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Santa Barbara County law enforcement, school officials react to massacre By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The nation Tuesday saw the largest school massacre since Sandy Hook in Uvalde, Texas, when two teachers and 19 children were killed at Robb Elementary School by Salvador Ramos, 18, with an AR-15 style semiautomatic rifle. Authorities said he had legally purchased two such rifles just days prior to the shooting, right after his 18th birthday. Mr. Ramos was a resident of the community that is about 85 miles west of San Antonio and had no criminal or mental health history. “Investigators shed no immediate light on the motive,” according to The Associated Press. On Wednesday, law enforcement and school officials in Santa Barbara County reacted with shock and disbelief to the shootings as they talked to the News-Press about what needs to be done to deter gun violence. And representatives of school districts and private schools across the county, the Sheriff’s Office and the county district attorney’s office have been invited to meet Friday with the county superintendent of schools to discuss mitigation strategies to deal with violence. Bottom line: Children must be protected, Interim Santa Barbara Police Chief Bernard Melekian told the News-Press. “The killings in Texas represent a level of depravity that is almost impossible to fathom,” Chief Melekian said. “As a father and grandfather, I can only barely imagine the anguish that the families of the victims are dealing with. “With respect to gun control, if we allow this tragedy to fall into the same political cesspool that happened after Sandy Hook and other similar

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Santa Barbara County District Joyce Dudley said law enforcement needs the proper funding to enforce laws and keep society safe.

“The senseless and hateful mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, shake us to our core,” said Sheriff Bill Brown.

tragedies, then these deaths will just be added to the list of tragedies children and adults from violence. we cry about without actually doing ‘Once again our nation finds itself in anything,” Chief Melekian said. “Of the midst of terrible tragedy,” Sheriff equal importance is the need to Brown told the News-Press. “The expand our capacity with respect to senseless and hateful mass shootings mental health resources. I have no in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, doubt that the suspect in this matter Texas, shake us to our core, and are will turn out to have been struggling even more horrific with the realization with mental illness and have displayed that both of these atrocities were warning signs that caused people who committed by 18-year-old Americans. knew him some concern. Our hearts are broken and our deep “The problem sympathy goes out to is that there is no all the family members, place for people friends and colleagues of to act on these .the innocent victims. More stories on page A2. concerns. That “Preventing these needs to change,” crimes is a complex and the police chief said. “Winston difficult task, but as a nation we must Churchill is supposed to have said: work to encourage the reporting of any ‘When all is said and done, usually suspicious activity to law enforcement, more is said than done.’ So far that has and redouble our efforts to provide been our history and how we respond early intervention and mental health to these things. treatment to anyone who exhibits any “The problem with what we are indication of sociopathic thinking or dealing with here is a word that no behavior,” Sheriff Brown said. “We one really likes anymore. But we are must also address the problems of dealing with evil.” Chief Melekian bullying and its impact on youth, pay said. “Somebody wiser than me will attention to the mental health needs have to figure out how to keep evil of young people in our schools, and away from small children.” work to prevent access to firearms by Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Please see TRAGEDY on A4 Brown also called on society to protect

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Abbott: No ‘meaningful warnings’ before Uvalde school shootings

Newsom announces legislative actions to curb gun violence By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Gov. Gavin Newsom held a press conference Wednesday to announce expedited legislative efforts to protect communities from gun violence. Senate President Pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins, D-San Diego, and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood, also spoke at the conference, which came one day after the killing of 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. “Rather than pointing a finger of blame, our impulse in California has always been to take action,” Speaker Rendon said. “California already has strong gun laws on background checks, limiting purchasing by age and restraining orders to prevent gun violence,” he said. “Still, if there is anything more that we can do, we are compelled to do it. That is why we are here today, trying to accelerate consideration of new laws to reduce gun violence … “It is also our hope that other states will join California, and that we will act nationally to end the

stranglehold that gun violence has on our country…We have work to do,” he said. Legislative proposals include limiting firearm marketing to minors and permitting legal action against gun makers and dealers who are “reckless” or “negligent” in marketing their products. Proposed legislation also would allow citizens to sue firearm makers, distributors and others who sell or import assault weapons, .50 BMG rifles and ghost guns. At Wednesday’s news conference, Sen. Atkins discussed the fear that families experience today. “We’re here because we have gotten to the point that we can’t live our lives without trepidation that every time we step outside we may never see our families again. That’s what I heard yesterday. We can’t live without fear that each goodbye to our children, our spouses and friends could be the last. This may feel like a point of no return but it’s not… “We have to turn it around before another neighbor, mother, teacher or child is senselessly ripped from our world,” she said.

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“The killings in Texas represent a level of depravity that is almost impossible to fathom,” Interim Santa Barbara Police Chief Bernard Melekian told the News-Press.

