Santa Barbara News-Press: November 22, 2020

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“I think it’s the only thing that will ever get things back to normal.”

“I obviously wouldn’t take it if other people weren’t. I’d wait to see if it actually helped out.”

“I feel like it still seems like it’s a long way away. It’s not going to happen tomorrow.”

“We still need more time to know more results and have more test subjects.”

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A joint U.S.-European satellite built to monitor global sea levels lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E Saturday morning at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Jolts were felt throughout Santa

Barbara County when the satellite was launched at approximately 9:17 a.m. local time.

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the first of two identical satellites to head into Earth orbit five years apart to continue sea level observations for at least the Please see LAUNCH on A8 A joint U.S.European satellite built to monitor global sea levels lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E Saturday morning at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

State St. visitors share thoughts on COVID-19 vaccines

By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Will Santa Barbara County have a COVID-19 vaccination by the end of the year?

County Public Health Officer Dr. Henning Ansorg expects not one vaccine, but two, and maybe even the roll out of the first batch before 2020’s conclusion.

While the future of the vaccinations is dependent on their side effects before they can be distributed, it’s likely that there is, in fact, a light at the end of the tunnel.

The top two vaccines in the running are the Pfizer vaccine, which was reported to be more than 90% effective, and the Moderna vaccine, which was reported to be 94.5% effective.

The downside of the Pfizer vaccine is that it requires special freezers to be stored at -94 degrees Fahrenheit.

On Saturday, locals and visitors of downtown State Street provided reactions to the news of potential COVID-19 vaccines.

Most of them expressed excitement for the distribution, but skepticism of its effectiveness in these early stages.

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City pilots program to reduce homeless encampments

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While the statewide guidance for California city officials to avoid breaking up homeless encampments during the pandemic is still in place, Santa Barbara city officials have piloted a program to reduce homeless encampments in the community.

Last week, city staff posted several dozens of “No camping” signs around the waterfront area and in Chase Palm Park.

The signs read: “Unlawful area to camp. All unattended items will be removed daily. Items with no apparent value in the area will be taken to the county landfill for disposal. Items of value will be stored by the city and may be claimed during business hours for 90 days by calling 805-564-5558.

After 90 days, the items of value

will be disposed of.”

René Eyerly, the environmental services manager for the city, said it’s part of “concentrated management” of encampments.

“This (the waterfront) was an area where we were seeing encampments continuing to grow and having more interaction with the public, so that was the decision to try this approach down there for the next 90 days,” Ms. Eyerly told the News-Press. “We are starting to see some increase in numbers in our encampments again.”

While she said it’s challenging to accurately quantify the increase, there’s a concern that as the pandemic and economic challenges continue, the number of unhoused will grow.

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South Coast Chamber of Commerce Forest Service extends announces plan to reinvigorateChuck’s economyWaterfront Grill state-wide campsite and Endless Summer Bar and picnic area closures Cafe close permanently

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with an initial focus on the business district, address business to serve the whole region. downtown core. retention and support the current There will be an informational The committee is made up small business community. survey conducted to gain input The Santa Barbara South of 12 business leaders active in The initiative bridges private from the community, and the Coast Chamber of Commerce their communities, from Goleta and public entities, and is results will be shared in the announced its first initiative as a to Carpinteria. It approved independent of any one interest. coming weeks. The venture is merged organization — a plan to a business recruitment and The committee will gain insight funded by the chamber, along with reinvigorate the economy. retention plan developed by local from city planners and officials, the city of Santa Barbara, Visit By JOSH GREGAand the Better CHRISTIAN WHITTLE Brekkies by Chomp, and Mortensen’s Danish Bakery. bara Front Country and access roads. business Its Economic Development Keith Higbee of Strategic Growth trails commercial realtors, Santa Barbara NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER WS-PRESS STAFF WRITER The initial lease for the Chuck’s and Endless Sum“What we’re seeing a lot of folks are doing is Committee aims to support long & Ventures and small business owners and leaders, developers, Together Fund. up alongside of the road and go10 years with four, options to term economic vitality, job growth advocate Amy they’re Cooper,driving owner of nonprofit partners andjust more.

To learn more, visit https:// Š 2020 Ashleigh Brilliant,mer 117 W.property Valerio SantaisBarbara CA 93101 (catalog $5).five-year www.ashleighbrilliant.com More than 20 years after they first opened, Chuck’s extend the term of the lease.

Developed recreation sites in California will re- ing for hikes up there. That’s ok.

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They will also focus onorder the future goletachamber.com/economicWaterfront Grill and The Endless Summer Bar CafĂŠ are in closed through Mayto15 after the USDA For- willagainst The chamber hopes take The plan recruithiking a diverse of State Street and how to create development/. trails,â€? said Andew Madsen, U.S. ForMr. Petersen is inheriting the existing lease with Service issued an order extending the an action-oriented approach to mixclosures of entities est to repopulate Service spokesman.a thriving district that will extend permanently closed. On the morning of April 30 the wa- only the four, five-year options remaining, with an restaurant announced its closure with a fare- average seasonally adjusted base rent of $23,585 per ursday. accelerating economic recovery, downtown Santa“We Barbara’s coreto make email: gmccormick@newspress.com beyond confines of State Street terfront just want sure ifthe people go out they’re well post on its Instagram account.

The order was issued for the entire Pacific South- safely spaced between one another. If you get to a month.

The post read, “It is with heavy hearts that we anst Region and its 18 National Forests, which in- trailhead and there’s just too many cars there, you Though Mr. Petersen plans to continue running All employees contractors nounce we have and closed our doors for good. Thank you Chuck’s and Endless Summer in line with its current des the Los Padres National Forest. should find a different area to go to as opposed to tryrequired tosupport. submit toThe theirmemories will never be for are your constant The initial closure order went into effect March 26 ing to get in.� operation for a time, the restaurant has upgrades temperature and a health forgotten.� d was set to expire April 30.

As state and local responses to the coronavirus questionnaire prior to entering chaos the due to the COV- planned for around the fall. According to the agenda, Despite the current economic t applied to recreational use areas such as camp- pandemic continue to evolve, the Forest Service felt under Mr. Petersen’s business plan the second floor of facility.

LOMPOC — The Lompoc ID-19In pandemic, thestaff prospect of Chuck’s and Endless the establishment will be converted into a traditional unds, day use sites and picnic areas. that the situation warranted a two week extension of this case, the was tested Beautification & Appearance Summer operation dates back to before the out- deli cafÊ focused All The order was issued to discourage large gather- the closures, said Mr. Madsen.

Wine Bottles on sandwiches, soups, and salads, as partceasing of the contract employer’s Commission is now accepting break.

According to the agenda of a March 24 Santa Bars of people and promote safe social distancing of regularly scheduled, preemptive “At the end of that they’ll evaluate and see26th where with a gourmet grocery areaDining selling Only) wine, beer, and (Outdoor nominations for its annual bara City Council meeting in which assignment of the prepackaged foods. For evenings, the second floor will ying more than six feet apart. testing procedures.

Two additional we’re at and whether or not we’reDecoration going to continue Holiday Contest. contract staff were but were was the first item, have a full bar and a718 restaurant’s lease to atested, new operator n the Santa Barbara Ranger District, 12 camp- as we need it,� said Mr. Madsen.

The commission will only dinner menu focusing on “adult State Street negative, authorities said.

Chuck’s and Endless Summer co-owner Steve Hyslop food and beverages.� unds and picnic areas will remain closed, includconsider Lompoc “This order can be rescinded atnominations any time. If of local Santa Barbara, Ca 93101 Contract tracing determined informed the Waterfront Department of his desire to the Fremont campground and White Rock and health officials say it lookshouses, businesses like theapartments, sky has cleared up The restaurant’s ground floor is proposed to be simno probation staff or youth were and other For buildings withwe outdoorsell the establishment in August 2019. d Rock picnic areas.

770-8479 • apnasb.com we can rescind the order tomorrow. right now, ilar to Mr.(805) Petersen’s Chomp restaurants.

Its menu of in contact with the contractor, decorations inside After receiving the department’s lease assignment The order Thursday does not add to the closures don’t want to extend it outholiday too far. burgers, fries, andfree shakes will cater to families, 75 min parking (2 mins walk Lot young 10) officials said.

Lompoc city limits. requirements, Mr. Hyslop began searching for a new adults, and retirees, and for evenings will be converted eady in place for Santa Barbara. While other ar“We just want to make sure in winners the nextwill couple of Prize be selected Lunch Dinner Catering buyer and ultimately found itWhite in businessman Aaron to a “dinner type atmosphere.� s like the Monterey Ranger District have closed weeks as we monitor what’s going on that we are tak—- Mitchell by the commission judges, with Petersen, who operates a number of restaurants in Solilheads and forest roads, locals will still have ac- ing the appropriate steps along with our state and viewing starting at 5:30 p.m. Dec. vang including Chomp, The Coffee House by Chomp, email: jgrega@newspress.com s to the many Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Bar- local partners.�

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All nominees are asked to turn on their holiday lights before judging.

SANTA MARIA — The city Nominations must be of Santa Maria Recreation and submitted by noon on Dec. 15.

Parks Department is holding two Call Kathleen at 805-875-8034 or drive-in holiday bingo events at email her at k_forbes@ci.lompoc. the Elwin Mussell Center, at 510 ca.us providing the address of the E. Park Ave. nominee to make a nomination.

The events are free to the public and will feature a variety — Grayce McCormick of festive holiday prizes and a few yuletide surprises.

The holiday bingo scheduled COUNTY AGES COUNTY CITIES COUNTY CASES CA. fromA 10 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 11 is for 0-17 21 AT SOUTH UNINCORP. 22 community members ages 50 and GLANCE 18-29 84 SANTA BARBARA 57 older.

CONFIRMED OVERALL 30-49 183 GOLETA 7 The family holiday bingo 50-69 167 ISLA VISTA 1 planned for 1 to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 12 is SANTA MARIA — Santa 70-PLUS 41 CASES OVERALL THURS.age 5 for all ages, and all /children GOLETA VLY/GAVIOTA 13 Barbara County Chief Probation ANNOUNCED THURSDAY and older will receive a bingo card.

