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Summer Solstice starts to shine Erik Davis named king of festival and parade
By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR
A Falcon 9 rocket lit up the night sky at 12:19 a.m. Thursday as it soared from Vandenberg Space Force Base. One million pounds of fuel and liquid oxygen rose during Space X’s successful launch from Space Launch Complex 4 East. “Go, Falcon; Go, Starlink,” the base announcer said calmly, referring to the 47 Starlink satellites that would be placed in low Earth orbit. They’re part of SpaceX’s effort to provide high-speed internet to remote and rural locations around the world. The first stage separated from the second stage at approximately 2 minutes 40 seconds. The first stage returned to Earth and made its first entry burn to slow its descent at around 7 minutes. After the second and final burn, the landing burn, the rocket landed successfully on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You, stationed in the Pacific. Thursday’s launch and landing was the fourth one for the Falcon 9 first stage booster. The booster previously launched the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0. The other three launches, including Thursday’s, were Starlink missions.
By DAVE MASON AND LIAM HIBBERT THE NEWS-PRESS
Santa Barbara’s popular Summer Solstice Celebration starts this afternoon at Alameda Park. And a big part of the event — the festival’s annual parade of creative floats — will start at noon Saturday on Santa Barbara Street. The festival and its parade have a king — Erik Davis, TV Santa Barbara’s executive director. King Davis will ride in a custom throne in the parade, which is the festival’s 49th edition. The wider celebration will take place Friday through SUnday at the park, and the theme is “roots.” “It is a great honor to be selected as the official King of Summer Solstice,” Mr. Davis said. “I can’t wait to participate in the parade and share in the joy that is this wonderful community festival!” The parade will begin at Ortega and Santa Barbara streets, then proceed to the festival at Alameda Park. Today, the Summer Solstice Festival kicks off from 4 to 9 p.m. at the park. Saturday’s hours at the park are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday’s hours, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Today’s performers on the Main Stage are David Segall (presenting music composed by icons such as Bob Marley and Paul Simon) at 4 p.m.; Grooveshine (funk, reggae, hip hop and world rhythms) at 4:50 p.m.: Budunkafunk (funk and soul) at 5:40 p.m.; Something This Way Magic (known for its harmonically dense compositions and theatrics) at 6:40; and Please see SOLSTICE on A4
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ShelterBox USA seeks donations to replenish emergency supplies By LIAM HIBBERT NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT
FYI For more about the Summer Solstice Celebration, see solsticeparade.com.
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Erik Davis, TV Santa Barbara’s executive director, has been named king of the Summer Solstice Celebration.
ShelterBox USA — an international emergency disaster organization based in Santa Barbara — is holding its Stock the Box event for donations to help replenish their emergency supplies. ShelterBox has five warehouses around the globe that hold its supplies to respond to disasters. For those looking to help, donations can be made at shelterboxusa.org. “There’s a record number of people around the world that have been displaced by conflicts and disasters,” ShelterBox USA Communications Director Jeremy Jacobs told the News-Press. “People from all over can go onto our website and see how to support it.” One ShelterBox selling point is its more personal feel to donations. “You can see the prices of our aid items. You can give $30 or $25, and that’s a solar lantern,” said Mr. Jacobs. “You can give the exact amount for a sleeping kit. You can feel like you’re giving something tangible.” Mr. Jacobs also told the News-Press that ShelterBox tries to focus on the needs of the areas it’s helping. “We typically respond in countries and places that don’t have anyone else to help them, where they don’t have a disaster response agency,” said Mr. Jacobs. “We build our aid packages, working with local partners and communities to make sure we’re providing exactly what is needed.” The Stock the Box fundraiser officially begins at the end of the month, but donations are being accepted right now at shelterboxusa.org. email: lhibbert@newspress.com
A Summer Solstice Celebration workshop takes place Thursday in anticipation of the festival and parade.
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ShelterBox has five warehouses around the globe that hold its supplies to respond to disasters. For those looking to help, donations can be made at shelterboxusa.org.
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