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Trapeze show benefits SB Humane By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

On Friday, $1,000 was raised to support Santa Barbara Humane when community members had the opportunity to attend “Soaring and Supporting,” a community event hosted by the Santa Barbara

Trapeze Co. to benefit the organiztion. “Last night’s community event with Santa Barbara Humane will stand out as a pivotal moment in the maturation of our journey as a team and as friends,” Randy Kohn, co-owner of the Santa Please see TRAPEZE on A5

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Children and younger students showed off their trapeze moves during a Santa Barbara Trapeze Co. community event benefiting Santa Barbara Humane at Plaza Vera Cruz in Santa Barbara on Friday.

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Funkhouser running for Santa Maria City Council Candidate stresses need to support law enforcement

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Guests partake in the Sunset Rare & Reserve Tasting event of the California Wine Festival at Chase Palm Park Carousel House in Santa Barbara on Friday.

By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The California Wine Festival, Southern California’s premier wine event, returned to Chase Palm Park for two days of tasting

events on Friday and Saturday. Guests were able to sample wines from regions across California, paired with gourmet appetizers from many of Santa Barbara’s top restaurants, while experiencing lifestyle exhibitors,

live entertainment and breathtaking seaside vistas. “It was a great sold out crowd. We had wonderful wineries from all over California and an amazing representation of some really beautiful high end wines.

On Friday, there was a silent auction, from which 100% of the proceeds benefited the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County,” Emily Kauffman, executive director of the California Wine Please see FESTIVAL on A5

Representatives of Rombauer Vineyards pour out glasses from their wine during the event.

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Steven Funkhouser, a small business owner and community leader, has announced his candidacy for the Santa Maria City Council. Mr. Funkhouser was born and raised in Santa Maria and is a husband and father of two. His campaign announcement said he has dedicated his life and career to the betterment of the community, which he has always been proud to call home. If elected, Mr. Funkhouser said he would work to support law enforcement. “The city of Santa Maria is growing, and with that growth comes changes; some good and some bad,” Mr. Funkhouser said in a statement last week. “The biggest change in our community that has impacted our families, business owners, and residents, has been an increase in crime. Certain council members haven’t demonstrated a commitment to supporting our law enforcement and giving them the tools necessary to address the problem and keep families safe. This is something I plan to change.” The campaign announcement noted Mr. Funkhouser has long dedicated his time to the health and well-being of the area’s youth. He is a board member for Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley, an organization that informs children about the dangers of drugs and alcohol and focuses on building a healthier region. He also serves as the chair and charter adviser to the Elks Lodge Antlers Youth Program. Additionally, he is the acting board member or chair to numerous local nonprofits. He

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Santa Maria City Council candidate Steven Funkhouser is chairman of Leadership Santa Maria Valley, a program sponsored by the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce.

is president of the Santa Maria Valley Contractors Association and chairman of Leadership Santa Maria Valley, a program sponsored by the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce. In 2009, Mr. Funkhouser opened Starry Sky Coffee, a small coffee shop located on the Allan Hancock College campus in Santa Maria. Named after his two daughters, Starr and Skyler, the business has operated for more than 13 years, offering students part-time employment opportunities and giving back to the community. Mr. Funkhouser lives in Santa Maria with his wife, Hollie, a special education teacher, and their daughters. To learn more about the candidate, visit www. stevenfunkhouser.com. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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The Bohemian Grove encampments are an extension of the San Francisco-based Bohemian Club, founded in 1872 by Mark Twain, Jack London and other writers, as well as artists, musicians and actors. The annual camp grew into a retreat for the power elite.

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Given numerous nightmare airport/aircraft scenarios reported by a populace eager to get airborne this summer, The Investigator ventured out to investigate what is truly going on in the world of aviation. It was ugly. In other words, more like travail than travel. Alaska Airlines seemed like a safe bet given their usually seamless flights on new aircraft between Santa Barbara and the Pacific Northwest. However, nothing this summer is a safe bet when it comes to airline delays or outright cancellation. Let’s start with LAX. It’s like this. If we want to go to a zoo, we have a perfectly good one right here in Santa Barbara. But OK, we need to fly from LAX, so here we are in zoo-land, like in or not — and this summer it is wilder than a pack of Gibbons monkeys fleeing from a leopard during a typhoon. At LAX, Peets has run out of milk for its coffee — and it’s only 8:23 a.m. Starbucks has a line 43 minutes long, and they’ve run out of sugarin-the-raw. Even the Habit, decent in Santa Barbara for a fast-food snack, is so bad at LAX you can’t help but feel bad for the cattle and poultry whose lives got sacrificed to end up in this crap-hole. When our flight is called, we’re ready and roaring. Too bad Alaskan only thinks it is. Pulling away from the gate Please see INVESTIGATOR on A3

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To set the right tone, these old boys — or BoHos, as they like to call themselves — enact a pagan ritual called Cremation of Care to unburden themselves from everyday concerns. Here’s how it works: Standing before a 40-foot shrine featuring the club mascot, an owl (symbolizing wisdom) named Moloch, ceremonially robed grown men chant, “Begone dull care! Midsummer sets us free!” Then they sacrifice an effigy named “Dull Care” upon a large bonfire to symbolize their freedom to quaff martinis at 10 in the morning and wander around in pajamas all day. BoHos are not supposed to talk shop, hence this Grove motto: “Weaving spiders come not here.” Nonetheless, the Manhattan

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o where is the power elite of which we write about in this column? Well, as you read, part of that crowd is hanging out at their annual Bohemian Grove encampment within 2,700 acres of redwoods along the Russian River (400 miles north of Santa Barbara) until the end of the month. Grove glamping is a summertime extension of the San Francisco-based Bohemian Club, founded in 1872 by a group of artists, musicians, actors, and writers including Mark Twain and Jack London. But as often happens, artsy clubs (and neighborhoods) become trendy and ultimately get corrupted by high prices, which push artists and writers out of the ‘hood to make way for wealthier folk. Our research and investigation into the power elite decades ago quickly led to Bohemian Grove, which, within a few decades, got hijacked from writers and artists by industrialists, bankers, lobbyists and their pet politicians. President Herbert Hoover once called the Grove encampment “The greatest men’s club in the world” and bequeathed upon it a quaint tradition: Republican politicians always disclose their intention to run for president at an off-the-record “lakeside chat” within the Grove’s grounds before making it official with a public announcement. The bigwigs come mostly to enjoy a good time among their fellow bigwigs — a fraternity party for men-only, whose hijinks include costuming themselves in drag for musical skits (long before it became trendy).

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Project, which gave birth to the atomic bomb, was woven at the Grove, in the summer of ’42. And this: A 1994 doctoral dissertation by Peter Phillips (“A Relative Advantage: Sociology of the Bohemian Club”) reveals that in mid-1945, “the Bohemian political network played a significant role… in the original formation meeting for the United Nations.” Conspiracy theories, therefore, abound about the Grove and its BoHos, about power elite machinations. But the Bohemian brotherhood is ultimately about social bondage and networking on a super scale. Even the socially awkward Richard Nixon bonded with these misnamed pseudo “bohemians.” He wrote in his memoirs about being at Cave Man camp in 1950 with General Dwight Eisenhower. Two years later the general was elected president with Mr. Nixon as his VP. Upon his departure from the White House in 1960, President Eisenhower warned the nation about the “military-industrial complex” — a phenomenon he witnessed up close and personal at Bohemian Grove, where top defense contractors party with those in high finance and others cherrypicked to ascend the highest levels of government.