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She said she is working with Speaker Rendon “to move expeditiously on over a dozen bills that are already working their way through our legislative process, many of them being acted on yesterday, today, this week… Please see PLANS on A4

(The Center Square) — As the investigation continues into Tuesday’s elementary school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead, authorities on Wednesday provided more details into the moments leading up to the mass shooting. At a Wednesday news conference that was briefly interrupted by Democratic candidate for Texas governor Beto O’Rourke, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said the shooter, 18-yearold Uvalde resident Salvador Ramos, first shot his 66-year-old grandmother in the face at their home. The woman, who remains in critical condition at a local hospital, called police. Mr. Ramos then got into his grandmother’s car and started driving toward Robb Elementary School. He crashed his car about a block-and-a-half away, Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said. Mr. Ramos then exited the vehicle with a backpack and a semiautomatic rifle and walked toward

the school. “As he was approaching, a school district resource officer engaged him, but the subject was able to make it into the school,” Gov. Abbott said. Inside the school, Mr. Ramos made a couple of turns before approaching two classrooms. “That’s where the carnage began,” a law enforcement officer said. Gov. Abbott said “there was no meaningful forewarnings of this crime,” other than three Facebook messages the shooter posted shortly before the shootings occurred. About 30 minutes before the school shooting, he posted, “’First, I’m going to shoot my grandmother,’” Gov. Abbott said. Shortly thereafter, he posted, “’I did shoot my grandmother,’” Gov. Abbott said. His third post was, “’I’m going to shoot an elementary school,’” the governor said of the shooter. At least 21 people were killed, and multiple others were injured. The victims were mostly thirdand fourth-graders, according to law enforcement officials. Some family members are posting

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pictures of their lost loved ones. Police said they still don’t have a motive for the mass shooting. They also said Mr. Ramos had no known criminal or mental health history. On March 17, Mr. Ramos purchased a semiautomatic rifle, Mr. McCraw said. On March 18, he bought 275 rounds of ammunition for the rifle. On March 20, he Please see WARNINGS on A3

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News-Press announces endorsements The Santa Barbara News-Press has announced its first round of endorsements for the June 7 primary. The News-Press is supporting: • Mike Stoker in the race for the 37th Assembly District. • Bill Brown for Santa Barbara County sheriff. •Christy Lozano for superintendent of Santa Barbara County schools. • Dr. Brad Allen for the 24th Congressional District.

Texas shooting reignites debate over gun control (The Center Square) — The tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has grabbed the attention of the nation and reinvigorated the debate over federal gun control measures. The shooting at Robb Elementary School left 19 children, a teacher and a second adult dead, and a nation mourning. Authorities identified 18-year-old Uvalde resident Salvador Ramos as the shooter. He is now dead. Soon after the shooting, President Joe Biden called for gun control measures in a speech at the White House.

“It’s time — for those who obstruct or delay or block the common-sense gun laws, we need to let you know that we will not forget,” Biden said. “We can do so much more. We have to do more.” Critics accused Democrats of politicizing this and other shootings by focusing on the race of the shooter when he was white in last week’s massacre in Buffalo and on gun control issues when the shooter in Texas was not white. Mr. Ramos was Hispanic. Republicans have pointed to the need for an emphasis on mental health instead. “It does not appear that the dead alleged shooter/killer, Salvador Ramos, was a white supremacist,” Larry Elder,

former Republican gubernatorial candidate in California, wrote on Twitter. “Biden/media, post Buffalo, deftly switch from ‘angry white men’ to ‘easy access of guns.’” The shooting has also stirred up Texas politics. Actor Matthew McConaughey, who flirted with running for Texas governor before deciding not to, spoke out on the shooting. “As you are all aware, there was another mass shooting today, this time in my hometown of Uvalde, Texas,” he said, adding that society needs to ask the question, “How do we repair the problem?” Casey Harper works at The Center Square’s Washington, D.C., bureau.

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Rubio: Congress should pass Luke and Alex School Safety Act to improve school safety By BETHANY BLANKLEY THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) — In the wake of Tuesday’s shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead at a Texas elementary school, some members of Congress are urging action on a measure they say would improve safety in the nation’s schools. “The horrific tragedy in Texas should spur Congress to act on proposals that can pass and actually make a difference like our bipartisan Luke & Alex School Safety Act,” Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said after an 18-year-old man shot and killed 21 people in the Texas border town of Uvalde on Tuesday, the majority of whom were children attending Robb Elementary

School. Republican Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Rubio and Sen. Rick Scott, also of Florida, introduced the bill last March. It passed the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in July 2021, then went nowhere. The bill would codify into law the Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety available at SchoolSafety.gov to inform parents and educators on expert recommendations and best practices schools can implement to improve school security. The clearinghouse also provides information on available federal resources and grant programs that can be used to fund the safety measures. The Luke and Alex School Safety Act is named after Luke

Hoyer and Alex Schachter, two students killed in the Feb. 14, 2018, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla. Luke and Alex’s parents, along with members of the group, “Stand with Parkland,” have “fought tirelessly for Congress to take common sense steps like the clearinghouse to prepare schools and protect students from harm in the event of an attack,” the senators said in a news release when introducing the bill. “The Parkland shooting is a tragedy I will never forget, and I was proud of the work I was able to accomplish with the families and the previous administration to help ensure school districts

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Outage affects Coast Village Road By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

Coast Village Road businesses went without power for much of or all of Wednesday. The outage started around 9 a.m. on the Montecito street, which is inside the city limits of Santa Barbara and is served by Southern California Edison. Power came back on at different

times for different businesses, said Joel Mallet, a stylist at Xavier Scordo, a salon that was still without power at 5:30 p.m. “Some people got power at 1:30; some got power at 12:30,” Mr. Mallet told the News-Press. “In my house on (nearby) Jameson Lane, power came back on at 3:30 p.m.” Without power to heat his water and operate his blow dryers, Mr. Mallet had to cancel appointments

and lost a day’s worth of business. “We had no lights.” He said it was impossible to process credit card payments without power. Mr. Mallet said he received texts from Southern California Edison assuring him that power would come back on at various times. It didn’t. Diane Castro, a Southern California Edison spokeswoman,

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This building on the Appfolio campus in Goleta has been sold for $13.9 million.

