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Rally calls for CalCare Local activists take to courthouse, streets in favor of health care for all

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According to a legislative affairs letter from the County Executive Office, ocean-going vessels traversing the Santa Barbara Channel produce more than 40% of the nitrogen oxides emissions generated within the county.

Reducing maritime emissions Carbajal introduces bill funding research of zero-emission technologies By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

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John Douglas, center, raises his fist as he leads a demonstration in support of single-payer health care at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse on Saturday.

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Local advocates took to the downtown streets of Santa Barbara once again Saturday afternoon to urge state legislators Sen. Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara, and Assemblymember Steve Bennett, to push Assembly Bill 1400 — the California Guaranteed Health Care for All — across the finish line. Several dozens of activists met at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse at 1 p.m., where they handed out signs and marched to Assemblymember Bennett’s office and then Sen. Limón’s office, carrying signs that read, “Health care in the U.S.A. is in the ICU,” “Health care is not warfare” and “Health care for people, not for profit.” “Health care should not depend on your income,” John Douglas, the organizer of the event, said at the rally. “It is a human right that should attach to every human being on the planet.” Mr. Douglas invited the two legislators to speak at the event, but they declined, saying in a joint statement: “We will continue following this bill and hope that as it evolves, there is a fiscally sustainable way for California to implement universal coverage, while continuing to meet all its obligations to education and other social safety net programs. Please know that concurrently, as your representatives, we have been supportive of efforts to improve health care access and health care coverage across our state and in the communities of Ventura and Santa Barbara … Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Senate and Assembly Rules Committees prohibit inperson events, however our offices continue to work and meet virtually.” In response to their declination, Mr. Douglas told the News-Press, “We appreciate

Funeral held for Prince Philip Queen says goodbye to husband, Meghan sends wreath for the service By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Queen Elizabeth II was observed sitting by herself at the funeral of Prince Philip Saturday in what was a simple but somber ceremony at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. The Queen sat apart from family members as she said goodbye

Santa Barbara Mayor Cathy Murillo attended Saturday’s rally in favor of AB 1400.

support for the concept, but we want something a little more concrete, but that’s OK. We appreciate them addressing us.” This is one of multiple rallies that’s been coordinated by Mr. Douglas in Santa Barbara, and his message has remained the same over time. “One of the problems here … is they (lawmakers) kept saying, ‘Well, I want to see how it’s paid for.’ That will be worked out in committee and in the legislative process how it’s paid for,” he told the News-Press, adding

that the bill’s current status is that it’s being examined by a panel of experts for, most likely, a feasibility check before it goes back to the health committee. Santa Barbara Mayor Cathy Murillo attended the rally herself, wearing a Planned Parenthood T-shirt. She shared that she is a member of Mayors for Medicare for All, and she hopes to recruit other mayors in Santa Barbara County to join. She, too, spoke to AB 1400’s typical criticism of uncertainty regarding how it will be funded.

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“That’s always the challenge when you switch over from this for-profit model,” she told the News-Press, referencing private benefactors and insurance companies. “We’re talking about upending that system, turning that upside down, and all the value goes back into a patientfocused health care system. “I think it’s an uphill battle, but we chip away, right? Just keep chipping away and chipping away and we’ll get there, I know, in my lifetime, and I just turned 60. I Please see RALLY on A5

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, died April 9 at age 99. Here, he is pictured outside the Santa Barbara Courthouse during he and the Queen’s visit in 1983.

to her husband of 73 years, wearing a facemask and dressed in all black. Her outfit included a diamond brooch on her left shoulder, a piece she had often worn on engagements with her late husband. Just 30 mourners were allowed to attend the service for the prince, who died April 9 at the age of 99. “We have been inspired by his unwavering loyalty to our Queen, by his service to the nation and the Commonwealth, by his courage, fortitude and faith,” the dean of Windsor, David Conner, said in his call to prayer, according to The Associated Press. “Our lives have been enriched through the challenges that he has set us; the encouragement that he has given us; his kindness, humor and humanity.” Prince Philip’s body was carried to the chapel on a Land Rover that he had specially designed. It was followed by members of the Royal Family, including Princes William and Harry, who made their first public appearance together since Harry and his wife, Meghan, gave a controversial interview to fellow Montecito resident Oprah Winfrey, Please see FUNERAL on A7

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Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, recently reintroduced the bipartisan Expanding Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance Program Act to support reduction of air emissions from ports and vessels. The bill would provide $3 million for the META program, which will research activities related to zero-emission technologies. Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, coled the legislation in the House, and Sen. Edward Markey, DMassachusetts, introduced companion legislation in the Senate. “Commerce by sea is cleaner and safer than land, but traditional maritime fuel emits harmful greenhouse gases which contribute to climate change. Without decisive action in the maritime industry and elsewhere, we are going to experience severe

impacts on our way of life from sea-level rise, flooding and more frequent extreme weather events,” Rep. Carbajal said in a statement. “I’m glad to be introducing this bipartisan bill with Sen. Markey and Rep. Gibbs, which invests in research and development of zero-emission port and vessel technology so we can reduce emissions in the maritime sector.” Rep. Carbajal is chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. He held a hearing Thursday called “Practical Steps Toward a Carbon-Free Maritime Industry: Updates on Fuels, Ports and Technology,” which can be viewed at https://tinyurl. com/636j8f5c. The congressman examined ways to reduce pollution with representatives from the World Shipping Council, the Port of Hueneme, the International Council on Clean Transportation and more. Please see EMISSIONS on A3

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Construction crews are continuing to work on the retaining walls and bridge spans at the Sheffield Drive interchange as part of the Highway 101: Summerland project. Shown here is the rebar placement in preparation for the concrete pour.

For the Highway 101: Summerland project, which is located between Sheffield Drive and North Padaro Lane, crews have begun paving the asphalt base layer as part of the Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement. Crews will also install underground storm drains and the new drainage features. At the Sheffield Drive interchange, work will continue on retaining walls and the bridge span. Crews will pour concrete and allow it to crew, and will then stress test the new bridge deck. For the Highway 101: Carpinteria to Santa Barbara project, officials have employed measures to balance effective freeway construction with environmental protections, specifically related to cormorants, a protected bird species.

Crews will also continue to build the bridge span at the Evans Avenue undercrossing as part of the Highway 101: Carpinteria to Santa Barbara project.

“In response to increased concerns over the use of auditory deterrent measures, the project team is taking steps to shift the focus of activity to rely more heavily on visual deterrents and human presence to help significantly reduce or eliminate the use of air blasts,” officials said. “Please expect to see biologists monitoring the area daily and tree crews rotating visual deterrents. Climbers will also be switching out the use of mylar flash tape for other visual deterrents, including owl silhouettes. Trees will remain as part of the longterm habitat.” Crews also continue to build the bridge span at the Evans Avenue undercrossing. Crews will pour concrete and allow the concrete to cure before stress testing the new bridge deck. Concrete recycling is continuing at the North Padaro interchange. Crews will continue work on southbound 101 and various ramps as part of the Highway 101: Carpinteria project. Traffic has been shifted onto the new southbound and median paving. Construction will progres on the new northbound lanes on the mountain side of the highway. Crews will break up old pavement and excavate to prepare for the new northbound lanes. Trucks will be removing the old pavement at night for safety, and residents are advised to expect noise during overnight work. Crews are working on overhead signs, guardrail and other adjustments to the southbound side of the highway and ramps. Crews are beginning preparation for the next stage of bridge work near the Franklin and Santa Monica creek bridges. On the north side of the highway near Franciscan Court and north of Cravens Lane, crews will begin preparations and then begin driving piles for the new sound walls. Crews will also begin excavating and driving piles for new overhead signs. For the Highway 101: Linden and Casitas Pass portion of the project, the landscaping contractor is planting and mulching along Casitas Pass Road, the 101, Linden Avenue and Via Real. Motorists are advised to expect flaggers on Via Real directing bike lane traffic during the week of April 26. For more information on the project, visit www.sbroads.com. — Mitchell White

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The final 4,000 pounds of rainbow trout were delivered to Lake Cachuma last week, just in time for the spring and summer season.

Rainbow trout released at Lake Cachuma SANTA BARBARA — The final 4,000 pounds of rainbow trout were delivered to Lake Cachuma last week, just in time for the spring and summer season. In cooperation with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Santa Barbara County Parks was granted a private stocking permit for up to 16,000 pounds of triploid rainbow trout for the 2020-21 season. All fishing needs can be met at the Cachuma Lake Marina and Boat Rentals, which also offers pontoons, outboards and kayak rentals, as well as one-day and annual fishing licenses. Fishing from shore in the recreation

County reports 33 new COVID-19 cases The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department reported 33 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the county’s total number of cases reported to 33,863. Some 155 cases are considered still infectious, and the county has reported 444 deaths associated with the virus. The city of Santa Barbara reported eight new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing its total to 6,345. Of those, 41 are considered active. The city of Santa Maria reported seven new cases and has now reported 11,397 total cases. Of

area or from a boat is open yearround with a valid fishing license, officials said. “For those who plan to bring their own boating vessels, note that due to the 30-day Quagga restrictions at the lake, boats must be inspected and tagged by Cachuma Lake staff at least 30 days prior to your visit,” officials said. Lake Cachuma allows sameday launching for kayaks, canoes, and “simple boats.” To review vessel requirements and launching protocols, please visit https://www.countyofsb.org/parks/ cachumaboating.sbc. Visitors are advised to check recreation area hours, and road and weather conditions in advance. For up-to-date fishing tips and summaries, check out the Cachuma Lake Weekly Fishing Report at www.

those, 31 are still active. Other daily totals from Saturday include: Santa Ynez Valley, four new cases (1,008 total, seven active); unincorporated area of the Goleta Valley and Gaviota, four new cases (1,200 total, 17 active); unincorporated area of the South County, including Montecito, Summerland and the city of Carpinteria, two new cases (1,355 total, four active); city of Goleta, two new cases (1,772 total, 12 active); city of Lompoc (3,620 total, 16 active); Orcutt, two new cases (1,804 total, nine active); and Isla Vista, one new case (1,288 total, six active). A total of 11 people are receiving treatment at local hospitals, including two in the Intensive Care Unit.

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“It is critical to note the importance ports have in driving local and regional economies by providing the gateway for delivery of goods and employment opportunities,” Kristin Decas, CEO and Port director of Port of Hueneme, said at the hearing in her testimony, adding that prior to the pandemic, personal income and economic output at U.S. coastal ports accounts for $5.4 trillion, roughly 26% of GDP. She also said that more than 30.8 million Americans are employed in jobs with port activity, and ports generate $47.1 billion of direct, induced and indirect federal, state and local tax revenue. “California ports such as the Port of Hueneme have been early adopters of green technology solutions. California Ports are the pioneers of testing, innovating and taking on the risk of implementing new technologies that lower emissions. As early adopters, California ports have expertise on best practices and what works,” Ms. Decas said. “We stand ready to help prosper federal action to assess and invest in our future.” The META program would research and address the need for multimodal modeling to aid in assessing maritime transportation alternatives, and figure out whether equipment or energy substitutions are cost effective and able to achieve anticipated outcomes. “Air pollution from large marine diesel engines has the potential

to affect not just coastal and port communities, but also populations hundreds of miles away,” the program’s website writes. “As with other modes of transportation, there are many potential methods for achieving reductions, such as cleaner burning fuels, emissions abatement equipment on board vessels and more efficient design and operation of ships.” According to a legislative affairs letter from the County Executive Office, ocean-going vessels traversing the Santa Barbara Channel produce more than 40% of the nitrogen oxides emissions generated within the county. The office wrote that while the Environmental Protection Act helped achieve some regulations, three areas still need to be addressed: reducing emission from existing engines, reducing air quality impacts from existing shipping lanes and implementing a vessel speed reductions plan for the channel. “Marine shipping represents a major source of uncontrolled air pollution as ships contribute to worldwide emissions of nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, sulfur, air toxics, greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances,” the letter said. “These emissions represent a serious threat to air quality and public health. Moreover, local control is diminished as federal and state laws (Federal and California Clean Air Acts) require adherence to air quality standards.” Visit congress.gov and search H.R. 2386 to learn more about the bill. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

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Rep. Carbajal introduces Federal Firefighters Fairness Act By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, introduced the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2021. The bill aims to ensure federal firefighters receive the same opportunities and access to jobrelated disability and retirement benefits as state, county and municipal firefighters. “Firefighters have been on the frontlines as California experiences unprecedented wildfire seasons year after year. When a fire breaks out, it

means all hands on deck to protect our communities, regardless of whether you are a federal, state or municipal firefighter,” said Rep. Carbajal. “The threshold for federal firefighters to prove work-related illness is much higher than their state or local counterparts here in California and around the nation. This legislation gives our brave federal firefighters the healthcare benefits they deserve for putting themselves in harm’s way to protect us all.” To receive disability benefits under current federal law, federal firefighters must pinpoint the precise incident or exposure that caused a disease for it to

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Michael “Mike” C. Baker, Colonel, U.S. Army Retired, 81, passed away March 26, 2021 in Santa Barbara, California. He was born in Santa Barbara to the late Clement and Bessie (Enos) Baker. A 1958 graduate of Santa Barbara High School. He then graduated with a B.A. degree in 1964 from the University of Montana. He attended the University of Oklahoma and graduated with a M.A. degree in 1972 from Northern Arizona University. In Mike’s words, “My career has been directed by providing continuous service to my community and my country.” He retired from the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps after 28 years of service, during which he received many awards. He was a graduate of the Command and General Staff College in 1976. The U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1984. Mike’s military service took him to Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division. Jumping RXW RI SODQHV ZDV D QDWXUDO ÀW IRU KLP VLQFH KH ZRUNHG DV D VPRNH MXPSHU LQ 6DQWD Barbara and throughout the West while in college. His career took him to Korea, Germany (as a Battalion Commander), The Pentagon 2IÀFH RI WKH $UP\ 6XUJHRQ *HQHUDO 2IÀFH -RLQW &KLHIV RI 6WDII (QJODQG &KLHI 8QLWHG Kingdom Plans Division), Presidio of San Francisco (Inspector General, Letterman Army Medical Center). His retirement ceremony was while teaching at The Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C.

be considered job-related. This burden of proof could be difficult for firefighters to meet because they work in such a wide variety of environments and conditions. Federal firefighters are regularly exposed to injury, disease and stress while protecting national interests at military installations, nuclear facilities, VA hospitals and other federal facilities. Studies have found heart disease, lung disease, certain cancers and other infectious diseases to be occupational hazards of firefighting. “The Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2021 will finally provide our nation’s federal firefighters with the

same dignity and respect as our municipal and state counterparts across our great country,” said Charlie Martinez Jr., president of Vandenberg Professional Firefighters and vice president of California Professional Firefighters. “It is no secret that occupational cancer is a very common reality for all members of the fire service. This bill will finally recognize certain cancers and infectious diseases as occupational illnesses for federal firefighters. This is long overdue and the right thing to do for our firefighters serving this country at federal installations nationwide.” California was the first state to pass

CATER, Jary Lee

Jary Lee Cater died April 8, 2021 choosing End of Life to die from ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) on his birth date April 8, 1947. He was born and raised by his parents Kenneth and Lucille Cater in Salem, Oregon. He came to the Goleta/ Santa Barbara area in 1972 and stayed forever. He is survived by his son Dylan Nash (Janell), grandsons 'DULDQ DQG 5LOH\ JUDQGGDXJKWHU 7D\ORU KHU ÀDQFp Enrique; great-grandson E.J.; and niece and nephew, Jonny and Leslie Cater. Grandson, Jaren Nash, is deceased. Important people in Jary’s life were his ex-wives Jennifer & Estella; Diane R., RED, Lisa, Den, Sudsy, Greg, and Gary Drager. He says farewell to the Gang at Monte Vista School-teachers, kids, parents & all. He kept that school sharp and organized for 25 years. He thanks his Sansum doctors and Cancer Center Dr. Deborah Meyer; his VNA Care helpers-Gloria, Dayna, Chris, and Denise; the Food for Life angels; and Friend helpersMarlo, Karen, and Bob and Nanna Televi. He is very grateful that Dylan could be with him so much in recent days. After life, Jary wishes to REST and SMILE. GO DUCKS!