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Supporters of $18 minimum wage initiative sue to get measure on 2022 ballot By MADISON HIRNEISEN THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – Supporters of a ballot initiative that would raise California’s minimum wage are asking a court to command Secretary of State Shirley Weber to include the initiative on the November 2022 ballot following an announcement that the measure failed to qualify. The measure, which would raise California’s minimum wage to $18 an hour over several years, did not qualify for the November 2022 ballot, but will appear on the ballot in November 2024, the secretary of state announced earlier this month. Backers of the initiative, however, assert that they collected enough signatures to secure a place on this November’s ballot, according to a suit filed Thursday in Sacramento Superior Court. Entrepreneur Joseph Sanberg, Orange County Democratic Party Chairwoman Ada Briceño, and U.S. Rep. Nanette Barragán are now seeking a writ of mandate that would compel Ms. Weber to place the initiative on the November 2022 ballot. The suit alleges that initiative supporters “faced significant challenges in collecting signatures” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in signatures being submitted to county registrars “later than expected.” Despite these challenges, Mr. Sanberg and his supporters say they collected over 1 million signatures by mid-May to qualify the initiative for the November ballot. The lawsuit also asserts that the secretary of state “failed in its duty to inform counties” that the initiative was intended for the November ballot, telling counties in a May 31 directive that they had until mid-July to verify signatures. In order for initiatives to qualify for the November ballot, signatures had to be verified by June 30. “The Secretary of State’s erroneous notification to the counties had the effect of confusing several county elections officials into thinking that they had until July 13, 2022 to conduct and report their signature verification findings to allow the Initiative to be certified for the November 8, 2022 General Election ballot, instead of June 30,” the filing states. As a result, several counties delayed reporting to the secretary of state, which led to the initiative falling short of enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot by deadline, the filing alleges. “If not for the failure of the Secretary of State to

The measure, which would raise California’s minimum wage to $18 an hour over several years, did not qualify for the November 2022 ballot, but will appear on the ballot in November 2024, the secretary of state announced earlier this month. fulfill her duty and inform counties of the June 30, 2022 submission deadline, the Initiative would have qualified and been certified for the November 2022 ballot,” the filing says. California’s minimum wage increased to $14 per hour for employers with 25 employees or less and $15 an hour for employers with 26 employees or more on January 1 of this year. The minimum wage is set to increase to $15 an hour for all employers on January 1, 2023. Mr. Sanberg and other backers of the ballot initiative, however, argue that the minimum wage should be increased to provide workers with a more livable wage. In a statement addressing the lawsuit on Friday, Mr. Sanberg said “neither pandemic nor bureaucratic failure should get in the way of Californians exercising their democratic right” to vote on the measure in November. The secretary of state’s office did not respond to a request for comment by deadline Friday. Seven other measures qualified for the November ballot, including a measure that would raise taxes on wealthy individuals to fund electric vehicle subsidies and a measure to enshrine the right to an abortion and contraceptives in the state constitution.

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barely 15 minutes behind schedule is a blessing … until, after taxiing out toward the runway, the rather elderly aircraft abruptly stops and remains immobile without explanation for 20 minutes. A flight attendant’s voice eventually fills the cabin, a fumble and fluster, seeming to say something about “a light in the cockpit that came on,” necessitating our return to the gate for maintenance. Yet we remain stalled in place for another 20 minutes. When the jet finally lurches back to port, the maintenance crew is prevented from entering because the jetway door will not open. So now maintenance needs maintenance. Ten minutes later — one hour and 15 minutes since the flight was scheduled to depart — the jetway door is opened, and two maintenance technicians amble into the cockpit. Fifteen minutes thereafter, someone in the cockpit sort of explains that three engine ignition lights were illuminated when only two should have lit. Twenty-five minutes till departure, he adds. A half hour passes. Ready to roll? Not quite. Another 15 minutes of waiting. Then another 10 minutes before passengers are told, “Take your seats, don’t use the toilet, pullback any moment.” Ten minutes later, we hear another “pullback” announcement. But 15 minutes after that? Still nothing.

A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE This thought occurs to us: Alaska Airlines has not mastered the art of communication. The staff haven’t even minored in Conveyance of Information 101. First lesson: Talk to your passengers. They’re basically an understanding bunch; they fully understand there is nothing they can do about anything, because they’re captive. But it would be nice to know what’s happening. A third pullback announcement is made. And still nothing happens. Then someone from the flight deck comes on and says they are waiting for a ground crew to arrive to “push us back.” Our next thought is this: What is it, pull or push?

As if cued to explain, the flight crew member says, “They had to go off to help another plane that’s stuck.” Which begs this question: Where are we — Lagos, Nigeria? Another 15 minutes pass until, at long last, our second push-or pull-back commences. Now we’re about two and a half hours late. But at least we’re rolling right along… right? Guess again. Nearing the runway, our plane abruptly loops into another lane. A dormant lane. This does not bode well. Especially when we’re stalled again. For about 20 minutes. It takes a long while but, sheepishly, they come out with it: ANOTHER light in the cockpit is not working. This time it’s the air conditioner light. Consequently, we must — you guessed it — return to the gate. Except no gate is available, which means we must remain in place until one opens. About 20 minutes pass. We begin to move. But only about 50 yards. Stalled again, another 15 minutes pass. A flight attendant hands out Cheese-its, which precisely describes our situation: WE are the cheese-its. This would be comical if it wasn’t so tragic. We inch closer to the gate area — and stall again. No one has ever prayed so badly for a gate than the passengers of Flight 512. And our prayers work! We reach the gate just as the AC cuts out and unwelcome heat blows through the air vents. The door opens. Someone from the back of the plane protests. Fearing that a revolt may be sparked, a very butch, heavyset airline employee struts down the aisle to quell potential revolution. The transgressor is escorted off the plane … her own choice or Alaskan’s insistence? We ask this question of the senior flight attendant but don’t get a straight answer. “Someone from Immigration needed to speak with them,” he skirts the issue. “Is that the real reason we came back?” “No. We need a new plane.” “So, we’re ALL getting off?” “Yes, we’re going to deplane. They’ll be making an announcement.” “And then?” “They’re bringing in another aircraft.” “How long will that take?”

The flight attendant shrugs. “It’ll probably be a new crew too — we’re timed out.” “Is another crew available?” (We’ve read about staff shortages.) Another shrug. The only thing these folks are certain about is uncertainty. Thus, we are herded like cattle back into an overcrowded third world terminal, told to stay put near the gate for further instruction, but anyone with half a brain knows it’ll take at least an hour before a new plane and crew are mustered and check-in luggage transferred. Bottom line: Five hours late. But given where we landed — Zihuatanejo, Mexico — the best things in life are worth waiting for. In fairness, the flight home was seamless and on-time. We reached out to Alaska Airlines, explaining the situation and requesting their response. Cailee Olson, their customer service manager, wrote back to say the airlines would issue a $250 gift voucher per passenger. Robert Eringer is a longtime Montecito author with vast experience in investigative journalism. He welcomes questions or comments at reringer@gmail. com.