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One of the three buildings on the Appfolio campus in Goleta was purchased by an investor for $13.9 million. The building is located at 50 Castilian Drive. The leasehold interest sale was of the building itself, combined with a 99-year ground lease on the underlying 3.35-acre parcel. The building was leased by Appfolio with more than 10 years remaining on the lease, which provided a 5.37% capitalization rate to the new owner. The seller was a joint venture by Shopoff Realty Investments, Praelium Commercial Real Estate and Blackbird Investment Group. Representing the seller were Sean

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purchased another semiautomatic rifle. An agent with the Border Patrol Tactical Unit, who was near the school and heard the gunshots, entered the school along with local police, shot and killed Mr. Ramos, Gov. Abbott said. Three officers were shot and wounded on the scene and are expected to survive, Gov. Abbott said. Counseling for Robb Elementary staff started at 8 a.m. Wednesday and at 10 a.m. for the general public. Into Wednesday, identification and notification efforts were still going on at the Uvalde Civic Center, where families were entering with photos of their children and providing DNA. Officials from the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Rangers are working with local and federal law enforcement

By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The Department of the Interior Wednesday announced a $33 million investment through President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to put people to work plugging, remediating and reclaiming orphaned oil and gas wells in national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges and on other public lands. Four bureaus within the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture will address 277 high-priority polluting wells that pose threats to human health and safety, the climate and wildlife. Among them are two wells at Channel Islands National Park, off the coast of Santa Barbara. Wednesday’s allocation is part of a total of $250 million provided through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for cleaning up orphaned wells and well sites on federal public lands, national parks, national wildlife refuges and national forests. Agencies receiving funding will measure methane emissions before and after plugging using a methane measurement protocol developed by the multi-agency

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Fulp & Matt Berres of Newmark and Steve Hayes & Francois DeJohn of Hayes Commercial Group. In December 2020, the joint venture purchased the 165,905 square feet of office space on 10.82 acres. By dividing the asset into three buildings and presenting them for sale separately from the land, the owner was able to set them at a lower price point, reaching a larger pool of potential buyers, according to a news release from the Hayes Commercial Group. The remaining two buildings are at 70 and 90 Castilian Drive and are still for sale. “NNN-leased investment property like this is in demand in our market,” according to the news release. “We are seeing considerable interest in assets

in this price range, including the other two buildings at this location. There are vastly more $10 to $15 million buyers than we would see for the whole campus, so selling the buildings individually was a creative disposition strategy by the venture.” Appfolio is a publicly traded software-as-a-service company with a $3 billion market cap. It employs an estimated 600 employees. The company began leasing space at 50 Castilian Drive, which is a two-story, 43,655 square-foot creative office building, in 2011 and since has expanded into the entire campus for its corporate headquarters.

to fully investigate the crime. The Texas Division of Emergency Management is also providing local officials with necessary resources. “Texans across the state are grieving for the victims of this senseless crime and for the community of Uvalde,” Gov. Abbott said. The city of Uvalde is accepting donations to help victims’ families with medical expenses. Donations can be made via check to the city of Uvalde and mailed to P.O. Box 799, Uvalde, Texas 78802. “We are working on setting up an online option for donations and will post that information as soon as we have that ready,” the city said on its Facebook page. Those with questions are instructed to contact Gloria Resma at gresma@ uvaldetx.gov or 830-278-3315 or Susan Anderson at sanderson@ uvaldetx.gov. Tuesday’s shooting marked the deadliest one at an elementary school since Sandy Hook in Newtown, Conn., in 2012. Ten

years ago, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people, the majority of whom were children between the ages of 6 and 7.

Infrastructure investment addresses Channel Islands National Park wells Technical Working Group. The Department of the Interior is also working on developing a database to collect information as wells are plugged and to capture these measurements for future Congressional reporting. The agencies have also prioritized wells that impact disadvantaged communities in keeping with the administration’s Justice40 initiative to deliver at least 40% of the benefits of climate and clean energy investments to disadvantaged communities. “I have seen firsthand how the orphaned oil and gas wells left behind by extractive industries lead to hazardous pollution, water contamination and safety hazards for our communities,” said Deb Haaland, secretary of the Interior. “These wells jeopardize public health and safety by contaminating groundwater, seeping toxic chemicals, emitting harmful pollutants including methane and harming wildlife,” said Laura Daniel-Davis, principal deputy assistant secretary for land and minerals.” email: mmcmahon@newspress. com

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California parents could soon sue social media companies for addicting children By MADISON HIRNEISEN THE CENTER SQUARE STAFF REPORTER