WOODS, Leonard Richard 11-28-51 to 4-1-21

Born in Erding, Germany, Leonard was naturalized at a young age. He served in the US Navy for 6 years as a medic technician. He graduated from St John’s University with a BA, although always a student of life. He cared for many local elderly and disabled over decades of service as a caregiver. A friend to the homeless, a steward of the mountains and parks, a guardian to all he met. Leonard passed peacefully in his sleep on early Thursday morning. He is survived by his sisters Helene Woods of Santa Maria and Christine Hagel of Orcutt. He is considered family to the Lucidity Festival and The Guardian Team communities who will miss and remember him well.

GOODMAN, Emma Myfanwy

Mike transferred his love of teaching to the civilian world by teaching, coaching, and FRXQVHOLQJ DW 7KH &ODUNVYLOOH $FDGHP\ LQ 7HQQHVVHH $GMXQFW 3URIHVVRU DW $XVWLQ 3HD\ 6WDWH 8QLYHUVLW\ 6XSHULQWHQGHQW RI :HHPV $FDGHP\ $GMXQFW 3URIHVVRU DW 6DQWD Barbara City College. He also was a substitute teacher at several schools in Santa Barbara for twenty years.

On Saturday, March 13th, 2021, Emma Myfanwy Goodman, devoted mother of two, and adoring grandmother passed away suddenly from anaphylactic shock, at age 56.

Mike will be remembered as an avid golfer, and a referee for football and basketball. He was a man who loved God, his family and friends, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity brothers, and the Dodgers.

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Mike leaves Patty his wife of 54 years, daughter Wendy, son Michael Jr. (Shannon), four grandchildren, Ryan, Kara, Riley, and Kyle; and his sister Ann Baker Potter (Gary) and niece Emily. Services with military honors were held April 9, 2021 at the Santa Barbara Cemetery. If you wish to make a contribution in Mike’s memory, please consider AGAPE, 4555 Trousdale Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37204.

STANBROUGH, Pamela Barthels

Loving daughter, sister, and devoted mother, Pamela Barthels Stanbrough, passed away peacefully at her home as a result of a long period of Chronic Spinal Neuropathy, with her beloved companion dog Amber by her side on March 17, 2021. She was born December 11, 1962 and was raised on the Mesa. She attended Washington Elementary School, La Cumbre Junior High School, and Santa Barbara High School. She obtained her accounting degree from UCSB, thus continuing her accounting career locally until her passing. Pamela and her family lived opposite Ledbetter Beach where they enjoyed many various beach activities and ocean water sports. She surfed the Point as often as possible. In 1985, she was a member of the Santa Barbara Channel Relay Swim as an event of Semana Nautical. She grew up in Santa Barbara in the time of stop lights at HWY 101 and no need for a house key. As a child one of her favorite things to do when the boats came in to the harbor, was to visit the Castagnola Brothers Fish Market and count the lobsters in the tank followed by going to “Don and Shirley’s Pony Rides”. She was also a Blue Bird/ &DPSÀUH *LUO ÀOLQJ KHU 9HVW ZLWK %DGJHV IURP YDULRXV SURMHFWV DURXQG WRZQ Her zest for life began with Miss Lillian’s School of dance. She loved participating in Old Spanish Days Fiesta. She danced on the steps of the Santa Barbara Mission, at the &RXUW +RXVH DQG )LHVWD 3DUDGHV 6KH HYHQ ZDV D )LHVWD )ORZHU *LUO ,Q VKH URGH LQ WKH 3UHVLGHQWH·V )DPLO\ &DUULDJH FKHHULQJ ´9LYD /D )LHVWDµ WKH HQWLUH SDUDGH URXWH with her family. From climbing to the highest step on White Rock or to the highest platform of the Coral Casino Tower, she jumped off fearlessly. 3DPHOD ORYHG PXVLF VLQFH WKH ÀUVW WLPH VKH ZDV ROG HQRXJK WR VLQJ $V ZULWWHQ E\ Pamela, “The person I am today is all based on one aspect, my love of music. Music has embraced many moments of my life. Moments that otherwise would have just slipped into the back of my mind, never to be thought of again.” She loved the Santa Barbara %RZO VLQFH KHU ÀUVW FRQFHUW 7KH .LQJ )DPLO\ 0XVLF ZDV D FRQVWDQW LQ KHU OLIH IURP SOD\LQJ ÁXWH DQG JXLWDU WR SOD\LQJ WKH RUJDQ DQG VLQJLQJ ZLWK KHU PRWKHU LQ WKH 6DQWD Barbara Treble Clefs. She also performed with her mother at various venues around town showcasing her original pieces as well as old time favorites singing and playing her guitar. As much as Pamela loved school, she also throughly enjoyed visits with her family to Disneyland, Hearst Castle, and a memorable trip to Hawaii in 1973. She also traveled to New York with her father and sisters many times for swimming events thru the years. Later on in life while in the Military with her husband Steve, her favorite station was when they were in Italy. Pamela embraced the culture and cuisine, even bringing back her favorite recipes to share with the rest of her family. For her Mother’s 50th Surprise Birthday Party, she cooked an Italian Feast. Many, many thanks to all of the doctors that attended to her over the years. Pamela is preceded in death by her mother, Mignon Barthels Willhite. She is survived by her father Dr. Herbert Barthels (Mareva), step father Roger Willhite (Marlene), children Caitlin and Steven Stanbrough, her sisters Peggy Escobar (David) and Patti *XWVKDOO 7RGG QLHFHV $PDQGD *XWVKDOO 0HJDQ *XWVKDOO DQG -XOLDQD (VFREDU QHSKHZ 0DWKHZ (VFREDU XQFOH 5LFKDUG %DUWKHOV RI 6DFUDPHQWR DXQWV 'U .DWKHULQH %DUWKHOV RI $WDVFDGHUR DQG .DUHQ %DUWKHOV 'HQQ\ RI 3DORV 9HUGHV FRXVLQV 'U 7UHYRU Denny (Ashley) of Santa Barbara, Dr. Maryjune Denny Wagner (Phil) of Menlo Park, 'U *DUULFN 'HQQ\ 7ULQD RI 3DORV 9HUGHV DQG 'U &DERW 'HQQ\ RI 3DORV 9HUGHV *LYHQ WKH SDQGHPLF D PHPRULDO ZLOO EH KHOG DW D ODWHU GDWH 'RQDWLRQV PD\ EH PDGH LQ KHU QDPH WR '$:* RU +HUHGLWDU\ 1HXURSDWK\ )RXQGDWLRQ “Deep down in our hearts dear Pam there will always be a melody for you.”

She will be greatly missed by her daughter Hannah, granddaughter Harper, her father Sandy, three sisters, brother, a loving clan of nieces and nephews, cousins and her dog, Poppy. A true visionary, Emma created Alchemy Wellness Spa, a healing sanctuary that provided transformational treatments, bioactive foods and medicinal elixirs to support a dynamic lifestyle. The cafe & spa offerings were ahead of their time. Emma was a master healer, specializing in craniosacral therapy and energy medicine. She had a profound and positive impact in Santa Barbara, inspiring a vibrant community of healers locally. She was a magnet for inspirational leaders from around the world. Emma was elegant and stylish, strong-minded and charismatic. She was a dear friend to many, and made friends wherever she went. Among many things, she had a natural gift for creating extraordinarily beautiful interiors and gardens. She spent many days DW KHU IDYRULWH EHDFK %XWWHUÁ\ ZKHUH VKH ORYHG WR VZLP DORQJ WKH EXR\V She will be remembered especially for her thoughtful, generous nature and vivacious personality. Emma was a beautiful being and her light will be with us forever. Her essence will live long in our hearts.

a firefighter’s presumptive illness law in 1982. In 2019, Montana and Florida passed the same law, making it 48 out of 50 states with health presumption laws for state and local firefighters. These laws do not cover federal firefighters. The Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2021l is co-led by representatives Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, Mark Takano, D-California and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania. A Senate companion bill was introduced by Sens, Tom Carper, D-Delaware and Susan Collins, R-Maine. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

City of Lompoc resumes mailing out utility bills LOMPOC — The city of Lompoc’s utility billing division has resumed the process of mailing bills to city residents and businesses, officials announced last week. Due to the extended length of the billing cycles being bills, the city has reduced electric and water chargers for customers by calculating rates at the lowest tier rate instead of by the three tier rates typically used based on electricity and water usage, Samantha Scroggin, city spokeswoman, said in a statement. Lompoc utility customers can expect to receive their paper bills in the coming weeks. As a reminder, utility payments are now being accepted by phone. However, the city’s billing system is not yet fully functional and online billing is not yet active, Ms. Scroggin said. The city will issue a notice when its new financial management system is up and running.

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Jean met her future husband in Santa Barbara when he returned from traveling in the Merchant Marines. Al Spaulding gave a VJ day party at his parent’s home. All of Al’s friends came including Mom. At some point in the evening Jean went into the kitchen and there was this handsome guy trying to keep up with the wine glasses and ashtrays. She helped him through the night. The next day Al asked her out and they married in 1946. Jeannie did many things in her long life. She was a beautiful swimmer, a great tennis player, and a super cook. (We so miss taco nights)! She was a member of the Junior League of Santa Barbara, volunteered for the St. Francis Hospital for 25 years, and with Dad was an early member of Knowlwood Tennis Club. She was also an avid bridge player and loved crossword and jigsaw puzzles. Since 1981 she was a member of the Santa Barbara Arts Association; this included a local “Brush Marks” critique group. Water color and oil painting were her main creative passions. One of Jeannie’s favorite things that she and Q’ser (Al’s nickname) loved to do was dance the “Balboa” (a swing dance they both learned in high school) when the big bands ZHUH SOD\LQJ ´5HDO 0XVLFµ DV 0RP OLNHG WR VD\ <RX ZRXOG ÀQG WKHP PDQ\ D ZHHNHQG at the Biltmore Hotel dancing the night away. We have a fabulous News-Press photo (taken by Hal Boucher) of them dancing at the Amethyst Ball in the Coral Casino ballroom from 1992. Mom even danced as a “Rockette” on stage at the Lobero Theater. We would like to extend a huge thank you to Jeannie’s care givers, with Leslie Pulido at the helm. They gave Mom much comfort and happiness, and this allowed her to stay in her beautiful home. We love you all from the bottom of our hearts! And the main care giver was our sweet Dad Al. He made breakfast for Jeannie every day. Jean and Q’ser are the owners of Santa Ynez Feed & Milling Company, Tumbleweeds Clothing, and Sage Home Furnishings and Gifts. All are in Santa Ynez and run by Al and their three children. Besides her loving husband Al, Jean is survived by Susanna (Stephen) Davis, Lisa (Brian Felix) Spaulding, Quinn Spaulding (Robin Poett) and granddaughter Quincy Spaulding. Also niece Robin Petrie of San Francisco (daughter of Dad’s sister, Gwen). Jean had many friends that she enjoyed so much. We’d like to mention Mary Ann Greene, Bunny Fager, and all of the Art Class girls. We can’t think about Mom without thinking of our wonderful Dad—what a couple, together for 76 years. We love and miss you Mom.

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Jean LaVonne Neilson Spaulding passed away peacefully at her home in Santa Barbara on Monday March 8th at the age of 96. Jeannie was born on May 5th 1924 in Los Angeles, California. She was the only child of Eugene and Anita Neilson, and was raised in San Bernardino. After VKH ÀQLVKHG VFKRRO WKHUH VKH DWWHQGHG 6HFUHWDULDO &ROOHJH in Los Angeles. In 1943, Jean’s dad, the manager of Gilmore Oil Company, was transferred to Santa Barbara and moved the family there. At that time Jean worked for the First National Bank.

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Those looking to make a payment over the phone can call 805875-8255 or 805-875-8259. Due to a recent heavy influx in calls, customers are asked to be patient. Payments are also being accepted via the drop box in the parking lot near the entrance to City Hall, as well as by mail. Those looking to start or stop utility service during this time period may email utilityconnections@ci.lompoc.ca.us. Due to the pandemic, there are currently no penalties for late utility bill payments and no utility disconnections. The city is undergoing a critical phase in the transition to a new financial management system. A highlight of the latest phase in the transition to the new Munis Financial Management System will be an online payment portal with no fees for customers. This transition marks one of the final phases in the implementation of the Munis Financial Management System, a process that began in 2017. The rollout is expected to be finalized in mid-2022.

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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 118,038 acre-ft. Elevation 724.36 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 24.8 acre-ft. Inflow 4.0 acre-ft. State inflow 0.0 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. -109 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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Parents show support for dual-language immersion By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

At an information session Saturday morning regarding the dual-language immersion program coming to McKinley Elementary School, the mood was filled with excitement from local parents showing up in support. The school was recently selected by the Santa Barbara Unified School District to become a dual-language immersion campus by the end of 2027, and administrators held an information session to guide parents on tours and explain the nuts and bolts of the program. The program received 81% support from community members in a survey in 2020, but it doesn’t quite have everyone on board. While a picket was planned for the

information session, parents showed up to show support as well. Kym Paszkeicz, a parent of two children enrolled in the district, said she heard about the opposition of some community members to the program and decided to bring two local musicians to play cultural Spanish music at the parking lot’s entrance. “We know that there’s an effort by a group in town to not have the dualimmersion program effort here … So we just wanted to come from a place of joy and community and support,” Ms. Paszkeicz told the News-Press. “Every country and nation in the world — their children start learning the language and they’re starting in kindergarten. We don’t start until junior high or high school, which we just think is silly.

A sign in front of the school welcomes parents and students on Saturday in Santa Barbara.

