Santa Barbara News-Press: January 17, 2023

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Parklets fee to start in May

Starting in May, Santa Barbara restaurants with dining parklets will have to pay a fee for the privilege of expanding their business outdoors.

The goal of the fee is to fully recover the city’s costs of cleaning, maintaining and operating the downtown promenade.

The variable rate fee structure, approved Thursday by the Santa Barbara City Council, will give restaurateurs the option of lowering their cost from $5 or more per square foot based on modifications they make to their parklets — like removing their platforms and/ or roofs and/or making them portable.

“It incentivizes portability and an updated design that

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Peter and Elmer Bernstein

– Leading Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives filed new legislation that would ban federal employees from working with big tech companies to censor Americans.

The bill comes as ongoing reports show that federal law enforcement and the White House have regularly communicated with social media companies like Facebook and Twitter, pressuring the companies to remove posts and accounts for a range of issues, including questioning the COVID-19 vaccine.

“The collusion between bureaucrats and Big Tech has gone on for far too long.

Government agencies shouldn’t censor the free speech of Americans,” said Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who is helping lead the effort. “The Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act is an important first step toward transparency and accountability for Biden’s bureaucrats and Big Tech.”

The bill would prevent federal officials from using their influence or authority, “including contracting, grantmaking, rulemaking,

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

Speakers and musicians celebrate civil rights leader’s legacy in Santa Barbara program

Back to dry weather

Storms lead reservoirs to approach or exceed capacity; more high surf ahead

The forecast calls for dry weather and cool temperatures over the next several days, and the county’s reservoirs are near or over capacity, with Lake Cachuma reaching 89.4% of capacity.

But residents are being advised to watch out for coastal flooding due to high surf and tides despite the good news of sunny skies ahead.

“The main thing is surf conditions and coastal flooding,” Kristen Stewart, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service-Los Angeles/Oxnard, told the News-Press Monday.

The county should see large waves this week — 4 to 7 feet along the South Coast and 8 to 14 feet along the Central Coast — plus higher tides due to the new moon where “the water level goes higher up on the beach,” she said. “There might be flooding of some beach parking lots.”

As a result, the NWS has issued a flood advisory for “nuisance flooding” in urban

areas and small streams, and extended its surf advisory along the central and south coasts.

The county’s emergency operations center, however, was taking no chances Saturday, warning residents that with the heavy rains from recent storms, the creeks and rivers of Santa Barbara County were flowing at a high level.

“While our creeks often appear tranquil, they carry a deadly force,” officials said. “Don’t underestimate the power of moving water that can cause injuries and deaths. Be prepared and aware.”

Keeping this in mind, the forecast still looks good for the rest of the week going into the weekend, Ms. Stewart said.

“It looks a lot more quiet” as compared to last week’s huge storm that dumped 5 inches of rain in Santa Barbara and 12-18 inches of rain in the mountains, she said.

‘We’re back to dry conditions. It should be cool in the 50s, with some breezy winds here and there.”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. raised one important question for everyone to consider throughout their lives.

“What are you doing for others?”

The civil rights leader’s question — and his challenge to be better, to do better — was emphasized during a nearly two-hour celebration on Martin Luther King Day at the Arlington Theatre.

“King said in 1967, ‘God needs men and women who ask, ‘What will happen to humanity if I don’t help?’” said keynote speaker Daina Ramey Berry, the Michael Douglas Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts at UCSB.

Dr. Berry said people need to ask themselves what will happen to the civil rights movement if people don’t participate, to communities if citizens don’t vote or to the sick if others don’t visit them.

“My call for the city of Santa Barbara is to do more for others,” Dr. Berry said. “Random acts of kindness. Pay someone’s parking or meal.

“Hold the door open for someone behind you. Believe it or not, people don’t always do that,” Dr. Berry said. “Spend time with the elderly. Reach out to

your neighbors. Be kind to a new student at your school.

“Share your lunch. Thank your teacher. Hug your parents,” Dr. Berry said. “Volunteer to help a local business.

“Stand up for people that you see they’re being mistreated or disrespected,” she said. “This is the charge for us, Santa Barbara.”

Accompanied by large slides on a screen behind her, Dr. Berry’s talk concluded a program that emphasized music, short speeches and some words of wisdom from today’s youths.

Monday’s mid-day program was

More rain falls over the weekend

The already saturated Santa Barbara County received even more rain over the weekend.

Mark Hartwig, chief of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, noted that as much debris as possible was removed from the debris basins in advance of the rain. He also said state funding assisted with the storm-related costs.

One challenge was the short period between the Jan. 9-10 storm and the less severe one that struck over the weekend.

“Our preference would have been to clear the debris basins and fix all the roads” before additional rain fell, Chief Hartwig told the News-Press on

Saturday. “In this case, we have a lot of damage.”

He said as the rain permitted, crews worked on fixing damage from the last storm and preparing for the next storm.

“We are in the middle of fixing and recovering.”

Chief Hartwig noted a long range dry period begins today, which is typical for Santa Barbara County.

On Thursday, a California National Guard unit from Chico arrived in Montecito to process debris basin material at the new Randall Road Debris Basin. The National Guard worked around the clock to remove the debris in advance of future winter storms, and Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed his gratitude during a

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“My call for the city of Santa Barbara is to do more for others,” said Dr. Daina Ramey Berry.

Kayakers rescued near Del Playa

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County Fire Department water rescue personnel responded Monday to a report at 5:17 p.m. that a kayak carrying two male college-age subjects had flipped in the surf near Del Playa, between Camino Quarto and Camino Del Sur.

They reportedly were wearing wetsuits but no life jackets.

Rescue swimmers and one rescue watercraft responded.

One of the subjects was retrieved by a rescue swimmer at Camino Del Sur and safely returned to the beach. The other was assisted to shore, along with the kayak, by a shore crew at Camino Corto.

No injuries were reported, and a rescue helicopter and ambulance were canceled.

“We train for days like this to save a life, but … distressed swimmers/kayakers are hard to find in the dark with storm surf,” Capt. Scott Safechuck, the SBC’s public information officer, said. “We are thankful that no one is injured or worse.”

Historic tree falls, damages car

LOMPOC — No one was injured

but a car was damaged Sunday when one of the historic stone pine trees fell in the 200 block of South H Street.

The tree fell about 10 a.m., and is believed to have been caused by water-saturated ground after the recent storms.

City of Lompoc Urban Forestry crews and the city streets division finished cleaning up the tree Sunday afternoon.

Urban Forestry Supervisor Sean O’Neil said, “So much rain in a short time can soften the ground, and in turn makes it difficult for the root system to sustain a large tree.”

He added that the trees are due to be inspected by a consulting arborist this year, which will now happen as soon as possible.

City urban forestry crews are inspecting the other stone pines for signs of storm damage.

Mr. O’Neil noted that trees can fall even with the best of care, and encouraged the public to use caution around all trees, especially during stormy weather.

“If anyone sees or hears anything that causes concern with a City of Lompoc tree, please don’t hesitate to contact us so we can take a look,” he said.

City of Lompoc Urban Forestry can be reached at: (805) 875-8034.