(The Center Square) — California parents could soon sue social media platforms like Facebook and TikTok for addicting their children to social media under legislation passed in the Assembly on Monday. The legislation, Assembly Bill 2408, specifies that “addiction” means the use of social media platforms creates an obsession that makes it difficult to reduce use despite the user’s desire to and causes harm — including physical, mental, emotional, developmental, or material harm. The bill allows parents who can demonstrate their child under 18 is addicted to the platform to sue and collect up to $25,000 per violation. Additionally, a claimant who demonstrates the platform “knew or intended to addict children” could make platforms pay out an additional $250,000 civil penalty. The law applies to social media platforms that generated at least $100 million in gross revenue in the previous year, indicating that the bill targets the largest and

most influential social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok. The bill’s author, Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham, R-San Luis Obispo, urged lawmakers to advance the bill Monday, saying that social media addiction is causing harm to the mental health of children and teens across the state and nation. “If you’re going to create a product that you know children are going to use, you should want to design it in a way that doesn’t require them to seek psychiatric help,” said Rep. Cunningham, whose district includes northern Santa Barbara County. He later added that advancing the measure would send a message to social media giants that “the era of unfettered social experimentation on children is over and we will protect kids.” The bill received broad bipartisan support during Monday’s Assembly floor session and cleared a key hurdle after both Republican and Democratic lawmakers backed the measure. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it will wind through

committees over the next few weeks. Thus far, the bill has been opposed by several business groups, including the California Chamber of Commerce and TechNet, a network of tech CEOs and executives. Opposition groups have argued that the bill would impose an “unimaginable civil liability” on social media platforms and “interferes with expressive rights of both the minors who will be banned from social media services and the service providers themselves.” “There is no social media company let alone any business that could tolerate that legal risk, especially considering how much this bill puts the thumb on the scales of justice for plaintiffs,” TechNet wrote in opposition. The bill, however, does contain options for social media platforms to avoid liability. If the bill becomes law and takes effect Jan. 1, 2023, platforms can avoid liability if by April 1, 2023, they cease the development of features that were “known or should have been known” to be addictive to child users. Additionally, the bill contains

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a “safe harbor provision” that protects social media platforms from civil penalties if they maintain quarterly audits of its features to detect if any practices “have the potential to cause or contribute to the addiction of child users,” and if those issues are corrected within 30 days of the audit. Madison Hirneisen covers California for The Center Square.

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Continued from Page A2 have a reliable central authority, or clearinghouse, where evidence-based and successful models for school safety measures are available,” Sen. Rubio said. The Florida senator led a bipartisan, bicameral effort to urge the federal commission on school safety to include a clearinghouse in its recommendations, which it did. “Information provided on SchoolSafety.gov will help teachers, school officials, and parents to improve safety measures and create a safe and supportive learning environment for students, while also demanding action if they believe their school needs to do more,” Sen. Johnson said. Sen. Scott said he thinks about the victims of the Parkland shooting every day. “Since that horrible day, I’ve worked closely with many of the victims’ family members as governor and now as senator to ensure no child, educator, or family has to experience that again,” he said. The bill would amend Title XXII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and require the Department of Homeland Security to create a federal

California adopts ban on irrigation in certain areas amid drought By MADISON HIRNEISEN THE CENTER SQUARE STAFF REPORTER

(The Center Square) — Grass outside of commercial buildings and on college campuses will go dry this summer under new regulations enacted by California water officials. The State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday adopted a ban on the irrigation of grass on commercial, industrial and institutional properties, excluding grass that is used for recreation or other community events. The ban takes effect June 10, and violators could face a $500 daily fine per violation.

The board also moved to adopt regulations requiring all urban water suppliers to move to “Level 2” in their water conservation plans, which plans for a shortage of up to 20%. While conservation actions are based on local drought plans, Level 2 actions typically include measures like limiting outdoor watering to only certain days or hours and increasing efforts to identify water waste. About half of the state’s 436 water suppliers have not activated Level 2 plans yet, and 36 still have not submitted drought plans, according to state water officials. “The severity of this drought

requires all Californians to save water in every possible way,” Joaquin Esquivel, chair of the State Water Board, said in a statement. “The regulation compels water systems and local authorities to implement a range of additional critical conservation measures as we enter the hot and dry summer months.” The new regulations come after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order in March that calls for additional regulations amid California’s drought. The governor had called for all Californians to voluntarily reduce water usage by 15% last July, but the state has fallen short of that

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Continued from Page A1 anyone suffering from a serious mental illness.” Dr. Susan Salcido, the Santa Barbara County superintendent of schools, told the News-Press that school districts and campuses maintain safety plans. “Each plan is unique to the individual school campus, taking into consideration campus configurations, school personnel, and student ages, among many factors,” she said. “Safety plans contain protocols for responding to emergencies and incidents affecting the safety of the campus. “The school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Texas — and the many other recent, senseless acts of violence carried out on school campuses — serve as a call to action for education leaders,” she said. “We continue to focus on school safety as our top priority. This tragic incident creates heightened urgency around the need to not just review our safety plans, but to renew our support of our school leaders, staff and families by working together — across sectors — to keep our campuses safe.” Dr. Salcido said she is convening Friday’s meeting with superintendents from school districts and private schools, the sheriff’s office, the district attorney’s office and crisis prevention and intervention expert Kelly Moore, to make sure everyone’s on the same page with mitigation strategies. She also said she wants to ensure “that we are being responsive to our community’s questions and concerns and that we are working

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Continued from Page A1 “We are also working on the creation of an office of Community Violence Prevention, which would help local communities create on-theground programs to prevent violence,” Sen. Atkins said. “We have to do everything in our power to get guns off our streets and away from people who should never lay a hand on

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“This country should not have any school site that is not safe,” said Hilda Maldondo, the Santa Barbara Unified superintendent of schools.

