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Traffic fatalities reported Collisions shut down Highway 101, State Route 154 closed after unrelated incident
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UCSB graduate student researchers joined as Student Researchers United protest that the University of California has yet to recognize their unionizing efforts Wednesday.
UCSB grad students protest for union rights Student Researchers United hopes for union recognition By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
A group of graduate student researchers marched through UCSB’s mostly empty campus Wednesday, stirring up a sleepy quad. They chanted through cupped fists and megaphones and waved signs: “Union busting is disgusting,” “The votes are in.” More than 12,000 researchers compose Student Researchers United, a unionizing effort formed across University of California campuses with United Auto Workers.
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California Highway Patrol officers reroute vehicles at a hard closure of Highway 101 just before the scene of a three-fatality collision near Dos Pueblos Canyon Road in Goleta.
By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Highway 101 and State Route 154 closed for hours Wednesday, and traffic was rerouted to lesser used roads as crews cleaned debris from morning collisions. The 101 closure followed four traffic fatalities that happened in the middle of the night. COLLISION AT HIGHWAY 101 AND WINCHESTER CANYON A fatal collision occurred at approximately 2:10 a.m. Wednesday along Highway 101 at Winchester Canyon Road in Goleta.
The driver of a 2016 Hyundai Sonata was traveling northbound before colliding into another vehicle in the same lane. The other car fled, while the Hyundai swerved onto the right shoulder and stopped between the lanes. The driver was the sole occupant of the vehicle. California Highway Patrol, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department and American Medical Response responded to the scene. AMR declared the driver deceased on scene. The collision is under investigation by CHP. Anyone with information is urged to contact
CHP’s Santa Barbara office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 805967-1234. THREE FATALITIES IN AFIRE COLLISION A second unrelated collision occurred along southbound Highway 101 at approximately 2:25 a.m. Wednesday, resulting in three fatalities. Two vehicles collided along Highway 101 at Dos Pueblos Canyon Road in Goleta. The vehicles caught fire, and three fire engines responded and extinguished the flames. The collision is also under
SEDAN COLLIDES UNDERNEATH COMMERCIAL TRUCK Two vehicles collided in the 2300 block of State Route 154 Wednesday morning at approximately 8:25. A small sedan collided underneath a commercial truck, and paramedics had to extricate one patient with critical injuries. Two patients with minor injuries were transported to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
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At left, Caltrans workers clean up Highway 101 from a 2:25 a.m. collision where two cars caught fire. At right, paramedics had to extricate the victims from the vehicles.
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CARP Growers, Coalition for Responsible Cannabis agree to enhanced rules By MADISON HIRNEISEN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
The Coalition for Responsible Cannabis and CARP Growers reached a landmark agreement this month that will enhance odor control requirements for cannabis cultivators in the Carpinteria Valley. The new agreement, which was forged over the last 11 months, establishes supplemental odor control requirements for all CARP Growers that expand beyond what Santa Barbara County’s current ordinance outlines. Under the agreement, CARP Growers have agreed to utilize the most advanced technology for odor abatement and ensure that odor does not seep into school zones, parks or other public areas. This new enforcement goes a step beyond the county’s enforcement — which only extends to residential zones — and allows the coalition to enforce more advanced odor abatement strategies when odor extends into public spaces. “In partnership with CARP
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“From the perspective of someone who lives in Carp, it’s a relief and a subject of great joy to see some people on both sides of the debate getting together and trying to come up with practical solutions instead of remaining embroiled in conflict,” Supervisor Das Williams told the News-Press regarding the agreement.
Growers, the Coalition developed a comprehensive voluntary upgrade to the County’s odor control program,” Coalition Please see CANNABIS on B4
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California’s Public Employment Relations Board verified the researchers’ majority earlier this month, but the University of California has yet to recognize the union. When asked for a statement on Wednesday’s protests (which stemmed across all the system’s campuses), the University of California sent the following response: “The University of California recognizes the valuable role of our graduate student researchers in contributing to
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