SANTA YNEZ VALLEY 5 Officer Tanja Heitman The events are designed to LOMPOC 84 COUNTY announcedSTATUS Friday night that a Lic #0791317 DEATHS OVERALL / THURS. encourage community members LOMPOC FED. PRISON 106 ATcontract HOME employee assigned 75 to to safely celebrate the holiday 5276 Hollister Avenue, Suite 108 Santa Barbara TESTS TO DATE SANTA MARIA 135 the Santa Maria Juvenile Hall RECOVERED 376 TOP 3 IN COUNTIES season from the comfort and ORCUTT 36 has tested positive for COVID-19.

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GOLETA — One person was injured after a vehicle crashed into a fire hydrant early Saturday near the intersection of Colusa and Madera drives in Goleta, authorities WS-PRESS STAFFsaid.

REPORT The crash was reported around 2:05 a.m. Saturday. Santa Barbara nCounty a dramatic change after a Fire Department crews dnesday night memo from the responded and found one person lifornia Police Chiefsinjuries, Associasuffering from minor n said indicated that Gov. Newsom Capt. Danieli Bertucelli, fire spokesman. uld be closing all beaches and Waterthe wasgovernor shut off and traffic te parks, indicated were in place for a t restrictions only beaches in Orange County time after the crash. uld be suffering that fate.

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Rep. Carbajal holds Citizenship Recognition Ceremony

By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

In the fourth annual Citizenship Recognition Ceremony, Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, honored 102 new United States citizens on the Central Coast.

The ceremony, held via Zoom on Saturday morning, began with a recording of the National Anthem sung by Milanea Espinoza, a Santa Maria resident.

Then, Rep. Carbajal congratulated everyone on achieving their U.S. Citizenship, sharing the importance of freedom and equality values, as well as the diversity and culture they bring to the nation.

In addition, he shared his own story of becoming a U.S. Citizen.

He recognized each new citizen with a Certificate from the United States Congress in honor of their citizenship.

The following Central Coast residents received certificates: Maria Rojas Contreras, Bertha Villaseñor Arias, María

Irene Medina De Pérez, Berenice Aguilera, Josefina Vázquez, Lizbeth Franco Guzmán, Francisca Salazar, Evelia Jiménez, Alfredo Vázquez Sánchez, María Teresa Díaz Grimaldo, Cristina Luna Ríos, María Anita Rogel De Martínez, Belen Ramírez Garduno, Soledad Fonseca De Soto, Miguel Díaz Arredondo, Antonio Martínez Ortiz, Jose Federico Vázquez Ramírez, Alvaro Enrique Alvarado Ramos, Cecilia Miranda Rodríguez, Lourdes Alcantar, Nancy Basulto, María Pérez Luevanos, J. Carmen Luevanos Ybarra, Josefina Gutierrez Gaona, Pablo Valencia Ayala, Ismael Chavez García, Carlos Salinas, Marina Ines Guerrero Estrada, Jose Manuel Pérez Cortéz, Verónica Medina, Rosa Isela Aguirre De Montes, Luz Del Carmen Sotomayor Díaz, María C. Villalobos Navarro, Anai González Villagomez, Eva Alvarado Santacruz, Jose Antonio Vázquez Castañeda, Celia Silva Barajas, Dennex Torres Lazaro, Edith Georgina Lagunas Gancedo, Javier Zepeda Zepeda, Gerardo Cadena Facio, Santiago Guerrero Lozano, Juan Eduardo Vázquez Vázquez, María

Yvette Arias-Vázquez, Ramón Jiménez Rosales, María Eva Hilario, Eusebio Delgado Soto, María Irene Medina de Pérez, Daniel Díaz Calderon, Noel Morales, Candelaria García, Albertina Cardona, José Carlos Cardona Monroy, Yessenia Ramírez Aparicio, José Manual Montes Zepeda, María Anita Romero, Gokhan Filiz, Adalisia López De Alvarado, Jennifer Ramírez Aparicio, Armando García Jiménez, Alejandro Rodríguez Espinoza, José Alfredo Benitez Saavedra, Lourdes López García, Ana Isabel Loyola Muriel, Jorge Flores Ortega, Matias Peña García, Carolina Cárdenas de Pérez, Domitila Manzo Muratalla, Abraham Rodríguez Vázquez, Pedro Alberto Guerra Ruíz, Carlos Alberto León, Gustavo Muratalla, Luis Fernando Martínez Sardeneta, Flor Gantes, Concepción Horton, José Luis Castro Franco, Angel Torres Reyes, María Christina Solorio Flores, Mirna Seijas, Rosa Otilia De la Cruz Martinez, Maria J Barboza Ramirez, Filemón Becerra Alonso, Emy Rosales Linares, Guadalupe Zenaido Cortéz Jiménez, Azusena Zarate, Virginia

Rubalcava Blanco, Heriberto Rubalcava García, Mónica Alvarado Navarrete, Angelina Galvez Ceja, Guadalupe Galvez, José Galvez Villa, Elsa Gloria López Cerrano, Paula Alonso, Marisol García Garibai, Maria Cruz Díaz, Maria Elena Ibarra, Andrea Gamiz, José Luis Rea Rosas, Ana Rosa Meza Villegas and Felicitas Aguilar de Torres.

Rep. Carbajal said he understands what the immigraiton process feels like and what people must go through in order to achieve citizenship, such as studying for the civics exam, learning English and more.

Finally, he highlighted one of his staff members, Rita Casaverde, who became a citizen last year and is now working on immigration casework among other issue areas in his office.

Approximately 10,000 new people from 64 different countries became U.S. Citizens once a month in the Los Angeles region, from San Luis Obispo County to San Diego County. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

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Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, honored 102 new United States citizens on the Central Coast Saturday morning during the fourth annual Citizenship Recognition Ceremony. The ceremony was held via Zoom.

Goleta completes San Jose Creek channel repairs

By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

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The city of Goleta successfully completed the repair project for a small portion of the San Jose Creek channel. The work included the installation of new articulated concrete mats onto the channel floor consistent with the original channel replacement and fish-passage project completed in 2014.

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The city of Goleta successfully completed the repair project for a small portion of the San Jose Creek channel, representing an important milestone in restoring the damaged portion of the creek.

It is now ready to accommodate winter storm creek flows.

The project began in September, and replaced a portion of the existing channel floor that was damaged in winter storms in 2017 and only temporarily repaired at the end of that year.

The repair project, performed by James C. Cushman Inc. out of Santa Barbara, resulted in permanent repair with the installation of new articulated concrete mats onto the channel floor consistent with the original channel replacement and fish-passage project completed in 2014.

There was minimal impact to the community as well.

In addition, the city adopted its first ever Creek and Watershed Management Plan after hearing public comment, holding public workshops and meeting with various committees.

The CWMP includes detailed information on the dozen creeks that run through the community, identifies impairments to these creeks and outlines programs and specific future actions to address identified impairments.

The plan also outlines the best practices to provide habitat for fish and wildlife, accommodate wildlife movement corridors, convey stormwater runoff and floodwaters and furnish open spaces and passive recreational areas for city residents.

To learn more about it, visit https://tinyurl.com/ GoletaCWMP. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

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Six Westmont cross country runners were recently named Golden State Athletic Conference Scholar-Athletes.

Four runners on the men’s team, including Danny Rubin, John Baker, Chris Hanessian and Jason Peterson earned honors, as did Abigail Stadtlander and Alexa Gatiss for the women’s team.

Rubin (3.96 GPA, biology) of Carlsbad and Baker (3.73 GPA, kinesiology) of St. Helena, both sophomores, received the honor for the first time in their first year of eligibility.

Hanessian (3.70 GPA), a senior psychology major from Simi Valley, earned GSAC ScholarAthlete honors for the first time after he was unable to receive the conference award last year having just transferred from Moorpark City College. He was still recognized as an NAIA ScholarAthlete in 2019-20, his first year as a Warrior, officials said.

Peterson (3.67 GPA) and Stadtlander (3.87 GPA), both juniors were named GSAC Scholar-Athletes for the secondstraight year. Peterson is an economics and business major from Santa Barbara, while Stadtlander, an art major, is a native of Boise, Idaho.

Gatiss (3.55 GPA), a sophomore economics and business major, earned the honor in the first year she was eligible for the award.

The Campbell native also plays volleyball for the Warriors.

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Above left, John Baker, 3.73 GPA, kinesiology, a sophomore, was named Golden State Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete for the first time this year. Above right, fellow sophomore Danny Rubin, 3.96 GPA, biology, also earned the honor in his first year of eligibility.

to receive the award if they are a sophomore, junior or senior academically and have been at their institution for at least a year, while possessing a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher. A total of 19 men in the conference received the honor this year, as did an additional 21 women.

The academic awards come after a successful GSAC Championship for the Westmont teams, with seven Warriors earning All-Conference honors and both Westmont teams placing second.

Cross country was the only GSAC sport to not get postponed until the spring, meaning these six Warriors are the only Westmont student-athletes who will be recognized this fall as GSAC Scholar-Athletes.

Women’s cross country has posted the highest team GPA of any Westmont athletics program for at least the past four years.

The team has also been named an NAIA Scholar Team for seven straight years.

That streak of accumulating a team GPA of at least 3.0 for a given academic year is tied for the school record, along with women’s track & field, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball. Men’s cross country has earned NAIA Scholar Team honors in each of the past four years.

Four runners on the men’s team, including Danny Rubin, John Baker, Chris Hanessian and Jason Peterson earned honors, as did Abigail Stadtlander and Alexa Gatiss for the women’s team.

Alexa Gatiss, 3.55 GPA, a sophomore economics and business major, earned the honor in the first year she was eligible for the award. She also plays volleyball at Westmont.

Westmont men’s, ranked No. 23, and women’s, ranked No. 24, cross country were both ranked in the latest NAIA Coaches’ Poll released on Thursday morning. The Warriors are scheduled to compete in The Mustang Challenge on Jan. 16 in Santa Clarita, as the teams prepare for the NAIA National Championships in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on April 9.

