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We do not fit that vision.”

Ms. Gomez has been the store owner for over the last 30 years.

Having only been in a health foods store once, Ms. Gomez saw an ad asking if someone wanted to live in Santa Barbara and listing the store for sale. The previous owners offered to stay and help her learn the ropes, which Ms. Gomez gladly accepted.

Although Ms. Gomez learned and studied about owning a health foods store on her own time, she said that a key to the store’s success was surrounding herself with experienced people. Collectively, the workers in the store have close to 150 years of knowledge, regarding nutrition supplements.

Montecito Natural Foods will not be relocating, and Ms. Gomez said she will most likely retire.

And Ms. Gomez said she would like to “thank all of our loyal clientele. These deep relationships are what we’ll all miss, more than anything else.” email: cbeeghly@newspress.com

Biden administration follows California’s lead on Electric Vehicles

By RIA ROEBUCK JOSEPH THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) - “This is a great day for America as our country, under the leadership of President Biden, charts a new course for a zero emissions future,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom referencing the new federal emissions standards proposed by the U.S. EPA.

Under the Biden administration, the two new proposals for emissions standards announced today cover Heavy-duty vehicles, and light- and mediumduty vehicles emission standards for 2027 and beyond.

The proposal builds upon EPA’s final standards for federal greenhouse gas emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks for model years 2023 through 2026. Gov. Newsom is excited about the administration’s announcement releasing a statement of his own saying, ‘The standards… would effectively require a majority of all cars sold in the U.S. to be zero emissions vehicles by 2032, and if adopted, they would be the most stringent federal tailpipe requirements in history. “

The new proposed emissions standards for light, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles for model year 2027 and beyond promises to reduce climate and other harmful air pollution.

The EPA anticipates that with the requirements, electric vehicles (EVs) could account for 67% of new light-duty vehicle sales and 46% of new medium-duty vehicle sales in 2032.

The first set of proposed standards announced today, the “Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium Duty Vehicles,” leverages advances in clean car technology to further reduce both climate pollution and smog- and soot-forming emissions while retaining current EPA standards for light-duty vehicles in effect until 2026.

California’s plan to require nearly half of all new heavy-duty trucks be zero emissions by 2035 got the nod from the EPA last month.

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VOL. 167 NO.

By ERIC BOOSE UCSB SPORTS WRITER

The UCSB baseball team (21-9, 6-3 Big West) completed a two-game sweep of the San Jose State Spartans (15-13, 8-4 Mountain West) on Tuesday, with Christian Kirtley’s walk-off home run deciding the first game, 65, in favor of the Gauchos and Jared Sundstrom’s grand slam putting UCSB ahead for good in the second game, which they ultimately won by a score of 122. JD Callahan and Alex Schrier each turned in their longest and finest pitching performances of the season, with both righties striking out seven Spartans.

How It Happened

The first game of the series began on Monday night, but was suspended in the bottom of the sixth inning due to heavy fog. When the weather put a stop to the action, the Gauchos led, 3-1, thanks in large part to Callahan and Kirtley. In his second start of the season, Callahan shut down the Spartan bats, going 4 2/3 innings before allowing a hit, and striking out seven to keep the visitors off the board.

The Gaucho bats got their starter some run support in the very first inning, despite (or perhaps thanks to) a moment of chaos on the basepaths. Runners on first and second turned into second and third thanks to an errant pick-off throw, but then that lead runner was caught between third and home on an Aaron Parker grounder. While that resulted in an out, LeTrey McCollum narrowly escaped a rundown of his own, ending up at third. Zander Darby’s sacrifice fly drove McCollum home for the first run of the game. UCSB added two more in the fourth, in much more straightforward fashion. Kirtley led off the inning with his first home run of the game to make it 2-0, which kicked off a hit parade. Broc Mortensen singled, took second on a wild pitch, then scored on an RBI double from Sundstrom.

The fog only thickened as Monday evening went on, and it almost certainly played a role in San Jose State getting on the scoreboard. After a lead-off walk, a two-out fly ball disappeared into the haze, inhibiting Sundstrom’s ability to get a read on the ball. It found the grass for an RBI triple, and after the top of the sixth ended, the game was suspended.

When play resumed on Tuesday, the eighth inning started a flurry of scoring, first with an RBI double from the Spartans to cut the lead to one. In the bottom of the eighth, Corey Nunez’s twoRBI single extended the Gaucho lead back to three, but San Jose State would get all three of those runs back in the top of the ninth, including a two-run home run. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Kirtley hit his second solo shot of the game to nearly the same spot as his first, giving UCSB their second walk-off win of the season.

Frank Camarillo opened the second game on the mound for UCSB, working a scoreless first inning before making way for Nick Welch, who worked a scoreless second. Parker and Sundstrom combined to open the scoring in the bottom of the second, with the catcher legging out an infield single, then stealing second, which allowed Sundstrom to drive him home with a base hit to left.

Schrier took the mound to start the third inning, getting a nifty defensive play from Nick Oakley behind him but also allowing a run on a sacrifice fly, as the game was tied heading into what turned out to be a very eventful fourth inning.

In the top of the fourth, San Jose State led off with a walk,

THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2023