon boss) exempted toymakers that make Bezos really just does want people fewer than 7,500 toys per year. So to be paid more.” small toymakers must stay small. “If Jeff Bezos wants people “Maybe what (Mattel) did,” to be paid more,” Mr. Carney said Mr. Carney, “is say, ‘This is responded, “he can our opportunity through pay people more! But regulation to kill some of what Bezos is trying to our competitors!’” do is outlaw competing Facebook tries to do that, business practices.” too. He’s not alone. At an international When the big conference, Facebook toymaker Mattel was founder Mark Zuckerberg caught selling toys said, “We don’t want John Stossel that contained lead, its private companies making lobbyists got Congress so many decisions about to force all toymakers to do how to balance social equities expensive lead testing. without a more democratic That sounds like they just want process.” to protect children, I told Mr. In other words: “Government, Carney. please regulate all of us.” “If you’re trying to test 1,000 That sounds noble. Barbie dolls,” he replied, “that Mr. Carney points out the catch. might be fairly efficient. But if “He’s calling for a mandate that you are a grandpa making little platforms impose some sort of wooden handmade toys, you’d artificial intelligence to weed out have to hire some third-party misinformation or hate speech. tester. That could cost you $1,000, Facebook can afford that, but and you’re not going to sell your Zuckerberg’s smaller competitors wooden toy for $1,000. It effectively (like Odysee, Rumble, Parler)

... would struggle to pay the thousands of content moderators and the expensive artificial intelligence that Congress may require. New social media sites may never even start.” That last sentence is a key point that we often miss. “Regulation doesn’t just kill existing businesses,” Mr. Carney said. “It keeps new businesses from ever entering.” Big business has always pushed for regulation. More than 100 years ago, Henry Heinz, founder of Heinz Ketchup, started using refrigerated rail cars because, said Mr. Carney, “he could get fresher tomatoes, and therefore he could make a ketchup that didn’t rely on sodium benzoate as an artificial preservative.” “Everybody loved Heinz ketchup, and it rose up to be about half of the market,” Mr. Carney continued. “But sometimes people who are half of the market want to be all the market. So Heinz himself started lobbying to outlaw sodium benzoate.” Sodium benzoate is a

preservative that Heinz’s competitors used. Heinz claimed it wasn’t safe, but it is safe. It’s still used in Sprite, Jell-O KoolAid Gels and other foods. Henry Heinz almost got those products banned, Mr. Carney said. “He almost got Teddy Roosevelt on board, which would have outlawed all of his competition. Sometimes businessmen hate nothing more than competition.” Not “sometimes.” Usually. Almost all businesses hate competition. But competition is what helps us consumers most. When big government colludes with big business to kill competition, we all pay the price. John Stossel 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.

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to obsess on it as much as they do and to divide us as a people along racial lines. A friend’s son was given an assignment in a university writing class requiring him, essentially, to explain why white people are privileged and bad. You can nitpick over my words, but you’ve surely heard similar stories. But be careful that you don’t confirm that you’ve heard of such experiences lest you be accused of “white fragility” — you know, the unwillingness to condemn yourself as a racist for what others may or may not have done, and your audacity in disputing the narrative. Just imagine being wrongly accused of one of the most egregious sins imaginable and lifting one of your pinkies in selfdefense. How dare you! Consider a less anecdotal example. American Federation of Teachers president Randi

Weingarten asserted that many GOP legislators “are bullying teachers (on the subject of race) and trying to stop us from teaching students accurate history.” She shared her views during a livestreamed conference billed as “How to Be an Antiracist.” This teacher’s union has some 1.7 million members, incidentally. Illustrating her formidable skill at projection, she allowed that these Republicans might just be trying to “raise the temperature on race relations because of the next election.” Even more delusionally, she claimed that “culture warriors are labeling any discussion of race, racism or discrimination as (critical race theory) to try to make it toxic” — as if conservatives launched the so-called culture wars, and as if we are the ones toxifying society through endless, fraudulent stereotypical racial smears. Apparently, Weingarten is outraged that 26 states — so far — have introduced bills or taken other action to limit or ban the