Both Westmont cross country teams will hope to receive an atlarge berth to nationals, but Mitch Groff, Anneline Breytenbach and Madden Hundley have already qualified as individuals based on their performance at the GSAC Championship on Nov. 7. email: mwhite@newspress.com

Senior Chris Hanessian, 3.70 GPA, psychology, from Simi Valley, earned GSAC Scholar-Athlete honors for the first time after he was unable to receive the conference award last year having just transferred from Moorpark City College.

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Above left, junior Abigail Stadtlander, an art major and native of Boise, Idaho, also earned the honor for the second-straight year. Above right, junior Jason Peterson, 3.67 GPA, an economics and business major from Santa Barbara, earned the honor for the second-straight year.

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JIMENEZ, Bernalda M.

June 11, 1932-November 7, 2020 Bernalda “Bernie” Mata Jimenez passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 7, 2020. She is now reunited with the love of her life, Manuel Cruz Jimenez.

Bernalda is survived by her five beloved children; Yolanda Salazar(Genaro), Manuel Jimenez Jr., Mary Valentina Martinez(Dimas), Jesse Jimenez(Bonnie), and Mary Magdalene Rivera and her beloved grandson Vincent Torres(Jessica) whom she had the honor of raising. She is also survived by her siblings, four brothers and two sisters; Gaby Mata, Lalo Mata, Frank Mata(Terri), Ray Mata, Josie Zamora, and Mary Garcia(Rudy), brother in law Mike Visueta as well as her fifteen grandchildren, twenty-two great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews who she loved dearly. Her husband, Manuel Cruz Jimenez, her son, Peter Anthony Jimenez, her baby, Libby-Ann, parents, Avelino and Eleanor Davila Mata, two sisters Tomasa Orosco and Eleanor “Dee-Dee” Visueta precede Bernalda in death.

Bernie was born and raised in Goleta, CA. She attended Goleta Union Elementary School, Santa Barbara Jr. High School, and Santa Barbara High School. As a teenager, Bernie worked at the lemon factory. She then met the love of her life, Manuel Cruz Jimenez, and married him on August 5, 1950. She was blessed to become a mother to seven children and be able to be a homemaker throughout the years. Bernie was a woman of faith and dedicated many years of her life working for her parish, St. Raphael’s church. She began as a housecleaner for the rectory and then went onto be a crossing guard for St. Raphael’s school. Bernie was known for her amazing sewing skills and soon became a well sought out seamstress. She made beautiful clothing for many years for family and friends, which included many wedding dresses, and special occasions attire. Bernie was an avid bingo player for many years. She enjoyed going to the Elks Lodge in Goleta with her niece, Mary Gomez and then went on to play bingo at the Chumash Casino as well as finding a love for gambling. She loved crossword puzzles, her novelas, Mexican music, her favorite Pepè Aguilar, singing and how she loved to dance! Bernie was a strong yet loving woman who was a trusted confidant to many, as they knew their secrets were safe with her. She was known for her amazing chile con carnè recipe, which no one has yet been able to duplicate like hers. She had the gift for talking, so many conversations filled with stories of past times as well as words of wisdom and life advice. Bernie enjoyed being in the company of family and loved ones.

She took great pride in her family, immediate and extended, and loved all. We will truly miss our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

We are so thankful to all our relatives and numerous friends for the outpour of love and support during this very difficult time of loss. We are forever thankful and appreciative to Dr. William C. Koonce and his amazing staff, Dr. Frederic C. Kass, and Amanda J. Sweet, PA for taking such great care of our Mom throughout the years. It is with much gratitude and appreciation for the amazing staff at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Covid unit, the Doctors and Nurses that were by her side constantly, ensuring us she was not alone. To Monsignor John with St. Raphael’s Church who prayed with our Mom and anointed her last rights, Thank you. You are all truly blessings to our family and we are so appreciative and thankful for your dedication, support, affection, kindness, and love you gave our Mother, as well as our family. We are forever grateful.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by Moreno Mortuary. Viewings will be held Saturday, November 21, 1:00-3:00 p.m. at Moreno Mortuary 214 N. Lincoln St, Santa Maria, CA and Monday, November 23, 4:00-6:00 p.m. at McDermott-Crockett & Associates Mortuary 2020 Chapala St, Santa Barbara. A private service will be held Wednesday, November 25, 2020 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows Church followed by a burial at Calvary Cemetery.

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Most locals and visitors of State Street expressed excitement for the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine, but skepticism of its effectiveness in these early stages.

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direction,” State Street visitor Tracey Conaway told the NewsPress. “I think it’s still concerning given that the FDA didn’t provide stringent guidelines to follow.

“We still need more time to know more results and have more test subjects. I think it’ll be awhile before I take it.”

Aron Ashland, the owner of The Cruisery in the 500 block of State Street, told the News-Press, “I think it’s the only thing that will ever get things back to normal.”

He said that while hopefully people will be back sitting at

the bar soon, he doesn’t think it changes much right now.

“We have a vaccine and I’m still shut down,” Mr. Ashland said. “My capacity was 350 and now it’s 28 people, so I get it, but it doesn’t do anyone any good until it actually starts getting injected into people.

“It’s great news, but it’s not really going to help me this month or next week or, as far as I can tell, in the near future.”

Dave Boyt and his son, Jensen, were wandering around State Street on Saturday, and agreed they’ll both get the vaccine when it’s available.

“Why not? What’s it going to hurt?” Dave said. “It’s like a flu shot — sometimes it makes you

sick, but if there’s a chance you’re protecting someone else, why not?

“It’s also like wearing a mask — we don’t wear it for us; we wear it for everybody else. Wear it because you care.”

Jensen said he’d get the COVID-19 vaccine, but not necessarily right away.

“I’d take it,” he told the NewsPress. “I obviously wouldn’t take it if other people weren’t. I’d wait to see if it actually helped out.

Someone has to do it.”

Erin McGovern told the NewsPress she thought the news on the COVID-19 vaccines is “awesome.”

“I won’t be getting it first though, because I don’t know the efficacy of it,” she said. “I’d rather

wait a little, then I would get it. I would think that would be another year or more.”

Jill Seapker also shared with the News-Press that she intends on getting the COVID-19 vaccine eventually.

“I hope it works. I hope it happens,” Ms. Seapker said. “I feel like it still seems like it’s a long way away. It’s not going to happen tomorrow.

“And then again, if the virus mutates, how is it going to continue to stay effective?” she added. “Viruses change. But, I feel like it’s worth a try as long as there’s no bad side effects.”

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Col. Anthony Mastalir, 30th Space Wing commander, was the space launch commander for this mission.

“The Western Range is excited to provide the opportunity for this unique launch,” Col. Mastalir said in a statement. “Working together with NASA and SpaceX to provide a successful launch takes planning and team work and I am proud of the work my 30th Space Wing members have done today.

“The technology from this satellite will provide critical data for scientific research and lay the framework for future generations to study the ocean.”

The 30th Space Wing’s primary responsibilities include maintaining and operating the Western range, providing mission assurance, safeguarding the public and ensuring minimal environmental impact so we can provide services, facilities and range safety control for the execution of DoD, civil and commercial launches.

About the size of a small pickup truck, Sentinel-6 will extend a nearly 30-year continuous dataset on sea level collected by an ongoing collaboration of U.S. and European satellites while enhancing weather forecasts and providing detailed information on largescale ocean currents to support ship navigation near coastlines.

“The Earth is changing, and this satellite will help deepen our understanding of how,” Karen St. Germain, director of NASA’s Earth Science Division, said in a statement. “The changing Earth processes are affecting sea level globally, but the impact on local communities varies widely. International collaboration is critical to both understanding these changes and informing coastal communities around the world.”

After arriving in orbit, the spacecraft separated from the rocket’s second stage and unfolded its twin sets of solar arrays. Ground controllers successfully acquired the satellite’s signal, and initial telemetry reports showed the spacecraft in good health.

Sentinel-6 will now undergo a series of exhaustive checks and calibrations before it starts collecting science data in a few months’ time.

Measuring and understanding changes in sea level allows scientists to assess the vulnerability of coastal cities and towns to flooding into the future. Precise sea level measurements can also be used to track ocean currents, which transport heat from one part of the planet to another, which in turn influence Earth’s energy budget and weather patterns, officials said.

An uninterrupted series of satellites has collected sea level measurements for nearly

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About the size of a small pickup truck, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will extend a nearly 30-year continuous dataset on sea level collected by an ongoing collaboration of U.S. and European satellites while enhancing weather forecasts and providing detailed information on largescale ocean currents to support ship navigation near coastlines.

30 years. And now, the joint U.S.-European effort will launch the next spacecraft to take on the mantle of monitoring sea surface height: The Sentinel-6 satellite will collect the most accurate global data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. The spacecraft will also collect precise data of atmospheric temperature and humidity that will help improve weather forecasts and climate models.

The spacecraft launched on Saturday is named for the former director of NASA’s Earth Science Division, Dr. Michael Freilich, who died Aug. 5.

He was considered a pioneer in oceanography from space and dedicated his career to better understanding the Earth, with the goal of improving the lives of those who call it 4 Introduction Earth’s oceans and atmosphere are inextricably connected.

“Michael was a tireless force in Earth sciences. Climate change and sea level rise know no national borders, and he championed international collaboration to confront the challenge,” European Space Agency Director of Earth Observation Programmes Josef Aschbacher said in a statement. “It’s fitting that a satellite in his name will continue the ‘gold standard’ of sea level measurements for the next half-decade. This European-U.S. cooperation is exemplary and will pave the way for more cooperation opportunities in

Earth observation.”

Added Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA associate administrator for science at the agency’s headquarters, “Mike helped ensure NASA was a steadfast partner with scientists and space agencies worldwide, and his love of oceanography and Earth science helped us improve understanding of our beautiful planet.

“This satellite so graciously named for him by our European partners will carry out the critical work Mike so believed in —- adding to a legacy of crucial data about our oceans and paying it forward for the benefit of future generations.”