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NELSON, Tarry Lee (Wall)

Tarry Lee Nelson (Wall), age 99, was called home to be with the Lord on July 5th, 2022. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Richard. They celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary at Atterdag Village of Solvang in 2017 just prior to his death. Tarry, also affectionately called Tee, TeeY, Lady and Gamo is survived by her two sons: Tarry; Brian(Marcia); Grands: Daniel(Kelly); Jeremy(Heather); Jennifer(Chris); Michael; GreatGrands: Riley; Noah; Jonathan; Karen. She was born in a farmhouse in Carpinteria with her twin Annie and put in shoe boxes next to the fire for warmth. She moved to a house built for their family in the then brand new Manning Park in Montecito where her father served as the first Park Manager at Manning Park which was only torn down in recent years. Before it was torn down, she and her lifelong soul mate and husband of 75 years showed the family the love notes carved into a drawer inside of her room. She attended Santa Barbara High School and shortly after their graduation she married the love of her life Richard Nelson - both 19 years old. He had signed up for the US Army. She caravanned with other wives behind their husbands around the USA for a year. Then he was deployed to Europe during WWII. They maintained daily letters between each other while he was overseas. The family has all of the letters catalogued in notebooks which are a treasure trove of WWII history. Upon returning home, they started a family and had two sons, Tarry and Brian. She was a faithful member of the service sorority Beta Sigma Phi for all of her young adult life. She worked in the clothing business and eventually ran the business side of her husband Richard Bliss Nelson Architect AIA’s business. While Dick and Tarry’s greatest shared passion was time with their extended family, their pastimes included cruising the oceans, and flying “Yellow Bird,” a Piper 235. They used their plane for pleasure and work and were active in the Channel City Airmen’s Club, and AOPA. She was an enthusiastic member of the Ninety-Nines, a Women’s Pilot Club. Tarry was known throughout the family for her personalized handcrafted red velvet Christmas stockings she created for each family member. Names were changed to new members of the family upon the death of an elder and the tree was kept about the history of each stocking legacy. She hand beaded each intricate decoration bead by bead. We each treasure her hand-crafted stockings. She kept scrapbooks for every year of their life and every adventurous trip or cruise, and we have each scrapbook with all of the history documented for all future family. They lived in Santa Barbara and Palm Desert and spent their final years at Atterdag Village in Solvang. She will be buried next to her lifelong soul mate and husband Richard and reunited with her twin Annie Wheeler and all others that preceded her in death. Known for her beautiful smile and snazzy fashion and sense of humor she will be sorely missed. A graveside service will take place at 1:30p.m. on Friday, July 22nd, at the Santa Barbara Cemetery. Special thanks are extended to the staff of Atterdag Village in Solvang for their many years of amazing love and excellent care for our beloved Mom. In lieu of flowers a donation to the Women’s Flying Club, The Ninety-Nines (a 501c3 organization) in her name (Tarry Lee Nelson) would be a beautiful tribute. www.ninetynines.org. You can reach the family through brian@rbnarchitect.com

FAY, Carol Jean (Schafer)

Carol Jean (Schafer) Fay, age 97, died peacefully on July 4, 2022 at Graceful Living, Happy Valley, OR. We are thanking God she has entered into His eternal rest. Carol was a former resident of Santa Barbara and member of El Montecito Presbyterian Church until she moved to Portland, OR to be near her family. She is survived by two daughters and their husbands, Cynthia and Tom Arnich and Susan and Bill Johnson; two grandchildren and their spouses, Chris and Katie Arnich and Kelly and Shawn Robertson; and two greatgrandchildren, Jackson (6) and Avery (4) Arnich. Carol’s memorial service will be held on July 30 at 2 pm at Saving Grace Church, 13820 SE Webster Rd, Milwaukie, OR. She will be interred at a later date with her parents, Leo and Reona Schafer, in Crookston, MN. Memorials may be given to Samaritan’s Purse (samaritanspurse.org) - select button marked “Responding to the Crisis in Ukraine” - in memory of the loving care her caregivers gave her during her last days. Online obituary at Crown Memorial Center https://crowncremationburial.com/tribute/ all-services/index.html

PEARL, Melvin

Mel Pearl, a player of remarkable character and endurance, went deep into extra innings until July 6, 2022, when he was finally taken from the game, though in a unique twist on America’s pastime, no pitcher could possibly follow up his performance. Fresh from law school at Northwestern, Pearl was originally a utility player for the IRS, followed by a cup of coffee at a small Chicago Law firm before pulling off a remarkable feat unique to the game, calling himself up to the Bigs. With a group of friends, he founded Katten, Muchin, Gitles, Zavis, Pearl and Galler in 1974, putting together a team that went from the comparative obscurity - though not the futility - of his once beloved Chicago Cubs to a standing as dominating as the New York Yankees teams of the late 1990s. However, to make such a comparison was to do so at one’s own peril once Pearl was brought in to invest in the Chicago White Sox, returning to the heights of career form with his former law school compatriot, Jerry Reinsdorf, a man with whom he shared loves of baseball and basketball, and most importantly, the same birth date and year. However this transition to American League baseball was not without its own set of complications, launching a faux war between him and his eldest son Steven, who screamed “betrayal” as Mel moved his game from the Northside to the Southside, leading Pearl to use the phrase that will no doubt accompany him to a unanimous first ballot hall of fame entry as he would remind his Cub fan son at every opportunity, “You talk like a sausage.”. It would be such smack talk that stoked their fires to epic proportions in 2005 when the Boys in Black traveled to Houston to win game six of the World Series, only to be rekindled in 2016 when his eldest forced him to attend game three of the Fall Classic. Yelling “Go Sox” to the Cubs center fielder throughout game proved to clearly be instrumental in leaving the Northsiders on the wrong side of a 1-0 score, his son wildly despondent, and yet unbelievably proud to be in attendance with the man who taught him so much about his love of baseball, people, sportsmanship, and life. For Pearl, there were more fields of play where he succeeded in extraordinary ways. In Hollywood, where he produced dozens of films and pressed the flesh with the likes of Nick Nolte, Andy Garcia, and the legendary Bobby DeNiro, Pearl and his omnipresent cigar were stars in their own right. But his stardom never shined brighter than with family. There was the pride he felt in his younger son who traveled far afield from line up cards and games of baseball pepper, to prove to be the apple who fell closest to the tree. Bob, or Bobo as he is lovingly known by all, had put together his own rather impressive stats, building a real estate empire where none thought possible, while bringing three promising All-Stars into the fold whom Mel forever raved about; El, Lilah and Joey, with his wife Amy, a woman who was like a daughter to him and undoubtedly destined to win Manager of the Year. And then there was the shining star in Mel’s eyes, and this reporter does mean that beyond metaphor, his youngest Julie. She proved to be the not-so-secret sauce that could both quell and launch arguments that would make Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner humbly blush, proving that Pearl passion comes in all forms and deliveries. Forever surprising and impressing Mel with her acting talents, the pride in his “Baby Girl” was unabashed and overwhelming. And together with stalwart helmer and husband Ian, they have raised two children, Graham and Riley, in the image of the man who saw all his grandchildren as players too big for even Major League Baseball. But his mythic ascent would not have been possible if not for the steady hand of his wife Lynn, the woman both his left and right hand, a partner and coach, ambidextrous in everything she did, challenging opposition and teammates alike to be the very best in who they are. This marriage of 62 years to a former University of Wisconsin Badger Beauty would leave teammates, cherished friends and fraternity brothers infield-grass green with envy and be an undeniable part of what gave him the lifetime of career achievements and successes he so enjoyed. And man, did he enjoy them. Pearl’s career stats include his younger brother Kenny and spouse Susan, and his sister Myrna and her partner on the diamond Gordy, who was called into his own retirement in 2018. There are his nieces and nephews; Mark, Cari, Patti, David, Melissa, Maggie, and Nicole who were more than just supporting players, but the best and most admiring fans of the man who played with selflessness, strength and a sense of humor that effortlessly invited family, friends, and all those whom he affectionately referred to as “Pally Boy” into his orbit. Mel Pearl, his legacy undeniable, will be terribly missed in the corridors of Katten, the owners’ box at the once-named Comiskey, the golf courses of Bryn Mawr, Briarwood and La Cumbre and myriad places too many to name. Though he will never be seen again on the freshly cut grass of life’s outfields, or the fine sand, silt and clay of infields where he traveled miles and touched bases others could only dream of, he will be forever the captain of team Pearl, a man most remarkable for hitting the cycle of joy, love, humor, and compassion that would often lead him to remark, “I am the luckiest person in the world.”