“We continue to focus on school safety as our top priority,” said Dr. Susan Salcido, the Santa Barbara County superintendent of schools.

together in determining what our next steps should be.” District Attorney Joyce Dudley told the News-Press, “I think we are safer when a law enforcement school safety officer is on campus. I hate that we live in a world where we do need that but I believe we do.” Police Chief Melekian said he’s “a big believer in school safety officers. “But the truth is there would not have been a school resource officer in an elementary school… Historically school resource officers have been primarily in high schools and junior high schools, primarily due to the age of the children. The issue of physical security probably needs to get more attention,” said Chief Melekian. Chief Melekian worked for the Department of Justice as director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services under Attorney

General Eric Holder from 2009 to 2013. Chief Melekian worked for the Department of Justice during the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting. District Attorney Dudley expressed her initial reaction to Tuesday’s shootings: “Disgust, pain, heartbreak, fear, a sense of helplessness. We try to do so much, and yet again we have the most vulnerable in our population being massacred. We have parents, grandparents, loved ones all over the world having the image of not only Sandy Hook but now this.” Hilda Maldonado, superintendent of Santa Barbara Unified School District, discussed Tuesday’s tragedy with the News-Press. “The first thing that we need to be thinking about is to look at how one comes to own guns — ensuring we know who owns guns and what is happening with them so that we are

them. Ten years ago we were in an eerily similar situation, grieving the killing of 20 children and six educators at Sandyhook Elementary. But here we are mourning the murder of children again. Nothing has changed.” Gov. Newsom said he didn’t have “any comments that I can share that haven’t been shared after every senseless act of violence. I have nothing that I can add that hasn’t been added to the conversation. “Just reflecting on what

happened a little over a week ago in Buffalo, or what happened in Boulder…” said Gov. Newsom, as he went on to list many of the acts of gun violence and mass shootings that the nation has seen in recent years. “That’s just a short list of these moments that tragically we have shared together, contemporary moments we have shared together,” he said. Gov. Newsom said California leads the national discussion on gun control policies. “We are

goal. In March 2022, the state’s urban retail water suppliers reported that the state’s water usage increased nearly 19% when compared to March 2020. This lowered the state’s water savings to just 3.7% since July 2021, according to a news release from the State Water Resources Control Board. Earlier this week, Gov. Newsom warned that if conservation actions at the local level do not produce water savings through summer, the state may be forced to enact mandatory water restrictions. Madison Hirneisen covers California for The Center Square. aware and careful and cognizant of the fact that guns are being used in our schools against our children. This country should not have any school site that is not safe.” “It is unconscionable that we continue to have events like this take place in schools, especially elementary schools,” said Dr. Maldonado. “I find it hard to think about how much this has impacted schools in the last decade or so,” the superintendent continued. “This is not what our school sites used to be. We used to be able to go to school and think of that as one of the safest places. The fact that we have to do active shooter training in schools is unconscionable.” Dr. Maldonado said Congress and the California legislature should: “Act immediately and swiftly with resolve to ensure that we put measures in place to protect lives. We can’t continue to have them study the issue, talk about the issue. We really need to have a strong policy of what our country needs to be when it comes to gun safety. We want lives saved, and that is currently not the case.” Ms. Dudley said that to her knowledge, California has the greatest number of laws regulating guns in the U.S., but noted the need for funding for law enforcement. “I think there are several gun laws being considered in California now,” she said. “As much as I like the restrictions around guns, California needs to put money behind the investigation. We need the money behind law enforcement to enforce these laws. We have plenty of laws, but we don’t have the enforcement to make sure that the people of California are safe.” email: kzehnder@newspress.com

going to control the controllables, the things that we have control of. California leads this national conversation.When California moves, other states move in the same direction... “Those states like California that have the most progressive policies in restricting the abuse and proliferation of guns have consistently out performed other states in terms of gun murder rates and gun death rates.” email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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clearinghouse database and collect data analytics to establish best practices for school safety nationwide. It instructs the secretaries of DHS, Education, and Health and Human Services, as well as the Department of Justice, to create the best practices and publish them online, to create an external advisory board to provide feedback and additional recommendations, and to seek parental and others’ input. At a minimum, the school safety measures would include threat prevention, preparedness, protection, mitigation, incident response and recovery, according to the bill summary. They would also include “any evidence or research rationale supporting the determination of the Clearinghouse that the best practice or recommendation has been shown to have a significant effect on improving the health, safety, and welfare of persons in school settings.” Of the Robb Elementary School shooting, Sen. Scott said he and his wife “are heartbroken to hear about the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School. No student should ever be afraid to go to school. The violence must end. We are praying for all of the victims, their families and all affected by this senseless act.”

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Wind southwest 4-8 knots today. Waves 1-3 feet with a south swell 2-4 feet at 16 seconds. Visibility under a mile in morning fog.