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will continue the sea level record that began in 1992 with the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite and continued with Jason-1 (2001), OSTM/Jason-2 (2008), and eventually Jason-3, which has been observing the oceans since 2016. Together, these satellites have provided a nearly 30-year record of precise measurements of sea level height while tracking the rate at which our oceans are rising in response to our warming climate. Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will pass the baton to its twin, Sentinel-6B, in 2025, extending the current climate record at least another 10 years between the two satellites. email: mwhite@newspress.com

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It’s flu shot season

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Dr. Amanda Scott, an internist at the UCLA Health Montecito Primary & Specialty Care office, says doctors have seen an uptick in patients coming in to get their influenza vaccination.

Medical officials predict light flu season, encourage people to get their shot

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Dr. Amanda Scott believes COVID-19 has led more people to get their flu shot because they care about the health of their loved ones.

s Santa Barbara County moves back into the purple tier, COVID-19 cases rise and winter rolls in, it’s that time of year for flu shots.

While influenza is only on the back burner as COVID-19 makes its presumed third wave around the nation, there’s some good news.

Doctors are predicting a light flu season this year.

Dr. James Cherry, a UCLA Health infectious disease specialist and a research professor of pediatrics, told the News-Press that predictions can be made based on the flu in countries in the Southern Hemisphere.

In places like Santiago, Chile and South Africa, people are experiencing a very light flu season.

“The things that we’re doing for COVID-19 also work for influenza,” Dr. Cherry said.

“Wearing face masks works, and that was shown in the 1918 flu. Social distancing works. So those may make the flu less of a problem.”

He added, “There’s another possible thing which I believe.

Viruses have a certain amount of power, and COVID-19 is so spacetaking that there may not be room for the flu. But nevertheless, we should all be vaccinated.”

Along with the flu vaccination, the Pfizer and Moderna COVID19 vaccines have proved to be 90% and 94.5% effective, and Dr. Cherry is excited and hopeful that everyone will have been vaccinated by the end of 2021.

Dr. Cherry said he wrote a paper on the sociology of the anti-vaccine movement, and he’ll be presenting it virtually next week. When it comes to both the influenza vaccination and the future COVID-19 vaccination, the doctor said that those who refuse to get them “believe what they want to believe regardless of what the facts are.”

“I bet there’s a group of people who think they’re invincible and they may not want it (the COVID-19 vaccine), but I think that Public Health people have to approach this very carefully,” Dr. Cherry said. “With vaccines, you have individual protection and herd protection, and we’re going to need to get the vaccine to everybody to end the pandemic.”

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Horoscope.com Sunday, November 22, 2020 ARIES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Your wheeling and dealing starts paying off on Monday when Venus in Libra squares Jupiter in Capricorn, bringing you some good news in your sector of work and partnerships. This could manifest in business deals, mergers, promotions, or even a little office romance.

TAURUS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Things are going well for you when Venus in Libra squares Jupiter in Capricorn on Monday. You are creating new and inventive ways to make your routine more productive, which always makes you smile. Plus, Taurus, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting lucky in more ways than one.

GEMINI â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Trust your gut this week even if it scares you. Mercury in Scorpio opposes Uranus in Taurus on Tuesday, creating tension and nervous energy as you make some difficult choices. However, if you really believe that your idea can work, just do it!

CANCER â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Your relationships get an extra boost of luck on Monday when Venus in Libra squares Jupiter in Capricorn, making this an opportune time to spend time with loved ones and strengthen any relationship bonds you have going on.

This aspect is for one night only, so make it count!

LEO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Monday puts a big smile on your face when Venus in Libra squares Jupiter in Capricorn, giving you some good luck when it comes to romance and money.

Whether you get your holiday bonus a little early or have a hot date for the end of the week, things are just working out great for you.

VIRGO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; You never like asking for help, Virgo. In fact, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the â&#x20AC;&#x153;suffer in silenceâ&#x20AC;? type. However, if Mercury in Scorpio opposing Uranus in Taurus on Tuesday stresses you out too much, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s okay to ask for assistance from the people in your life. They want to help you, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much better than breathing into a paper bag on your lunch break.

LIBRA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kindness gets you a long way when Venus in your sign squares Jupiter in Capricorn on Monday. If you go out of your way to help others, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll receive some good luck in return. Besides, it is the season of giving, after all. Go on, help someone out!

SCORPIO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The key to your success this week will be your ability (or inability) to stay flexible, especially on Monday when Venus in Libra squares Jupiter in Capricorn.

This aspect brings some luck, but only for a certain amount of time, so youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have figure out how to make it last for the rest of the week or roll with the punches.

SAGITTARIUS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Life is looking beautiful, Sagittarius! As Venus in Libra squares Jupiter in Capricorn on Monday, you could be extra sentimental and feeling good about life. The world just looks better from your point of view right now. Enjoy it!

CAPRICORN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; January is still a couple of months away, but that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean you shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t start making resolutions now. On Monday, Venus in Libra squares Jupiter in your sign, giving you the energy and opportunity to start looking ahead at your goals. What do you want to achieve in 2021? Better skin? New job? Think about it!

AQUARIUS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Go out of your way to offer a helping hand on Monday. Venus in Libra squares Jupiter in Capricorn that day, making you extra generous with your time and energy. If a co-worker is struggling with a certain issue or a friend asks for your skills, help them out. It will lead to some good karmic points.

PISCES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The week starts out strong with some luck being added to your love life on Monday. Venus in Libra squares Jupiter in Capricorn that day, making it extra romantic. While this aspect only occurs for a short time, it will be a very pleasurable time indeed.

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However, a flu shot reduces the risk of having to go in and see a doctor by 40% to 60%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you just want to stay out of the doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offices and hospitals, getting the flu shot is a great way to do that,â&#x20AC;? Dr. Scott added.

Overall, getting a flu shot is a good idea according to the health officials, and Dr. Scott said she hopes everyone feels that way, and feels the same way with the flu as they do about COVID-19 and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to spread it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would say that if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to do it for yourself, do it for your loved ones, for those people at risk in the community who will benefit from you deciding to get it,â&#x20AC;? she concluded. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to reduce risk of the flu itself and the complications, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mainly overwhelming the healthcare system and doing it for your community.â&#x20AC;?

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vaccine will help prevent the disease and are more worried about the risks, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The most important thing is that you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talk about safety first. You talk about benefits first.â&#x20AC;?

However, according to Dr. Amanda Scott, an internist at the UCLA Health Montecito Primary & Specialty Care office, doctors have seen an uptick in patients agreeing to getting their influenza vaccination. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that people are more open to it right now because of everything theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen happen because of COVID,â&#x20AC;? she told the News-Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve talked to some people, specifically young patients, who usually say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Well, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t normally get the fluâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not worried about itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like getting vaccines,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; so we just spend a little bit more time talking about the reasons they should get the flu shot this year and most of them, by the end of the conversation, say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;OK, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

She said that getting COVID19 and the flu at the same time is not a very likely scenario, but if oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immune system is run down because of one virus and they encounter another, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible.

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Doctors from UCLA Health explain the importance of getting a flu vaccination, especially this year.

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If an individual is experiencing symptoms of the flu, she recommends scheduling a telemedicine visit to discuss symptoms and concerns and determine if an in-person appointment is necessary. In addition, healthcare workers

will be doing everything in their power to avoid overwhelming the hospitals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the silver linings of this pandemic is that it has really catapulted our ability and the capability of our healthcare system to do telemedicine visits for patients,â&#x20AC;? Dr. Scott said.

email: gmccormick@newspress. com

FYI To learn more about the UCLA Health office in Montecito, visit www. uclahealth.org/montecito.

To find out where you can get a flu shot, visit vaccinefinder.org, a CDC tool that will soon provide the same service for the COVID-19 vaccination.

Deborah L. Schwartz elected 2021 SB Beautiful president Sunday, November 22, 2020

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The Lompoc Public Library Systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Village Library branch installed a new book drop and is accepting book and material returns.

The Friends of the Lompoc Public Library System, a nonprofit volunteer group dedicated to supporting the library, provided the funding for the book drop.

It is now outside the Village Library, at 3755 Constellation Road, next to the parking lot for convenient drive-up deposits.

The old book drop, which was

smaller and dilapidated, has been closed since March 2020.

The new book drop is larger, enabling increased storage.

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Book donations are not currently accepted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Any questions can be directed to library staff at 805-875-8781. email: gmccormick@newspress. com

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The Santa Barbara Beautiful board appointed Deborah L. Schwartz as president for 2021.

She has been a board member for the past six years, engaging community members and spurring grant-making projects. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am honored to receive the support of my Santa Barbara Beautiful board colleagues in continuing to serve in an officer position and specifically as the 2021 President,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To carry forward the work of our 2020 President Penny Haberman, I also am committed to working closely with my colleagues and community partners to make Santa Barbara

an even more beautiful, thriving place to live, work and visit.â&#x20AC;?

She is the 2020 chair of the city of Santa Barbara Planning Commission and has served in the commission for nearly 11 years.

She received a bachelor of arts in political science, linguistics and English from UCSB and a certificate of executive development in marketing management from Columbia University.

Santa Barbara Beautiful seeks to spark community interest in enhancing the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beauty through public and private functions. It is a volunteer organization that works with public agencies to achieve its mission.

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At left, “Fortune, Watercolor and Collage” on paper, by R. Anthony Askew, is among the exhibits on display during “5 X 5: Celebrating Ten Years” at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. At right, this is Sharon Schock’s “Seagull,” oil on paper.

MONTECITO — The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a fundraising exhibition, “5×5: Celebrating Ten Years.”

The exhibit features about 450, five-inch-square works of art from Dec. 3-18.

The art will be available for purchase through an online auction at westmont.edu/ museum/5×5, which will end at 5 p.m.Dec. 18.

The exhibition, which benefits the museum’s art programs, features renowned artists Charles Arnoldi, Jessica Stockholder, Chakaia Booker, Lesley Dill, Barry McGee and Billy Al Bengston.

“I’ve been overjoyed by the generous response to our fundraiser from Santa Barbara artists as well as nationally known artists,” said Judy L. Larson, Askew professor of art history and museum director, in a news release. “We are grateful for

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their willingness to support the museum’s educational outreach efforts, especially during such challenging and uncertain times.”