The city’s urban forestry web page can be accessed at: https://www. cityoflompoc.com/government/ departments/public-works/urban-

forestry.

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Goleta police to conduct traffic safety operation

GOLETA — The Goleta Police Department will conduct a traffic safety operation today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. focused on the most dangerous driver behaviors that put the safety of people biking or walking at risk.

These violations include speeding, making illegal turns, failing to yield or provide right of way to bicyclists or pedestrians, or failing to stop for signs and signals.

“Cars aren’t the only ones who use our roads,” Traffic Supervisor Sergeant Noel Rivas said. “Bicyclists and pedestrians have the same rights but face even more risk without the protections vehicles have. Please be cautious.”

The Goleta Police Department offers steps that drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists can take to greatly reduce the risk of getting injured or in a crash:

Pedestrians are urged to be predictable and use crosswalks, when available.

Take notice of approaching vehicles and practice due care.

Do not walk or run into the path of a vehicle. At 30 mph, a driver needs at least 90 feet to stop.

Be visible. Make it easy for

drivers to see you – wear light colors, reflective material and carry a flashlight, particularly at dawn, dusk or at night.

Be extra careful crossing streets or entering crosswalks at night when it is harder to see, or when crossing busier streets with more lanes and higher speed limits.

Drivers are urged to follow the speed limit and slow down at intersections, and to be prepared to stop for pedestrians at marked and unmarked crosswalks.

Avoid blocking crosswalks while waiting to make a right-hand turn. Never drive impaired.

Bicyclists are urged to obey traffic laws, use hand signals, use lights at night (front white light and rear red reflector) and wear a helmet.

Bicyclists must travel in the same direction of traffic and have the same requirements as any slow-moving vehicle.

Avoid the door zone: do not ride too closely to parked cars.

If there’s a bike lane, use it unless making a left turn, passing or approaching a place where a right turn is allowed.

Yield to pedestrians. Bicyclists must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within marked crosswalks or within unmarked crosswalks at intersections.

Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

County Fire chief: ‘Seeing the debris basins do their job is impressive’

impressive, but when they are full, they are much less effective.”

news conference Friday at the basin.

“Each member of the National Guard that has been deployed to the Randall Road Debris Basin has left their family and homes so they can help us protect ours,” said 1st District Supervisor Das Williams. “I want to thank every one of them for their service and helping keep residents and visitors to the Montecito community safe.”

Chief Hartwig said the debris basins last week did what they were supposed to do. “Seeing the debris basins do their job is

Chief Hartwig said that during the Jan. 9-10 storm, there were six hoist-by-air rescues and more than 400 water-related calls for service.

“The (fire) departments work together from Carpinteria to Santa Maria,” he said. “We have an all-hazard incident management team designed to take everybody from every department and law enforcement and form a multidisciplinary, jurisdictional plan and execution, which is rare. I haven’t seen that coming from a much larger county. We have a Unified Command Group with all the chiefs. … “I always say we hope you don’t need our

full capability of rescue, but we are ready from Carpinteria to Santa Maria.”

During last weekend’s storm, Santa Barbara County operated emergency shelters where people could stay overnight if necessary: the Red Cross center at Solvang Veterans Memorial Hall in Solvang and the Wake Center in Santa Barbara. There were also local assistance centers in Orcutt and Guadalupe.

And on Friday, Los Padres National Forest closed. The park is scheduled to remain closed for until noon March 14 “to provide for public health and safety,” according to a news release. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

Public Works announces closure of Goleta Beach Park

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The weekend, she said, should be “mostly sunny and cooler.”

The two small storms that hit the county Friday into Saturday, and Sunday into Monday, were nothing like the massive storm Jan. 9 and 10 that caused creek and urban flooding and debris flow, and led to the evacuation of Montecito residents.

“They were definitely a notch or two weaker than the last one,” Ms. Stewart said. They were similar in terms of high winds and surf, “but there was a lot less rain.”

Nevertheless, the weekend’s storm did increase the inch count for rain.

The city of Santa Barbara got 2.73 inches of rain; UCSB, 1.82 inches; Goleta Fire Station, 2.20 inches; northern Santa Maria, 1.82 inches, Santa Maria Airport, 1.5 inches; Lompoc, 1.59 inches; Santa Ynez, 2.33 inches; Montecito, 2.33 inches; and Carpinteria, 1.39 inches.

And the weekend’s rain did help continue to fill the county’s water reservoirs besides Lake Cachuma. As of Monday, the Gibraltar reservoir was at 100.7% of capacity, the Jameson reservoir was at 101.2% and the Twitchell Reservoir was at 30.6%.

Even as county officials announced Monday that work was continuing to clean up from the recent storms, Caltrans was taking no chances when it comes to warning motorists of hazardous road conditions.

On Highway 101, southbound traffic was reduced to one lane six miles south of Santa Maria at Clark Avenue due to flooding.

State Route 154 was closed from 2.3 miles east to 2.8 miles east of the junction with Highway 101 in Los Olivos due to emergency repairs. The highway was closed from the junction of State Route 192 to the junction of State Route 246 due to flooding. In both cases, motorists were advised to take alternative routes.

Regarding the clean up, the Santa Barbara County Public Works Department announced Monday that it has closed public access to Goleta Beach Park at Sandspit Road due to emergency beach nourishment operations. Operations began Jan. 11 and will continue as needed until facilities have been cleared. Work will occur 24 hours a day, seven days a week for approximately the first 10 days. This will help to complete the process sooner, protect the communities below impacted basins and minimize beach closures, according to the county.

Large rocks and debris from basins below the Cave and Thomas Fire burn areas will be sorted from the basin material before it is transferred to the beach.

Santa Barbara County proclaimed a local emergency on Jan. 9 due to the January 2023 storm impacts. Goleta Beach Park is an active emergency response site under this declaration and state and federal emergency declarations. Beach nourishment operations are conducted through emergency permits from state and federal agencies.

Flood Control staff will take sediment samples from the debris basins and ocean water samples during operations.

Weekly reports with information on sediment sampling results are sent to regulatory agencies. Beach nourishment operations have also protected Goleta Beach Park from further erosion by creating a wide shore near, and adjacent to, the location of the sediment deposit.

For public safety, access to the Obern Trail path will be open to commuters. People are asked not to use the path for recreational use. Commuters should not stop for any reason as they traverse the trail within the park.

In addition, the County Office of Emergency Management announced Monday that recovery

and assistance resources are available to the community through readysbc.org.

This online location of resources serves as a single point of access for essential resources and services available for residents who are beginning the process of rebuilding and recovery, following the storm’s impact.

In addition to online resources, a physical one-stop shop local assistance center was opened for a third consecutive day on Monday in Guadalupe and Orcutt. Clean-up kits for those impacted by the January storms were available at the Local Assistance Centers. Resources from various local, state and federal agencies are available through the LAC, aimed at providing answers to commonly-asked questions and providing important information.

Linkage to counseling and emotional support, resource assistance and other information is available to aid in rebuilding, permitting, hazardous materials clean-up, housing assistance, loss of business or employment, basic health and human services, and many other topics.

For questions, call the Call Center at 833-688-5551.