“As we enter this global society, we want our kids to be prepared for the multicultural world and (make sure) that they’re able to see the contributions of so many different histories and communities, and that language is an asset, not a deficit.” Community members in opposition have shared concerns that the program will lead to student transfers and that students should comprehend English sooner to score higher on exams. However, most studies show bilingual students exceed the test scores of their monolingual peers in junior high. The superintendent of Santa Barbara Unified School District, Hilda Maldonado, said she was surprised by the musicians showing up to the information session. “I’m so moved right now by the actions of these parents,” she told the NewsPress. “I just feel like this is a new era and this kindness, this human act of peace and love — I’m very moved and I’m so grateful for these parents. “This is just pure human kindness, and that’s exactly what we’re about by the way, developing human kindness.” McKinley’s principal, Dr. Elena GarciaYoshitomi, said that the school believes in bilingualism and biculturalism for both students who speak the target language at home and students who want to learn it. “There’s so many advantages to learning two multiple languages: the career opportunities that you get, the great benefits you acquire and the mindset that you also acquire when learning the language and the culture at the same time,” she told the News-Press. Maria Larios-Horton, the executive director of diversity, equity and engagement programs at Santa Barbara Unified, said the school is proud to implement the program. “We’re really proud to be opening our elementary dual-immersion program after 21 years of not being able to offer

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Sierra Loughridge, left, director of elementary education for the Santa Barbara Unified School District, leads a tour alongside McKinley Elementary School Principal Dr. Elena Garcia-Yoshitomi on Saturday.

these programs and all the while knowing that dual-language immersion is the most effective form of instruction for any student, but more importantly, an emergent multilingual learner,” she told the News-Press. Jenny Sperling is a graduate student at UCSB and a starting professor, and attended the session to learn about the program. She said she’s interested in sociocultural and linguistic differences in school spaces. “I feel like — I know, actually — that these are important for many reasons, and it’s not necessarily just about the importance of knowing other languages, right? This is about developing diverse

perspectives and understandings of your community and your surrounding culture and the world, and that’s important starting at a young age,” Ms. Sperling told the News-Press. “That’s what these programs are made for — to make these spaces livable for all people, not just English speakers. “I just hope that more people in our community get on board with this and recognize this world is not an Englishonly world and the work we’re doing here in the community is really important and dual-immersion programs are examples of that greatness.” email: gmccormick@newspress.com

Mr. Douglas has coordinated multiple rallies in recent months to push for single-payer health care.

Murillo: ‘Shouldn’t people suffering under homelessness be able to go to a free clinic?’ RALLY

Continued from Page A1 fully believe we’ll get there.” The mayor said that she believes Health Care for All will help the elderly, children, lowincome families, families of color, the homeless population and more, along with supporting neighborhood health clinics and Doctors Without Walls. “I am wearing my Planned Parenthood shirt because I wanted to draw attention to the groups now that are this network, this safety net, so you can get other health care services,” Mayor Murillo said. “Doctors Without Walls — they give medical attention to the homeless people in the parks. Like, that’s crazy! Shouldn’t people suffering under homelessness be able to go to a free clinic to get their needs taken care of? Maybe that would help them out of homelessness.” Bill Marks, a long-time local Health Care for All advocate, told the News-Press that he believes the conversation about AB 1400 starts with COVID-19. “COVID has revealed the fact that we have a very weak public health system in this country,” he said. “Single-payer countries that have strong federal care have done much better. Particularly in Asian countries like South Korea and Taiwan have very, very low fatalities and we have very high

(fatalities). “It’s costing us lives. We need a national health system because we’re going to have more of these pandemics. They’re predicted to happen.” Taylor Clark, a student at UCSB and member of Santa Barbara’s chapter of Democratic Socialists of America, told the NewsPress that his sister is a Type 1 diabetic and his family has been struggling, getting kicked out of Medi-Cal as a result of a change of income during the pandemic. “I think the pandemic has really shown that it’s not an individual’s responsibility to have to worry about whether or not they can afford their sister’s health care,” he said. “Health is a matter that’s beyond a person’s control, so because of that, it should really be something to take care of as a community, together.” Ted Bascom, another rally attendee, said Health Care for All is a “no-brainer.” “The majority of Americans support it, so it’s kind of bull that it hasn’t happened yet,” he told the News-Press. Local sponsors of the movement include: Democratic Socialists of America, Physicians for a National Health Program, Healthcare for All-California, Progressive Democrats of America and the Green Party of Santa Barbara County.

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Demonstrators rallied and called for state legislators Sen. Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara, and Assemblymember Steve Bennett, to push Assembly Bill 1400 — the California Guaranteed Health Care for All — across the finish line.

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The group held a number of signs calling for health care for all.

Mr. Douglas, right, addresses the crowd during Saturday’s demonstration.

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Cardinals cap undefeated season By MARK PATTON NEWS-PRESS SENIOR WRITER

Sophomore Qu’Ran Gossett ran for four touchdowns as Bishop Diego High capped a brief but undefeated spring season of football, 33-14, at Newbury Park on Saturday. Gossett also contributed on defense with a blocked punt and a quarterback sack. His first TD run of six yards gave the

Cardinals (5-0) an early lead. They missed the conversion kick, however, and the Panthers jumped ahead, 7-6, after a touchdown pass at the end of the first quarter. Gossett put Bishop ahead for good with two more TDs in the second period covering one and four yards. Michael Luckhurst also threw a 22-yard scoring pass to Johnny Alvarado to extend Bishop’s lead to 26-7 just before halftime.

Newbury Park threw another TD pass to start the second half, reducing the Cardinals’ lead to 12 points. But Bishop defensive lineman S’ue Luamanu stripped the ball from the Panther quarterback late in the game, setting up Gossett’s final scoring plunge from the 3-yard line. email: mpatton@newspress.com

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UCSB breaks out the bats in San Diego By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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The Gauchos’ bats certainly made the trip down the coast. Following its 15-2 win to open the series Friday, UCSB (24-9, 15-4 in Big West) matched that offensive output in both games, outlasting the Tritons and winning 15-10 in the opener and taking Game Two by a score of 15-5. The Gauchos scored in bunches in Game One, taking a 3-0 lead in the second. Jason Willow ripped a two-run double and later scored on a sacrifice fly. San Diego (8-19, 5-10) scored a pair in the bottom half of the inning and tied the game at 3 in the third. UCSB scored four in the fourth, added a run in the fifth and scored three times in both the sixth and seventh innings. The fourth inning scoring opened with an RBI single by Willow. Jordan Sprinkle added an RBI single of his own, as did Zach Rodriguez. Steele Ledfords two-run triple in the sixth made it 11-3. Rodriguez ripped a three-run home run in the seventh to blow the game open. The Tritons did not go quietly, however, scoring four times in the seventh and three more times in

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the eighth to cut into the deficit. All seven runs were scored on singles. Rodney Boone picked up the win, tossing six innings and striking out six. He allowed three runs. In Game Two, Broc Mortensen opened the scoring with a sac fly in the first. Sprinkle’s RBI single made it 2-0 in the second, followed by a three-run double by Rodriguez. Willow added an RBI single of his own to make it 6-0. Willow added another runscoring single in the fifth. Sprinkle hit a two-run home run in the sixth, followed by a threerun homer in the seventh to blow the game open. With the win, UCSB is now tied with UC Irvine for first place in the Big West. The two teams will be back in action at 1 p.m. today.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL LONG BEACH STATE 8-5, UCSB 2-4 The Gauchos losing streak was extended to six games after dropping both contests in Saturday’s doubleheader. Madelyn McNally went 1-4 and drove in a run in the opener. Ashley Donaldson added a sacrifice fly. UCSB (8-24, 5-7 in Big West) fell behind 2-0 in Game Two but rallied to take a 4-2 lead in the sixth. Korie Thomas hit a three-run triple to give her team the lead. Sam Denehy reached on an error as Thomas scored. Long Beach’s Suzy Brookshire hit a two-run home run to tie the game in the top of the seventh. Cam Cecil’s double gave Long Beach the lead for good. The two teams will be back in action at 1 p.m. today.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL UCSB 3, UC SAN DIEGO 0 The Gauchos pulled out a highly-competitive first set en route to a sweep on Saturday at Robertson Gym. Set scores were 25-23, 25-16, 2518. Henry Hancock finished with a career-high 11 kills and his .474, while Ryan Wilcox finished with 10 kills and nine digs. Casey McGarry contributed 32 assists in the win. The Gauchos only committed six attacking errors and finished the match with a .397 hitting percentage. UCSB (13-4, 7-3 in Big West) won its final eight matches of the regular season. With the win, the team clinched second place in the Big West and secured a first-round bye in next week’s conference tournament.

MEN’S TENNIS CAL POLY 4, UCSB 3 UCSB dropped its contest against Cal Poly Saturday as it continues to deal with a depleted lineup due to COVID-19 protocols. The Gauchos (6-5, 4-2 in Big West) claimed the doubles points and the Mustangs won three singles matches and a fourth by default to likely claim the top seed in the 2021 Big West Tournament at The Great Park in Irvine. The tournament will be held April 30 to May 2. Junior Victor Krustev and freshman Kai Brady took No. 1 doubles, and freshman Pablo Masjuan and senior Joseph Rotheram won their match 6-3. No. 3 doubles could not be played because UCSB only had five available players. Cal Poly took No. 1 and No. 2 singles, as well as No. 6 singles in a default. Brady notched a 6-3, 4-6, 10-2 win at No. 4 singles. UCSB will be back in action on Wednesday for its regular season finale.

WOMEN’S TENNIS UCSB 4, CAL POLY 0 The UCSB women’s tennis team clinched the Big West regular season championship Saturday with their win over the Mustangs. UCSB (9-3, 8-0 in Big West) has now won eight matches in a row, while finishing unbeaten in conference play. Kira Reuter and Shakhnoza Khatamova were dominant in doubles play, winning 6-2. Lise Sentenac and Elizaveta Volodko also had a solid showing, winning 6-1. The Gauchos swept the top three singles matches. Volodko defeated Cal Poly’s Dominique Stone 6-2, 6-0, Khatamova took down Dalanie Dunkle 6-3, 6-3, and Camille Kiss clinched the win with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory in the No. 2 matchup. Sentenac also had a strong performance in singles and was up 6-1, 1-6, 5-1, and Reuter was ahead 7-5, 5-1 when the match was called. The Gauchos wrap up the regular season on Monday with a 1:30 p.m. home match against Pac12 opponent Washington State.

PREP SOFTBALL BISHOP DIEGO 12, CARPINTERIA 11 The Cardinals scored three runs in the seventh to complete their comeback Saturday against Carpinteria. Lily Simolon went 3-4 at the plate and drove in four runs. Bishop had 15 hits as a team, while Carpinteria had 14 hits.

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PREP BASEBALL BISHOP DIEGO 4, FOOTHILL TECH 0 Senior Ashton Pelly tossed a complete game and allowed just three hits in the Cardinals win on Saturday. Official stats were not made available by press time.

PREP LACROSSE NEWBURY PARK 18, DOS PUEBLOS 4 Avery Ball scored three goals in the Chargers loss on Saturday. DP (4-1) made 12 interceptions on the day, including three each from Julissa Ramirez-Gijon, Kenzie Hemman and Andrea Aguilar. Madeline Nees had five saves in the first half, and Annette Bennett saved seven shots in the second half.

PREP TRACK SAN MARCOS VS. LOMPOC San Marcos’ Justin Hess took the 400, 200 and anchored both winning relays on Saturday. The meet was not scored. Jaden Freking took the long jump and the triple jump for the Royals. Ava Carter won the 400, 200 and was also on both winning relay teams. Kiala Haas took the 800 and was on the 4x400 relay team. “Both girls are freshmen,” said coach Marilyn Hantgin. “They have been working really hard and it showed today. I’m impressed with their competitive spirit. I’m excited to see how much they will improve over the rest of the season. “Justin continues to lead our team. He is a special talent.”

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL WESTMONT 3, BENEDICTINE 0 The third-ranked Warriors advanced in the NAIA Tournament with their sweep over Benedictine at Murchison Gym. Westmont (14-1, 10-0 in Golden State Athletic Conference) won with scores of 25-17, 30-28, 25-19. Jessie Terlizzi had a team-best 10 kills and finished with a .381 hitting percentage. Sydney Dunn dished out 18 assists and had four digs, while Madison Morrison led the way with 20 digs of her own. Brooklyn Cheney had 10 digs, and Keelyn Kistner added 11 assists and eight digs in the victory. With the win, the Warriors advance to the NAIA Tournament in Sioux City, Iowa. email: mwhite@newspress.com

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SBPD promotes five sworn officers By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The Santa Barbara Police Department held a ceremony last week to celebrate the promotion of five sworn law enforcement officers. During the event, held Wednesday, Interim Chief Bernard Melekian honored four newly promoted Sergeants and one Lieutenant. These types of ceremonies have not been taking place due to the pandemic, though the recent easing of restrictions allowed a limited number of participants adhering to safety guidelines, Sgt. Ethan Ragsdale, police spokesman, said in a news release. In congratulating those promoted, Chief Melekian said, “The men and women who were promoted today are the future of the Santa Barbara Police Department and the law enforcement profession. I am very proud of each of them, for what they have accomplished, and what they will accomplish to make this city a safer place.” The four promoted to the rank of Sergeant included: Allan Tuazon (formerly a detective); Antonio Montojo (formerly an officer); Charles Venable (formerly an officer); and Stephanie Trujillo (former officer). Former Sergeant Bryan Jensen was promoted to Lieutenant. Sgt. Tuazon attended California State University, Los Angeles and earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. After graduating he was commissioned as a Naval Officer in the Navy. He served in leadership roles in operations, recruitment and retention, as well as logistics. He was honorably discharged after seven and a half years of service. After the military, he earned a master’s degree in social work from USC. From there, he worked as a psychiatric social worker for the Los Angeles Unified School District. He left the district and joined the SBPD in 2011. In the past 10 years, he has worked as a patrol officer, street crimes unit officer and school resource officer. He earned the position of narcotics detective, where he served for two years until he

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From left, Lt. Bryan Jensen, Sgt. Antonio Montojo, Sgt. Charles Venable, Chief Bernard Melekian, Sgt. Allan Tuazon and Sgt. Stephanie Trujillo.

was promoted Sergeant. He is currently assigned to the field operations division and for the last five years he has also served as a member of the SWAT Team. Sgt. Montojo obtained his bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University in 2005. Two years later, he joined the San Mateo Police Department and had a number of achievements, including: narcotics detective and gang investigator in the Special Investigations Bureau; courtrecognized narcotics expert; field training officer; SWAT Team member; and assistant SWAT Team leader. He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 2016. He joined the SBPD in 2019 and worked as a patrol officer assigned to the field operations division. Sgt. Venable started his career with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, where he worked as a custody deputy for three and a half years. He will be celebrating his 20th anniversary with the city. During his police department career, he has been a part time motor officer for 14 years, a crime scene investigator for four years and spent six years as a field training officer. He is a department instructor in de-escalation and less-lethal options. Sgt. Venable’s bilingual abilities have been used to assist with instruction at the Spanish Speaking Citizen’s Academy. Sgt. Trujillo joined the Army

at the age of 17, serving eight years as part of a Combat Support Military Police Unit. She was deployed twice under Operation Enduring Freedom before being honorably discharged from the Army at the rank of Sergeant. She has been with the department for seven years, and served four years as a field training office. She is also a member of several department cadres, including honor guard, training and recruitment cadre, as well as the active shooter instructor cadre. Lt. Jensen moved to Santa Barbara in 1996 to attend UCSB, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. He joined the department in 2001 as a dispatcher, a patrol and drinking driver team officer, and a detective in both crimes against property and crimes against persons. He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 2012 and has served as a supervisor in patrol, investigative youth services, professional standards and community services neighborhood policing. He also served as acting lieutenant assigned as the manager for the combined communications centers. Lt. Jensen has also held assignments on the crisis negotiations response team and as a bomb technician with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department’s Bomb Squad.