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At Lake Cachuma’s maximum level at the point at which water starts spilling over the dam holds 188,030 acre-feet. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, equivalent to the amount of water consumed annually by 10 people in an urban environment. Storage 85,250 acre-ft. Elevation 707.80 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 39.3 acre-ft. Inflow 51.1 acre-ft. State inflow 12.5 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. -71 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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T H U R S DAY, M AY 2 6 , 2 0 2 2

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Signature dishes at Finch & Fork include Fried Chicken Oysters, the tender, juicy pieces of dark meat from a Rocky Free Range chicken served with potato puree and hot honey sauce.

Finch & Fork F

Downtown restaurant reopens with new space, concept and menus

By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

At top, Finch & Fork serves plump local Hope Ranch Mussels in a coconut curry broth with grilled sourdough. Above, among the signature dishes are local Diver Scallops with Acquerello risotto, Serrano ham, Roman artichokes and Grana Padano.

inch & Fork has reopened its fully renovated signature restaurant with a brand-new space, concept and menus by Executive Chef Craig Riker, bringing a diverse, California-inspired culinary experience to the thriving Santa Barbara restaurant scene. Located within the Kimpton Canary Hotel in downtown Santa Barbara, the reopening marks a new era in the evolution of the iconic restaurant, which originally opened in April 2013. Finch & Fork at 31 W. Carrillo St. offers dining room seating for 122 people, as well as bar lounge seating for 22, lobby lounge seating for 18, and up to 36 for private events. Buyouts are available from Sunday through Thursday. The new space, designed by Los Angeles-based Beleco, takes inspiration from the coast with deep blues and aqua marines against earthy textures and finishes such as leather and terra cotta. With an aesthetic that is warm and inviting, yet glamorous, Finch & Fork echoes the experience of dining in an elegant California estate. “We are proud to reintroduce Finch & Fork to Santa Barbara with Chef Riker at the helm,” said Tim Thomas, director of food and beverage. “The elevated design and locally inspired menus are sure to resonate with our community and our guests.” Chef Riker has pulled from his background across the Southeast and the West Coast to curate menus that offer a mix of comforting and crave-worthy dishes, highlighting locally sourced ingredients whenever possible. Signature dishes include Chef Riker’s Fried Chicken Oysters, the tender, juicy pieces of dark meat from a Rocky Free Range chicken served with potato puree and hot

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Finch & Fork recently reopened at the Canary Hotel, 31 W. Carrillo St., Santa Barbara.

honey sauce; local Diver Scallops with Acquerello risotto, Serrano ham, Roman artichokes and Grana Padano; and plump local Hope Ranch Mussels in a coconut curry broth, served with grilled sourdough. “The Fried Chicken Oyster gets its name because when trimmed out of the bird, it looks like an oyster you’d eat on the half-shell,” said Chef Riker. “It is one of the best pieces on the bird and for years has been called ‘The Chef’s Reward.’ It was inspired by my grandmother, and growing up in northwest Florida, we were always eating her southern cooking.” Dinner is relaxed and elegant, with appetizers, entrees and sides such as Deviled Eggs with pickled shallots, Cajun maple pork belly and chives; White Sweet Potato Soup with truffle and espelette; and Bellwether Farms Ricotta Gnocchi with pancetta, grilled king trumpet mushrooms and parmesan cream; a daily fresh local catch served with roasted, caper-golden raisin and pine nuts; Lemon Herb Broccolini with preserved lemon, Calabrian chili and garlic; and comfort food favorite Mac and Cheese with

orecchiette pasta and fontina cheese sauce. “Cajun maple pork belly on the deviled eggs was inspired by my wife and her Louisiana roots — her father was once the secretary of state. This dish was sort of a tip of the hat to her late father Big Al Ater,” said Chef Riker. The brunch menu includes a selection of artisan toasts with toppings such as avocado or almond butter and banana; classic egg dishes, smoked salmon and bagel and specialties such as Chilaquiles or Short Rib and Potato Hash with poached eggs. Finch & Fork’s whimsical dessert selection, also from the culinary imagination of Chef Riker, includes sweet twists on nostalgic flavors such as the Fire Roasted Milkshake with caramelized banana and salted caramel; a S’mores Panna Cotta with marshmallow fluff and graham cracker crumble; and Cinnamon Sugar Churros with dulce de leche and dark chocolate dipping sauce. “The Fire Roasted Milkshake was inspired by my family’s love of camping, combined with a lifelong Please see FINCH on B2

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farmers’ markets from several growers. Price averages $3 to $4 per pound.

Rainier cherries

White peaches The aroma of this seasonal favorite will draw you in as you walk down the isles of the farmers’ markets this time of year. Sweet and juicy, white peaches deliver a nice mild “peachy” flavor throughout, ideal to eat as they come, or enjoy in a host of cold and cooked preparations. This week I prepared white peach and whipped cream filled crepes for the Fix of the Week. White peaches can be quite delicate and more susceptible to bruising than the yellow varieties. So they’re best when ripened on the countertop and then consumed as soon as they’re ready. White peaches are an excellent source of vitamin C, as well as a good source of vitamins E and K, magnesium, copper, zinc, folate and dietary fiber. You can currently find freshly harvested white peaches at all weekly Santa Barbara certified

Brioche pull apart dinner rolls From the wheat fields of Kenter Canyon Farm to their Roan Mills certified kitchen, these brioche dinner rolls are baked fresh for our Saturday Santa Barbara and Sunday Camino Real farmers’ markets weekly. Baked together, they can be easily pulled apart one by one at the table. I enjoy them slightly warmed. They can also be used as a mini-burger bun, for a small pulled pork sandwich or for any general deli sandwich. Serve them on the table with roasted chicken and Thanksgiving-style sides, or use them for a morning breakfast sandwich. Price is $10 per package.