The exhibition features artwork in a media such as oil paint, acrylic, watercolor, ink, printmaking, drawing, photography and collage.

Pieces range from abstraction to figurative works featuring landscapes, still life, animal subjects and more.

“The quality and creativity of these small works have delighted me, and I believe visitors to the virtual exhibition will be impressed as well,” said Chris Rupp, museum curator and coordinator of the online auction.

The museum opened during the 2010-11 season with an art collection of 453 objects valued at $2 million, which has now grown to 1,545 objects, valued at more than $15 million.

Westmont College said the most noteworthy gift came from Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree, who donated works from her collection of Barbizon artists, including nine paintings by Jean-BaptisteCamille Corot. The Berger family from Los Angeles donated 22 Rembrandt prints of Old Testament subjects.

The museum is open by

This is John Megahan’s “Charleston Natives,” graphite on paper.

appointment only, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To schedule a visit, email museum@westmont.edu, or for

more information, visit westmont. edu/museum.

— Dave Mason

Former SB resident writes ‘Holly Jollies’

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Former Santa Barbara resident Ann Simas has announced the release of her latest book, “Holly Jollies,” book 11 in her Christmas Valley Romance series.

In the book, Holly lost her Christmas spirit at age 11. Ash is a single dad with a 3-year-old son named Hank and a cottage for rent in Christmas Valley. Is Holly about to find her Christmas spirit again?

Ms. Simas received her bachelors from Humboldt State University in Arcata. She has a writing and graphics design background and is an awardwinning newsletter editor.

She served for two years on the Romance Writers of America Board of Directors, where she represented members in the Pacific Northwest and chaired the Outreach International Chapter, serving members worldwide.

She is a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller

Writers, Italian American Writers Association, and Northwest Independent Writers Association.

Ms. Simas is the author of 33 books, three of which were Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Finalists. She also writes the Grace Gabbiano Mysteries, Andi Comstock Supernatural Mysteries, Fossil, Colorado Books, and two Afterstories mini series (“Chloe’s Spirit” and “First Star”). In addition, she has written four stand-alone books (“Blessed Are the Eagles,” “Loose Ends,” “Heaven Sent” and “Black Moon Rising”) and one short-story collection entitled, “All’s Well. “ Ms. Simas’s books are published

by Magic Moon Press and are available worldwide in ebook format through amazon.com. They are also available in paperback through the author’s website, annsimas.com (free shipping within the U.S.), and from amazon. com (free shipping with Prime).

— Dave Mason

UCSB to present new play on Zoom The UCSB Department of Theater and Dance is presenting “Under Normal Circumstances, a new play written for Zoom by Brian Otano, and directed by Shirley Jo Finney.

The free show will open at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 and run through Dec. 5. The viewing link is available at www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu.

The play follows the members of Never Had a Legal Drink, an AA group for young people in recovery.

Taking place in the time of COVID-19, the story explores the very real implications of social isolation, and the unique pressures and struggles that come with recovery in quarantine. These struggles are heightened when one of the group members breaks quarantine and

vanishes.

A large part of what makes AA successful is the community support. Under Normal Circumstances explores what can happen when that community is disrupted.

“I’ve been orbiting around the topic of rehabilitation and recovery in my work for as long as I’ve been writing,” said Mr. Otano in a news release. “I decided this would be a great time to explore how the recovery community is adapting to the new normal that COVID-19 has ushered in.

“Recovering from addiction and alcoholism is difficult in any circumstance, but adding the pressures brought on by required social distance, unemployment and isolation with toxic family members has made the going that

much tougher for so many,” Mr. Otano said.

Although the characters in “Under Normal Circumstances” have their own unique struggles, there is something familiar about what they experience.

Director Shirley Jo Finney sees that familiarity and hopes the audience can find common ground in their stories.

“We experience their challenges of having to endure what we all have faced: isolation, fear of the unknown, experiencing personal loss of friends and family,” Ms. Finney said. “In their boxes we see their determination, their resilience, their hope, and finally, gratitude for life and each precious moment.”

— Dave Mason

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Columnist David Limbaugh is concerned about the impact of a Biden-Harris administration on free speech. (The News-Press has not called a winner in the presidential race.)

The left’s attack on free speech Biden, Harris and other Democrats accommodate suppression of conservative thoughts Editor’s note: The News-Press has not called a winner in the presidential race.

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lot of things worry me about a Joe BidenKamala Harris administration, but nothing troubles me more than that it will accommodate the left’s disturbing march toward selective suppression of free speech.

Much of the war against this sacred liberty occurs at the level of our culture, but when a leftistfriendly administration is in power, our efforts to combat this culturally will be more difficult.

As a result of structural and technological changes in our society, threats to free speech no longer come from the government alone, and so our constitutional guarantees against encroachments are now inadequate. There has been such a consolidation of power in the media and social media that these two institutions pose a great danger to our speech apart from any state action.

As you know, the federal and state constitutions only restrict government abridgments of speech, not those emanating from privately owned entities.

But lately, these institutions have

become increasingly powerful censorship, they descend into and alarmingly censorious toward postmodern psychobabble, such conservative speech, and their as Twitter’s Jack Dorsey’s saying, actions clearly impacted the “We’re simply linking to a broader presidential election. conversation so that people have The mainstream media more information.” doesn’t even present What? By limiting both sides of issues opposing views, you anymore, and its coverage are broadening the of President Donald conversation? Please.

Trump has been entirely As conservatives, negative, despite the we don’t want the enormous successes of his government to suppress administration. the biased liberal David Limbaugh media, no matter how The media conspiratorially shielded noxious, one-sided and a cognitively failing unfair it has become.

Joe Biden and abdicated their But we need to do a better job reporting function concerning his competing, and elected officials condition and his unprecedented must consider amending the absence during the campaign.

Communications Decency Act They wholly ignored credible and look into antitrust remedies corruption allegations against to deter and prevent censorship his son, Hunter Biden. They by the emerging social media Big invariably present their editorial Brother. views as straight news. All of these What concerns me more than practices and more deceive and the current concentration of poison their viewers. power in these various institutions Social media oligarchs and their censorship is that they Facebook, Twitter, Google and their Democratic allies would and YouTube discriminate want to suppress opposing views against conservatives and their in the first place. But they do, and viewpoints. When questioned by they are. Leftists are brazenly senators about their bias, they hostile toward the publication of arrogantly scoff and invoke vague, opinions with which they disagree. bogus standards to obfuscate their This is unsurprising because, for censorship. them, the end justifies the means.

When asked to explain their Their allegiance is not to liberty

but to their agenda, which must be achieved at all costs, including the obliteration of our most fundamental freedoms.

Leftists no longer subscribe to the American tradition that the cure for erroneous or offensive speech is more speech, not the muzzling of objectionable speech.

Indeed, this censorious trend is so pervasive that its purveyors have become entirely irrational and totalitarian in their attitudes and practices.

This ominous assault on conservative speech is coming not only from media and social media companies and other assorted leftist fringe groups, but also from Democratic elected officials. The rationalizations they use to justify their censorship are breathtaking.

They’ve convinced themselves that certain political views are so toxic they’re not entitled to protection. These days, that category of forbidden views has grown to include virtually all conservative speech, which the left regards as obnoxious, hateful, racist and violenceinducing. Leftists don’t bat an eye when Twitter or Facebook removes conservative posts or bans conservative posters simply because they are conservative.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, for example, said that more stringent

warnings, not fewer or none, should be applied to President Trump’s tweets alleging election fraud, as if the public is too stupid to make its own assessment. Sen. Richard Blumenthal argued that Twitter and Facebook should be ratcheting up their censorship of certain conservative outlets, such as Breitbart, because of its “incendiary” content. For Sen. Blumenthal, “incendiary,” of course, is just a synonym for “conservative.”

If you’re a Democrat, doesn’t it bother you that your party’s leaders want to muzzle conservative expression instead of allowing it to be vetted in the marketplace of ideas? Don’t you see the “1984-ish” smell of their news-speak? Is advancing your policy agenda worth the suppression of opposing ideas?

You’ve effectively transported book burning into the digital age.

I dare say, you won’t find many examples of conservatives suppressing liberal speech.

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resident-elect Joe Biden announced today that his first task upon taking office will be to create a Mask Force, a police force to enforce mask usage.

“My first act upon taking the office of president of the United States,” he said in a closely controlled news conference, “will be to create a Mask Police Force to enforce mask usage.”

This instantly created a ruling?” buzz among the media who Mr. Biden for a moment clearly were clearly hanging onto his looked confused, but immediately every word. Hands shot up stared into his teleprompter. all over the room. Mr. There was a moment of John Biden ignored them, silence.

Young obviously consulting his “They will closely teleprompter for his next monitor the public and The author statement. issue citations to anyone lives in Goleta “I have decreed that not wearing a mask.” all U.S. citizens are to More hands shot up. wear their COVID-19 masks 24 “Sir, there are 350 million hours a day, everywhere and in all Americans, approximately, some circumstances,” he said, pointing in remote locations. How will this to one of the most insistent force monitor them all?” reporters.

Mr. Biden’s eyes went blank, “Sir, how do you propose this and he peered into the monitor. new force will enforce your new “Uh, my loyal force will use their

cell phones to photograph those without masks and send them immediately to the local Mask Force Facility, which will send out law enforcement officers. Those citizens in remote locations will be monitored by satellite and drones.

Some of the drones will be very small.”

More hands shot up from reporters who had evidently not been briefed to refrain from asking the new president-elect “hard” questions. These had ignored the handout of “approved questions” to be asked of Joe. “Sir, what will be the penalty for violation of the law?”

Mr. Biden again peered into the monitor, but at that moment Secret Service agents appeared out of the wings of the news conference room and surrounded the reporters. A moment’s silence ensued.

“Sir, what is your favorite color?

Sir, what sandwich do you eat for lunch? Sir, do you like dogs?”

One evidently extremely dense individual asked, “Sir, how do you propose to fund this new Mask Force?