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ARNESON, Pamela Pamela Bozena Arneson passed away after a lengthy illness on June 11, 2022 at the age of 75. The loss of her vibrant, fun-loving personality will be greatly felt by all who knew her. Pamela was born on July 5, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA. Her parents, Robert and Bozena Rose, raised Pam and her brother Wink in a loving home. A competitive swimmer during her teenage years, Pam was a nationally ranked record holder in the butterfly stroke. She attended Stephens College in Colombia, Missouri for two years, and then graduated with a degree in English at UCSB. Pam first met Eric Arneson as a young girl when she was training at a school for competitive swimmers in Ventura. Later, the two corresponded while Eric was serving in the Vietnam War. Upon his return, they married and moved to Santa Barbara where Eric accepted a job offer with the S.B. Recreation Dept. They had two sons: Corey (deceased) and Chad. Pam and Eric were married for 53 years and were well-known in Santa Barbara as sports and recreation devotees. Pam was an ardent supporter of her family’s athletic pursuits--especially volleyball! She spent hundreds of hours watching her sons Corey and Chad play volleyball for SBHS. She was known to wear her green and gold beads to cheer on the Dons at all the games, and volunteered in the refreshment booth. For over 11 years Pam worked alongside her husband Eric and son Chad at the East Beach volleyball courts as they facilitated the CA Beach Volleyball Association’s adult and youth tournaments. In recent years Pam attended many SBHS volleyball games to watch her son Chad Arneson coach the SBHS team. She was very proud of Chad, and as the “Coach’s Mom” was greeted affectionately by players and spectators alike. Pam Arneson was a people person. Early in her career, she worked as a leader for the UCSB Alumni Vacation Center. Her outgoing friendliness served her well in her role at Westmont College as the Associate Director of Alumni and Parent Relations, a job she held for 15 years. She volunteered for the Santa Barbara community as a member of the S.B. Rescue Mission Auxiliary and Junior League. Pam lived her life energetically. She loved the ocean. She could be found combing the beaches of Santa Barbara at dawn to collect colorful sea glass that had washed up on shore, which she then fashioned into creative works of art. A music enthusiast, Pam attended concerts and master classes at the Music Academy of the West, which filled her summers with joy. Pam was an avid reader, enthusiastically discussing her favorite reads with anyone who asked her for a book recommendation. She relished watching new movies on Netflix, but insisted on reading the book version of a new series before seeing it on the screen. Pam enjoyed traveling with Eric on beach trips to Hawaii, Fiji, Tahiti, and Costa Rica, and took trips to Italy and other fun locations with friends. A woman of strong faith in Christ, Pam was a member of El Montecito Presbyterian Church for 35 years, where she served as a deacon. She attended various community Bible studies. She firmly believed in the power of prayer, and shared prayer requests with several small prayer groups, one of which was ongoing in her life for over 40 years. Her hope and strength in God never wavered during life’s most difficult moments. Pam is survived by her husband Eric Arneson, her son Chad Arneson, her brother Wink Rose Roberts, a niece Terin Kramer, nephews Declan and Eden Kramer, and a cousin Chris Sinclair and wife Sherry. Other extended family members include: Kristy Wright, Rashad Wright, Nathan and Annadee Wright, Elijah, Isabella, and Isaiah Wright. A service celebrating Pam Arneson’s life will be held on Friday, July 22, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at El Montecito Presbyterian Church, 1455 E. Valley Rd., Santa Barbara, CA. All who knew and loved Pam are invited. To make it a true celebration, guests are encouraged to wear casual Hawaiian shirts or clothing in the colors of the ocean or sea glass. Gifts to honor Pam may be directed to the S.B. Rescue Mission. Pam was a very bright light in the lives of all who knew her—a dear wife, loving mother, loyal friend, and woman of faith. Although she is sorely missed by so many, there is comfort and joy in knowing that Pam is home in the arms of the Lord she loved.

MONARREZ, Cheryl Diane Ruiz

Cheryl “Sherry” Diane Ruiz Monarrez, of Santa Barbara, CA, a loving partner, sister, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away unexpectedly on July 11th, 2022. She was born on February 1st, 1949, to Alphonso and Patricia Ruiz (both deceased). She was 73.

WILSON, Mary Barbara (McGowan) July 31, 1937-May 14, 2022

Born & raised in Santa Barbara, CA, she lived in Novato & taught Home Ec for 25 yrs to ’94 at RCHS in Rohnert Park. Back home to Santa Ynez Valley in ’97, she embraced her ranching roots. She was predeceased by her parents, R.E. “Dutch” and Mary Longawa Wilson, brother David, & ex-husband, Warren; and survived by daughters, Kathy & Shea (Mark Jayne): 3 grand- & 2 great-granddaughters. Her Life Celebration is July 31, 2022 1-4 pm in Solvang.

DOWNING, James Richard January 17, 1929 - June 28, 2022

Jim was a devoted husband, father, educator, camper, world traveler, naturalist, volunteer, and real estate developer. He lived the first ten years of his life in Bakersfield, California. Jim’s family moved several times during his young life including Kansas City, Missouri and South Lynwood, California. His interest in learning and inspiration from his teachers motivated him to study and to attend college. He graduated from Compton High School and Compton Junior College before transferring to the University of California, Santa Barbara. While studying for his BA at UCSB, he met Marguerite Noel, the love of his life for over seventy years. They married on September 9, 1951. After serving as an officer in the Army during the Korean War, he obtained an MA in Education from UCLA. He taught science and social studies during his teaching career of over 30 years. He taught briefly in Torrance, California before teaching at Lincoln Junior High School in Santa Monica until he retired in 1984. Jim and Marguerite had three children (Janis Holt, Kenneth Downing, and Pamela Noel Hughes). Additionally, Jim had seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Jim and his family spent many summers camping all over the United States, Canada and Hawaii.They also made numerous trips to Europe, Asia, and South America. Throughout his entire life he was involved in numerous community service organizations including the YMCA, Western Youth Baseball, Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and the Goleta Library. Most notably after he retired from teaching, he ran the Sunset Home, a nonprofit senior retirement home for women in Venice, CA under the umbrella of Trinity Baptist Church in Santa Monica for many years. A memorial will be held on July 19th at 2:00 pm at Veronica Springs Church in Santa Barbara. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens.

IN MEMORY MARGARET JEANNE HEIDUK September 18, 1940 - July 14, 2014 In Loving Memory It has been eight years since you left us to take your place in heaven. We will always miss you and forever love you. The Heiduk Family

Sherry was a strong believer in helping others and used her gift for many years in child and elder caregiving. Known for her quick wit, silliness, and humor, Sherry always brought a smile and a good laugh to all those around her and was always known as the life of the party. Her friends and family remember her as loving, caring, and giving. While she did face challenges and obstacles in life, Sherry overcame them by returning to her faith in Jesus. Of her life’s victories, Sherry would always say that the greatest accomplishments in her life were her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren – they were her absolute pride and joy and her face lit up every time she spoke of them. Sherry is survived by her fiancé Shawn Lahne. Her daughters, Charlene Navarro (husband Richard) and Debbie Ramirez (husband Tony); six siblings: Alana Ruiz-Kruss, Alan Ruiz, Jerilyn Sandoval, Darci Puailoa, Patricia Carroll, and Stephanie Mora Cecil; six grandchildren Richard Jr., Joseph, Raquel, Anthony, Nathan, and Jessica and ten great-grandchildren: Derrick, Isaiah, Alexis, Desiree, Braydon, Oaklynn, Danielle, Richard III, Remi, and Myles. We all love you so very much Mom. Thank you for all the memories. You will be missed but will always hold a huge place in our hearts. Services will be held Friday, July 22, 2022, 11:00am at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara, 21 E. Constance Ave. Reception immediately following at Tucker’s Grove Area 5.