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in which they discussed the difficulties of royal life and how the two brothers had grown apart. The nation honored the Duke of Edinburgh with a minute’s silence observed across the United Kingdom at 3 p.m., its beginning and end marked by a gun fired by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery. The final shot signaled the start of a funeral service steeped in military and royal tradition, but infused with the duke’s personality, the AP reported. Prince Philip was deeply involved with the ceremony and, per his request, there was no sermon. There were also no eulogies or readings, in keeping with royal tradition. Former Bishop of London Richard Chartres, who knew Prince Philip well, said the 50-minute service reflected the preferences of the prince, who was a man of faith but liked things to be succinct. “He was at home with broad church, high church and low church, but what he really liked was short church,” Mr. Chartres told the BBC. Ahead of the funeral, Buckingham Palace released a photo of the Queen and Prince Philip, smiling and relaxing on blankets in the grass in the Scottish Highlands in 2003. The palace said the casual, unposed photo was a favorite of the Queen, the AP reported. Composing a wreath atop the coffin were flowers chosen by the Queen, including white lilies, small white roses, white freesia, white wax flower, white sweet peas and jasmine. A note from the monarch was attached, but its contents were not disclosed. The funeral reflected Philip’s military ties, both as the ceremonial commander of many units and as a veteran of the Royal Navy who served with distinction during World War II. More than 700 military personnel took part in the commemorative events, including army bands, Royal Marine buglers and an honor guard drawn from across the armed forces. The armed forces also sent wreaths of flowers that were laid outside St. George’s chapel, some with handwritten notes. One said the Royal Marines wanted to pay their respects to a man “who stood with us and among us for 64 years.” Lt. Gen. Roland Walker, regimental lieutenant colonel of the Grenadier Guards, said his unit was honored to take part because of its close relationship with the prince. Prince Philip served as regimental colonel of the guards, its honorary leader, for 42 years. “This is a privilege,” he told the BBC. “Because my understanding is he planned this, so we’re here because he wanted us to be here, and that, I think, down to the junior guardsmen, is a known fact.” Prince Philip and the Queen’s children — Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward — walked behind the hearse along with other members of the Royal Family, all of whom wore civilian clothes at the Queen’s request. The Queen followed in the State Bentley. William and Harry were part of the nine-member royal contingent, although their cousin, Peter Phillips, walked between them. There was no obvious tension between the brothers, whose relationship has been strained since Harry’s decision to quit royal duties and move to Montecito. After the service, they walked back to the castle together, seeming to chat amiably, according to national reports. Ms. Markle couldn’t attend the funeral due to her

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pregnancy, but watched the Saturday service from the Montecito home she shares with Prince Harry, People magazine reported. According to People, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex sent a personalized wreath for the service in honor of Prince Philip. Willow Crossley, who worked with the couple on flowers for their wedding reception and their son Archie’s christening, designed the wreath with special instructions, People reported. The wreath reportedly included sea holly in a nod to Prince Philip’s service with the Royal Marines and Acanthus mollis, the national flower of Greece, in a tribute to his ancestry. The card accompanying the wreath was handwritten by Ms. Markle, People reported. In a statement on his Archwell website, Prince Harry praised Prince Philip for his service to the royal family. “Grandpa, thank you for your service, your dedication to Granny, and for always being yourself. You will be sorely missed, but always remembered — by the nation and the world. Meghan, Archie, and I, as well as your future great-granddaughter, will always hold a special place for you in our hearts,” he wrote. As was reported in the News-Press earlier this month following his death, Prince Phillip and the Queen made a royal appearance in Santa Barbara nearly 40 years ago, albeit during an epic storm season. The British royals weathered the cold rain and were spotted at the Santa Barbara Airport, County Courthouse and Santa Barbara Mission, along with then-President Ronald Reagan’s ranch northwest of Santa Barbara. They even had plans to walk along Stearns Wharf, but those were washed out by the rainstorm. Former Santa Barbara Mayor Sheila Lodge recalled meeting the Queen and Prince Philip when they visited in March 1983. Mrs. Lodge was mayor at the time and said that there was “a great deal of excitement in Santa Barbara” when the royals’ visit was announced. The visit meant closing off the streets around the County Courthouse and the royals coming up the wrong way on Anacapa Street, where they got out and walked under the big arch. “I didn’t have any real contact with Prince Philip during their visit. I was with the Queen, but my husband was with him and said he kept making remarks about the proceedings under his breath as they went on,” Mrs. Lodge told the News-Press earlier this month. “They were at the courthouse for all of 15 minutes, but it was a big moment of excitement.” The former mayor of Santa Barbara said the prince’s good works will be missed, including being a force for environmental issues and serving as president of the World Wildlife Fund. Prince Philip is survived by his wife of 73 years, Queen Elizabeth II, their daughter Princess Anne and their three sons: next-in-line-to-the-throne Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. He also leaves behind eight grandchildren, including Prince William and Prince Harry and nine greatgrandchildren, including Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Archie and Princess Eugenie’s new baby boy, August, whose middle name is Philip. email: mwhite@newspress.com

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UNDER AN EXECUTION issued out of the Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Anacapa Division, State of California, on October 26, 2020, on a judgment rendered on June 6, 2019, IN FAVOR OF Armand Rios c/o Kingston, Martinez & Hogan LLP, 1300 Santa Barbara St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101 AND AGAINST Gloria Gonzalez, an individual, Tony Gonzalez, an individual, & Gloria Gonzalez, as Trustee of Raymundo & Gloria Gonzalez Family 2002 Revocable Trust, 607 W. De La Guerra St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101 for the sum of $195,089.77 Dollars; I HAVE LEVIED upon all the right, title, claim and interest of the debtor(s) Gloria Gonzalez, as Trustee of the Raymundo & Gloria Gonzalez Family 2002 Revocable Trust, 607 W. De La Guerra St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101 in the County of Santa Barbara, described as follows: All that certain real property situated in the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, described as follows:

05",)# ./4)#%3 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2021-0000619 The following person(s) is doing business as: cayucous cars, 1001 E. Cypress Ave., #12, Lompoc, CA 93436, County of Santa Barbara. William Jay, Jr., 1001 E. Cypress Ave., #12, Lompoc, CA 93436 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the ﬁctitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ William Jay, Jr. This statement was ﬁled with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 8, 2021. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25/21 CNS-3456275# SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS APR 4, 11, 18, 25 / 2021 -- 56970

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APRIL 28, 2021

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Based on guidance from the California Department of Public Health and the California Governor’s Stay at Home Executive Order N-33-20, issued on March 19, 2020, to protect the health and wellbeing of all Californian’s and to establish consistency across the state in order to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission hearings will no longer provide inperson participation. We have established alternative methods of participation in the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission hearings, pursuant to the California Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20, issued on March 17, 2020, which states: % %

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PETITION OF: Benjamin Michael Radford FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 21CV01239 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

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TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Benjamin Michael Radford filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Benjamin Michael Radford to Proposed name: Benjamin Michael Hagen THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: May 24, 2021 Time: 10:00 am Dept: 5 Address: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Mailing address: P.O box 21107, Santa Barbara 93101-1107 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Santa Barbara News-Press Date: 04/13/2021 Name: Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court.

The Commission’s rules on hearings and public comment, unless otherwise directed by the Chair, remain applicable to each of the participation methods listed above.

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The Planning Commission hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Planning Commission. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to appear and speak in support or in opposition to the projects. Written comments are also welcome. All letters should be addressed to the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101. Letters should be ﬁled with the secretary of the Planning Commission no later than 12:00 P.M. on the Monday before the Planning Commission hearing. The decision to accept late materials will be at the discretion of the Planning Commission. Maps and/or staff analysis of the proposals may be reviewed at https://www.countyofsb.org/plndev/ hearings/cpc.sbc a week before the hearing or by appointment by calling (805) 568-2000. If you challenge the project(s) 20DVP-00000-00011, 20CDP-00000-00079, 16SPP-00000-00001, 17GPA00000-00005, 16TRM-00000-00003, 16DVP-00000-00008, 17DVP-00000-00001, 16CUP-00000-00033, 17CUP000000-00030, 16RDN-00000-00002, 20APL-00000-00030, 20APL-00000-00031, 20APL-00000-00032, or 21APL-00000-00013 in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Planning Commission prior to the public hearing. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact the Hearing Support Staff (805) 568-2000. Notiﬁcation at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements. * This is a partial listing of the items to be heard at the Planning Commission Hearing of April 28, 2021. 20APL-00000-00030 20APL-00000-00031 Williams Appeal of Director Denial 20APL-00000-00032 of Williams Accessory Dwelling Units Isla Vista Exempt, CEQA Guidelines Section 15270(b) Alex Tuttle, Supervising Planner (805) 884-6844 Delaney Roney, Planner (805) 568-2033 Hearing on the request of property owners George and Karen Williams, to consider the appeals, Case Nos. 20APL-00000-00030, 20APL-00000-00031, and 20APL-00000-00032, of the Director’s denial of 20CDP-00000-00060, 20CDP-00000-00061, and 20CDP-00000-00062 for the conversion of three garages into Accessory Dwelling Unit’s (ADUs), in compliance with Section 35-182 of Article II, the Coastal Zoning Ordinance. The applications involve Assessor Parcel Numbers 075-223-025, -024, and -023, located at 6513, 6515, and 6517 Del Playa Drive respectively in the Goleta Community Plan area (Isla Vista), Third Supervisorial District. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION RECORDING SECRETARY (568-2000)

Channelkeeper presents student art show By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper is presenting its 18th annual student art show, artist reception and award ceremony on Thursday, which will take place virtually as part of the Youth Day at the Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival. This year’s theme is “What the Channel Means to Me,” aiming to inspire local students to reflect on their connection to the Santa Barbara Channel and to create art that celebrates the area’s natural beauty and diversity. “Channelkeeper is honored to present our 18th annual student art show,” said Penny Owens, Channelkeeper education director. “Every year, we are so impressed and inspired by the caliber of the student artwork. Channelkeeper is dedicated to protecting our local waterways and also to fostering environmental awareness and stewardship in today’s youth to ensure that they join us in our efforts. Seeing the artwork celebrating the natural beauty of the Santa Barbara Channel and the messages and artist statements by the students gives me hope that our future is in good hands.” The contest is open to high school students from Carpinteria to Goleta, and past participating schools include Bishop Diego, Dos Pueblos, Carpinteria, San Marcos and Santa Barbara High schools. Local artist Claudia Borfiga will jury the show and judge pieces based on creativity, technical skill, sense of style and interpretation of the theme. State Sen. Monique Limón, DSanta Barbara, will announce the

student award winners during the virtual reception at 3:55 p.m. on Thursday. The awards include cash prizes donated by long-time student art show sponsor Trillium Enterprises, Inc. “Channelkeeper is a vital part of our community that educates and protects the coast and waterways,” said Sen. Limón. “I am grateful to present remarks to the students of Channelkeeper’s annual Student Art Show. It’s such an important opportunity for students to create art that raises awareness about the beauty and importance of protecting the Channel. Their artwork is incredibly meaningful and can inspire others in our community to protect it.” Awards include first, second, third and Honorable Mention, along with Juror’s Choice awards. Cash awards will be provided to the winners, with first place receiving $200 and two tickets to the concert of his or her choice at the Santa Barbara Bowl; second place receiving $125; third place $75; and Juror’s Choice/Honorable Mentions receiving $25. A special $100 “Environmental Ethic” prize will be awarded to the piece that best embodies the ethical and moral relationship between human beings and the natural environment. The award-winning artwork will be displayed in the State Street office window of the Community Environmental Council at 1219 State St. for the week of April 26 through April 30, following the student reception and award ceremony on Thursday. For more information, email Penny@sbck.org or visit www. sbck.org. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

COVID-19 funeral assistance now available By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, announced that starting this week, FEMA is now accepting applications for funeral assistance for individuals who lost loved ones to COVID-19. Rep. Carbajal voted to pass the funeral assistance program as part of the American Rescue Plan. “No amount of money can make up for the loss of a loved one, but I’m hopeful this assistance will help ease the financial burden on those experiencing the compounded pain of grief and a global pandemic,” said Rep. Carbajal. Central Coast residents who paid for funeral expenses after Jan. 20, 2020 — for an individual whose death may have been caused by or was likely the result of COVID-19 — can apply for up to $9,000 in assistance per funeral through FEMA’s dedicated call center. Each eligible applicant must be a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national or qualified alien who paid for funeral expenses after Jan. 20, and the funeral expenses were for an individual whose death was in the U.S., territories or the District of Columbia, and may have been caused by or was likely the result of COVID-19. Individuals may apply for assistance for multiple funerals. The applicant responsible for COVID-19 funeral expenses will need to provide the following information below when they call FEMA to register for assistance: Social Security number for the applicant and the deceased individual; date of birth for the applicant and the deceased individual; current mailing address for the applicant; current telephone number for the applicant; location or address where the deceased individual passed away; information about burial or funeral insurance policies; information about other funeral assistance received, such as donations; CARES Act grants and assistance from voluntary organizations; and the routing and account number of the applicant’s checking or savings account (for direct deposit, if requested).

Rep. Carbajal voted to pass the funeral assistance program as part of the American Rescue Plan. FEMA recommends gathering this information ahead of the application process. Funeral homes are not eligible to apply on behalf of a family or to be a co-applicant on the Funeral Assistance application. The person applying must be an individual, not a business, who incurred the funeral expenses, according to FEMA’s website. COVID-19 Funeral Assistance will assist with expenses for funeral services and interment or cremation, and any receipts received for expenses that are not related to funeral services will not be determined eligible expenses. Expenses for funeral services and interment or cremation typically include, but are not limited to: transportation for up to two individuals to identify the deceased individual; transfer of remains; casket or urn; burial plot or cremation niche; marker or headstone; clergy or officiant services; arrangement of the funeral ceremony; use of funeral home equipment or staff; cremation or interment costs; costs associated with producing and certifying multiple death certificates; and additional expenses mandated by any applicable local or state government laws or ordinances. Contact the FEMA call center at 844-684-6333 or through TeleTYpe at 800-462-7585, any time between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. PT Monday through Friday to apply. No online applications will be accepted. Multilingual services will be available. Visit fema.gov/disasters/ coronavirus/economic/funeralassistance/faq to learn more about the program. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

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Brian Harwell performs during The Theatre Group at SBCC’s online streamed production of “The Thin Man,” a live radio play.