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‘An attack on our fundamental right to free speech’

an investigation from the House Oversight Committee, which is digging into federal law enforcement and the White House’s work with these companies.

licensing, permitting, investigatory, or enforcement actions – to promote the censorship of lawful speech or advocate that a third party or private entity censor speech.”

For violators, the bill uses the same penalties for violations of the Hatch Act, which can include removal, fines, or a reduction in pay. The bill singles out high level officials, banning them from personally advocating for this kind of censorship.

The House now has a Republicans majority, emboldening those lawmakers. However, their legislation will still have a tough time in the divided Senate and faces a potential veto from President Joe Biden.

That legislation, though, can give a window into what action Republicans will take if they win the White House and Senate in 2024.

“The actions taken by the Biden administration to pressure Big Tech to censor content online are an attack on our fundamental right to free speech,” said Energy and Commerce Committee Chair McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., who is also helping lead the effort. “It’s time for this behavior to end.”

The legislative proposal comes alongside

One particular instance of censorship has rallied opposition to tech companies controlling information on their platforms.

Billionaire and new owner of Twitter Elon Musk has authorized a series of document dumps called the “Twitter files” which helped expose more details about the tech companies’ collusion with federal law enforcement and the Democratic Party behind the scenes to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story before the 2020 election.

So far, the “Twitter files” have featured most notably internal communications between top Twitter executives, the Biden administration and federal law enforcement.

Last year, the Oversight Committee launched an investigation into the Department of Homeland Security after news broke that Facebook had an online portal where federal law enforcement could flag content that it wanted removed.

The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency reportedly relied heavily on the portal, flagging posts to be removed.

“This effort began after CISA partnered with left-leaning organizations and Big Tech companies to launch the Election Integrity

Partnership,” House Oversight Committee said in its letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “The EIP provides an online complaint-processing platform that permits groups – including the Democratic National Committee on at least four occasions – to submit ‘tickets’ reporting narratives they flagged for concerns.

“‘Tickets’ were frequently resolved by taking one of several actions: 1) banning the user from posting his or her lawful speech or deplatforming the individual entirely, 2) algorithmically restricting the reach of the speech on the platform, or 3) adding other information, such as a warning label, to the post alerting users to the post’s disfavored status,” the letter added.

The White House has downplayed the portal, but former Press Secretary Jen Psaki admitted the White House had a hand in regulating information.

“We are in regular touch with the social media platforms and those engagements typically happen through members of our senior staff and also members of our COVID19 team, given as Dr. Murthy conveyed, this is a big issue of misinformation specifically on the pandemic,” Ms. Psaki said at a press briefing in July of last year, referring to the U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivk Murthy.

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SY boys soccer beats Morro Bay

The Santa Ynez boys soccer team brought home a win on Friday, beating Morro Bay 3-1.

Senior Aiden Tapia had a dominant game for the Pirates, scoring all three goals between the 19th and 50th minute of the game. Morro Bay scored its loan goal in the 44th minute

SM boys soccer beats Oxnard

The San Marcos High boys soccer team defeated Oxnard, winning by a score of 2-0.

After a scoreless first half, Javi Elias scored the game’s first goal and Favi Rosales scored the second goal with five minutes remaining in the game.

“Oxnard is a solid team with good players at every position,” said Coach Paul McLean. “Neither team was able to play the way we wanted due to the conditions and standing water across the field. We thought our boys adapted to the conditions really well. There were areas on the field where we could play with possession and then areas we had to play long and we did so.”

The Royals improve to 8-0 with the win, and will return to action today at Rio Mesa.

DP girls water polo wins two

The Dos Pueblos High girls water polo team won a pair of games Saturday, defeating Yucaipa 8-3 before overcoming

Martin Luther King High 8-4.

Dos Pueblos held Yucaipa scoreless in the first half, which ended with a 4-0 score.

Yucaipa kept it closer in the second half, only being outscored 4-3, but was unable to overcome Dos Pueblos’ early advantage.

Goalie Megan Garner managed nine saves for Dos Pueblos, while Coach Chris Parrish singled out the play of Athena Wigo and Ava Bennet, saying the “played great on both sides of the pool, scoring, making steals and big shot blocks.”

Against Martin Luther King High, Dos Pueblos faced a closer game in the first half, which ended with a 3-2 advantage. Dos Pueblos created separation in the second half, outscoring their opponent 5-2 the rest of the way.

Emma Gilbert and Hana Abel each scored three goals in the game, while Garner added eight

Dos Pueblos came out of the day with a 8-6 record.

Carp regains footing on second day of Oxnard Tournament

The Carpinteria High girls water polo team came away with a pair of wins on the second day of the Oxnard Tournament, beating the Malibu Sharks 83 before dispatching Thousand Oaks 7-4.

Leading Carpinteria’s comeback from day one’s 0-2 performance was Giulia Piccoletti. The sophomore scored nine of the team’s 15 goals, with five against Malibu and four against Thousand Oaks.

In the first game, Piccoletti scored three of her five goals in the first quarter, leading to Carpinteria’s 6-2 halftime lead.

Lili Nemetz scored twice in the game, Kate Isaac added a goal and goalie Erin Otsuki recorded 12 blocks and three assists.

Thousand Oaks presented a greater challenge for Carpinteria, as the Warriors trailed by one at the end of the first quarter and went in the half in a 3-3 tie. The game remained close in the third quarter, which finished with a 4-4 tie. Piccoletti carried Carpinteria through a dominant fourth quarter performance, returning from an earlier injury to score the final three goals of the game for the win.

Francis Bennett added two goals against Thousand Oaks while Taylor Classen contributed one. Otsuki recorded 13 blocks and two assists.

The Warriors came away from the tournament with a 22 performance, leading to an overall record of 10-6. The team will return to action Thursday at Channel Islands.

UCSB men’s basketball drops nail-biter to highlanders

After 15 days on the road, the UCSB men’s basketball team (133, 4-1 Big West) were back in The Thunderdome as they took on the Highlanders of UC Riverside. After two halves of play and coming down to the final seconds, it was the Highlanders who left The Thunderdome with the win, squeezing out a 65-64 win over the Gauchos.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Gauchos put themselves on the board first, taking an early lead in the first half of play before eventually relinquishing the lead to th Highlanders.

Leading the scoring in the first half were seniors Josh PierreLouis and Miles Norris. The duo scored seven points apiece with Pierre-Louis shooting at a 60 percent clip. Norris also helped in

other areas of the game, grabbing three boards while blocking one shot.

The Highlanders continued to grow their lead once the second half began, growing it to 11 at one point. But in the final four minutes, the Gauchos made their final push, going on a 14-2 run to close the gap. It came down to the final second of this Big West battle for a winner to be decided.

Despite the final push, the Highlanders came out on top as the Gauchos lost 65-64.

LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS

• Ajay Mitchell was on top for the Gauchos, registering 15 points in tonight’s game. Along with that, he went 55 percent from the field while adding on a team-high four assists.

• Cole Anderson was very efficient for the Gauchos today. He went four-for-six from the field while making 100

percent of his free throw shots. With his phenomenal performance from the field, he recorded 13 points.