DODDS-REICHERT, Diane Louise

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Diane Dodds-Reichert was a loving mother, wife, sister and friend. She passed away in the early morning of Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022 at the age of 75 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California.

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Born in 1947 to loving parents Gustav and Lota Hilbert, Diane was the middle of three children and was raised in Altadena, California. Diane was raised in the typical southern California lifestyle, visiting the beach on weekends with her family, attending church every Sunday, and enjoying endless sunny days in between.

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After she graduated from Pasadena High School, she enrolled at Pasadena City College. As a rising junior, she discovered the paradise that is Santa Barbara. After applying to attend UCSB, she was accepted, started in the fall of 1966, and went on to graduate in 1968 with a degree in English. She was an avid reader and a lover of the English language which helped her become an accomplished linguist, and to have little patience with either grammatical errors or loose slang. After graduating from college, she worked in the banking field as a teller and loan officer, and later spent some time teaching English. In 1985 she married Alexander Dodds, IV. In 1988 they adopted their two sons, Jeffrey Alan Dodds and Alexander Dodds, V. With this marriage, Diane’s career took a happy turn as she worked as the assistant in the tax and investment office of Alex M. Dodds and Associates. During this period, her banking and tax experience served her well in her truly life long career as a real estate investor in partnership with her siblings. Her compassion and love of life, as well as her faith, was pivotal to her children’s upbringing. The family was active in Trinity Baptist Church; Diane served in multiple roles including to teach Sunday School and in the Awana program. After her husband’s passing in the late fall of 1999, she continued to raise her children in the best way she knew how: faith, family, and love. Diane was a huge believer in grace and kindness, which helped guide her to become involved in multiple charitable endeavors, especially the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission. Her compassion for others was a beacon of hope for anyone that she helped. Over the years, Diane became a distinguished member of the community in Santa Barbara. With her lifelong dedication to education and her numerous philanthropic endeavors, in 2017 she had the distinct honor of becoming an alumni board member at her alma mater, UCSB. Through this extraordinary body, she was able to contribute greatly to the community of alumni and to help to ensure the success of future generations of UCSB students. Up in Heaven, she quite likely switches her halo every so often for a golden Gaucho hat! Early in 2011, Diane met David Reichert at an Opera Santa Barbara production of Verdi’s “La Traviata” at the Granada Theatre. Through the power of this remarkable relationship and David’s ardor for literature and the arts, Diane’s existing love for the arts and philanthropy naturally increased. Diane became a leading contributor to Opera Santa Barbara. Other arts organizations that she supported included CAMA, the Santa Barbara Choral Society, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, and the Natural History Museum. Spending so much time with each other, they fell in love and four years later they tied the knot with a beautiful ceremony at the gorgeous All Saints-by-the-Sea church in Montecito. Diane is survived by her son Alexander and her husband David of Santa Barbara, and her two siblings Mark and Faith of Orange County, in addition to many nephews and nieces she held dear. Her warm smile, compassion, and dedicated love to all will be missed by her family, friends and loved ones. Her memory will leave a forever burning ember inside each one of our hearts.

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Chase Palm Park provided the backdrop for the 2022 California Wine Festival.

Full-sized event back after 2021’s ‘abbreviated version’ FESTIVAL

Continued from Page A1 Festival, told the News-Press. The event overlooked the glimmering pacific ocean at Chase Palm Park’s Carousel House. Friday evening kicked off with the Sunset Rare & Reserve Tasting, a curated experience for wine connoisseurs. A sparkling wine reception began the evening by sampling rare and vintage reserve wines and offered tasting room exclusives and limited-production wines hailing from vineyards based in California’s most venerable wine producing regions. A number of Santa Barbara County’s top Pinot Noir selections were featured. Delicious hot and cold appetizers were paired with the world-class wines. “I think the biggest highlight is that we have the event back in full force since the pandemic. Although, in September of 2021 we had an

abbreviated version of the festival. The biggest asset to our event is our wineries, there aren’t many places you can go to the ocean and taste wines from all over California. It’s going to be hard to top for our 20th anniversary next year,” said Ms. Kauffman. The VIP Pavilion presented by HexClad featured six serving stations, which showcased cooking demos and food samples for VIP guests. Serving stations included demos by: Chef David Schoen of Knife & Grill, Rice Browns, Chocolate Marshmallow Pizza Co. and Selfie Cork; Domenico’s Foods; The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills; Chef Miguel McDaniel of Seattle-style chicken purveyor Shine 76; Chef Kim Alter of Nightbird Restaurant; Caroline D’Amore a.k.a. Pizza Girl; and Aquamar Seafood. The VIP Pavilion also boasts a selection of reserve-level wines as well as craft brews. “It’s definitely a rare and beautiful venue across from the beach at the Carousel House,

which features great live music. Everyone was happy to be back for an event we have been doing for 19 years. Saturday featured a tri-tip competition featuring six competitors vying for the title of the best tri-tip in the 805,” said Ms. Kauffman. The competitors included: Yesica Arredondo, Executive Chef at Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort, The Shift Food Truck & Catering, Solvang Brewing Company, Santa Barbara WoodFire Catering, Convivo and Beans BBQ and Catering. “The weekend featured excellent wines from all major wine regions in California, including six breweries and a few local breweries as well … I think what they will see is for the first time in a longtime we have a great number of brand new wineries and boutique wineries that you can’t find in your grocery store or wine store,” said Ms. Kauffman. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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Members of The Flying Royals give a show during a Santa Barbara Trapeze Co. community event benefiting Santa Barbara Humane at Plaza Vera Cruz in Santa Barbara on Friday.

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Responsible for financial matters and academic personnel processes for the departments and programs that the PASC serves. Manages payroll reconciliation and audits general ledgers. Projects and monitors expenditures across all funding sources. Advises faculty on policies regarding budgets. Serves as primary UCPath initiator for all staff and selected academic appointments including requesting position control numbers and initiating the funding entry. Ensures proper employee and supervisor set-up in Kronos on-line timekeeping system. Is responsible for the visa aspects for visiting scholars. From preliminary analysis, extensive communication with applicants and OISS, to submission of documents, ensuring accurate tracking of status and follow-through. Coordinates annual summer research additional compensation. Provides administrative back-up and possesses the ability to work under pressure of deadlines. Serves as back-up for academic personnel actions for permanent faculty and continuing lecturers including faculty retentions, merits and promotions, lecturer reviews, leave requests, and retirements. Maintains a broad knowledge and functional understanding of all academic personnel policies and procedures. Provides consultation and advice to the department Chair and faculty regarding academic personnel policies. Collaborates on financial matters and academic recruitment cases, meeting Affirmative Action guidelines, and ensuring that overall general procedures are followed. Reqs: BA/BS degree in related area or equivalent training and/or experience. Note: Satisfactory completion of conviction history background check. $24.62 - $27.96/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 32120

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ASSISTANT Bren School of Environmental Science & Management

Supports Academic Programs and provides administrative support to Bren faculty, visitors, and students to ensure smooth and successful instruction. Helps faculty and visiting instructors with room and equipment scheduling, GauchoSpace access, textbooks and readers, entering grades, and course evaluations; tracks upcoming academic activities and notifies faculty and students; alerts students to upcoming deadlines for registration, Master’s Projects and other program requirements; posts and updates the schedule of classes and electronic calendars for courses, events, and resources; maintains accurate and engaging content on Academic Programs webpages. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in a related area and/or equivalent experience/training.1-3 years of experience working with students. Strong communication, active listening, and interpersonal skills. Ability to work with diverse populations, and multicultural competencies. Good organization skills. Strong analytical and critical thinking skills. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61 - $25.77/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 7/28/2022. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 39184