Hear that? It’s ‘The Thin Man’ Santa Barbara City College actors and crew produce filmed, radio play By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

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enna Scanlon loves to listen to old-time dramas on her car radio. So much so that the Santa Barbara resident jumped at the chance to play Nora Charles in a live radio presentation of “The Thin Man.” “I’m a fan of old movies that feature fast-talking, smart people,” said Ms. Scanlon, whose all-time favorite is “My Girl Friday” (1940), the newspaper comedy starring Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant. “The Thin Man” movies starred Myrna Loy and William Powell as wealthy couple/sleuths Nora and Nick Charles in mysteries in which the dialogue was witty, steady and quick. In fact, you could snap your fingers to the beat of the words. That kind of rhythm, classic costumes and the sheer fun of old-school but imaginative sound

effects lured Ms. Scanlon and others to perform in a filmed, radio version of “The Thin Man.” The Theatre Group at Santa Barbara City College turned to a 1934 Lux Radio Theatre script based on the first “Thin Man” movie and filmed the actors together in costume while they stood in front of their radio microphones on the college’s Garvin Theatre stage. Sound effects artist Rene Hooper used various devices to create the effects. The program will stream Wednesday through May 8. Tickets vary from $5 to $15 and can be purchased at www. theatergroupsssbcc.com. Although filmed, the show will have the feeling of a golden age radio drama, right down to the commercials. Not that the modern pandemic didn’t intrude. To remain COVID-19 compliant, there was no

audience during the filming, and the actors stayed socially distant and enclosed in Plexiglas shields, director Katie Laris told the NewsPress. She said now felt like the right time for “The Thin Man,” author Dashiell Hammett’s mystery, which first appeared as a magazine serial in 1933. “I was looking for something that was entertaining, light-hearted and happy,” Ms. Laris said. “I think we need to travel right now. Even if we can’t travel geographically, we can travel back in time and go back to another era — an innocent, easier time.” Ms. Scanlon told the News-Press she loved working on the play. “It feels more like a play than anything I’ve done in the last 16 months. I’ve done things purely on Zoom. This felt like being in a play,” she said. “It was challenging and so rewarding.” Ms. Scanlon added she loved

the costumes and the shoes (even though standing in heels for a long stretch proved difficult). “They’re beautiful. Everybody looks spectacular.” Sharing Ms. Scanlon’s enthusiasm is Matthew Tavianini, who plays Nick Charles. The Santa Barbara actor said he went into his role with a focus on the rhythm and cadence of Nick’s language. “Our language today is not used nearly in that kind of way.” Director Laris said she, Mr. Tavianini and Ms. Scanlon talked about the connection between Nick and Nora and decided to focus on the love between them, which stays strong as they dive into the mystery. Fans of the “Thin Man” movies will remember Nick and Nora’s dog Asta, and he’s part of the movie thanks to a “wonderful puppeteer,” Ms. Laris, a Santa Barbara resident, said, referring to Laksmini Wyantini.

The play gets much of its distinctive radio sound from the sound effects and music. Ms. Hooper created the effects live during the filming of the play. The genre is Foley sound effects, and it’s named after legendary sound effects artist Jack Foley (1891-1967), who developed the use of techniques performed live in sync with movie footage. “There was a whole genre back in the ’20s, ’30s, ’40s, ’50s when people made sound effects live for radio plays,” sound designer Barbara Hirsch told the NewsPress. “Sometimes they would use the actual devices — a gun with blanks, a phone. “Sometimes they would come up with devices that would work,” Ms. Hirsch continued, referring to things such as thunder sheets and mallets hitting surfaces. “The Foley table in radio shows Please see RADIO PLAY on B4

At left, Rene Hooper creates the Foley sound effects for the play. At right, the cast and crew of “The Thin Man,” include, from left, Robert Allen, Brian Harwell, Leslie Ann Story, Matthew Tavianini, Jenna Scanlon, Jon Koons, Van Ricker and sound effects artist Rene Hooper.

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New members of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation board of directors are Jeffrey Haight, Salvador Guerena, Andrea Steward and Kai Tepper. Mr. Haight, who is president of Ehlen Spiess & Haight Structural Engineers, graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering in 1988. A member of Goleta’s Community Emergency Response Team, he was deployed to St. Bernard Parish Louisiana to evaluate damaged structures after Hurricane Katrina as a volunteer engineer with the California Office of Emergency Services. Mr. Guerena, an archivist, librarian and writer, was director of the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives from 1988 to 2019 in the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB Library. A native of Santa Barbara, he earned his bachelor’s degree at Westmont College and his master’s degree at the University of Arizona. He is a past president of REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, and he has served on the governing council of the American Library Association and the board of the Society of California Archivists. Mr. Guerena has published numerous articles and edited and co-authored several books in the field of library science, bibliography and archives. Locally, he has served as

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president of the Santa Barbara Education Foundation, Children’s Creative Project and since 2008 as volunteer executive director for United Parents/ Padres Unidos. Ms. Steward, who was born and raised in Santa Barbara, is the daughter of Mexican immigrants. She attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel School and Bishop Garcia Diego High School. After graduating from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, she worked in the fashion industry. Upon returning to Santa Barbara, she worked with her parents in the family business, Rudy’s Mexican Restaurants. She and her husband Neal opened their own Rudy’s in the Presidio neighborhood three years ago. Ms. Tepper is the outreach program manager for the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation, previous executive director for The Arts Fund and founding board member of the Santa Barbara School of Arts. She received her bachelor’s degree from California State University Channel Islands. Ms. Tepper is active in community organizations, including the city of Santa Barbara’s Art Advisory Committee, Asian American History Committee at the SBTHP, Santa Barbara County Alliance for Arts Education, Leni Fund Outreach Committee, Visual Arts and Design Academy at Santa Barbara High School and the Community Arts Workshop’s Artist Residency Panel. email: mmcmahon@newspress. com

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Explore Ecology is celebrating Earth Day this year with events varying from workshops to a beach cleanup and a special reopening of the local nonprofit’s store. The organization will kick off its celebrations with a reopening of the Art From Scrap Creative Reuse Store from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday. The store had been closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Located at 302 East Cota St. in Santa Barbara, the store keeps thousands of pounds of material from ending up in landfills by repurposing them for art projects. On Thursday, the actual date of Earth Day, Explore Ecology educators will teach a Flows to the Ocean Watershed workshop in a virtual event. The workshop will begin at 1:30 p.m.

and will teach viewers about water quality, the effects of debris on aquatic systems and explore solutions to ocean pollution. Members of the UCSB Blue Water Task Force will show how they perform water testing at Arroyo Burro Beach. To view the event, visit sbearthday. org. To wrap up Earth Day celebrations, Explore Ecology will host an East Beach cleanup event from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday. Residents are invited to join the

effort to prevent ocean pollution. Participants will receive a free Explore Ecology Cleanup Kit while supplies last. The kits contain reusable gloves, hand sanitizer and clean-up instructions. The Earth Day cleanup is one of 10 community cleanups that will be held throughout the county from April to June on Fridays. Each cleanup runs from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Upcoming cleanups will meet April 30 at the East Side

Public Library April 30, May 7 at the Montecito branch library and May 14 at Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden. “I’m so excited about our litter cleanup events and the cleanup kits we’ll be giving out to the community for free,” Lydia Ballantine, watershed resource center manager, said in a statement. “After spending all year teaching students about ocean trash and how easy it is for trash on our streets to end up in storm drains and then the ocean, I am constantly aware of all the litter I see while out hiking, walking my dog, or even driving on the highway. The more hands we can get involved in picking up even a couple of pieces of trash, the fewer pieces of garbage will end up in the ocean and be mistaken for fish food or end up tangled in some creature’s fins.” — Madison Hirneisen

City College names diversity director Santa Barbara City College announced its new executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion this week: Dr. Anselmo Villanueva. Born and raised in Santa Barbara, Dr. Villanueva is returning to his home community with years of experience in education, from preschool to graduate school. Throughout his career, he’s focused on bringing quality education to underrepresented populations.

He has held diversity, equity and inclusion positions for Eugene Public Schools in Oregon and Pacific Resources in Education and Learning, a Hawaii-based nonprofit. He taught as an adjunct professor at Lane Community College, University of Oregon, Western Oregon University, Pacific University and Northwest Christian University — where he created courses in ethnic studies, teacher development, cross-cultural counseling and

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Ms. Hudson is a USC associate professor of art history and fine arts. She is featuring Ms. Quarles and Mr. Bass in her upcoming book, “Contemporary Painting.” Mr. Bass is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans across painting, performance, sculpture and video. His art is currently on view at Vielmetter Gallery Los Angeles.

Ms. Quarles is a Los Angeles artist whose work has been displayed nationally and around the world. In 2019, she was the inaugural winner of the Pérez Prize. She currently has solo exhibits at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and X Museum in Beijing. — Dave Mason

Santa Maria provides free sprinklers SANTA MARIA — The Santa Maria Utilities Department is offering free sprinklers and landscape burlaps to residents. The promotion is part of the city’s Go Green in the Spring campaign. The city is reminding homeowners, gardeners and landscapers to pull weeds, collect clippings to spruce up the landscape and plant droughttolerant plants to conserve water. The city is also urging people to

check irrigation sprinklers and outdoor faucets to address any leaks. Residents will receive one 7-foot by 7-foot landscape burlap and three Hunter MPR1000 Rotator sprinklers and MPR heads. Requests are limited to one promotional package per household while supplies last. The landscape burlap can be used to gather yard clippings, branches, leaves and other green

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would be large with many different sound sources,” said Ms. Hirsch, who lives in Santa Barbara. “Live Foley effects are a big part of the play,” she noted. “I worked a little bit with the Foley artist to come up with the sounds.” The camera stays focused on the actors, but Ms. Hooper performing the sound effects appears in a couple shots, Ms. Hirsch said. Ms. Hirsch added that as the sound designer, she had the easier task of finding recorded music and musical sound effects from the 1930s.

“Like costumes and makeup, people have a very strong association with music,” Ms. Hirsch said. “I have to say the music from the ’30s was really happy music.” In addition to the sound effects, music and snappy dialogue, “The Thin Man” offers viewers a mystery with a minimum of violence and a maximum of intrigue. “You’re wondering who did it,” director Laris told the NewsPress. “There’s a lot of possible suspects,” she said, but added, “Nick and Nora are up to any challenge.” email: dmason@newspress.com

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Taking a deep dive into pool issues Moving forward requires a change of stance. — Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel

number, according to the World Health Organization, is “rising exponentially.” France has gone back to shutdown mode. Germany, Spain and the heart of Europe struggle to contain the suffering and the deaths. Only Great Britain, perhaps the hardest-hit European nation other than Italy, seems ready to resume “normal” life, as its vaccination efforts (thanks to Oxford’s AstraZeneca) have reduced deaths by 95% from January 2021, and cases by 90%. The attempt among leaders and countries around the world is to acquire enough of the various vaccines to immunize their populations as quickly (at warp speed?) as possible. Caution is still their watchword, but drug manufacturers are going full throttle to produce. Those of us who’ve had the good fortune to have avoided the illness

ast week we wrote about the expenditure of our tax dollars and ways to help the homeless, aka the “houseless.” For a change, let’s use our money to help the youth locally. Let’s invest in our future. Why not? If we are paying $14 million to renovate Ortega Park in Santa Barbara, let’s go the extra mile and fill the needs of the whole community. After all, how much more could it cost to enlarge the new pool to provide for multi-purpose uses and as a competition pool? If as Santa Barbara City Council member Mike Jordan said during a recent meeting, $480,000 more for the homeless “.. is not a lot of money…”, then this should fit the bill? There are innumerable reasons why swimming is good for everybody. And doesn’t the Eastside deserve such an amenity? Shouldn’t every man, woman and child be waterproofed? Victoria Valente, an Eastside resident, is asking for help to encourage the city to do right by the new Aquatic Center at Ortega Park and replace the current design with a competition-size pool. The Ortega Park “Master Plan” is an upgrade. However, it presents issues due to the Ortega Park Murals. The pool design doesn’t give our children many future opportunities, should they ever want to participate in aquatic sports. It is possible to save all of the murals while building a high-quality aquatics facility. But the city of Santa Barbara would have to agree to change the Master Plan, and this is the challenge. Santa Barbara needs more aquatics facilities, including more regulation-size pools. For decades this has been an unfilled demand. The city’s proposed 25-yard pool with four lanes is not regulation-size, and it would not be able to bring competitive aquatics to Eastside youth or any in our community. Our aquatics facilities don’t measure up to those in neighboring communities or in Southern California as a whole. Standard Olympic-size pools (50 meters by 25 yards) can be found almost anywhere, except in Santa Barbara. Please search on the internet for Santa Maria Paul Nelson Aquatic Center, Ventura Aquatic Center and Santa Clarita Aquatic Center. Also check out the Lompoc Aquatic Center. The city of Santa Barbara has neglected its own findings of infrastructure deficits related to aquatics facilities and it seems it is about to sweep this under the rug to make it “go away.” Apparently, the city will be omitting these recommendations in future reports and budget planning. “The need for a second pool was identified in the 2003 Aquatic Complex Feasibility Study. A modern major aquatic facility would include splash playground features, a competition pool that can be multi-programmed to include water polo, a warm water pool and a concession area. It was also identified as a high priority project by the Infrastructure Financing Task Force in October 2008.” The city of Santa Barbara still has not built an aquatics

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haven’t seen much humor in life during the past year or so, but one thing that has been uproariously hilarious lately is the orchestrated media narrative that President Joe Biden is bipartisan and conciliatory. Please give me a moment to catch my breath. I think it was Karl Rove who recently observed that the media’s effective definition of bipartisan legislation is not that significant numbers of both parties’ lawmakers support a bill, but that some poll somewhere shows that a large percentage of Americans of each party support some vaguely described initiative, even if zero Republican legislators support the actual bill. You can frame a poll question to get the result you want. I can’t claim to be prophetic for having warned in my last book that if Democrats were to

recapture the presidency, they this nation, which is quite fitting would launch the most radical considering that he is one of the agenda in modern times. Indeed, key masters and probably the you would have to have been main one. almost blind or willfully naive to Many of us cautioned that they think otherwise. would try to pack the Supreme Yet never-Trumpers Court, and complacent and many Democrats scoffers waived their denied the radical wing hands at us dismissively. of the party would have But now Sen. Ed Markey that much influence. and Rep. Jerry Nader are But here we are. Saying set to offer legislation to “I told you so” doesn’t add four more seats to the give me much solace. court and fill them with Whoever is pulling liberal-activist justices David Limbaugh who would convert the President Biden’s strings was able to get court to a rubber stamp for him elected using the the left’s unconstitutional carefully crafted message that measures, rather than maintain he was a moderate, especially it as a critical, nonpartisan compared with Bernie Sanders. check on excesses of the political These same puppet masters are branches. now imposing their will, and Do they have your attention they mean to complete former yet? Please don’t say this is President Barack Obama’s renegade Democratic lawmakers, fundamental transformation of not President Biden. You know

better, notwithstanding his previous comments that it would be a “boneheaded” move and a terrible, terrible idea. He’s the leader of the party. Then there’s President Biden’s radical reversal of Donald Trump’s border policies, which were designed to restore a sane and orderly immigration system. Mr. Biden has single-handedly caused a crisis at the border by incentivizing migrants to come here with promises of monetary benefits, health benefits and sanctuary. Why would any nationrespecting president engage in such reckless behavior to the detriment of United States citizens and then pretend that this rush to the border is Mr. Trump’s fault or the result of certain “root causes” in the migrants’ home countries? By root causes, does he mean

undemocratic, tyrannical governments — the kind that he and Democrats are trying to usher in here? And how about their constant stirring of the racial pot? President Biden and the Democrats are firmly behind this disturbing wokeness trend now dominating our culture, as evidenced by Mr. Biden’s nomination of Kristen Clarke to head the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. As Sens. Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz demonstrated in their questioning of Ms. Clarke at a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Ms. Clarke supported measures to defund the police, despite claiming she now opposes them. Media factcheckers are scrambling to deny the obvious, but it’s pretty hard Please see LIMBAUGH on C4

In praise of a presidential push hen what is now dubbed COVID-19 popped up in Wuhan, China, the world changed

overnight. Before long, trains, planes, ships and virtually every form of international mass transit had been halted. Instead of more than 30,000 airplane flights a day taking place all over the world, there were maybe 5,000. Whole populations of millions of people were ordered to “shelter in place.” Free movement of humans in every corner of the globe was seriously curtailed. The one thing — the one very most important thing — that a sitting president of the world’s superpower could do would be to find a solution, quickly. Unfortunately, one didn’t immediately come to mind. This virus was so virulent, so powerful, so devastatingly efficient, it looked like it was going to wipe out even

more people than the inaptly and supplied funds in order to named Spanish flu did almost accelerate this effort. exactly 100 years ago. And it worked. There was talk of tens of Thanks to the man many love millions of deaths, maybe more to hate, the U.S.-inspired plan than 100 million. proved effective. Vaccines PURELY But, being an astute were developed by at POLITICAL businessman and one least three companies — having been accustomed Moderna, Pfizer, and in to making spot decisions England, AstraZeneca — quickly, the president in what one would have to of the United States of consider warp speed time. America, Mr. Donald J. Less than a year from Trump, made the most the discovery of the virus, important decision of scientists had formulated his presidency. He put and were ready to produce James Buckley into place the “Warp an effective vaccine to Speed” initiative that prevent and halt the would bring scientists, spread of the dreaded doctors, political leaders, COVID-19 vector. Luckily for those virologists, drug manufacturers who lived in the United States — and other critical participants since the country had financed including the U.S. military, most of the effort — U.S. citizens together in search of a cure or were among the first in the world vaccine and the distribution to be vaccinated. thereof. In another example of business The Trump administration acumen, President Trump had cut red tape, removed obstacles also arranged payment — in

advance — for hundreds of millions of doses of a vaccine, despite there not even having been completed trial runs, let alone successful ones. He had the confidence that at least one would work and he didn’t want this country to be left with its hands out begging some other entity for those hundreds of millions of doses. The U.S., although there has been a slight uptick in cases (most likely caused by a return to familial closeness and warm interactions as people threw off the chains of solitude), is well on its way to a return to what was once considered normal. It has been a grueling time, as we approach the 600,000 mark in overall deaths, but thanks to the businessman president’s perspicacity, we’re coming out of that dark period in record time. However, more than one million deaths have now been recorded throughout Europe, and that

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In her letter to the News-Press, Jody Boyman praised U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, for his work on the Kangaroo Protection Act.