Recognized by their glossy yellow skin with a splash of pink blush, these plump cherries are sweet and absolutely delicious. Only available for a few more weeks, these excellent Rainier cherries can be enjoyed as they come. They make a nice addition to the kids’ lunch boxes or make a great afternoon snack. Delivering a nice floral aroma and flavor, these cherries are a nice addition to fruit salads, homemade preserves, mixed green salads, in a host of baked goods, or on charcuterie platters. Rainier cherries are available at all weekly Santa Barbara certified farmers’ markets from several California growers. Price averages $7 per pint basket. Sam Edelman is general manager of the Santa Barbara Certified Farmers Market Association and host of “Farm to Table,” which airs live 9 a.m. Thursdays on KZSB AM 1290.

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n multiple occasions this past week, I presented my kids with a platter of assorted fruit and asked them to let me know which was their favorite. White and yellow peaches, Rainier and Brooks cherries, pluots, apricots, and mulberries all made the cut. After working their way through, it was the white peaches that seemed to be the favorite of the day, delivering an incredibly sweet flavor and velvety juicy flesh. Personally, I’ve always preferred yellow peaches over the white varieties due to their richer flavor profile. So far this year, however, as the season slowly rolls out one variety after another, the white peaches have been quite tasty. These peaches are recognized by their ivory skin, blushed with red and pink hues. Inside lies the white opaque flesh that can have a little bit of the red coloration surrounding the central pit. The elevated sweetness is due to the lower amount of acidity compared to its yellow counterpart. Incredibly aromatic, white peaches tend to be very delicate to touch. They’re best when

consumed in their firm-ripe stage. Besides eating white peaches out of hand as they come, I most commonly enjoy them sliced and mixed into yogurt, or as a topping for desserts. Firm-ripe peaches can also be grilled or incorporated into a host of baked goods such as cobblers, crisps and tarts. You can also serve them over pancakes and waffles. This week I prepared some fresh crepes filled with delicate thinly sliced white peaches and a little whipped cream. This is a Sunday breakfast favorite in our house. You can also mix in some fresh berries if preferred. WHITE PEACH AND WHIPPED CREAM-FILLED CREPES 1 cup heavy cream 2 tablespoons sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 ¼ cup milk 2 large eggs 2 tablespoons granulated sugar Pinch of ground cinnamon Pinch of salt 4 tablespoons butter 2 large white peaches, sliced thin Make the whipped cream

in advance and chill in the refrigerator in an air-tight container until ready to use. To make, place a metal mixing bowl and whisk in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes to chill. Place sugar into the mixing bowl and add the whipping cream. Whisk until stiff peaks are formed. Then add vanilla and continue to whip to incorporate the vanilla flavor. For the crepes: In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon and salt. In an 8-inch sauté pan, over medium heat, add about 1/2 of a tablespoon of your butter and coat the entire base of the pan. Add about 1/8 of your mixture to the pan, turning the pan in a circular motion to evenly coat the pan with the mixture in a thin layer. Cook for about 2 minutes, then flip and cook for a final minute. Repeat until you have 8 crepes total. You can add sliced peaches and chilled whipped cream. Then roll and serve. Garnish with additional whipped cream, peaches, ground cinnamon, powdered sugar or berries if desired. Yield: Makes 8 crepes.

FINCH

Continued from Page B1 affinity for banana milkshakes and pretty much any dessert with banana in the name,” Chef Riker said. Complementing Chef Riker’s menus is a world class wine program, overseen by beverage manager Jazz Moralez, showcasing a selection of more than 100 wines and local beers. The list includes Finch & Fork’s twist on classics and signature libations such as a Maple Old Fashioned, an infusion of maple syrup, Suntory Toki Whiskey and black lemon bitters; the Rosefinch, Malfy Gin Rosa, Compari, Grapefruit and monk fruit; and a Cabrillo Boulevardier, featuring Monkey Shoulder scotch, Campari, Carpano Antica vermouth and orange peel among others. email: mmcmahon@newspress. com

FYI For more information about Finch & Fork, 31 W. Carrillo St., Santa Barbara, or to make reservations, visit www. finchandforkrestaurant.com.

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Craig Riker, executive chef at Finch & Fork, has pulled from his background across the Southeast and the West Coast to curate menus that offer a mix of comforting and crave-worthy dishes, highlighting locally sourced ingredients whenever possible.