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ALUMNI BUSINESS SERVICES ENGAGEMENT AND MANAGER SCHOLARSHIPS Business and Financial UC Education Abroad Services Program (UCEAP) Directs and coordinates key core

Manages and implements an integrated and prioritized strategy for UCEAP scholarship programs and determines the audience and goals to be achieved by these programs. Collaborates with Director to develop policies and procedures for the administration of all UCEAP scholarship programs and organizes the efforts of those faculty and staff in the system-wide and campus offices who will be involved in the encouragement and selection of scholarship recipients. Collaborates and assists with supervisor in the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of prospects and donors for scholarships. Supports the long-term and immediate strategies for the engagement and stewardship of UCEAP alumni and donors. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in a related field. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. This position is eligible to request a remote or hybrid work arrangement. The UCEAP Systemwide Office is located off-campus in Goleta, CA (near UCSB). Per UC policy, travel for non-mandatory training or professional development purposes is calculated and reimbursed (up to) the costs for travel to and from the UCEAP Systemwide Office location, regardless of the actual remote work location elected by employee. Requires periodic travel within California (to/near the UC campuses/UCOP). May involve occasional national travel and international travel to UC sites abroad. $62,300 - $72,480/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 7/22/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 38700

campus business processes and operations through subordinate managers, business units, programs, and systems that are accountable for accomplishing UC and UCSB operational goals. Has significant responsibility for formulating and administering UCSB’s strategies for UC Procurement, AP Payables, Equipment, and Sustainability activities, systems, programs, and policies. Position functions with a very high degree of autonomy, accountability, and stewardship of significant campus resources. The Business Services Manager is responsible for establishing objectives, directing programs, developing strategies and policies, managing human, financial, and physical resources, and functions with a high degree of autonomy. Proactively assesses risk to establish systems and procedures to protect organizational assets. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree Bachelor’s degree in a related area and/or equivalent experience/training. Management skills required to lead the department, including management of staff performance and development, team building and communications, resolution of issues and conflicts, review and approval of work, and hiring and training employees. Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills required in interacting with both internal and external resources. Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills. Notes: Form 700 Statement of Economic Interests Filer, Satisfactory conviction history background check. $91,300 - $116,400/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 7/26/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 38333

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Responsible for the administrative functions for the Mellichamp Sustainability Cluster. The Cluster consists of four faculty members from various UCSB departments. The Sustainability Program Assistant assists these faculty with various tasks as needed. This position is responsible for coordinating and managing various workshops, seminars, summits and conferences. Is responsible for managing the cluster’s operating budget, assistance in contract & grant submissions and content management of the cluster website. Reqs: Thorough knowledge in administrative procedures and processes including word processing, spreadsheet and database applications. Good verbal and written communication skills, active listening, critical thinking, multi-tasking and time management skills. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61 - $25.77/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 35946

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so many kids and families come out to support Santa Barbara Humane,” said Ms. Samuelson. “The Flying Royals performance was definitely the main highlight. In addition, Santa Barbara Humane was saying it was a huge success. It’s not just about raising funds, it’s about personal connections.Watching people be entertained felt so good. We want to be associated with benefitting the people, the city and such an amazing cause. It’s not about what we offer; it’s about what we are doing. …We want to be agents of change in the best way possible,” said Mr. Kohn. Ms. Samuelson explained that the funds would be allocated towards services offered to the community, including wellness exams, vaccinations, spay and neuter services, behavioral training and adoptions. She pointed out the shelter is currently “full of kittens who are looking for new homes.” The shelter encourages members of the community to visit www.sbhumane.org to learn more about what the organization does.

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Responsible for developing and submitting research proposals, awards and/or transactions related to contract and grant management and maintains contract and grant records in compliance with institutional and research sponsor policies. Works on proposals of moderate scope such as single investigator NSF proposals where analysis of financial information or reports require review of a variety of factors (e.g. budgets, salaries, expenses, etc.) Receives assignments and analyzes problems, gathers data and information, and recommends solutions. Completes transactions for signature by manager or authorized institutional official. Maintains effective working relationships. Is independently responsible for gift processing. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or/and equivalent work experience. Ability to establish and maintain priorities, multi-task and meet deadlines while balancing a high volume workload. Analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent attention to detail and communication skills. Ability to exercise independent judgment. Ability to perform financial analysis and customized reporting. Proficiency with Microsoft programs such as Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc. Proficiency with Google software programs such as Sheets, Docs, Gmail, chat. Must be comfortable explaining guidelines and policies. Notes: This position is funded through June 30, 2024 pending further funding. Satisfactory conviction history background check. $27.68 - $30.45/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 7/20/2022. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 38663

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Texas and Louisiana sued over a Department of Homeland Security directive altering deportation policy. The states won in federal district court last month. The Department of Justice appealed, requesting the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issue a stay of the lower court’s ruling. The court denied the stay pending appeal July 6. The DOJ then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, requesting a stay of the district court’s ruling. In response, the attorneys general filed an expedited brief with Associate Justice Samuel Alito, the Circuit Justice for the Fifth Circuit. At issue is DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas changing enforcement of immigration

policy by issuing a series of memorandums and directives. He first issued an “interim guidance” Jan. 20 followed by a Feb. 18 ICE memorandum, which drastically altered deportation policy, including limiting issuing detainer requests for dangerous criminal aliens. His final September 2021 memorandum purports: “The fact an individual is a removable noncitizen therefore should not alone be the basis of an enforcement action against them. We will use our discretion and focus our enforcement resources in a more targeted way. Justice and our country’s well-being require it.” The directives are contrary to immigration law established by

Congress, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry argued, and also violate the Administrative Procedures Act. Since then, Mr. Mayorkas has issued other memorandums over which Mr. Paxton, Mr. Landry, Mr. Brnovich and others have sued. Judges have also ruled in favor of lawsuits filed by Mr. Paxton, Mr. Landry and Mr. Brnovich, and others, having argued Mr. Mayorkas doesn’t have the legal authority to change law established by Congress. A federal judge in Texas expressed a similar sentiment. In June, he ruled in favor of Texas and Louisiana, vacating Please see DEPORTATION on A7

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the final memo, prompting the administration to appeal. U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton said Mr. Mayorkas’ policy was “arbitrary and capricious, contrary to law, and failing to observe procedure under the Administrative Procedure Act.” He also denied all other requested relief brought by the administration. In their appeal to the Supreme Court, the AGs argue, “The Amici States and their citizens continue to suffer significant costs from illegal immigration – including billions of dollars in new expenses relating to law enforcement, education, and healthcare programs – as a direct result of Defendants’ failures to enforce

immigration law. Those harms are exacerbated by DHS’ increasingly brazen disrespect for the requirements of our nation’s immigration laws and the Administrative Procedure Act. “The border is in crisis,” they argue. “This DHS Administration is lawless. And the States continue to suffer escalating irreparable harm as the border crisis continually intensifies to successive, ever-more unprecedented levels of illegal crossings.” Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar with the DOJ requested the Supreme Court stay the district court’s ruling outside of Texas and Louisiana. She argued the “only concrete harm the district court identified is that, over a span of several months, the Guidance caused