He was quickly escorted out of the room, but Joe peered into his monitor.

Somehow, the teleprompter had malfunctioned.

emember the city of Santa Barbara’s extortion plan being proposed last week? That’s the one where the tenant extracts two months’ worth of rent from the landlord for not renewing the lease. Of course, if “special needs” are in the mix, they gained another month.

Mayor Cathy Murrillo was the only one who voted “no” — get this — out of “principle” because she felt four to five months’ worth of rent was appropriate for “relocation fees.” Although last week’s decision was up for adoption during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, via circuitous discussion and a veritable shell game, the mayor insisted on revisiting the ordinance and pulled four “yes” votes out of her hat, (for a total of five), which changed the result to almost what she wanted.

The Santa Barbara City Council hammered out the proposal that three months’ rent across the board would be paid to any tenant whose lease is not renewed. This amount did not satisfy council members Meagan Harmon, Kristen Sneddon and the mayor, who demanded an equivalent of four months’ rent instead.

However, City Attorney Ariel Calonne countered he could not defend a “new” ordinance such as that one in court, as the city’s Marston Study recommended “1.5-2.2 times the rent for a city with no rent control.” Besides the Marston Study, the Housing Task Force provided its professional assessment of the situations, which were funded by the city. She also ignored these recommendations.

We wonder if she is following a Democratic Central Committee mandate.

We suspect the mayor had committed “serial meetings” with the other “yes” voters, the meetings that did not include City Attorney Calonne by his reaction.

Did You Know? asks, “Aren’t ‘serial meetings’ a violation of the Brown Act?” Why is Mayor Murrillo pushing so hard?

The only thing we can figure is that she is running for mayor again, and she probably thinks her following consists more of renters than landlords.

Council members Eric Friedman and Mike Jordan thankfully stood their ground “on principle” that this was Mayor Murillo changing the rules or scoreboard until she got the score she wanted.

Is Mayor Murillo more interested in garnering votes than acting on behalf of the city’s best interest?

By the way, the Marston Study noted that in Santa Barbara, the “mom and pop” rentals charge less than the market rate.

Council member Harmon said it was very limited assistance, “we, the City Council are giving to the tenants.”

Wait. Isn’t the assistance out of the landlord’s pocket?

The only thing these progressive City Council members are giving is slather to the DCC and their sheep.

When Mayor Murillo did not get her way, which was for four to five months’ worth of rent, she retorted that “no Spanish speakers were on public comment today.” She also commented that they are “Santa Barbara’s working class” and followed up that those who could call, must be privileged. Is she defining privilege as anyone who does not need a translator?

That ranks as blatant racism.

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hile we are chairman Greg Hart, are expected failing to represent us as Gov. to cancel Newsom keeps moving and Thanksgiving, removing the goal posts in this Gavin Newsom sordid history of totalitarian attends a swanky dinner party, control, including Mr. Hart’s and a delegation of California complete and total failure to legislators are off to Hawaii formally complain when the on a junket. Regardless, Gov. rules are clearly arbitrary Newsom has again obfuscated and capricious, such as those the guidelines that would affecting church services. allow us to return to “normal.”

The only metric that really Do you recall the original mattered was hospitalizations lockdown orders in March and deaths due to the fact that were only to last a few weeks the vast majority of people to allow hospitals to clear bed who come in contact with space (we called that surge the virus will never know it. capacity) and order Nonetheless, the state vital equipment? continues to ramp up Months later, Gov. testing, which results Newsom dangled in additional positive his first four-stage test results deemed a protocol to reopen our COVID “case,” even society and economy. when the virus has had Local jurisdictions no effect. could move through Meanwhile, as Katy Andy Caldwell the stages based Grimes reports in upon the number of the California Globe, hospitalizations, the number here in California, 20 million of beds available for patients, people, more than half of the and the number of COVID-19state population, have tested related deaths in their county. negative for COVID. As it turns out, the number Nevertheless, the lockdown of beds always exceeded the continues and people continue number of patients, so much to panic. so, that excess capacity that The other deception that was created at Cal Poly San Gov. Newsom is holding over Luis Obispo never saw a single us is that neither of his staged patient, and neither did the protocols ever allowed us to go military hospital ship moored back to living in a free society. off the California coast.

That is, he plainly stated he Moreover, the number of would never allow California people in the hospital and the to go back to normal unless number of deaths eventually and until there was either a declined to the point that the therapeutic drug to cure the governor had to change the disease or a vaccine to prevent criteria altogether to stay infection. in unilateral — read that I firmly believe it is no dictatorial — control mode. coincidence that Democratic So Gov. Newsom came up governors have imposed with a new set of four stages, the most draconian COVID this time based upon each restrictions. I believe this community ensuring that they had everything to do with the are testing a contrived set presidential election and the percentage of the population, hope of an eventual Biden and the testing positivity rate bailout, one that goes way stayed below another contrived beyond COVID, under the threshold number. guise of COVID relief.

Yet when most counties in Finally, some 20,000 health the state were moving through care professionals have signed each of these stages in routine a document named the Great fashion, Gov. Newsom declared Barrington Declaration. The he had to “hit the brakes” declaration states that keeping because positivity rates were us in lockdown is causing increasing even while hospital more harm than the virus. rates were still declining!

Why would Gov. Newsom He unilaterally pushed care? He is not in lockdown. more than 90% of the state’s Our only recourse? Please population back to the most consider signing the Newsom restrictive tier (purple) recall petition posthaste and added new mandates, (recallgavin2020.com/petition). including one that requires us to wear masks anytime we leave our home regardless of Andy Caldwell is the executive our ability to maintain social director of COLAB and the host distancing protocols. of The Andy Caldwell Show Our local leaders, notably weekdays from 3-5 p.m. on county Board of Supervisors News-Press Radio AM 1290.

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fter all the election controversy, I have one question that I would like to have answered.

However, I know this question will never be truthfully answered: Who fills out ballots for the millions of nursing home patients? I have had personal experience with patients in nursing homes, some with full mental capacity and many with a total lack of it. Some have even been on total life support.

Since all ballots were mailed, even to deceased people, who filled them out? I asked not to receive a mail-in ballot but received one anyway.

I know that unfortunately this election was fueled by a total horrible hatred for our President Trump. No matter what he did, he was criticized. If the president would have walked on water, his haters would have said he had to because he does not know how to swim. He just could not do anything right for the perfect haters.

In my opinion, President Donald Trump is the hardest working president in my lifetime.

I don’t know how he could function from early morning to late night for almost four years to hear nothing but negative and hateful comments from the press and social media and the other side of the House. I know the country is divided, even my own family has members whose face gets distorted from hatred when President Trump’s name is mentioned. President Trump loves America, the American people and his agenda is “America First.” Besides, he keeps his promises.

I believe that whoever voted for Joe Biden voted for him because they hated President Trump more than liking Mr. Biden for his “excellent and squeaky clean” history of past service to our still beautiful country.

Renate Quebec Santa Barbara

Check the math on COVID-19 Your Sunday Voices edition had an interesting opinion piece submitted by Juliet Bailey Bischoff (“COVID 19: Enough Already,” Nov. 15), where she argues that the constraints put upon our citizens have become extreme and unproductive.

Although I, too, support the honest questioning of tradeoffs between controlling the spread of the virus versus the mental and economic pains caused by such controls, I am disappointed that, where she asks that voters select politicians “who can do the math,” her own math is deeply, and dangerously, flawed.

Including this opinion piece, I have now read the quote that 99% of us will recover from COVID-19 twice in your newspaper. This statistic is patently wrong and misleading.

In fact, epidemiologists are calculating the COVID-19 mortality rate at between 2.3 percent – 234 thousand deaths from 10 million reported cases – and a conservative 1.6 percent, assuming another up to 30% of unreported asymptomatic cases.

Even at the lower-range

estimate, this results in an excess of 5.2 million deaths across the U.S., more than 600,000 deaths in California alone.

For the benefit of your readers, I think it would be valuable for your newspaper to ensure that opinions have a foundation of facts that are supported by the evidence.

Trevor Pritchard Santa Barbara

City’s bills are deceptive An old adage advises us, “Honesty is the best policy.”

The city of Santa Barbara disagrees with that advice, apparently believing, “Dishonesty is an even better policy.”

If you doubt that, just take a look at the back side of your statement from the city about your charges for water, sewer and trash services.

There you will notice that the usage part of your sewer charge is for a certain number of hundred cubic feet (HCF) of sewage. This is so even though there is no meter that measures the volume of sewage entering the sewer from your property.

The volume used by the city in its billing is the total — summed over all tiers — of the amounts that passed through the water meter.

The implied assumption is that none of the water you buy from the city is used to irrigate your landscaping, which, of course, need not be the case.

We realize that the city must have revenue in order to provide its services, but must it bill its customers in such a deceptive way?

Imagine how infuriated a customer — one who has an automatic sprinkling system for his lawn — would be to come home after spending a trying month in Nebraska visiting his in-laws only to discover that he has been charged a sewer usage fee.

Robert McKnight Santa Barbara

U.N. not the place for Hillary Clinton

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s a Vietnam-era veteran, I think Hillary Clinton would make a terrible ambassador to the United Nations but a wonderful ambassador to Libya.

But at this point in time, “... what difference does it make?”

Cautiously hoping that everyone eventually gets what they deserve, for Christmas.

Dale Lowdermilk Santa Barbara

Mega-mansions invade the Mesa By now, most Santa Barbarans have noticed the two megamansions being constructed on the hill on the north side of Cliff Drive above Santa Fe Place, located in the 1200 block of Harbor Hills Drive, in Santa Barbara’s Mesa neighborhood.

On the “Nextdoor East Mesa” neighborhood posting platform, neighbors have asked about

these structures: • “What was Santa Barbara’s planning office thinking in issuing construction permits for buildings so much larger than the average Mesa home?”

• “What are the environmental impacts of constructing such large structures on the fragile coastal soils of the Mesa?”

• “What kind of egomaniacs need such ostentatious homes, and do they feel that they are somehow better than the rest of their Mesa neighbors?”