• Both forwards Norris and Andre Kelly each contributed 12 points apiece. To go along with his offensive performance, Kelly grabbed six boards while Norris blocked a shot and added on three assists.

UP NEXT

The Gauchos have a very quick turnaround as they travel to UC Irvine for a Big West game on Monday. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. with a live stream available through ESPN+. Live stats will also be available.

Kristen Keller is the associate athletic director for communications and digital strategy at UCSB.

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Westmont women’s basketball claims 15th win

For the second game in a row, #5 Westmont Women’s Basketball (15-1, 8-1 GSAC) saw all 10 available players score in the Warriors’ 89-50 Golden State Athletic Conference win over San Diego Christian (5-13, 1-8).

Stefanie Berberabe went nine of 12 from the floor and three for three from the charity stripe to lead the Warriors with 22 points. Berberabe, who now has 1,523 career points, needs just 15 more to tie Lauren McCoy (2014-18) as the Warriors all-time leading scorer. Berberabe also tallied five assists and four steals.

Freshman Paula Graichen added 16 points for the Warriors on seven-of-eight shooting. She also pulled down seven rebounds including three from the offensive glass.

Fellow freshmen Sage Kramer and Isabella Pearson produced 12 points each. Kramer recorded her second collegiate double-double by collecting 10 rebounds. She also dished off four assists. Pearson went four of seven from three-point range to score her dozen points while also notching two assists and two steals.

Laila Saenz (7 points, 3 rebounds) scored the first

two points 50 seconds into the game and the Warriors never relinquished the lead. At the end of the first quarter, Westmont led 19-11. Berberabe set the tone in the opening frame, making four for six field goal attempts.

In the second quarter, Berberabe went four of four from the field as the Warriors tallied 29 points while holding the Hawks to 11 once more.

Westmont pressed its advantage in the second half, outscoring San Diego Christian 43-28 to close out the game. Kramer made three of three in the third quarter to lead Westmont with six points. Pearson hit three of her triples in the final frame to tally nine points.

The game brought the first half of GSAC play to an end with the Warriors tied for first place with the Royals of Hope International (15-3, 8-1). Westmont will start the second journey through the GSAC with a trip to Arizona next week. On Thursday, the Warriors will take on the Spirit of Ottawa (5-12, 1-8). Then on Saturday the Warriors will match-up with the Firestorm of Arizona Christian (8-10, 4-5).

Ron Smith is the sports information director at Westmont College.

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DP wrestlers do well at SY Invitational Tournament

The Dos Pueblos High wrestling team took part in the Santa Ynez Invitational Tournament on Saturday, with three wrestlers placing.

Samuel Ramos led the way for Dos Pueblos, placing in second place. Sylis Penniman and Cody Pearce also contributed, finishing in third and fifth place, respectively.

Dos Pueblos will take part in a dual meet in Oxnard on Wednesday ahead of wrestling in the CIT Tournament next weekend.

SM boys basketball falls to Rio Mesa

The San Marcos boys basketball team lost a close game against Rio Mesa on Friday, falling by a score of 47-43.

San Marcos lept out to a 2011 lead after the first quarter, but struggled to score for the remainder of the game. The team did keep it close enough to have a chance to tie with 14 seconds remaining, but missed a layup before Rio Mesa scored two more points on free throws.

“I know our guys are disappointed to let that one slip through our fingers, especially after such a hot start,” said James Kinzler. “A lot of credit to Rio Mesa for making clutch free throws in the 4th quarter and hitting big shots when it mattered most. Our guys fought hard, really can’t say enough about our effort tonight. We had trouble with their

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presented by the Martin Luther King Committee of Santa Barbara

Those entering the Arlington Theatre were greeted with smiles and enthusiastic “good mornings” by volunteers, and the good vibrations continued with inspirational gospel music and other entertainment.

The audience filled up a third or so of the theater’s 2,000 seats, and they enthusiastically applauded the speakers’ key points and clapped to the music.

Miriam Dance, Shirley Hammons and Michelle Jarvis sang selections such as “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and “Expect Your Miracle,” accompanied by keyboardist John Douglas.

Ms. Dance, a singer-songwriter and director of theater at the Riviera Ridge School and Bishop Diego High School, poured her soul into the song, “Remedy.”

The beat could not have been more solid as Sese Ntem and Ewe Drummers of Ghana performed.

And Mariano Silva, a master of the Afro-Brazilian martial art of Capoeira, and others performed the kinetic martial art before an impressed audience.

In addition, awards were presented to youths of various ages who won for their essays and poetry honoring the principles of Dr. King. Two of the first-place winners read their essays.

Rosalyn Y. Collins — actress, model and host of “The Experience with Gospel DJ Sista

ROZ” on KCSB-FM — emceed the program with a smile, some humor and statements about how she felt inspired by the speakers of all ages.

Speakers praised Dr. King and his emphasis on nonviolent protest to achieve dramatic changes in society, even in the face of those who threatened and assaulted the protesters in the South in the 1960s.

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allows businesses to determine the rate they pay based on what they are going to put outside,” Brian Bosse, the city’s downtown team manager, told the council. “It gives them the opportunity to design what they want based on their needs.”

The council directed staff to return to the council with a resolution to amend the city’s fee schedule to allow for the variable design rates, with a start date of this May for implementation.

Mr. Bosse told the council that options presented by staff would fully cover the city’s costs related to cleanup, maintenance and operations from the 400 block to the 1300 block of State Street. It would include the cost of enforcing the license agreement each restaurant would have to sign.

The city’s costs for fiscal 2023, just over $515,000, are already covered, but staff projects they will increase to $675,000 in fiscal 2024. The variable rate structure the council approved is expected to bring in $650,000 in revenue. Staff anticipates there will be an attrition rate of 25% for businesses opting to not pay any fees and remove their parklets.

Councilmember Eric Friedman strongly endorsed this proposal, as opposed to an option that all restaurants pay the same uniform price to keep their parklets without the option of reducing their costs by meeting the city’s preferred design guidelines.

“We need to adopt something, and we need to do it today,” he said.

Those restaurants that refuse to make changes to their existing parklets would have to pay $5 per square foot and more if they extend beyond their storefront, but with the variable rate structure, “that can go as low as $3,” he said.

“It’s the nonconforming structures that would be at the higher rate,” he said.

Councilmember Friedman’s motion to approve the variable rate structure was backed by Councilmembers Mike Jordan and Alejandra Gutierrez. Mayor Randy Rowse, Mayor Pro Tempore Meagan Harmon and Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez opposed the motion.

With Councilmember Kristen Sneddon absent, the vote ended in a 3-3 tie.

Mayor Rowse objected to both options and

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Leading the Royals was Wyatt Miller with 14 points, while Owen Lauderdale had ten. Ben Treadway and Andre McCullough each contributed six.

The loss drops San Marcos to a 3-3 Channel League record with an overall mark of 5-13. San Marcos will next play on Wednesday at Oxnard.

Bishop Diego girls basketball beats St. Bonaventure

The Bishop Diego High girls basketball

BOURQUIN, LaSelle “Sal” David

up, letting the world know we are determined to be free.”