DHS to rescind a total of just 15 detainers in Texas. That does not remotely justify allowing the district court’s nationwide vacatur to continue in effect for a prolonged period while the court’s disruptive and unprecedented holdings are subject to appellate review.” However, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has repeatedly quantified the cost to Texas. The state legislature allocated more than $4 billion to border security efforts and is expected to allocate even more. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey recently signed a $564 million border security bill allocating $335 million in state sales tax revenue to build a wall on state land along its shared border with Mexico. These costs are additional to others the state has spent on border security

efforts. They also exclude those borne by taxpayers covering their respective states’ portion of costs for federal welfare programs afforded to illegal immigrants, including Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, food stamps, housing, as well as transportation and education costs. Mr. Paxton has estimated the cost to Texas taxpayers to have totaled over $850 million a year prior to the border security efforts Gov. Abbott and the legislature implemented last year. The states joining Arizona include Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Section 5473 of the California Health and Safety Code, there has been ﬁled with the Secretary of the Goleta Sanitary District, a report containing: (a) a proposal to have sewer service charges for the Fiscal Year 2022-23 collected on the tax roll, (b) a description of each parcel of real property receiving services and facilities furnished by the Goleta Sanitary District in connection with its wastewater system, and (c) the amount of the sewer service charge to be levied upon each parcel for the Fiscal Year 2022-23, computed in conformity with the charges prescribed by an ordinance duly passed and approved by the Governing Board of the Goleta Sanitary District; and that the time and place for a hearing on said report has been set for Monday, August 1, 2022 at 6:30 p.m., at the ofﬁce of the Goleta Sanitary District, One William Moffett Place, Goleta, California 93117.

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The California State Legislature recently passed, and the Governor signed, Assembly Bill (AB) 361, which amends the Government Code to allow Brown Act bodies to continue to meet remotely after September 30, 2021, if there is a proclaimed state of emergency and the State or local ofﬁcials recommend measures to promote social distancing. Based on the proclaimed state of emergency and the Santa Barbara County Public Health Ofﬁcer’s recommended social distancing, the Planning Commission meeting will not provide in person participation at this hearing.

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Cuyama Joint Uniﬁed School District 2 Governing Board Members, Full (4) Year Terms 3 Governing Board Members, Short (2) Year Terms

Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District, Improvement District No. 1* Division No. 2 - 1 Trustee, Full (4) Year Term Division No. 3 - 1 Trustee, Full (4) Year Term 1 District Trustee At-Large, Full (4) Year Term

Goleta Union School District Trustee Area No. 1 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 3 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 5 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term

Summerland Sanitary District 2 District Directors, Full (4) Year Terms

Guadalupe Union School District Trustee Area No. 1 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 3 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 4 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term

Vandenberg Village Community Services District 2 District Directors, Full (4) Year Terms

Hope School District Trustee Area No. 2 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 4 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 5 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term

CITY OFFICES The following cities will have offices on the ballot for the November 8, 2022, General Election. For information regarding candidate filing for city offices, contact the appropriate City Clerk’s office.

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Santa Barbara County Board of Education Trustee Area No. 1 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 5 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 7 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term

If an eligible incumbent fails to file a Declaration of Candidacy and meet the nomination requirements by 5:00 p.m. on August 12, 2022, a five-calendar day extension is allowed for any person, other than the incumbent, if otherwise qualified, to file for the office.

Santa Barbara Uniﬁed School District Trustee Area No. 1 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 4 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term

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Santa Maria Joint Union High School District Trustee Area No. 2 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 4 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 5 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term

You may apply to be a candidate online at www.sbcvote.com. When applying online, a candidate will have the option to receive their candidate filing forms: Electronically** - Requires access to a printer; or In-person. Pick-up appointments are available at the Santa Barbara County Elections Division Main Office or at the Santa Maria Elections Division Branch Office.

Santa Maria-Bonita School District Trustee Area No. 1 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 2 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District Trustee Area No. 1 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full Trustee Area No. 2 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full Trustee Area No. 4 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full At-Large - 1 Governing Board Member Short (2) Year

**Candidates receiving their candidate filing forms electronically will be able to access all forms except the Declaration of Candidacy. The printed original Declaration of Candidacy will remain in the Santa Barbara County Elections Division office and will be issued to a candidate in person during their candidate filing appointment where they will also file all their other required and optional forms.

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Santa Barbara Elections Main Office (4440-A Calle Real): Appointments are required for candidate filing. Appointments are available 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. To schedule an appointment call (805) 696-8957 or email us at candidate filing@countyofsb.org.

Solvang Elementary School District Trustee Area No. 2 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 4 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 5 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term

Santa Maria Elections Branch Office (511 Lakeside Parkway, Ste 134): Appointments are required for candidate filing. Appointments are available 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. To schedule an appointment call (805) 346-8374 or email us at candidatefiling@countyofsb.org.

Vista Del Mar Union School District 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term

Lompoc Elections Branch Office: Candidate Filing WILL NOT be available. In the event that there are no nominees or an insufficient number of nominees for an office, and a petition for an election is not filed with the Elections Official within the time period prescribed, appointment to each elective office will be made as prescribed by Section 10515 of the Elections Code and Sections 5328 and 5328.5 of the Education Code.

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Hearing on the request of the appellant, Janeen Beller et al., to consider Case No. 22APL-00000-00009, an appeal of the Planning Director’s approval of Case No. 22LUP-00000-00028 in compliance with Section 35.102 (Appeals) of the Santa Barbara County Land Use and Development Code (LUDC). The proposed project is a request for a Land Use Permit to allow construction of a 5,000 square foot detached garage. The subject property is zoned Single Family Estate Residential (1-E-1) and is located at 999 Jason Way (Assessor Parcel No. 141-340-010) in the Santa Ynez Valley Community Plan area, Third Supervisorial District.

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Blochman Union School District 2 Governing Board Members, Full (4) Year Terms

Orcutt Union School District Trustee Area No. 3 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 4 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 5 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term

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Mission Hills Community Services District 2 District Directors, Full (4) Year Terms

Ballard School District Trustee Area No. 1 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 2 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term

22APL-00000-00009 22LUP-00000-00028 Beller et. al Appeal of the Sideris Detached Garage Santa Ynez Exempt, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15303 & 15304 Travis Seawards, Deputy Director (805) 568-2518 Tina Mitchell, Planner (805) 934-6289

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION RECORDING SECRETARY (568-2000)

Los Olivos Community Services District 3 District Directors, Full (4) Year Terms 1 District Director, Short (2) Year Term

Allan Hancock Joint Community College District Trustee Area No. 3 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term Trustee Area No. 5 - 1 Governing Board Member, Full (4) Year Term

LOCAL MEASURES SUBMITTED TO VOTERS A notice to submit arguments for and against local measures will be published separately.

Carpinteria Valley Water District Division No. 1 - 1 District Director, Full (4) Year Term Division No. 3 - 1 District Director, Full (4) Year Term Division No. 5 - 1 District Director, Full (4) Year Term

CITY MEASURES SUBMITTED TO VOTERS Cities are responsible for publishing the notice of election and notice of ofﬁces up for election as well as any city measures.

Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District 3 District Directors, Full (4) Year Terms

Dated this 13th day of July 2022.

Casmalia Community Services District To be determined

Sincerely,

Cuyama Community Services District 2 District Directors, Full (4) Year Terms 2 District Directors, Short (2) Year Terms

/s/JOSEPH E. HOLLAND County Clerk, Recorder, and Assessor Registrar of Voters

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‘Makana is a Gift’

Children’s book about ocean conservation to be donated to Goleta library’s summer reading program

ALEXIS CANTU ILLUSTRATIONS

Janet Lucy wrote this text to go below Mexican artist Alexis Cantu’s illustration in “Makana Is A Gift”: “I don’t have a name yet,” the little green sea turtle told him. “Then we’ll have to wait and see who you are,” Kato told him.