Carbajal helps kangaroos

County supervisors promise to defund public safety

hile you were advocacy” that involves as sleeping, our much social work as it does criminal justice applying the law. system went off Then you have CLUE-Santa the rails. Barbara, “Clergy and Laity Previously, cops arrested United for Social Justice,” who people suspected of along with our similarly woke wrongdoing. Then, depending county supervisors, namely on the crime, the suspects were Das Williams, Joan Hartman either released on their own and Gregg Hart, are promising recognizance while awaiting to defund Sheriff Bill Brown’s trial, forced to pay bail department and force so they wouldn’t skip District Attorney their day in court, or Joyce Dudley to held in confinement reduce charges by because that was hook for crook. considered the prudent Please note, Sheriff thing to do. Brown and Ms. Dudley In court, either the are also elected Andy Caldwell defendant’s attorney, officials, who have or the public defender, proven themselves if the accused couldn’t amenable to diversion afford an attorney, would — but not at the expense of the serve to protect their client’s law, common sense and public presumption of innocence safety! while the district attorney Memo to Mr. Williams, Mr. would prosecute the case. The Hart and Ms. Hartman: The judge/jury would serve as an Sheriff’s Office and the District impartial authority to ensure Attorney’s Office are neither that justice was served. social service agencies nor This system is now in mental health agencies, nor shambles. do they offer rehabilitation Social justice warriors are services. Accordingly, how seeking to defund federal and dare you fiscally threaten our local law enforcement, while law enforcement and their eliminating bail, jails and sworn duty to public safety? prisons altogether, claiming All the while, the county that our criminal justice spends upward of $500 million system is racist and criminals annually on departments are victims! Moreover, they that do serve the mentally ill, are shielding violent convicted homeless, and the poor, etc.! illegal aliens from deportation. Really, the supes should The justice warriors “divert” appoint Ms. Macuga the these criminals from jail to deputy county administrator home confinement, public over these socially woke service, a mental health departments and call it a day! counseling regimen and wrapThat is, Ms. Macuga is the tail around services, which include that is wagging the dog. The various forms of welfare checks burden is on Ms. Macuga to on steroids. prove she can rehabilitate Moreover, the SJ warriors rather than force Sheriff are also electing activist Brown and Ms. Dudley to prove district attorneys such as Los they are not being too tough Angeles’ George Gascon, who on crime! Completely lost on is being both sued and recalled Ms. Macuga and the woke by his own deputy district supervisors as it pertains to attorneys. These activist our jail and prison population? D.A.’s are not only diverting As Frederick Douglass said, criminals, they are refusing to “It is easier to build strong prosecute serious crimes. men than to repair broken Couple all this with the children.” fact that California lowered Insult to injury? It was the status of violent felonies the Board of Supervisors to misdemeanors and who relinquished a state misdemeanors to infractions. award that would have used That means that so few people $40 million to build Sheriff are threatened with jail, tens Brown’s Treatment and Reof thousands “justice-involved entry Complex, or STAR. individuals” no longer bother The complex would have to show up for their court provided mental health and hearing — a phenomenon other treatment programs for known as “failure to appear.” inmates, just what the doctor/ I am surprised that our super-hero Tracy Macuga and seriously woke activist public the woke sups wish to order. defender, Tracy Macuga, doesn’t wear a cape as she Andy Caldwell is the executive believes her real job is to director of COLAB and host rescue criminals from our of “The Andy Caldwell Radio justice system. That is, Ms. Show,” weekdays from 3-5 p.m., Macuga promotes a “holistic on News-Press Radio AM 1290.

hen a local elected leader proposes animal-friendly legislation — and is immediately criticized by the special interests causing the animals harm — then good citizens should speak up. That’s why I’m applauding the Central Coast’s Congressman Salud Carbajal for taking bold steps to blunt the world’s largest commercial wildlife slaughter. We should all applaud him. Rep. Carbajal, a Democrat, worked with his Republican colleague, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick from Pennsylvania, to recently introduce the Kangaroo Protection Act, which would halt imports of kangaroo-sourced products into the U.S. Did you know this? Two million wild kangaroos are shot each year (plus countless orphaned joeys who die an awful death) largely to make soccer shoes. Sounds crazy, right? After the Kangaroo Protection Act was introduced Feb. 9 in Congress, commercial kangaroo shooters, middlemen and Australia’s agriculture minister went on the attack. California already bans kangaroo products. And Rep. Carbajal wants to expand that nationwide. It’s ultimately up to Australians whether to continue slaughtering their national icon. But America doesn’t have to agree to import the skin from those carcasses. People often complain when elected leaders do something wrong but rarely thank them for doing something right. Here’s a great chance to thank Rep. Carbajal. (See carbajal.house.gov/ contact.) Jody Boyman Santa Barbara

Support reform, boycott baseball

orporate America is using boycotts and economic

pressure to attack the election reform measures passed by Georgia. Seventy-five percent of Americans support voter ID Laws. Sixty-nine percent of black Americans support voter ID Laws. Conservatives must fight back against these attacks on one person-one vote reform. Write as I have to publicrelations@mlb.com. Promise the head of Major League Baseball, as I have, that until this attack on Georgia is stopped, we will boycott baseball. We will not go to the MLB games, we will not watch on TV, and we will not buy any of the products that are advertised on games. Democrats want to nationalize elections and ban voter ID laws. They want to make Washington, D.C., a state so they will get two more Democratic senators and a representative so that they will never lose the Senate. They want to pack the Supreme Court so that there will be no check on Democratic power. Election reform is opposed by corporations, social media, academia and unions. The only thing conservatives have is numbers. If 75 million people boycott baseball, we can teach corporations that if they use their economic power to play politics, they will pay a price. David King Goleta

Not the party of no In response to “GOP is party of no,” by Robert Baruch (Voices, April 11).

ith all due respect Mr. Baruch, the Republican Party is not the party of no. It is the party of putting Americans first; capitalism, not socialism; energy independence, not the Green New Deal; the Constitution; and secure, not open, borders. Regarding the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, it is a redistribution of wealth scheme and slush fund for the Democratic Party. If you take out stimulus check payments, more than half of the $2 trillion won’t even be used until 2022 or later. Only 9% of the money goes for COVID-19 relief and 1% goes to vaccines. All at a time when Americans lost businesses and have no jobs. Where does most of the money go? To non-COVID-related spending partisan pet projects. It is virtually a Democrat wish list being fulfilled. It bails out mismanaged blue states (California and New York). In this legislative act, $570 million go to the teachers union, $50 million are for abortions, Obamacare subsidies are expanded (unknown costs), $852 million are for civic volunteer agencies, and millions are for illegal immigrants, not average Americans. This massive spending act will

increase our national debt, be paid for by new taxes and will result in winners and losers. This is why Senate Republicans said no. Don Thorn Carpinteria

Much has happened since defeat of L2020

have lived in the Cold Spring School District for 50 years and need answers to what is going on at our neighborhood school. There seems to be much that has happened since the defeat of L2020 the bond proposal and the election of two new trustees to the school board. We defeated the bond hoping that district taxpayers could find out where all the money goes. There are two bonds for our little school on our property tax bills now to 2039, which is a hardship for many elders with declining incomes. I heard that the board refinanced one bond, but doesn’t know if it’s legal for a school board to change bond terms that were the basis for votes, such as converting from a fixed rate bond to a variable or balloon payment bond. We need a forensic audit. Requests to the Board of Trustees have been declined. With that said, we need Susan Salcido, the Santa Barbara County superintendent of schools, to step up to apply for intervention by the taxpayer funded Fiscal Crisis and Management Assessment Team. She sits on the FCMAT Board, which will meet Wednesday via Zoom. FCMAT is located in Kern County and provides audits, professional learning and proactive professional services to school districts. Eduardo Pena posted a change. org petition seeking County Supt Susan Salcedo to request FCMAT Assistance. I went to sign this petition on nextdoor.com, but it was taken down. I learned that the Amy Alzina, the Cold Spring School District superintendent and principal, wrote to have it removed, along with newly elected trustees Treavor Pattison and Gabrielle Hass. They are censoring their own constituents. This is not right. They were elected to represent district residents and be responsible stewards of our school. Because of censorship, I cannot sign the petition to get CSS professional peer assistance from FCMAT. Therefore, I am willing to sign a recall petition of these trustees to get some accountability at CSS. I hope you will support a recall effort, too. Property owners paying CSS’s bills need answers. Ben White Montecito

Trump: a modern-day Shakespearean tragedy

n his Sunday column last drove millions of Americans into week (“Chaos ensues the opposition camp, including after Trump’s term”), voters who previously may have James Buckley laid out been less doctrinaire or vehement an impressive list of in their attitudes about politics. accomplishments of the former Some of it would have been president. present no matter how peculiar I agree with Mr. Buckley his personality, but there is no that Donald Trump was a question the former president consequential president, who greatly exacerbated the level of fearlessly pursued resistance, to a degree I domestic and foreign have never before seen. Lou policy goals that resulted Among the many Segal in a stronger, more character flaws of prosperous and safer Mr. Trump, the most The author country than the one Live in Santa disturbing is how he he inherited. However, delineated friends or Barbara Mr. Buckley did not foes by how much they adequately focus on the groveled to him. Anyone personality flaws of President critical of anything Mr. Trump did Trump, which tragically provoked a furious attack from the contributed to his election president totally disproportionate defeat and ultimately flipped the to the criticism, no matter how Congress to Democratic control. true the critique may have Mr. Buckley made passing been. Rather than take it as an reference to Mr. Trump opportunity to learn from it, he talking and tweeting too much. verbally assaulted the individual Unfortunately, this doesn’t do with a relish that many found justice to how President Trump cringeworthy. I try to avoid people was often his own worst enemy. like this in my personal life. It wasn’t necessarily the volume This potpourri of character of tweets that did him in, but his flaws is most problematic in what compulsive need to have all the it’s doing to the Republican Party attention focused on him, even and all the people in this country when it wasn’t in his best interest. looking for an alternative to the President Trump must be a very incompetent group in charge of insecure person to need constant our government today. attention, positive or otherwise. Mr. Trump’s inability to He seemingly relished being the accept his election loss and his eye of every political storm that endless need to viciously attack came his way, like a lightning rod any Republican or erstwhile attracting every fireball streaking supporter (including his former across the sky. vice president and the current This unnecessarily spawned Senate minority leader), who do more enemies than he needed and not share his absolute conviction

that he was cheated out of winning the election, is causing a deep fissure in the Republican Party, and more importantly, a profound cynicism among his ardent supporters, who believe they have been disenfranchised because of rampant voter fraud. We are seeing the consequences of Mr. Trump’s inability to move past his election defeat with the defeat of the two Republican senators in Georgia’s runoff, thereby giving control of the Senate to Democrats. President Trump campaigned in Georgia twice, offering support for the two incumbents. However, rather than stay on message, he assailed the Republican leaders in Georgia after he lost the state in November and told his supporters their votes would be nullified because of widespread cheating. Many Trump voters stayed home, providing the other side with the margin of victory that caused Republicans to lose two very winnable elections. The question is: Can Donald Trump act as a unifying presence in the Republican Party and will he use his considerable influence to galvanize his troops and expand the base to take back Congress and the presidency? The ideal leader of the Republican Party today would have Mr. Trump’s instincts and fearless approach in pursuit of far-reaching policies and Ronald Reagan’s leadership qualities. Does such a person exist? For the sake of the country, let’s hope so.