teaching of critical race theory in public schools. She’s not alone. The National Education Association just passed a resolution to “fight back against anti-CRT rhetoric.” The stated intent of the broader resolution — New Business Item 39 — is to share and publicize research that “critiques empire, white supremacy, anti-Blackness, antiIndigeneity, racism, patriarchy, cisheteropatriarchy, capitalism, ableism, anthropocentrism, and other forms of power and oppression at the intersections of our society.” Orwell was obviously a piker. The NEA also allocated $56,500 to “research organizations attacking educators doing antiracist work.” And they want to talk to us about bullying? These progressive educators don’t think it’s appropriate for parents to stand up against teaching ideas euphemistically dressed up as “accurate history” even though poll after poll shows that a strong majority of Americans

have a negative view of critical race theory? I’m old enough — actually, my kids are old enough — to remember when our society overwhelmingly embraced Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream that all people be judged by the content of the character rather than the color of their skin. How far we’ve descended. Don’t be bullied by those seeking to intimidate you with false charges of racism from standing up for your children, for accurate history and for promoting the laudatory goal of seeing and treating people of all races as individuals made in God’s image. David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His latest book is “Guilty by Reason of Insanity: Why the Democrats Must Not Win.” Follow him on Twitter @ davidlimbaugh and at www. davidlimbaugh.com. To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www. creators.com.

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Continued from Page C1 country, and what universal good can be gained from it, except for those standing by wanting and waiting for America to fail? Santa Barbara Unified School District just released that the Hispanic students have the lowest test scores. We must join with our Hispanic friends and colleagues who have their children in our failing schools to demand that teaching be focused on the vital skills for future success in life. And to remove extraneous political social issues that are the province of parents and families to teach their children. The focus on gender neutral pronouns (is that even possible as a descriptor?) overboard sexual education, and CRT is diluting the foundations of a basic decent education. The dearth of qualified teachers may also contribute to the lack of good instruction. If a student can read, a student has the building blocks to achieve what they want and learn what they want. The schools should focus on reading, writing and arithmetic instead of reading, writing and racism. If you think this is only in the education system, look around and do some of your own critical

thinking. Why all this emphasis on privilege? And by whose definition of/is privilege? Even corporations are following the marching orders, as they chase the government contracts. For instance, Raytheon, whose operation exists because of government contracts, now engages CRT training for its employees. The U.S. Air Force followed suit. Are we being taken down from within, while we sleep at the wheel? We must stand up and push back if we value our way of life and our country. “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor never the tormented.” — Elie Wiesel Speaking of our way of life and protecting our environment, 711 N. Milpas St. is now addressed as 701 N. Milpas. The four-story mixed use housing project returns to the Santa Barbara Planning Commission at 1 p.m. Thursday. The developers are seeking approval for more “revision”’ on an already approved project after their “deal” with the city. (Once again the city cowers so it isn’t threatened with litigation). Our sacrifice and tradeoff for their generous offer of 16

“moderate-income affordable” units is that they are allowed to increase the project from 76 units to 82 and to increase their size-bulk and scale of an already gargantuan four-story building. Mind you, this is in an area of one- and two-story buildings that do not obstruct the precious view of the Riviera. We aren’t really sure how high the development is as the requested increase in height is not stated on the mailed notice. Current height is also absent. We wager those six additional units will be penthouse apartments with Riviera and ocean views. Don’t forget the city of Santa Barbara already gave the developers the 800 block of East Ortega Sreet for their parking. Imagine if the city gave you a street to augment your parking needs. For free! What are the land costs in Santa Barbara? Kudos to all the concerned neighbors and citizens who didn’t give up the fight and stayed vigilant to preserve their Milpas neighborhood. The architectural design did change from modern to Spanish Mediterranean style, and parking increased by 44 spaces. We can all make a difference by speaking up. If the developers would demand that their architects meet and genuinely communicate with the neighbors, so that their buildings would fit

the area concerning size-bulk and scale of projects; we suspect money in architectural plans and time would be saved. Why build so high? Why not share the views and the sky with everyone? The developers could accomplish this preservation, if they were not so bent on making their fiscal return so rapidly. Two of the seven members of Planning Commission who will vote on this project, which will bring great changes to Milpas Street, are also running for City Council in November: Deborah Schwartz and Barrett Reed. This may give us a preview of the direction City Council will take after the election. Our question this week — to the candidates running for City Council and mayor this November — “Considering the amount of litigation involving city employees, the time and the expense, how would you handle intimidation, bullying, retaliation and vindictive actions by a city employee?” Think about it.