Sen. Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara, reminded the audience of Dr. King’s work to secure the rights and freedom for those who faced oppression. “We pay tribute to his principles: love, justice, inclusion and respect. It’s also a reminder that we have the power to fulfill that vision, to work and live in a community, state and nation free of discrimination.”

Sen. Limón emphasized the importance of working on issues such as access to health care, education and economic security. “Dr. King taught us that together we can make progress. Today, more than ever, let us join forces and work together on a mission of inclusion and justice for all.”

Other speakers included U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal and Assemblymember Gregg Hart, both D-Santa Barbara, and Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse.

LaSelle “Sal” David Bourquin peacefully passed at home 11/20/2022. Sal was born 4/12/1923 in Santa Barbara, Ca. He was a WWII and Korean CIB vet and retired with 38 yrs service. Sal enjoyed the outdoors, gardening, family and friends. Sal is survived by his wife, Ruth Culbertson, his step daughters Teresa Smith and Shnaell (Shane) Owen, and his son David Bourquin. He was predeceased by his daughter Carol Harman (Bourquin).

WAGNER, Josephine “Jo”

Josephine “Jo” Wagner passed away on January 07, 2023. She was 92. A true Californian, Jo was born in Long Beach, raised in Whittier, and had been a staple in the Santa Barbara community since her arrival in 1959. She was active in the Sailing Association, a founding member of Zoo Auxiliary and Zoo-B-Que, and a faithful volunteer at Lotusland, El Montecito Church, the Santa Barbara Visitor’s Center, and for over 30 years at Transition House. Jo also served as a dedicated docent at the Reagan Ranch Center.

Always up for an adventure, Jo traveled to Canada, Central America, China, and throughout Europe. She loved attending the Santa Barbara Symphony, baking [her world renown] biscotti, and walking the family dog to the beach. With a life full of passion and service, there was nothing Jo loved more than her family.

Jo was predeceased by her husband, Dudley, and leaves behind two children: Andrea (Charlie) and Brian (Michelle); six grandchildren: Paige (Eli), Kiersten (Tim), Erin (Seung-Keun), Greyson, Joshua, and Isaac; and nephews Jim (Linda) and Grady (Marlynn).

An intimate Celebration of Life was held by the family.

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Dr. Berry cited the peaceful march from Selma to a bridge in Montgomery, Ala., where state troopers beat up the nonviolent protesters marching with Dr. King.

She said that even in the face of such danger, Dr. King told others of the importance of standing up for what is right and true, preaching, “We’re going to stand up amid anything that they muster

Dr. Berry reminded the audience of Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream Speech” and his vision of his world where children “would not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character.”

“Some of King’s dreams have been realized, and other parts have not yet materialized,” Dr. Berry said. “However, the fact is his speech is still relevant. …

“He believed in unity, harmony and racial equality,” Dr. Berry said. “He stood for justice and was an advocate for the poor.”

the multiple rates each contained, likening the process of choosing one to being on a game show.

Councilmembers Harmon and Oscar Gutierrez wanted to continue the matter to a regularly scheduled council meeting versus voting on it during Thursday’s special session in the David Gebhard Public Meeting Room on Garden Street.

Both wanted to allow for more public input, especially from restaurateurs.

“We want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to comment,” Ms. Harmon said.

“It’s such an important topic to the future and vitality to State Street, we need to have stakeholders present and commenting,” he added.

But the three council members who wanted to approve a fee structure Thursday objected to delaying the vote.

Councilmember Alejandra Gutierrez said she accepted that there was not a lot of public comment Thursday, but noted this topic has been considered for a long time, and that restaurateurs continue to voice their opinions by phone and email.

“A lot of people in the community have gone to hell and back, not just the restaurants, and they never attend city council meetings,” she said. “We need to have some structure. We asked staff to give us a report, and now we’re going to postpone? We can’t be doing this to the public.”

Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez, nevertheless, made a motion to continue the item. It ended in another 3-3 stalemate.

So Councilmember Friedman appealed directly to Mayor Rowse, asking what it would take for him to change his vote. He stressed that both options presented by staff ensured the city would recover the city’s full cost of taking care of the pedestrian promenade — a key demand by the mayor, who insisted earlier he would not vote for any plan that built in a structural deficit,

“Anything short of full recovery is irresponsible on our part,” Mayor Rowse said.

Councilmember Friedman’s plea apparently worked, because he made another motion to approve the variable rate fee structure, and this time the mayor joined the other side, creating a 4-2 majority in support of the motion.

The council will have to readdress the entire parklet issue later this year, because the emergency ordinance passed during the COVID-19 pandemic that closed State Street and authorized the parklets is due to expire at the end of 2023.

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team overcame St. Bonaventure, winning 3330.

Jiali Coronado led the way with nine points in the game, while Lily Simolon recorded eight points and eleven rebounds.

Bishop Diego played from behind in the matchup, trailing 19-13 at halftime before staging a second half comeback, scoring the first seven points of the half while only allowing St. Bonaventure to score eleven total.

“I couldn’t be more proud of how the girls played,” said Bishop Diego Coach Jeff Burich. “They communicated well on defense and really picked each other up.”

Bishop Diego carries an 18-2 record into today’s game against Foothill Tech. Both teams have a 2-0 league record.

KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS Brian Bosse, the city of Santa Barbara’s downtown team manager, discusses parklets during a Santa Barbara City Council special meeting. At left is City Administrator Rebecca Bjork.

Assistant City Attorney Dan Hentschke told the council it would have to approve another ordinance in November to keep everything in place beyond the end of the year.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donation memorials be made to the Transition House (425 E Cota St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101).

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Never a parklets fan, he conceded they might have to stay in place until then, but voiced his displeasure at the prospect.

“We closed State Street for one reason, for COVID and to keep the restaurants alive,” he said. But they make up a relatively small group of storefronts, he said, and the closure hasn’t helped out other businesses. Nor has it filled vacant storefronts.

“We haven’t increased the pie. We’ve merely taken the pie’s slices and concentrated them in one area,” Mayor Rowse said.

“State Street is a long street. It’s our street. It’s everyone’s street. And we’re missing parades and a lot of things we normally do.

“To keep it closed to do what we’re doing now is escaping me. I’m trying to find justification. We have a defined sensitive district with a bunch of plywood parklets in there. It’s strange-looking to me that we’ve continued this for a long hard time.”

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DP girls basketball falls to Ventura

The Dos Pueblos High girls basketball team lost to Ventura on Saturday, falling by a score of 61-42.

Carly Letendre led Dos Pueblos with 19 points, six rebounds and an assist. Gianna Nichols scored six points, while Justin Katz and Lauren Robles each scored five.

“I thought we played a pretty good first half of basketball. I was very happy with their effort and heart,” said Dos Pueblos Coach Manny Murillo. “Our rebounding was better, we cut down on our turnovers, and we moved the ball better. And everyone got opportunities to shoot the basketball.”

Dos Pueblos fell to 7-12 with the loss.