• “Will the construction of these mega-mansions spark a Freudian ‘mine-is-bigger-thanyours’ competition with the next Mesa mansion being larger still?”

In a request to respond to these questions, the Mesa’s City Council member, Mike Jordan, replied by stating only, “The projects are all permitted and were processed by the city according to the municipal code.”

However, the Sierra Club’s very helpful local chapter chair, Katie Davis, referenced the Sierra Club’s California Housing Policy, which recommends, the “preservation of hills … wetlands, and other ... natural areas to curb suburban development and eliminate sprawl.”

This new construction would not come close to complying with the Sierra Club’s housing policy, which is meant to create a more livable environment for all Californians.

It’s important to remember that not-so-long-ago, Los Angeles was a quaint coastal town known for its wonderful climate and beautiful location, not unlike Santa Barbara, before it became what it is today.

Let’s not let Santa Barbara and the Mesa become the next Los Angeles.

Robert Coronado Santa Barbara

House should pass driftnet act As a recreation angler who cares about conservation, I respectfully request that members of the U.S. House vote yes on the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act. Drift gillnets are an outdated commercial fishing method that produce excessive bycatch and waste, including popular sportfish, marine mammals and sea turtles. More than half of their catch is discarded as unwanted, prohibited or protected species. It’s time largemesh drift gillnets are eliminated from California as they have been throughout the rest of the country.

In other U.S. and international fisheries, these gillnets have already been replaced by methods like deep-set buoy gear, which are productive for the targeted species and produce virtually no bycatch.

I urge House members to join their Senate colleagues, who passed the measure by unanimous consent, in helping to pass this important legislation that will ensure that all U.S. waters are free of this highly destructive fishing gear.

Richard Graham Ojai

his past year has tried the patience and patriotism of most American citizens and seems to be carrying on to what we all looked forward to: a better America and a New Year.

If you look at the past, we have weathered far worse and have survived and come out stronger for the knowledge we learned.

First point, not necessarily in order, the Swine Flu, in April 2009 to August 2010, 18,036 deaths were reported by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention. Regular deaths, every day in the U. S.: 7,452. Not much hullabaloo was made of this. This is a fact of life.

For some reason, the coronavirus has taken over our lives, our livelihood and social existence, but — please note a big “but” is coming. It seems the coronavirus has taken over lives more in Democraticrun states where the power of governors have banged down the gavel and said, “Do as I say,” to keep it from spreading.

Interesting note: If masks are worn and the distance is 6 feet apart, how come the virus spreads? Could this be that neither works? It is part of human nature, and as pointed out, it seems to affect the old.

Have we been hoodwinked in believing what we have been told by the powers that be?

The next test of our Nov. 3 presidential election has a striking resemblance to the election of 2000 when George W. Bush vs Al Gore ran into the same but different works of popular vote vs. electoral vote.

It took three weeks after the election for George W. Bush to be declared president. There was much back and forth, concession, not conceding — but this was not the first and hopefully it will be the last.

How come, out of our 50 states, all but roughly five were able to get their ballots counted and reported in the constitutional time? But due to some hanky panky, the Democrats couldn’t handle the job and without proper authority, gave themselves more time to count and finagle the outcome. Does this sound like a legitimate election?

Hmm, these states are run

by Democratic governors and mayors, and in some states, they defunded their police departments.

Another fly in the ointment was their “new rule” to let ballots arrive after the closing date and the “virus of computer glitches” making votes cast for one candidate go to the other.

Sounds like criminal acts and should be investigated. You think?

The most shocking outcome seems to be the votes cast for the “pig in a poke,” one who stays in hiding for most of the eight months, comes out like the groundhog, then disappears again and by some miracle, you voted for a candidate without knowing what his platform was going to be.

Here are Biden rules to look forward to on day one: Rescind Trump tax breaks and allow illegals into the country and become citizens. He has boasted on raising taxes, keep our troops in Afghanistan; one day he is for fracking, another day not.

For a politician to have been in Washington for more than 47 years and not make a name for himself, that is scary. What you have done affects the rest of us. You not only voted for the party, but you have forgotten that votes decide what this nation will become.

Another tidbit to think about, we can shop while the virus is out there, but they want to “protect us” from voting in person thus they forced most of us to mail in our ballots.

There’s the Dominion computer that was turned down in some states because they found it had a glitch. Did its faulty work affect this Nov. 3 election?

Would you believe those who own and run this Dominion computer are none other than Pelosi and Feinstein families, to name a few? (The system was used in Santa Barbara County.)

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COVIDGATE: Corruption of clinical trials (part one)

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ruly striking.”

“Tremendous.”

“Extraordinary.”

“Miraculous.”

“A great day for science and humanity.”

Those are just a few of the hyperbolic responses from government health officials and Big Pharma cheerleaders to preliminary COVID vaccine trial data recently released by Pfizer and Moderna.

If it all sounds too good to be true, then congratulations: Your B.S. detector is fully charged and operational.

Mask flip-flop-flipper Dr. Anthony Fauci proclaimed on Monday that COVID-19 vaccines are “the light at the end of the tunnel.” Pffft. He has been promising a “light at the end of the tunnel” since April when Americans were told to endure lockdowns for just “15 days to stop the spread.”

Now, seven months later, Dr.

Fauci tells us that we won’t — Big Pharma has zero data return to “relative normalcy” on young children’s response until April 2021 — only after face to their warp speed-produced diaper-wrapped citizens “do what jabs, even as schools across the you’re told” and “we get most of globe prepare to mandate it as a the country vaccinated.” condition of access to education.

Yikes. Ticketmaster, Tokyo — Big Pharma can’t tell you Olympics organizers and about the synergistic the travel industry are effects of the COVIDnow exploring vaccine 19 vaccine with other status verification vaccines. systems based on the — Nor can Big Pharma public health industrial tell you about the longcomplex’s high, heavenly term side effects of its and hasty promises. “miraculous” shots.

Based on the press (And don’t forget the Michelle Malkin astonishing fact that release write-ups of the incompleted clinical vaccine makers are trials, which have yet immune from lawsuits by to be finalized or subjected to vaccine-injured Americans.) scientific peer review, Dr. Fauci Here’s what we do know: The assures us that “all the boxes Pfizer clinical trial enrolled have been checked” on vaccine 43,538 participants, 94 of whom safety and efficacy. (about two-tenths of 1%) were But what about these boxes: identified as having COVID— Big Pharma cannot tell you 19. The Moderna clinical trial how long the alleged protection included more than 30,000 of COVID-19 vaccines will last. participants, 95 of whom

(about three-tenths of 1%) were categorized as having COVID-19.

In other words, the vaccine is being tested on people who are at incredibly low risk of COVID-19 — not only the vaccinated enrollees but also the unvaccinated.

When you read headlines touting the Pfizer jab as “more than 90 percent effective” and the Moderna jab as “94.5 percent effective” in protecting against the coronavirus, ask yourselves this: How did the vaccine trial officials define a positive COVID19 case?

According to a highly critical article in the British Medical Journal, which reviewed the details of all the ongoing phase III COVID vaccine trials released to date, “laboratory confirmed infections even with only mild symptoms qualify as meeting the primary endpoint definition.

In Pfizer and Moderna’s trials, for example, people with only a

cough and positive laboratory test” qualify as COVID-19 positive cases.

Astra Zeneca’s paused COVID19 vaccine trial allowed a mere cough and fever with a positive PCR test to qualify as a positive case. Final efficacy analyses are planned after vaccine trial officials document a measly 150160 “events” (positive indications of symptomatic COVID-19, regardless of illness severity).

The BMJ author, associate editor Peter Doshi, pointed out that none of the trials underway “are designed to detect a reduction in any serious outcome such as hospital admissions, use of intensive care, or deaths. Nor are the vaccines being studied to determine whether they can interrupt transmission of the virus.”

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Thomas D. Elias

The author is a longtime observer of California politics.

Voters wisely reject state’s propositions

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or more than two months, California airwaves were filled with political hype, in large part because of the unprecedented push for early voting caused by the coronavirus pandemic and threats of a deliberate U.S. Postal Service slowdown.

Not much was spent here on the presidential race, because its outcome in California was never in doubt. Not even Donald Trump thought he had the slightest chance to beat Democrat Joe Biden in this deeply blue state.

Rather, most radio, television and social media advertising here was about the 12 initiative propositions voters were asked to vote up or down. For the most part, as usual, these were voted down, as was predictable under the old adage that if voters don’t understand a ballot measure, they generally say no.

In the meantime, hundreds of millions of dollars were spent on initiatives, perhaps the largest expenditures aiming to defeat Proposition 23, which would have required the state’s 550 outpatient dialysis clinics to keep a physician specialist on duty at all times, adding greatly to expenses but little, if anything to quality of care.

Voters had already rejected a very similar proposition two years ago and handily did the same this time. On that one, they went along with most of the ads that were aired, rejecting the few that insisted this change would greatly improve care for the 80,000 Californians on kidney dialysis.

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Beware the climate change hustle

hear that climate change will destroy much of the world.

“There will be irreversible damage to the planet!” warns a CNN anchor.

Joe Biden says he’ll spend $500 billion a year to fight what his website calls an “existential threat to life.”

Really?

I’m a consumer reporter. Over the years, alarmed scientists have passionately warned me about many things that they thought were about to kill Americans.

“Asbestos in hair dryers, coffee, computer terminals, electric power lines, microwave ovens, cell phones (brain tumors!), electric blankets, computer terminals, herbicides, plastic residue, etc. are causing America’s cancer epidemic!”

If those things don’t get us, “West Nile Virus will!” Or SARS, Bird Flu, Ebola, flesh-eating bacteria or “killer bees.”

Experts told me millions

would die on Jan. 1, 2000, I’m told: Climate change is a because computers couldn’t crisis! Climate change is real. It’s handle the switch from 1999. a problem, but I doubt that it’s Machines would fail; planes “an existential threat.” Saying would crash. The scientists were that makes alarmists mad. When well-informed specialists in Marc Morano says it, activists try their fields. They were sincerely to prevent him from speaking. alarmed. The more knowledge “They do not want you have about a threat, dissent,” says Mr. the more alarmed you get.