Henry Schulte

The author lives in Solvang

Election intimidation is mind boggling

ou would think something as important as to maintain the integrity of how America votes wouldn’t and shouldn’t be controversial. We see how well not holding free elections and making certain they’re not corrupted has worked for Putin, Cuba and Venezuela as a few examples. We were witness in the last election how large powerful companies could manipulate and bend the votes in a direction they wanted it to go. We also saw how a conspiratorial media did the same by omission of the truth and not reporting stories that were extremely important but never landed on the anchor’s desk. We’re now witnessing further attempts to make sure free elections will never happen again. Georgia has become the latest violator of trying to make sure elections are held fairly and honestly. Not wishing to repeat all the details, their main violation as we know, is how Georgia wants voters to produce something to prove who they are. The argument by the Democrats is that the black population is too stupid to figure out how to get an ID or they just don’t need one for anything. They use the inane argument that it’s racist to make a voter prove who she or he is. Anyone who can think knows it’s purely a political ploy, but for some of the population it works. In fact, it worked so well, Delta, Coke, Disney, Major League Baseball got suckered into believing that asking for some identification was certainly racist and warranted making millions of people financially suffer for their misguided guilt. The intimidation is mind boggling. Rather than get facts and discuss with the powers that be, these large companies just chickened out. Cancel Culture has now hit another new low. Entire states are being held accountable — for what? It has less to do with voter ID and everything to do with not towing the liberal line. So on behalf of one ideology, an entire state is held hostage. Black Lives Matter had this intimidation tactic dialed into a science last year. Corporate America had to take a knee for their demands and had to pay up to assuage their white guilt. And pay up they did, to the tune of $100 million. And likely it’s more than that. You would think with all that money, BLM would invest it into places like Chicago, Baltimore or Oakland. No, the founder of BLM invested it in buying four homes for herself. And she bought them in the very neighborhoods of the people she extorted the money from, the evil white privilege crowd. How ironic. I wonder if she had to show some form of ID to make the purchases. It also makes me wonder if those big companies are feeling pretty stupid right now knowing they’ve been had. Probably not, it wasn’t their money anyway. Back to voter ID. My driver’s license was due this year, and I dreaded making that visit to the DMV. I wasn’t qualified for some reason to do it online. I also wasn’t given an option to make my appointment for just a driver’s license but only to get the “Real ID.” I didn’t want the Real ID, but unlike the attacks on Georgia, liberal California is demanding everyone get it. Now that’s a nice twist. The most liberal state in the union is making you prove who you are, that is unless you’re illegal, then you don’t have to abide by any laws. To get my Real ID, as opposed to a fake one, I had to either bring a birth certificate, Social Security card (which I found out they stopped asking Please see SCHULTE on C4

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t’s springtime in America. In halcyon days, we’d ring in the new season with fresh starts and fragrant flowers. But in 2021, the arrival of April now ushers in yet another cycle of destructive urban riots — stoked and coddled by toxic journalists downplaying left-wing violence and demonizing all who dare call out the ruinous, race-based chaos for what it is. On Monday, as vandals and looters tore apart Minneapolis again in the wake of a copinvolved shooting, a suburban police chief tried to report on the dangerous conditions outside his station. “Just so that everybody’s clear, I was front and center at the protest, at the riot,” Brooklyn Center, Minn., police chief Tim Gannon told the media. He was there. They were not. This did not, however, deter the know-

it-alls from castigating Chief had our helmets on, and we had Gannon for using the word “riot.” other protection and gear, but Cue the collective outrage and an officer was injured, hit in the the ululations of the aggrieved. head with a brick ... so we had to “Don’t do that!” one journalist make decisions,” Chief Gannon exclaimed. “There was no riot,” said. “We had to disperse the another propagandist crowd because we cannot retorted. “It was not a allow our officers to be riot!” another indignant harmed.” media wag chimed in. Outraged journoChief Gannon did activists apparently what reporters are disagree. These same supposed to do: Report. types of professional word In a rare show of public massagers who bark at courage by an elected police not to call riots Michelle Malkin “riots” are the same types official in these hellish days, Chief Gannon who’ve been calling the remained undeterred. deadly conflagrations of Several officers were injured; every major American city since 40 demonstrators were arrested, George Floyd’s death last May and 20 businesses were invaded “mostly peaceful protests.” and robbed. Our airwaves and newspaper “The officers that were putting pages have been saturated themselves in harm’s way were with loaded language and being pelted with frozen cans warped narratives about every of pop, they were being pelted high-profile police encounter with concrete blocks. And yes, we exploited by Black Lives Matter

and antifa from George Floyd to Ahmaud Arbery to Jacob Blake and now Daunte Wright. Not only are these “protests” immune from criticism about their violent criminal nature, but they are also miraculously immune from COVID-19. When citizens in flyover country have gathered to resist lockdowns and mask mandates, the national media pounces on these peaceful protesters as selfish, reckless menaces to public safety. When inner-city thugs burn down auto repair shops, firebomb courthouses and police precinct offices, cart off diapers from Walgreen’s and raid liquor store shelves in the name of social justice, pandemic paranoia and condemnatory headlines suddenly evaporate. Rigged media coverage. Rioters run amok. The threat of violence hanging overhead like thick cumulonimbus clouds. How is it

possible for anyone accused in a riot-triggering incident from obtaining a fair trial? In a remarkable act of selfdelusion, the presiding judge in the ongoing trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin rejected a defense request to immediately sequester the jury in the aftermath of this week’s new bumper crop of riots. Stating the gobsmackingly obvious, defense attorney Eric Nelson argued that the violent outbreaks would be at the “forefront of the jury’s mindset.” Judge Peter Cahill, however, shrugged off the threats and ruled that the jury doesn’t need to be shut off from media and social media exposure until closing arguments begin Monday. Never mind the barricades and barbed wire outside the fortified courthouse. Never mind the halfPlease see MALKIN on C4

Inconsistencies in shopping cart ordinance Editor’s note: Joseph Biko Doherty is president of People’s Justice Project (www.peoplesjusticeproject.org), and Robert Landheer is chairperson of the Committee for Social Justice (www.csjsb.com).

n 2019, Santa Barbara city workers retrieved 20 shopping carts throughout the city, which increased to 538 in 2020, a reflection of the worsening crisis of homelessness in Santa Barbara County. In response, the Santa Joseph Biko Barbara City Doherty Council recently adopted and Robert approved the Landheer passage of a new Abandoned Shopping Cart Ordinance, which went into effect March 16. One of the rationales for passage of the ordinance was the finding that “abandoned” shopping carts “contribute to the perception of community blight and a reduction of property values in the neighborhoods where they tend to accumulate.” The new ordinance ascribes primary responsibility for managing and properly securing shopping carts with the business owner or the cart. The new ordinance will empower police officers and parks and recreation rangers to seize “unattended” carts if there is no owner identification affixed to a cart. If a cart is not retrieved by its owner within 30 days, after the owner has received notice of the cart seizure and impoundment or if the cart’s owner cannot be determined, the cart may be sold

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or destroyed by the city within 30 days after the carts seizure and impoundment. Although the ordinance does not target the homeless expressly, the seizure of “unattended” homeless people’s carts that contain their personal property is inevitable and raises constitutional concerns. First, there is no provision in the ordinance for what happens to the personal belongings stored in an “unattended” cart after it is seized. Business owners are given 30 days after notice of the seizure of a cart to retrieve it before it can be sold or destroyed. There is no similar provision in the ordinance protecting the personal property inside the cart when it is seized. Second, the ordinance also “permits the City to retrieve ‘unattended’ carts immediately when it is in a location that could impede emergency services or when the ‘unattended’ cart does not identify the shopping cart owner as required.” This language is troublesome because it does not describe these locations with any specificity. The vagueness of the ordinance does not give a homeless person using a shopping cart sufficient notice of locations where they are not permitted to leave their “unattended” carts when doing errands or conducting other business. Because there is no clear differentiation of an abandoned or unattended shopping cart with personal property contained in it, the seizure and destruction of that property is subject to the subjective opinion of the authorities and abuse of the owner of the property contained in the cart that may be seized. By not clarifying these terms

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Joseph Biko Doherty and Robert Landheer said there are problems with the city of Santa Barbara’s Abandoned Shopping Cart Ordinance.

and the rights of the owner of the property inside a cart that is determined to be “abandoned,” the ordinance is susceptible of arbitrary, discriminatory, and inconsistent enforcement by the city. The other problem in the unconstitutional destruction of the valuable and irreplaceable property of our unhoused neighbors. “Unattended” property is distinct from truly “abandoned” property and is provided constitutional protections. The Ninth Circuit underscored that before a city may sell or destroy a person’s property, “whether the

property in question is an Escalade or a (tent), a Cadillac or a cart,” the owner of that property is entitled to “notice and an opportunity to be heard? (Laven v. City of Los Angeles, 639 F. 3d 1022,1032; 9th Circuit, 2012.) The Abandoned Shopping Cart Ordinance needs to clarify the difference between “abandoned” and “unattended” property. The contents of a shopping cart are also distinct from the cart itself. If there is property in an “unattended” cart, rather than an “abandoned” cart, the ordinance needs to provide a protocol that gives an owner of the property “notice and a reasonable

opportunity” to reclaim his/her personal belongings before the city summarily destroys it. Additionally, the ordinance needs to adequately describe those “locations” that a homeless person is not permitted to park their cart without the danger of it being seized arbitrarily because the city makes an ad hoc determination that an “unattended cart could impede emergency services.” These constitutional defects to the ordinance need to be cured before enforcement of the ordinance begins. The city needs to demonstrate leadership by finding viable solutions to the fallout of the homeless crisis. A solution that would help mitigate the proliferation of shopping carts on our streets, to provide storage facilities and lockers for homeless people who have nowhere to keep their personal belongings. By providing storage facilities for a homeless person to safely preserve their property, fewer shopping carts would be used for this purpose, and the city would achieve its goal to minimize “the perception of community blight and a reduction of property values in the neighborhoods where (shopping carts) tend to accumulate” in a considerable and constitutional manner. The 2019-2020 Grand Jury report on Homelessness in Santa Barbara stated that it is time for the city to adopt “a new vision.” The real solution to the nuisance of “abandoned” shopping carts on our streets and sidewalks is to house the homeless. “Housing First” is proven to be the most effective way to solve the crisis of homelessness.

We need more border protection

henever a citizens to stop the contagious politician is spread of the virus. asked about the But when it comes to children immigration in (without documentation nobody this country, the can ascertain their real age, and standard reply one gets is that the the majority claim to be 16 or 17 system is broken. years old) invading the border Recently there have nothing is done. been several senators and There are no protective representatives touring facilities measures to prevent on the southern border to those carrying the assess the influx of immigrants, virus from entering especially children, from the southern border, Central America and and thousands Mexico. Even our own have already Albert congressman, U.S. been released Mercado Rep. Salud Carbajal, into the general was there, and he population. In one The author characterized the Live in Santa facility, a trial test situation as a crisis with was run and out Barbara respect to the way the of approximately youngsters are housed 700 children more and detained. than 100 were found If he is complaining about the carrying the virus. This congestion and facilities where percentage is about 10 children are kept, he should go times greater than that straight to the source: the Obama found in most countries and Biden administrations, which in the world. were the architects and builders If one analyses the of the metal cages to house the entire process from the children. time the youngsters Now, one wonders about what leave their countries and created this situation. Are these travel around 1,000 miles children really deciding on their to reach our southern border, one own that they want to travel realizes that this is not a broken long distances under perilous system. It is a well-organized and conditions, or is this the result planned process. of the worst type of human The typical process starts trafficking? with some individual or family This is happening at a time living in our country and in when our country and the most cases having entered the entire world are fighting a war country illegally contacting against the coronavirus. Many either relatives, friends or countries in Latin America acquaintances in a Central and the world have closed their American country or Mexico and borders and taken draconian proposing to have children of measures to curb the propagation their relatives or others sent to of the deadly virus. Our own U.S. so that here they can benefit government has instituted from free schooling, welfare, extreme measures on our own medical care, housing and other

benefits. The normal reply is “I would like to send my children, but I cannot afford the coyote fees (normally around $9,000 per head).” The person initiating the contact then assures the other party that he or she can plan with the coyote and pay the fee.

And on top of that, they will care for the children once they reach the U.S. They know that is a business for them because once the children arrive in the U.S., they are delivered to the person who sponsored them. The investment (coyote fee) will be recovered in a short time, because of all the benefits the child receives, housing, food, medical care, schooling, and other welfare benefits paid to the sponsor. The deal is made, the coyotes are contacted; the children travel sometimes more than 1,000 miles in dangerous conditions.

The coyotes work with the different cartels and officials in the countries through which they travel to let them through and sometimes provide help. The children arrive in this country prepared with addresses of socalled relatives or sponsors and eventually are delivered to those locations. The sponsors of the child or children then start collecting all the benefits allocated to the minors. Since the amount they collect greatly exceeds their expenses, they soon recover their investment and start generating a new income for years. The sponsors normally repeat the cycle again with other children. Who pays for the expenses? Certainly, the U.S. taxpayers. And who suffers the most? The economy and educational system. The additional social expenses, just in education, are tremendous. These children require instructors and translators, and their presence serves to downgrade tremendously the quality of education. The fact that U.S. children have been away from classrooms for more than a year because of the coronavirus has created a tremendous set back on their education. It takes extra time for them to regain academic standards. On top of that, our government is adding to the school system

thousands of immigrant children, who do not speak English and often have not received rudimentary education in their home countries. This is a major disruption of the school systems, which must accept the surge of immigrants and thus affect the future of all children in the system. Many feel that this generation will be handicapped for years. The quality of education in California, for instance, is inversely proportional to the influx and number of these children. Just analyze the school systems that have received the largest number of children that have entered the country under illegal conditions, and you will find that they have the worst performance records in the country. To slow down and eventually solve this problem, the government must screen the socalled sponsors and relatives which are to receive and raise the children in our country. These individuals, before receiving any child, should prove that they are financially capable to take care of the newcomers’ needs, for health issues, schooling, welfare as well as social issues. In addition, these individuals should sign an affidavit that they are responsible for the welfare and actions of the minors for at least five years and will not apply for any public benefits. These are the same conditions which sponsors for a person legally immigrating in this country must meet. So, again one must ask if this a humanitarian issue, or is it perhaps human trafficking that is perpetuated on minors from other countries?

John Stossel

Crowder calls out censorship

he most viewed conservative commentator on YouTube is Steven Crowder with his channel, Louder with Crowder. His fans love his politically incorrect jokes. He also sets up a table at college campuses, invites people to debate, and airs the debate unedited. One such video, titled, “There Are Two Genders: Change My Mind,” has been viewed 40 million times. Students don’t change Mr. Crowder’s mind, but he has a fair conversation. Mr. Crowder won’t change my mind, either — (I believe gender can be on a spectrum) — but in my new video, Mr. Crowder said he was influenced by me. Louder With Crowder, he said, is “a cross between early David Letterman, maybe Howard Stern TV and John Stossel.” I interviewed Crowder last week because YouTube abruptly deleted some of his videos, blocked him from uploading new videos for a week and permanently demonetized his channel. “It means I can make $0 on YouTube,” he explained. YouTube even deleted his good reporting that showed Nevada election rolls include people with fake addresses. Why? YouTube said its “presidential election integrity policy” bans “false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches changed the outcome of any past U.S. presidential election.” But Mr. Crowder made no such claims, and what he said was true! YouTube could have checked. Mr. Crowder lists his sources on his website. Good for him. I’m also glad that he defends freedom. “Individuals, if given the freedom and opportunity to do so ... do things relatively well,” he said. But Mr. Crowder does some things that make me cringe. In one video, he dressed as a stereotypical Chinese man and dunked a baby doll into a glass of water while an announcer said it’s “cultural appropriation month.” I told him: “Depending which things of yours I watch, I’m Please see STOSSEL on C4

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SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021