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size inside and with their defensive pressure, but we had our chances and just couldn’t capitalize.”
Staff anticipates operation on lower State Street might have to continue on an interim basis for another two to five years until the State Street Master Plan commences in earnest, to, as Mayor Rowse put it, “redesign, reinvent and repurpose State Street.” Rowse: ‘Anything short of full recovery is irresponsible on our part’
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Michelle Jarvis and Miriam Dance sing “Expect Your Miracle.” ‘Some
of King’s dreams have been realized, and other parts have not yet materialized’

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Peter and Elmer Bernstein

Peter Bernstein remembers his famous father’s “Toccata for Toy Trains” from his childhood.

Elmer Bernstein, the late Santa Barbara composer known for themes for movies such as “The Magnificent Seven,” wrote “Toccata for Toy Trains” to go with a short animated film of the same name in the 1950s.

“I was under 10 when it was originally written,” Peter Bernstein, an arranger, composer and conductor, told the NewsPress. “It was the perfect age to watch movies about toy trains and pair music with it.”

Now Peter Bernstein, who goes around the country conducting orchestras playing his father’s score from the first “Ghostbusters” movie, has created a concert arrangement of the “Toccata for Toy Trains.” And the Santa Barbara Symphony will perform it at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 and 3 p.m. Jan. 22 at The Granada, 1214 State St. In addition to “Toccata for Toy Trains,” the concerts will include Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”), as well as Miguel del Aguila’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, “The Journey of a Lifetime (El viaje de una vida)” with violin soloist Guillermo Figueroa. More about those works will be discussed in Friday’s NewsPress.

As a child, Peter Bernstein enjoyed his father’s toccata. As an adult, he appreciates the craft behind it.

“To be able to go back and rework it (the ‘Toccata’) not only refreshes those memories, but it reinforces the musicianship with which it was written,” Peter told the News-Press.

“There’s a whimsical quality to all of the music, which you don’t see in his (later) film compositions,” Peter said.

“I like that it is decidedly not in the cinematic universe where he spent most of his career. It’s a completely different look at him as a composer,” Peter said. “It was written with continuous performance in mind.”

Elmer wrote it for Charles and Ray Earnes, who produced 125 short art films including “Toccata for Toy Trains.” He composed music for several other films by Charles and Ray Earnes.

The toccata is performed by a small group of musicians.

“You can think of this as his chamber music,” Peter said.

“The only hard part for me was deciding which section not to use, to condense it from 14 minutes, the length of the original film, to the seven minutes that are contained in the suite,” Peter said.

Nir Kabaretti, the symphony’s conductor and artistic director, said a small ensemble from the orchestra — including four woodwind players, three percussionists, one trumpeter and one pianist — will perform the toccata. He praised Peter for being

loyal to the way Elmer intended the work to be performed.

“I love the fact that the son took this project and provided a new score for us to play to honor Elmer’s legacy,” Maestro Kabaretti told the News-Press. “He was a very important figure not only in the film industry, but also in the musical life of Santa Barbara.”

Elmer wrote works for the Santa Barbara Symphony and did some guest conducting, Maestro Kaberetti said.

Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004) composed scores for more than 150 major movies — everything from “To Kill A Mockingbird” to “The Ten Commandments.”

A graduate of New York University and The Juilliard School, Elmer, living in Los Angeles, was blacklisted during the McCarthy era in the early 1950s.

“He always called it ‘gray-

listed,’” Peter said. “There was no official black list by the time they got around to him. He had a difficult time working for a few years. This is when I was a very young child, 3 or 4 at the time.

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The Santa Barbara Symphony will perform its “Plains, Trains & Violins” concert at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 and 3 p.m. Jan. 22 at The Granada, 1214 State St. Tickets cost $35 to $175. To purchase, go to granadasb.org.

“He worked as a rehearsal pianist and helped other people to write songs for movies without credit,” Peter said. “He did all kinds of things to survive.

“He was very close to giving up and moving back to New York when a studio executive, making good on a favor my father had done for him, introduced him to Cecil B. DeMille to write some temporary music for ‘The Ten Commandments,’” which Mr. DeMille was directing, Peter

said. “Then the person who was supposed to be the composer (of the permanent music) fell ill.

“My father was offered the role of composer,” Peter said. “In the process, DeMille saved him from the black list.

To this day, Peter remains impressed with his father’s iconic score for “The Ten Commandments,” which starred Charlton Heston as Moses. “The boldness of the music — it’s quite stirring.”

Maestro Kabaretti agreed. “He was able to get the sound that we think is a biblical sound.

“With his skills, his imagination, he was able to create the feeling

that you are there, with ‘The Magnificent Seven,’ ‘The Ten Commandments’ or any other film that he did,” Maestro Kabaretti said.

“I love his beautiful melodies,” Maestro Kabaretti said. “He had an incredible sense of tunes and melodies, of something that comes to your ear and touches your heart. There are always very interesting rhythms.”

Peter said Elmer was careful to avoid being locked into any particular genre of music and was looking for a Western when “The Magnificent Seven” came along.

“A great mental exercise is to imagine a Western landscape with mountains with a group of people riding horses toward it in silence,” Peter said. “Then imagine the same scene with that theme playing.”

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CALENDAR

The calendar appears Mondays through Saturdays in the “Life & the Arts” section. Items are welcome. Please email them a full week before the event to Managing Editor Dave Mason at dmason@newspress.com.

TODAY 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Interlopings: Colors in the Warp and Weft of Ecological Entanglements” is an exhibit that runs through March 12 at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara.Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The exhibit features weavings dyed with pigments from non-native plants on Santa Cruz Island. The weavings were created by artists Helen Svensson and Lisa Jevbratt. For more information, see sbbotanicgarden.org.

10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. “The Search for the Modern West,” an exhibit, continues through Feb. 20 at Sullivan Goss: An American Gallery, 11 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. For more information, see sullivangoss. com or call the gallery at 805730-1460.

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit “Parliament of Owls” runs through Feb. 5 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays. For more information, go to www. sbnature.org.

1:30 to 6:30 p.m. Vitalant blood drive at the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, 4436 Calle Real, Santa Barbara. For more information, go to vitalant.org.

JAN. 19

2 to 5:30 p.m. Vitalant blood drive at the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara, 524 Chapala St., Santa Barbara. For more information, go to vitalant.org.

7 p.m. Photographer, writer and kayaker Chuck Graham,

JAN. 21

7:30 p.m. The Santa Barbara Symphony will perform its “Plains, Trains & Violins” concert at The Granada, 1214 State St. The concert includes Miguel del Aguila’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, “The Journey of a Lifetime” (El viaje de una vida) with violin soloist Guillermo Figueroa and the concert world premiere of Elmer Bernstein’s “Toccata for Toy Trains.” The orchestra will also perform Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”). Tickets cost $35 to $175. To purchase, go to granadasb.org.

JAN. 22

3 p.m. The Santa Barbara Symphony will perform its “Plains, Trains & Violins” concert at The Granada, 1214 State St. The concert includes

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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will perform Jan. 25 as part of the Community Arts Music Association of Santa Barbara’s series at The Granada.
Son adapts his father’s ‘Toccata for Toy Trains’ for the concert stage
COURTESY BERNSTEIN FAMILY TRUST NIK BLASKOVICH PHOTO Iconic composer Elmer Bernstein, left, poses for a photo in his Santa Barbara home. At right, conductor Nir Kabaretti praises Mr. Bernstein’s melodies for their effectiveness in transporting people to another time and place, whether it be the biblical setting of “The Ten Commandments” or the landscape of the Old West in “The Magnificent Seven.” COURTESY PETER BERNSTEIN Peter Bernstein’s arrangement of his father Elmer Bernstein’s “Toccata for Toy Trains” will be performed this weekend by the Santa Barbara Symphony.