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GOP Senate primary between Dr. Oz, McCormick goes to recount By ANTHONY HENNEN THE CENTER SQUARE STAFF REPORTER

(The Center Square) — It’s official: The Pennsylvania race to be the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate has triggered a recount. Celebrity surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO Dave McCormick are separated by fewer than 1,000 votes from more than 1.3 million cast, well within the 0.5% margin that mandates the Department of State to order a statewide recount. The unofficial vote count,

according to the department’s news release announcing the recount on Wednesday, has Dr. Oz with 419,365 votes (31.21%), ahead of Mr. McCormick’s 418,463 votes (31.14%). As The Center Square previously reported, the Pennsylvania election has attracted national attention for both its ability to tip the balance of power in Congress and as a bellwether for former President Donald Trump’s influence in the Republican Party. Mr. Trump endorsed Dr. Oz while the state’s Republican Party declined to

endorse any candidate in all statewide races. Counties must begin the recount by June 7 at noon, but can start on Friday, and must submit their recount results by June 8 at noon. It will cost taxpayers $1 million, the department estimated. Since Act 97 of 2004 passed, which has the automatic recount provision, it has taken effect seven times and led to three recounts. Of the recounts that were carried out, all three affirmed the unofficial results. The recount could get more complicated: Mr. McCormick’s

campaign filed a lawsuit Monday to require election officials to count mail-in and absentee ballots that did not have a date on the envelope. While the envelopes were postmarked and returned to election officials on time, state law required voters to sign and date their ballots on the outside of the envelope. Dr. Oz’s campaign opposes the requirement to count those ballots. Dr. Oz led at the end of Election Day, but the margin has been cut roughly in half since absentee and mail-in votes began getting counted.

Iraqi foreign national charged with plotting to murder Bush By BETHANY BLANKLEY THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) — An Iraqi foreign national has been charged with attempting to bring people into the U.S. illegally to help orchestrate a plot to murder former President George W. Bush. Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab, 52, who’s been living in Columbus, Ohio, was arrested by FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force agents Tuesday. He later appeared in federal court, the U.S. Attorney for the southern district of Ohio announced. His arrest came after months of surveillance and a sting operation overseen by the FBI. At no time was Mr. Bush in danger, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. In response to the news, Mr. Bush’s chief of staff Freddy Ford issued a statement, saying, “President Bush has all the confidence in the world in the United States Secret Service and our law enforcement and intelligence communities.” Mr. Shihab entered the U.S. in September 2020 on a visitor visa, according to his unsealed case file. In March 2021, he applied

for asylum. Under the Trump administration, if he’d applied for asylum, he’d likely wait in detention until his case was processed. If his application were rejected, he’d then be processed for removal. However, after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas drastically altered the asylum process, Mr. Shihab, and many entering the U.S. illegally, are filing asylum claims regardless of their eligibility as a way to stay in the U.S. Rather than having illegal immigrants remain in Mexico or be held in detention, DHS is releasing them into the U.S., prompting attorneys general to sue. U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fl., said it would take 14.5 years to deport all of the people the Biden administration has released into the U.S. Five months after applying for asylum, Mr. Shihab began plotting to smuggle an individual he believed to be an Iraqi into the U.S. through the southern border. The individual was a confidential informant whose interactions were “coordinated under the direction of the FBI,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. According to an FBI search-

warrant application filed March 23, 2021, first reported on by Forbes, and unsealed by the Southern District of Ohio, two confidential informants helped the FBI catch Mr. Shihab. One confidential informant claimed to offer Mr. Shihab help with obtaining false immigration and identification documents. The other purported to pay him thousands of dollars to illegally smuggle a family into the U.S. Mr. Shihab reportedly charged $40,000 to orchestrate the smuggling operation and received part of the money through the FBI sting operation. He also discussed smuggling others into the U.S., including two people associated with Hezbollah, investigators said. According to the charging document, Mr. Shihab planned to smuggle four Iraqis into the U.S. for the purpose of killing former President Bush in retaliation for invading Iraq in 2003. Mr. Shihab said they wanted “to kill former President Bush because they felt that he was responsible for killing many Iraqis and breaking apart the entire country of Iraq,” the warrant alleges.

After killing Bush, Mr. Shihab planned to smuggle his coconspirators out of the U.S. through Mexico. In February 2022, Mr. Shihab traveled to Dallas to survey the neighborhood where Mr. Bush lives, authorities said. He also went inside the George W. Bush Institute, where he recorded a video. By March, the FBI applied for a search warrant for his phone records and arranged a sting operation in a hotel room in Columbus. While there, he looked at firearms and a U.S. Border Patrol uniform brought by the FBI informant. Mr. Shihab described himself as a “soldier waiting for directions from the leadership in Qatar,” according to the warrant. He is also allegedly part of a group called “Al-Raed.” The group isn’t connected to ISIS but Mr. Shihab hoped ISIS would “collaborate in the assassination,” according to the warrant. Attempting to bring an individual illegally into the U.S. is a federal crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Aiding and abetting the attempted murder of a former president or federal official carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years.

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U.S. representatives for Western states call for more federal funding to fight wildfires By ROBERT DAVIS THE CENTER SQUARE STAFF CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) — Members of Congress representing Western states are calling for more federal funding to help states fight wildfires this summer. In a letter dated April 29 that was spearheaded by Reps. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., and John Curtis, R-Utah, the lawmakers asked a U.S. House subcommittee to “provide robust funding to programs” that will help bolster emergency preparedness, wildfire response and mitigation efforts. “In Colorado, and across the West, our communities are facing unprecedented devastation from more frequent and more intense wildfires — and we ought to be doing everything in our power here in Washington to support wildfire prevention, suppression, mitigation and resiliency,” Rep. Neguse said in a statement. “As we continue to experience record-setting and dangerous fires across the United States, it

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