Morano, founder Yet mass death didn’t of ClimateDepot. happen. com, a website that COVID-19 has been the rebuts much of what only time in my 50 years climate activists teach of reporting that a scare in schools. “It’s an proved true. indoctrination that’s Maybe you accepted so complete that by the John Stossel the phrase I used above: time (kids) get to high “America’s cancer school, they’re not even epidemic.” But there is no cancer aware that there’s any scientific epidemic. Cancer rates are down. dissent.”

We simply live long enough to get Mr. Morano’s new movie, diseases like cancer.

“Climate Hustle 2,” presents that But people think there’s a dissent. My new video this week cancer epidemic. The opposite features his movie. Mr. Morano is true. As we’ve been exposed argues that politicians use fear of to more plastics, pesticides, global warming in order to gain mysterious chemicals, food power. additives and new technologies, “Climate Hustle 2” features we live longer than ever!

Sen. Chuck Schumer, the That’s why I’m skeptical when minority leader, shouting: “If

we would do more on climate change, we’d have fewer of these hurricanes and other types of storms! Everyone knows that!”

But everyone doesn’t know that. Many scientists refute it.

Congress’ own hearings include testimony about how our warmer climate has not caused increases in the number of hurricanes or tornadoes.

“Climate Hustle 2” includes many examples like that.

“Why should we believe you?”

I ask Mr. Morano. “You’re getting money from the fossil fuel industry.” After all, Daily Kos calls him “Evil Personified” and says ExxonMobil funds him.

“Not at all,” he replies. “I’m paid by about 90% individual contributions from around the country. Why would ExxonMobil give me money (when) they want to appear green?”

Mr. Morano’s movie frustrates climate activists by pointing out how hypocritical some are.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio says he lives a “green lifestyle ... (using) energy-efficient appliances. I

drive a hybrid car.” Then he flies to Europe to attend a party.

I like watching Mr. Morano point out celebrities’ hypocrisy, but think one claim in his movie goes too far.

“Stopping climate change is not about saving the planet,” says narrator Kevin Sorbo. “It’s about climate elites trying to convince us to accept a future where they call all the shots.”

I push back at Mr. Morano: “I think they are genuinely concerned, and they want to save us.”

“Their vision of saving us is putting them in charge,” he replies.

And if they’re in charge, he says, they will destroy capitalism.

John Stossel, a former ABC News and Fox Business Channel anchor, is author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.

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institutions banning Democratic officials the way Harvard students advocate the banning of Trump officials from their campus.

The left will never run out of specious arguments to suppress conservative speech, but even if it were correct in its depictions of our speech, which it most emphatically is not, its move to silence its political opponents is far more dangerous to the republic than any ideas it seeks to suppress.

If this censorship train continues down the track, Democrats will eventually find that they’re not going to be

protected from the tyrannical juggernaut they have enabled, and that the culture and society they’ve unleashed will ultimately come for them, too, just like the French revolutionaries finally turned on Robespierre.

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the public as assessing the vaccine’s impact on preventing severe COVID-19 illness, hospitalizations and deaths.

Moderna’s own chief medical officer told the BMJ that the company’s trial lacks adequate statistical power to assess severe COVID-19 outcomes.

That’s because hospital

admissions and deaths from COVID-19 “are simply too uncommon in the population being studied for an effective vaccine to demonstrate statistically significant differences in a trial of 30,000 people. The same is true of its ability to save lives or prevent transmission: The trials are not designed to find out.”

Bottom line: COVID-19 is too rare and too benign to permit analysis of exactly the kind of

serious health outcomes that most Americans believe the vaccine will “cure.”

Vaccinating billions of people to prevent a disease with a 99% survival rate for people under 70 — all based on clinical trial efficacy analysis of fewer than 200 COVID-19 cases involving patients with coughs and unreliable PCR tests with significant false positive rates — is not the triumph of science.

It’s corruption, and it’s the tip of

the iceberg.

In part two of this series, I’ll expose shocking revelations about the Moderna vaccine trials.

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went, and there will be billions of dollars more for schools, roads, firefighting and just about anything else a voter might like.

Nowhere was that claim stronger than in the messages backing Proposition 15, the socalled Split Roll initiative aiming to tax commercial property at higher rates than residential land and buildings. Backers promised $12 billion in new money, mostly for local governments, and they never backed off that figure even when thousands of office buildings and stores went largely vacant after the coronavirus pandemic struck.

Trouble was, nothing in the measure spelled out where the new money would be spent. So it could have gone anywhere, including into higher salaries

and pensions for public employees. Voters realized that by the end of election season, and with most votes counted, they apparently were rejecting 15 narrowly, probably not by enough to prevent sponsors from trying again.

Things were a bit different with Proposition 19, a hodge-podge of tax changes allowing senior citizens more opportunities to sell their homes and move without losing the property tax benefits of the 1978 Proposition 13. Opponents argued it also would cause problems for anyone who inherited a home from parents or other relatives.

Backers claimed it would deprive the wealthy and “trust fund heirs” of current privileges and voters narrowly passed it, going for current benefits over possible future deficits.

Most voters apparently did not

believe loud and frequent claims that Proposition 16, aiming to end a 24-year ban on affirmative action hiring and college admissions in California, would mean “equal opportunity for all …” They soundly rejected this measure, which essentially would have made merit a secondary factor for both hiring and admissions.

Voters also passed Proposition 24, giving themselves more privacy rights over their electronic information and geographic locations. They did this despite loud arguments from purists contending the additional rights still are not good enough.

They may not be perfect, but they certainly represent improvement, and voters figured that’s better than nothing.

And voters essentially laughed off frequent claims by advocates for Proposition 21

that its statewide mandate for rent controls would somehow alleviate the state’s very serious and growing problem with homelessness. They saw that nothing in the proposition would have allowed tenants to remain in houses and apartments without paying rent. They apparently saw it did nothing to make housing more affordable, as some ads prominently claimed.

The bottom line: For the most part, loud messages did not fool the majority of California voters.

At least not this time.

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to this one: A new electric company, called Santa Barbara Clean Energy, has been recently started by the City Council. On Tuesday, it gave itself a $2 million loan from the city ‘s Thomas Fire Bank account, funds which came from the settlement as a result of the lawsuit against Edison’s negligence in the blaze.

Do you realize what this means?

They start an electric company and then they rule that all the customers of new construction will be their customers, only. That is because they are proposing an ordinance that all new construction will be electric — only. No natural gas is allowed.

We sit on the greatest natural gas source in the world. Suddenly, following in lockstep with NorCal, natural gas is no longer “green.”

That ignores the blatant fact that most sources for electricity are far from green.

That leaves no choice for you.

It’s another monopoly, created and condoned by the city (just like Cox Cable). Another freedom is taken away and another industry is destroyed — and with some mysterious motive of control underlying all of it.

This has been proposed by the members of the Sustainability Committee composed of the usual suspects: Mayor Murrillo and council members Sneddon and Harmon.

Why would anyone in their right mind trust these three to make changes that alter life, the city itself and the economy of our community?

So cooking with gas? No more?

Electric power does not stop heating, when it is turned off, so that new construction in the micro units for the seniors, will all be electric? And the costs for electric power, water heater, dryer, stove, heating system all will be at least double the costs of natural gas.

We have plenty of natural gas. Electricity must be made.

The startup funds come from the judgment awarded after the electrical wires caused wildfires.

How does this add up? It is still business in partnership with Edison, and why is gas the bad guy?

Remember the PG&E electrical shut-offs up and down State Street all summer?

Remember the inadequate grids that shut off the power in downtown Santa Barbara? The environmentalists stopped the practice of wildland management and limited controlled burns, and this, of course, increased the wildfire fuel. Now the Sierra Club is backing the city’s electrical only ordinance, which makes the success of their start-up electrical company a “hot-item ticket.” Isn’t this at the very least a conflict

of interest? Who are these Democratic Central Committee puppets?

It is the bottom line for bottom feeders. This is a socialist mindset. Why do they think they know better than we do, or that they can run a utility company?

Why would we allow them to take our freedom of choice? Look at the state of the city and how the government is changing the face of this beautiful city that has been guarded for over a hundred years.

Dear developers, guess who is excluded from the electricalonly ordinance? Hotels, motels and restaurants. Wow. Sales tax matter. Our city is following San Luis Obispo and Ojai in the push to remove the gas company and go all electric. However, Santa Barbara is not San Luis Obispo or Ojai.

To quote the former mayor, Sheila Lodge, “Santa Barbara is an uncommonplace American town.” Go buy her new book at Chaucer’s by the same title. In her book, she quotes Charles Mumford who prepared the city’s first municipal plan.

He “commented on the extraordinary beauty of the town’s setting and on the fact that the health of the city’s economy depended on the enhancement of its attractiveness.”

And look what they are doing before our very eyes, stealing the views that make this town beautiful and unique in the world, with the false claim that more housing is needed. Take a walk around Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden, and imagine instead of the garden, a condo project 109 feet high. Pearl Chase fought that proposal in 1968 and won. Just think of the precedent that would have been set in the city if this scale of development had been allowed.

They can build that “needed” housing in less unique areas of the county like Santa Maria, Lompoc, Los Alamos.

Sheila Lodge also asserts the same claims for housing were being made in 1909, when the preservation movement began.

She further comments, “Careless development can alter the character of Santa Barbara. Its difference and distinction must be maintained.”

We are presently encumbered with a city government that is not guarding the unique beauty of this city and instead is running ramshackle as it exploits and destroys her charms.

If this “progress” isn’t stopped, more will have to change than the city’s seal — that is, the schooner in the channel with mountain views, for all.

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

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We do not want a country divided but it is sad. We couldn’t have a period of “what if” and had those who voted for Joe Biden on one side and those who

voted for President Trump be on the other side and watch these sides to see which survives, but this is a pipe dream.

Speaking of pipe dreams, wouldn’t it be great to have a ballot with just the candidates for president on a ballot? This would be the quickest counting in the history of elections.

Of course, we would need those who do the counting, closely watched, especially to keep the dead from voting from the grave.