5.0%; Georgia-governor-R, 4.1%; North Carolina-R, 4.8%; Michigan-D, 5.0%. The rates in the five Republican states, which opened quickly, averaged 5.06%, including Texas, where the rate decreased from 12.9% in April 2020 and would have been less without the open southern border. The rates in the five Democratic states (governors slowed openings) averaged 37% higher than the Republican states at 6.94%. The three states with the highest unemployment rates were controlled by Democrats: Hawaii (8.0%), New Mexico (8.0%) and California (7.9%). The states with the lowest rates were Republican-controlled New Hampshire (2.5%), Republicancontrolled Nebraska (2.6%) and Democratic-controlled Vermont (2.6%), with only Vermont (population 627,230) breaking

into the bottom eight. 3. Prevent future problems. My experience is that being able to support yourself and family is crucial, but equally as important is the self-satisfaction of providing value as an employee rather than just receiving a government check for breathing. A return to the pre-COVID polices of the former president will eliminate the “root causes.” The Republican states have, and are, demonstrating that employers will hire when permitted by the states. The caveat is all bets are off if the Biden administration continues to penalize businesses by increasing the cost of the regulations, energy and wages. Hence, the biggest risk is the federal and states failing to follow the data indicating DO NOT PASS ANY NEW LEGISLATION. In the words of John Anderson: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. If it’s mixed, don’t try to mix it “Think before you speak, and look before you leap.”

America really changed last year for the worse SCHULTE

Continued from Page C2 they could express their views but fear for their jobs, their businesses or, as in my case, your life threatened purely because you said something someone else didn’t like. I firmly believe there’s more of us than there are of these crazy leftists. But even those who do speak up, their voices are not permitted to be communicated through the Internet, on the news or in print. All avenues to express contrary thought are cut off. And so, all you hear is what social media, the majority of newspapers (propaganda rags, not the News-Press) and the Internet want you to hear and see. This should be pretty damn frightening to everyone because it circles back to China shutting down what they considered was the last bit of truthful information the Chinese people had access to. America really changed last year for the worse at an alarming rate. It’s on a bullet train to rid us of free speech and close our open society and turn us into a shut up and do-as-you’re-told,

government-dependent nation. Those regimes exist on the planet and the people living there are miserable. I’m pretty sure most Americans don’t want that kind of society, but you’re getting it, and it is growing roots deeper and deeper into our culture and government. And we’re accepting it. We can never allow things to get to the point where you are being told what you can and can’t say, other than with the intention of doing harm. I’ve written about this topic before, and I’ll likely address it again because it’s so critical to keeping America, America. We cannot allow one side to shut another one up. So I reach out with an olive branch to my anonymous “friend,” who isn’t so anonymous anymore. And considering we’re practically neighbors, maybe we can get together over a cup of coffee and discuss the issues like the entire country should be doing. Politics should never reach the level of hatred we now see in what is called the UNITED States of America, not the divided states of America. The left needs to chill out. You cheated, you won. Let it go.

“In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures.” — Frank Gehry Bonnie Donovan writes the “Did You Know?” column in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section.