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ still No. 1 at the box office

The wave of success continues for “Avatar: The Way of Water.”

The movie was No. 1 again last weekend, grossing $31.1 million.

Remaining in second place was the sci-fi/horror thriller “M3GAN,” about a robotic doll. The film grossed $17.9 million. Still in third place was “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.” The sequel picked up $13.4 million at the box office.

“A Man Called Otto,” starring

Tom Hanks as a curmudgeon with friendly neighbors, remained in fourth place with a gross of $12.6 million.

“Plane,” which stars Gerard Butler as a pilot who’s forced to land his commercial plane during a storm, opened in fifth place with $10 million.

Opening in sixth place was the remake of the comedy “House Party” with $3.8 million.

Falling to seventh place from fifth was “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” The Marvel Studios sequel grossed $2.2 million.

“The Whale,” starring Brendan Fraser as a reclusive English teacher trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter, dropped to eighth place from seventh with $1.45 million.

“Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody” fell to ninth place from sixth with $1.1 million.

Opening in 10th place was “Waltair Veerayya,” the story of a fisherman and his friend, with $1.08 million.

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Shelters seek homes for pets

Local animal shelters and their nonprofit partners are looking for homes for pets.

For more information, go to these websites:

• Animal Services-Lompoc, countyofsb.org/phd/animal/home. sbc.

• Animal Shelter Assistance Program in Goleta, asapcats.org. ASAP is kitty corner to Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

• Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter in Goleta, bunssb.org. BUNS is based at Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

• Companion Animal Placement

Assistance, lompoccapa.org and facebook.com/capaoflompoc.

CAPA works regularly with Animal Services-Lompoc.

• K-9 Placement & Assistance League, k-9pals.org. K-9 PALS works regularly with Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

• Santa Barbara County Animal Care Foundation, sbcanimalcare. org. (The foundation works regularly with the Santa Maria Animal Center.)

• Santa Barbara County Animal Services in Goleta: countyofsb.org/ phd/animal/home.sbc.

• Santa Barbara Humane (with

campuses in Goleta and Santa Maria), sbhumane.org.

• Santa Maria Animal Center, countyofsb.org/phd/animal/home. sbc. The center is part of Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

• Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society/DAWG in Buellton, syvhumane.org.

• Shadow’s Fund (a pet sanctuary in Lompoc), shadowsfund.org.

• Volunteers for Inter-Valley Animals in Lompoc: vivashelter. org.

Dave Mason

Santa Barbara Beautiful elects officers for 2023

Santa Barbara Beautiful, a nonprofit focused on beautification of the built, green and cultural environment, recently elected a new slate of officers for 2023.

They are Kerry Methner, president; Susan Bradley, treasurer/CFO/VP; Marcella Simmons, vice president; Stephanie Williams, vice president; and Lucrezia DeLeon, board secretary.

Ms. Methner has been the editor and publisher of Voice magazine for the last 20 years and is committed to building a community characterized by inclusivity and equity. A lifelong student, she holds a bachelor’s degree, a master’s of divinity and a doctorate in depth psychology. Methner loves the arts and creating sculpture from stone.

She has been on the board of Santa Barbara Beautiful board since the early 2000s, is a past SBB president 2009/2010, secretary and treasurer/CFO. She has also served as president of the Santa Barbara Sculptors Guild and the Performing Arts League and recently opened Voice Gallery in La Cumbre Plaza in Santa Barbara.

Ms. Bradley is the deputy director of external affairs at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Originally from the Boston area, Ms. Bradley and her husband Mark moved to Santa Barbara in 2018. She enjoys giving back to her community by volunteering for local organizations and serves on the boards of Santa Barbara Associates and the University Club of Santa Barbara.

About her volunteer service

on the board of Santa Barbara Beautiful, Ms. Bradley said she is “proud to be part of an organization that literally has its roots in the city it serves.”

Ms. Simmons is a Realtor with Village Properties and the 2023 vice president of the Santa Barbara Board of Realtors, where she chairs the Education Committee. She holds a bachelor’s from UCSB in business economics and has been a Santa Barbara businessperson for more than 40 years, with retail, sales and interior design as part of her collective work experience.

Ms. Simmons’ nonprofit work has supported the Pearl Chase Society, Friendship Center, Community Kitchen, VP Teachers’ Fund and the Mission Historical Park Rose Garden.

Ms. Williams, originally from Florida, went to college in Boston and moved to California in her 20s. She pursued a career in advertising sales for national magazines.

Over the years, she has mentored young women interested in working in advertising and volunteered at a human resources nonprofit. In addition to her work at Santa Barbara Beautiful, she is a board member of The Pearl Chase Society.

Ms. DeLeon is an architectural designer, with more than 15 years experience. She holds a bachelor’s in architecture, with a focus on sustainable built environment and socio-equity.

Her career has taken her all over the country, studying the effects of demographic determinants of health through the built environment.

In addition to serving as an officer for Santa Barbara

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Santa Barbara Public Library offers adventure packs

Research shows that spending time outdoors is associated with better mental and physical health, so the Santa Barbara Public Library invites the community to explore the great outdoors with the help of a new collection of items to borrow.

The collection is called Adventure Packs.

They’re part of a project funded by a grant from the state and administered by the California State Library. Programs and events will complement this new library collection and will be held throughout the spring.

Adventure Packs feature equipment and literature to help you head out into nature. The library’s goal is to make outdoor activities accessible for all ages.

All packs have bilingual Spanish and English instruction inserts and descriptions. Adventure Packs include items ranging from a standup paddle board to a family fishing kit. When you use your library card to borrow these items from the library, there’s no need to rent items, find storage space for gear, or commit to purchasing your own.

Library cardholders can find the Adventure Packs in the SBPL catalog, place a hold, and receive a notification when it’s ready to be picked up. Visit the Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, to check out an Adventure Pack and borrow it for three weeks.

Adventure Packs were designed to complement Parks Passes, which check out for one week and are good for admittance and parking to more than 200 state parks, including nearby Gaviota

State Park, Chumash Painted Cave State Park and Carpinteria State Beach. State Parks, in partnership with the First Partner’s Office and the California State Library, are providing free vehicle dayuse entry to over 200 participating State Parks with the use of a Parks Pass.

The Santa Barbara Public Library will be hosting several Parks Pass Grant events to introduce topics that you’ll be able to explore further at sttate and local parks.

Family events related to the Parks Pass Grant include “Chumash Painted Cave: Family Stories,” a painting event with Alain Salazar and Mona Lewis, Eyes in the Sky bird encounters in English and Spanish, and more.

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Miguel del Aguila’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, “The Journey of a Lifetime (El viaje de una vida)”

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violin

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world premiere

Elmer Bernstein’s “Toccata

Toy Trains.” The orchestra will also perform Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”). Tickets cost $35 to $175. To purchase, go to granadasb.org.