Looking at the origins of Easter

his Easter began with my having the privilege to be able to peacefully reflect about the passage of “time and the river.” My thoughts are roaming through a panoramic of images from my shyly looking at the camera in my new and only suit with contrasting lapels that this 7-year-old wore while walking with his father and brother through pretty much his entire world in the four blocks from next to Newton Creek to St. Mark’s Lutheran church on the White Horse Pike in Oaklyn, N.J. When we would drive the four blocks and park in the bank lot, we could stop at Oaklyn Bakery. Mother did not walk with us, perhaps KENNETH SONG/NEWS-PRESS because my sister is six years younger than I. The Easter Bunny greets a young visitor at Even today Easter brings up the lyrics and the Montecito Country Mart on Easter. Op-ed tune of “In your Easter bonnet” even as images writer Brent Zepke has fond memories of his of mother’s hats fade into the rarity of hats family’s Easter celebrations. now except at the Kentucky Derby, although I sort of remember them at the Preakness. (I and female sex organs. The idea is that hares do not relate to Queen Elizabeth or her family could reproduce without losing their virginity wearing hats even though one lives near me is thought to be similar to the Virgin Mary so now. Somewhere along the way the tradition hares appeared in illuminated manuscripts of new suits for Easter will remain locked in and paintings in Northern Europe along with photos as this year my Easter outfit consists of the Virgin and Christ Child. my birthday gifts of a golf shirt and There is a certain utility associated khakis.) Brent with the Germanic people reflected in This father/grandfather decided Zepke the sound of their language not being to apply the tradition I started of confused with the romantic languages The author understanding why we celebrate our Live in Santa from the Mediterranean countries. holidays. Easter Sunday is celebrated Similarly, their tradition was that Barbara after the first full moon after the initially the Easter hare served as a March equinox to celebrate Jesus judge on the night before the holiday Christ resurrection following his crucifixion. to only bring eggs and candy to children who The March equinox is the celestial equator, behaved. the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s Does the selection of hares to bring a equator, from south to north. On a spiritual pleasurable experience to children who level it is thought to represent the struggle behave provide a new meaning to Gene Autry’s between darkness and light, death and life. It singing “Here comes Peter Cottontail, hoppin’ occurs when night and day will be equal, and down the bunny trail?” the journey of the sun to get there represents Why eggs? Georg Franck von Franchenau’s the journey of the universe. As the decades passed, symbols became part 1682 manuscript “De Ovis Paschalibis (About Easter Eggs)” refers to the German tradition of the celebrations for what began as religious of Easter eggs. Why, you may wonder, how did events. he sell a book about eggs? Was he aware that Santa Claus is the example that arose with hares that do not lay eggs? connection to the birth of Christ. Related to For those of us who cannot read German, Easter, the date of Jesus’ resurrection, the eggs were fertility symbols not eaten during Easter hare was created. A hare was selected as the symbol since it was thought to be similar Lent. In England the tradition started of children knocking on doors on the eve of Lent to a hermaphrodite, which has both male

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Continued from Page C3 either honored or horrified that I influenced you. You’re drowning a blonde doll in a glass of water? I don’t even understand the joke.” Mr. Crowder pushed back, explaining that the episode is about China’s one-child policy, which “resulted in countless girls being drowned in a bathtub. ... I don’t think the joke is more offensive than the policy.” Another “joke” that I didn’t get: Mr. Crowder mocked the part of the COVID-19 stimulus bill that gives $5 billion to farmers of color. He imitated a black man, saying, “I’mma buy a plow, man...!” Other media jumped on him for that. “Incredibly racist,” said

Francesca Fiorentini of The Young Turks. “That was a joke,” Mr. Crowder responded. “We go into an impression of hipsters in Detroit and African Americans living out on farms. It’s a fish out of water tale. It’s funny ... I shouldn’t have to justify every joke that I make.” I pushed back. “But the way you did it was mean, nasty. I don’t blame YouTube for saying, ‘I don’t want this on our channel.’” This upset Mr. Crowder. “I thought you had a better sense of humor than that,” he replied. Mr. Crowder pointed out that YouTube is not consistent about what it limits. Conservatives like him, he complained, are more likely to be censored. He referred me to a YouTube video, viewed more than 100

in search of eggs. Decorating eggs evolved through the colors from the newly sprung flowers representing spring. The German Protestants brought the Easter traditions to the Pennsylvania Dutch area in eastern Pennsylvania in the 18th century. This stirs meaningful memories of my standing by the pillar in the church in Heidelberg, Germany, where legend is Martin Luther stood when he denounced the pope for charging people to be members of the Catholic church. The “official” start of the Protestant reformation is listed as Oct. 31, 1517. The lecturer said that Luther’s followers fled the pope’s persecution by sailing to Amsterdam and boarding Dutch ships to sail to the new world, particularly the Delaware River, where they were called “Pennsylvania Dutch” because of the ships. My father’s grandfather, a Lutheran, arrived in Philadelphia when my grandfather was 5. Similarly, in the 16th century the Amish, or Amish Mennonites, founded as a rebellion against Catholic and Protestants, sailed up the Rhine River from Zurich to Amsterdam and then on Dutch ships to the Delaware River and settled in Lancaster, Penn. Childish images include the excitement of seeing the milk chocolate head of the bunny sticking up from the green straw lining the basket. I still laugh thinking about the time my sister hid her basket so my brother and I could not raid it — so suspicious — but not so that our Dalmatian Gallant could not find and eat the chocolate filled eggs. (Our dog threw up before he was finished and was fine.) Another time my sister mistakenly hid the chocolate behind a chair forgetting the heater outlet. As parents, we used food dyes for a family event of decorating eggs until plastic eggs with treats were used for the hunt. Sweet memories of trying to ensure that the four years separating my sons did not eliminate my younger one from finding some eggs. The middle child was always fine and pretty much left to fend for herself much as I was as a middle one. “Time and the river” will continue to change everything except the importance of reflecting on those who helped create my past, enjoying my present, and anticipating my future in light of the hope provided by the real reason for Easter.

million times, that portrays rapper Lil Nas X “being sodomized by Satan, and not only is that monetized, but it’s deemed childfriendly!” He’s right when he says YouTube is biased. The company, owned by Google, restricted my video in which black people express skepticism about “systemic” American racism (YouTube labeled it “hatefu l... content likely to offend marginalized individuals”), one that criticized anti-school-choice politicians who send their kids to private school, one that says, “socialism leads to violence” and others. “There’s an ideological motivation beyond the profit motivation,” Crowder complained. Now he’s suing big tech

companies, arguing that they break their terms of service by treating people like him differently. “I am unapologetic,” Mr. Crowder concluded. “You don’t have to like what I say. But I think at the end of the day, you’ll be glad that there’s someone there doing it.” I am glad. YouTube should let people say what they want. John Stossel, a former ABC News and Fox Business Channel anchor, is author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators. com. Copyright 2021 by JFS Productions Inc.

Pay no attention to journalists raging at police officials MALKIN

Continued from Page C3 billion dollars in damage already done by George Floyd’s vigilantes. Never mind the blaring, frontpage stories about shopkeepers preparing for bloody chaos if the jury doesn’t rule the “right” way. Instead, Judge Cahill nonchalantly advised the jury to simply avoid the news during the trial. Sure, just ignore the acrid smell of anarcho tyranny

permeating the air. Take no notice of wall-to-wall coverage of Chief Gannon’s resignation Monday afternoon after he pushed back against the media. Pay no attention to the journalists raging at police officials calling out rioters. Tune out the black-clad militants screaming “All Cops Are Bastards” and “No Justice, No Peace.” Pretend away the pretrial publicity and nightly news jeremiads from racial demagogues Al Sharpton and

Benjamin Crump painting Mr. Chauvin as an evildoer on par with Ted Bundy or Adolph Hitler. With the media acting as relentless co-prosecutors and character executioners, the well of fair and impartial jurors who can weigh evidence without fear of retribution has been irreversibly poisoned. Like Minneapolis, Brooklyn Center, Portland, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Detroit, St. Louis, Ferguson and so many other cities before them, the Fifth

and Sixth Amendment rights to an impartial jury, fair trial and due process have all gone up in choking flames. This is what the twilight of a once great and free country looks and smells like. Michelle Malkin’s email address is michellemalkininvestigates@ protonmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit twww.creators.com. Copyright 2021 by Creators.com.

Healthy activities keep teens out of trouble DONOVAN

Continued from Page C1 complex, which is necessary for training and competition. Competitive Aquatics programs monopolize Los Baños Pool because there is a shortage of space in Santa Barbara. However, Los Baños Pool does not measure up. It may be 50 meters in length, but it is not the standard 25 yard width. The deck area is limited in space. Additionally, there is no children’s play area within the enclosure, or outside the enclosure, making it nonaccommodating to families with children of different ages. A competition-size pool would allow multiple programs to be in the water simultaneously. Water polo teams have to fight for space at the Santa Barbara Unified School District pool. And even the Santa Barbara City College women’s swim & dive team must practice at San Marcos High School. City College does not have the room to expand to include a men’s team. Better facilities would allow juveniles to participate in water sports. The YMCA wants to expand its swim team program and lessons to Ortega Park, but it needs a

regulation-size pool to do so. The YMCA swim team provides a competitive league and is more affordable than “club.” It also would provide scholarships to low-income families. Often, those who are on a swim team when graduating from high school go on to college. Being involved in a sport provides a path toward college. It looks good on the applications, provides better chances of acceptance and scholarship. Compared to most physical activities, swimming provides the most health benefits with the least risk of injury, especially when coached appropriately. Participating in groups that are interested in healthy activities keeps teens out of trouble because there is no free time or energy while swimming competitively! The result is increased selfesteem for participants. It doesn’t end with school. Other water activities include: ocean swimming races through organizations such as Reef & Run, Nite Moves, Santa Barbara Triathlon and general biathlon competitions that include pool swimming or lake/ocean swimming. Adequate space exists for a medium-sized aquatics center where the Ortega Park pool is

now. This placement would save the murals! During hosted weekend swim meets, additional parking could be arranged at Santa Barbara High School Junior High School through the school district. SBJHS already utilizes the basketball court and field for parking during special events. Neighboring communities have managed to fund these facilities, why can’t Santa Barbara? Please sign the petition and share it with others: chng.it/ PB8fQSPjPV. For further information regarding the Ortega Park Murals, a community meeting will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the site of the murals. This important meeting — which will cover honoring the murals of Ortega park, learning about the history of the murals and providing input on how best to preserve them in the new plan as part of the improvements of Ortega Park — is hosted by One Community Bridge and Bienestar Latinx in partnership with the city of Santa Barbara, Parks and Recreation and Jill Zachary. Ms. Valente will be available at Ortega Park to answer questions for the competition swimming pool Saturday near the murals. Another note to self: Santa Barbara is on the search for a new

police chief. A rare opportunity for the public presents itself to share their expectations and priorities to the city for what type of leadership and approach they think would best serve our community, given our specific problems and areas that must be addressed. We want someone who can do what the city needs, not someone who goes along to get along. We want a leader who will stand with the rank and file, who knows the field, has boots on the ground and lives in the area. We want a leader who is engaged in the city, not someone who is “playful.” Photo ops need not apply. The Police Chief Recruitment Community Survey will close at midnight Monday. The responses provided will be consolidated and integrated throughout the recruitment process. Please go surveymonkey.com\r\D9KVBPB. This is so important for the future state of our city. Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. — Aldous Huxley

Bonnie Donovan writes the “Did You Know?” column in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section.

Biden pushes radical agenda in first term LIMBAUGH

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to sell that narrative when Ms. Clarke penned an op-ed titled “I Prosecuted Police Killings. Defund the Police — But Be Strategic.” If President Biden (or his handlers) isn’t pushing an extremist, race-laced agenda, why would he nominate someone so obviously obsessed with race? As former House Speaker Newt Gingrich noted, those who are pushing to defund the police are at war with Western civilization. That’s not all. Mr. Biden’s United Nations ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, believes and preaches that the United States is guilty of systemic racism. She told the Human Rights Council that “the original sin of slavery weaved white supremacy into our founding documents.” She added, “We have to acknowledge that we are an imperfect union — and have been since the beginning — and every day we strive to make ourselves more perfect, and more just.” She said that this “imperfect union” must approach issues of “equity and justice at the global scale ... with humility.” She actually told this council, which includes such human rights abusers as China, Cuba, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and North Korea, that the United States needs to “engage trailblazing groups like yours” to “improve.” Kind of makes Obama’s notorious world apology tour look like a paean to America as founded. Note also President Biden’s incendiary rhetoric about Georgia’s election integrity bill, which is designed not to

suppress minority voters, as maliciously claimed, but to ensure fairness in the election process. Mr. Biden referred to the law as “Jim Crow in the 21st Century,” “Jim Crow on steroids” and “an atrocity.” Remember that during Jim Crow, blacks were threatened and beaten, and their houses sometimes burned down, to keep them from voting. The main provisions of the Georgia law impose voter identification requirements for absentee ballots and limit the use of ballot drop boxes. It is undeniably insulting and patronizing to minorities to imply that they can’t be expected to produce personal identification to vote. Know that some 70% of blacks reportedly support voter ID laws. If none of this strikes you as particularly radical, then what do you think of President Biden’s proposed multitrillion-dollar “infrastructure” bill that is only marginally about infrastructure? Trump haters would have us believe that they just wanted to have the adults back in charge of our government. Well, if deliberately bankrupting the United States and destroying the U.S. dollar is adult behavior, I’d prefer adolescents at the helm. As my dad used to say, “There’ll be a day of reckoning.” David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His latest book is “Guilty by Reason of Insanity: Why the Democrats Must Not Win.” Follow him on Twitter @davidlimbaugh and www.davidlimbaugh. com. To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators. com. Copyright 2021 by Creators.com.

Overall, people were left to their own devices BUCKLEY

Continued from Page C1 and have since been vaccinated have the battalions of healthcare workers to thank. They devoted their time and efforts in so many different ways, both by caring for the affected and dying patients under their care. Then when vaccines became available, signing up once again to handle the administration of those vaccines into the waiting arms of the populace. I got my first and second shot of Moderna’s medical miracle at the Wake Center and marveled at the precision of the effort there. My wife received hers at the Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital parking lot where the well-designed and smoothly executed operation took place. An army of doctors, nurses, firefighters, and trained healthcare workers guided thousands of cars daily along twelve lanes and more, cheerfully and efficiently poking the arms of motorists and passengers through car windows and doors in military fashion. Oh, and some words of praise for Santa Barbara Mayor Cathy Murillo. Although almost never

in agreement with her vaguely socialist-inspired political leanings, I have to admit that — being more of a libertarian than a conservative — her laissez-faire approach to the whole lockdown thing was much appreciated. Thanks to Ms. Murillo and the rest of the Santa Barbara City Council, restaurants along Coast Village Road, State Street and other important avenues of commerce, continued to function reasonably well because of a “look-the-other-way” approach that allowed Santa Barbara to prosper. There were some small incidences of overzealous policing, but overall people were left to their own devices. In the unincorporated areas, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown devoted his time to pursuing criminals and preventing crimes rather than monitoring businessmen and women simply trying to hold on to their livelihoods. Congratulations all around and while it may be too early to run up the “Mission Accomplished” banner, we certainly have come through this better than most. Knock on wood. James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident.

The Lompoc DMV was fantastic SCHULTE

Continued from Page C2 for when I got there), or a passport (which is the easiest route to take) and proof of where you live, such as two utility statements. Much to my joy, having made an appointment in the Lompoc office, the process was swift and easy. I have to admit; the Lompoc DMV was fantastic. Kudos to everyone there. So now I have a Real ID. Supposedly in a few short years, I couldn’t fly domestically without it. It also works as a driver’s license, and I’m assuming it will work for voting should the day come I need to prove who I am. We all know the argument is not even debatable or worth the extra energy why we don’t need to show an ID to vote but need it literally for everything else. Literally everything. You can’t even get a hotel room without showing who you are. So then

why have major league sports or airlines or makers of the deadly drink, Coca-Cola, entered the political arena? Why could they not leave things well enough alone? Why take out an entire state just to make them feel like they’re doing their share of promoting “equity”? Is there an end in sight for how far this stuff will go? Will every darn thing you hear, see and touch be racist until we reach a level where you can’t even talk anymore for fear of offending someone or something? Can we ever watch sports again without a message being shoved down our throats? I long for those old days when people weren’t so thin skinned and sensitive. Or closer to the truth, weren’t using anything they could for political leverage to extort something in return. In the meantime, Democrats are determined to use skin color to determine who needs to show ID and who doesn’t. Sounds fair.