Corporate tax cut boosted economy BUCKLEY

Continued from Page C1 without any kind of confirmation. What he did say during the 2016 campaign was that Sen. McCain was not a hero because he was captured. I reiterate, Sen. McCain was indeed a hero, but earlier Sen. McCain had referred to President Trump as “one of the crazies,” and Mr. Trump shot back with one of his many unfortunate “counterpunches.” 4) Please don’t try to continue with this ridiculous notion that “the facts show” that Obama policies “were already pulling us out of the ‘great recession.’” The reduction in the corporate tax rate was a shot in the arm for the economy, as were many of the other items in President Trump’s tax bill. Democrats are quite good at blaming the previous guy for all the wrongs they fail to right. They were still blaming President George W. Bush after eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency. FDR, in collusion with segregationist Southern Democrats kept the U.S. in a state of depression for a decade through their boneheaded socialist-

oriented policies (President Roosevelt’s vice president from 1941 to 1945 was Henry Wallace, an avowed Socialist). To this day American school children learn how the great FDR “pulled the U.S. out of the Great Depression,” and guess who gets all the blame? The guy who came before FDR: Herbert Hoover. It was World War II and only World War II that brought the U.S. out of the Depression, though credit where credit is due: FDR was a fine wartime president. And now, the cognitively impaired Joe Biden, after barely four months in office and thanks to President Trump’s Warp Speed vaccine initiative, is bringing prosperity back to America. Yeah, right. Copy that, lieutenant. 5) “Corporations hoarded their wealth?” Have you ever had a corporation? I’m sorry, I don’t mean to be unkind, but that is a silly statement. 6) And, yes, President Trump has re-invigorated the American spirit and yes, I am proud of that spirit. Your letter begins reasonably enough, but then you throw out the same tired and false accusations that are always thrown around by the Democratic Party. Give me the name of your

so-called white supremacistsupporting Republican. There are none that I know of. What “assault” on voting rights? Change the wording to “protecting the integrity of the vote,” and you have what’s really going on. What “insurrection for the gaining of illegitimate power?” There was no “insurrection,” though President Trump’s rally on Jan. 6 was a really bad idea. Who cares about Qanon one way or the other? “Anti-vaxers” are all over the political spectrum, with their main base being in Hollywood. And, who cares? Don’t people have a right to choose not to be vaccinated? How many Proud Boys are there? Whoever heard of them until the press glommed on to a group of men willing to take on Antifa and BLM bullies and rioters? “Heavy-handed assaults on those guarding our hallowed Capitol on a day of infamy?” One person was shot, apparently by a Washington D.C. policeman and she – Ashli Babbitt – was a Trump supporter. Threats? Where do you get all this stuff? Is it U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, telling her followers to “get in their face?” Or

Mr. Obama suggesting bringing a gun to a knife fight? I don’t know, but it’s ugly and untrue about Mr. Trump and his supporters. All 75 million of us. 7) U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., seems like a decent enough woman but she’s part of the Bush crowd, and they’ll never get over what Mr. Trump did to Jeb Bush’s presidential ambitions. And finally, you call me a hater, when I simply want to be part of a dialogue about what’s best for the U.S. Most of us Trump supporters can see his flaws and they are many, but he is also the first guy to come along in a long time to stand up for what he and his supporters believe is a better path for America. While I appreciate the peace and quiet we’re experiencing from a dishonest press and this stumbling, mumbling president, he is to me a symbol of all that’s gone wrong for the past 30 years or so. And, thank you for your letter, though I do wish it were kinder and gentler. James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes your comments at voices@ newspress.com.

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“Surely,” Ms. Medvin pleaded, “Mr. Anderson should not be prejudiced by the continued veil of secrecy over the video sought for release in his case simply because in this case the government does not feel the release is advantageous to their legal position. The government’s contradictory position in John Anderson’s case to their utilization of CCTV video in the cases of Julian Khater and George Tanios gives the government control over the defense and creates a disparity between the parties standing before this court, rendering the defense an inferior party to the prosecution; all the while, the two parties are to stand before the court as equals ... In Mr. Anderson’s case, the government is attempting to conceal video favorable to the

defense to protect their unjust prosecution and to continue to unilaterally control the public narrative. Why should this be permitted?” Why indeed? It’s increasingly difficult to celebrate America’s independence and its purported freedoms when such brazen injustices are committed with impunity in the nation’s capital. Land of the free? LOL. How about: Free the Jan. 6 tapes. Not just Mr. Anderson’s 30 seconds, but all 14,000-plus hours of them. 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.