4 to 5 p.m. “Roy Dunn: Capturing Imagery of Our Wild Neighbors” will take place at the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Drive, Solvang.

JAN. 24

2 to 6 p.m. Vitalant blood drive at Camino Real Marketplace, 7046 Marketplace Drive, Goleta. For more information, go to vitalant. org.

7 p.m. UCSB Arts & Lectures presents mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and a music ensemble in “Eden” at The Granada, 1214 State St. “Eden” explores the individual human connection with nature and features music from four centuries. Tickets cost $46 to $131 for general admission and $20 for UCSB students with ID, one hour before the performance, and youths 18 and younger. To purchase, go to granadasb.org.

JAN. 25

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vitalant blood drive at Allan Hancock College, 800 S. College, Santa Maria. For more information, go to vitalant. org.

7:30 p.m. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will perform at The Granada, 1214 State St., Santa Barbara. The ensemble will perform Beethoven’s “Coriolan” Overture and Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Opus 93; Anatoly

Lyadov’s “The Enchanted Lake”; and Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.” The concert is being presented by the Community Arts Music Association of Santa Barbara. TIckets cost $36 to $156. To purchase, go to granadasb.org.

JAN. 28

7:30 p.m. The Santa Barbara Chamber Players orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at the First United Methodist Church of Santa Barbara, 305 E. Anapamu St. Tickets cost $16. To purchase, go to sbchamberplayers.org.

FEB. 1

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Coast artist and London native Annie Hoffman’s exhibit “Seeing Ourselves in Colour” will be displayed through Feb. 28 at Gallery Los Olivos, 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. For more information, visit anniehoffmann. com.

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2OTH CENTURY STUDIOS “Avatar: The Way of Water” grossed $31.1 million last weekend. Beautiful, Ms. DeLeon is the communications chair and an officer for the Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County. She also serves on the board for Hillside House. COURTESY PHOTOS Kerry Methner Susan Bradley Marcella Simmons Stephanie Williams
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Lucrezia DeLeon

Thought for Today

HOROSCOPE

Horoscope.com

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

ARIES — Practical matters involving home and family might need some attention today. This isn’t anything alarming, Aries, just a few tasks that you may have put off, such as house cleaning or yard work. Get other members of your household to help. You have other responsibilities to see to. It isn’t fair to have to do it all by yourself.

TAURUS — Matters involving your community might require your attention. This is likely to involve communication in some way. Perhaps you want to make some phone calls, write letters, or place an ad or article in a local newspaper. Communication of all sorts should go well, Taurus, and you might find that it opens new doors to understanding between you and those closest to you.

GEMINI — Financial matters might need attention today. Bills may need to be paid, checks deposited, and budgeting worked out. Your powers of concentration are high, Gemini, so this is a great day to do this, even though you’d rather be doing something more interesting. Don’t despair. Your practical skills are good, so you’re apt to finish quickly.

CANCER — Some projects might require practical attention today, getting irritating little details cleared up and out of the way. Your natural efficiency is at a peak, Cancer, so you will probably be able to get these matters done before you get too bored. The important thing is that you will be able to achieve the results you want. Go to it.

LEO — Relatives or old friends, particularly seniors, who visit you today are likely to awaken childhood memories that you’d long since forgotten. Some of them might come as a shock, but they will all release hang-ups that you’ve been trying to expunge for a while.

VIRGO — Today you might spend a lot of time on the phone with friends, some of them seniors. Your conversations will be loving, informative, and revealing, Virgo. As a result, you might decide to attend some group events in your community. A letter, check, or delivery that had been delayed might finally arrive.

LIBRA — Today you could resolve to work harder than ever on whatever it is that brings the results you hope for, Libra. This is likely to involve nothing more glamorous than practical tasks, such as getting paperwork out of the way. Nonetheless, by the end of the day you should feel satisfied with your accomplishments. If nothing else, it should free you for more interesting chores.

SCORPIO — Pursuing intellectual interests may be on hold today because of career matters. Your ambitions, whatever they are, could get a shot in the arm through some new information, possibly from far away. This could be uncovered in a newspaper, book, conversation with a friend, or online. Whichever it is, Scorpio, it’s likely to work for you, so make use of it.

SAGITTARIUS — Memories of past events that caused traumas that you’re still dealing with could come to light today. This is a positive development, as the release of these old emotions could make it possible for you to progress more quickly on material and spiritual planes. You may feel lighter, and you could experience a rush of joy.

CAPRICORN — Today you might see old and new friendships and romantic involvements reach a new understanding, Capricorn. This creates a stronger commitment between you and those who care for you. This is a great day to execute paperwork, particularly legal contracts. Your business sense is operating at a very high level.

AQUARIUS — An important project could require intense concentration today, Aquarius, and you’re in the right frame of mind. You could be pleased with the results and so could others whose opinions matter. Expect public acknowledgment of some kind. A boost to your self-confidence is in the works, perhaps even a raise in income.

PISCES — Your practical skills should be operating efficiently, Pisces. A creative or intellectual discipline that fascinates you might require some intense concentration today. You could spend much of the day in the library. You will want to take meticulous notes, but don’t worry about it if you don’t quite catch everything.

SUDOKU

CODEWORD PUZZLE

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

“The man could roll sevens if he had only one die,” Unlucky Louie grumbled.

Louie meant the player we call Harlow the Halo. While Harlow basks in Dame Fortune’s smile — his finesses always win and his errors never cost — Louie struggles in her shadow.

In a team match, Louie and Harlow both played at today’s four spades, and West led a club. Harlow played dummy’s queen, accepting the winning finesse as his due. He claimed 10 tricks.

BETTER PLAY

Louie played with more care. He saw that if the club finesse lost, East would prevail with a heart shift. So Louie took the ace and led a low diamond from dummy. East won and led a club to West’s king, but Louie won the heart shift, led a diamond to the ace and ruffed a diamond.

Louie next took the A-Q of trumps and led a good diamond from dummy. East ruffed, but Louie overruffed, led a trump to dummy and took the good diamond. Making four.

If diamonds had split 4-2, Louie would have made game if trumps had split 3-1 or 2-2.

opens one club, you respond one diamond and he bids one spade. What do you say?

ANSWER: You have enough strength to commit to game, but unless you are willing to raise to four spades with three-card support or risk 3NT with no heart stopper, you cannot place the contract. Bid two hearts, a forcing “fourth-suit” action that doesn’t promise hearts but merely asks partner to bid again.

North dealer N-S vulnerable NORTH

Codeword is a fun game with simple rules, and a great way to test your knowledge of the English language.

Every number in the codeword grid is ‘code’ for a letter of the alphabet. Thus, the number 2 may correspond to the letter L, for instance.

All puzzles come with a few letters to start. Your first move should be to enter these letters in the puzzle grid. If the letter S is in the box at the bottom of the page underneath the number 2, your first move should be to find all cells numbered 2 in the grid and enter the letter S. Cross the letter S off the list at the bottom of the grid.

Remember that at the end you should have a different letter of the alphabet in each of the numbered boxes 1- 26, and a word in English in each of the horizontal and vertical runs on the codeword grid.

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