By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

ne bright morning, a little green sea turtle basks on the surface of Turtle Cove, where he arrived the night

before. He hatched from a sandy cradle on a shore hundreds of miles away and has spent the first six years of his life swimming through the open ocean. Here in Turtle Cove he meets the inhabitants — a wise elder turtle, Kato, and other sea creatures. He admires the unique features of an octopus and

starfish and wishes he could swim with a school of fish. He observes the gulls and terns circling overhead, flying freely and begins to question his identity. “Have you ever wished you were someone else?” he asks wise Kato. “Makana is a Gift” by awardwinning local author Janet Lucy is the story of a little green sea turtle’s quest for identity and purpose and an all-too-common life-threatening encounter with a plastic bag he mistakes for a jellyfish. “In the end, he understands that all creatures are needed to help and care for each other. He, too, has a unique and essential

purpose — that life is a gift, and so is he. In Hawaiian, ‘Makana’ means gift, and thus he receives his name,” Ms. Lucy told the NewsPress. The book, which costs $18.95, is published by Seven Seas Press, a women-run, nonprofit based in Santa Barbara, which is fundraising to donate 400 of the books to the children participating in the summer reading program at the Goleta Valley Public Library. “Seven Seas Press and the Goleta Valley Public Library share a passion for children’s books and the power of public libraries to reach young readers,” Ms. Lucy said.

Seven Seas Press’s fundraising campaign will run through July 30. For more information, visit igg. me/at/makana. “The topic of ocean conservation along with the theme of the Goleta Valley Public Library’s summer reading program, ‘Oceans of Possibilities,’ brings a message of hope and empowerment to children who see themselves in Makana and want to do their part to protect the undersea world from the perils of plastic pollution,” said the author. “Vibrant, life-like watercolor illustrations by Mexican artist Alexis Cantu make the story come alive.”

The books in English and/or the bilingual Spanish/English version, paperback or hardcover, can be purchased for personal use through the campaign, while donating a book at the same time. A discussion guide, activities, facts, sources and resources are included. Children, ages 4 through 8, will learn about the biological beginnings of a sea turtle’s life as well as their ancient legacy, significance and symbolism and the importance of their ecological protection. “ ‘Makana is a Gift’ is inspired by a little boy named Makana, who received his name five months after his birth, common in many traditions — to name a person after their nature or something special is revealed about them,” said Ms. Lucy, who is also a cofounder of Seven Seas Press. “I’ve been carrying a sea turtle story in my heart for years now, having met sea turtles in the

waters of Mexico and Costa Rica, and while swimming with the honu, the green sea turtles in Hawaii,” Ms. Lucy said. “These magnificent creatures glide gracefully through the water, their peaceful vibration palpable. During one extraordinary encounter, an enormous sea turtle swam straight toward me in a clear shallow bay, where we were suspended momentarily, face to face, eye to eye, in a communion I can only describe as transcendent. “There’s no doubt in my mind that these exquisite creatures possess a divine intelligence and inner peace, which ripples throughout the world-wide ocean, resonating with our own inner seas. Their protection from plastics, pollution and poachers is essential to the preservation of their beneficial presence. “I have deep respect and Please see MAKANA on B4

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“I have deep respect and appreciation for all of the people and organizations devoted to the preservation of sea turtles and all life beneath the sea,” writer Janet Lucy said.

Here’s author Janet Lucy’s text under artist Alexis Cantu’s image: The little green sea turtle was fascinated by a big brown beautiful octopus. “Imagine,” he thought, “what one could do with arms like that!”

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Horoscope.com Sunday, July 17, 2022 ARIES — This week give your family a call when the sun conjoins Mercury in your home zone, especially if you need to clear the air. Invite them over for tea and hash things out so you can strengthen your bond and build emotional security. TAURUS — If you’ve put off making an important discussion this week, you might have the words to speak your mind when the sun conjoins Mercury in your communication zone. Say your piece with emotion and clarity so everyone can get on the same page, Taurus. GEMINI — Where do you come from? What are your values? Those are the questions you’ll be asking yourself when Venus in your sign trines Saturn in Aquarius on Tuesday, making it the ideal time to learn more about yourself. Do a research dive wherever your heart leads you. CANCER — Show yourself off to everyone when the sun conjoins Mercury in your sign on Monday. This is an ideal day to make a great first impression, dazzling everyone with your looks and wit. LEO — Spend the weekend working on your mental and spiritual health when the sun conjoins Mercury in your subconscious zone on Monday. As you figure out your mental headspace, this is an ideal day for art therapy, journaling or meditation. VIRGO — Celebrate yourself with new friends when the sun conjoins Mercury in Cancer and your social zone on Wednesday. Host a BBQ or party at your home and invite everyone you know (and their friends too). LIBRA — Start the week on a romantic note when Venus in Gemini trines Saturn in Aquarius on Tuesday. As you develop your relationship, you might discover that it becomes more pleasurable with time. SCORPIO — Spend the first part of the weekend taking a deep dive into your family’s roots when the sun conjoins Mercury in your expansion zone. This is a great day to ask your relatives questions about your ancestry and think about how you understand the world SAGITTARIUS — If you’ve been meaning to have a serious conversation with your partner, do it when Venus in Gemini trines Saturn in Aquarius on Tuesday because you’ll be honest about your relationship issues. CAPRICORN — Start the week by stepping into the spotlight and basking in your glory. After six months of hard work, you’re ready to start the next chapter of your life. Rewards are coming to you, Capricorn, so put your best foot forward to make a good impression. AQUARIUS — Start the week on a romantic note when Venus in Gemini trines Saturn in your sign on Tuesday. Your love affair might help you grow and mature as a person. Your summer fling is no longer a casual romance. PISCES — This is an ideal time to express yourself through your talents, such as painting, drawing or writing. Whatever helps you get your feelings out there and spark some joy in your life.

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of their life. I love my wife, but I don’t always love my life, because sometimes things get complicated or there may be conflicts outside the home that I need to resolve. I do all I can to not put any of that on her — and because I’m not being a jerk, she chooses to comfort me. Isn’t that the natural human thing to do? 3. Remember to show your love and appreciation. When I’m doing something intense, like bookkeeping, I can get overfocused and just forget about everything else, including the person I love. The trick here is to rectify it with a big hug and kiss the second you realize what’s going on. Showing your appreciation will remind your partner that they are always in your heart, even if not always in your head.

4. Check in with the one you love. For example, do you ask your partner how they are feeling a few times a day? Do you think that’s a bit much? I don’t. As part of a couple, you have to be more concerned about the one you love than about yourself. If you don’t behave this way, other problems will appear, and everything will get more difficult. Sometimes our own overthinking can make us a little selfish. So be aware of this, and fix it if needed. 5. Feelings aren’t always correct, so learn how to say, “Oops, I’m sorry.” Sometimes we can project uncomfortable feelings onto our partner when something else is going on in our lives that has nothing to do with them. Learn to own those moments, make an apology and move on. It’s much easier than

trying to pretend that you didn’t make a mistake and defending your behavior. We all do it, but it’s not OK. Just remember that your relationship is more important than whatever else is going on. Some days you wake up in a bad mood and you don’t know why. There may be a reason, but it’s not available to you at that moment. This is when you need to choose to take the high road and not let your mood dictate your behavior with the one you love. Being in a relationship isn’t easy, but being in a good one is very rewarding. Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D., is an award-winning psychotherapist and humanitarian. He is also a columnist, the author of eight books and a blogger for PsychologyToday. com with more than 28 million readers. He is available for video consults worldwide. Reach him at barton@bartongoldsmith.com. His column appears Sundays and Tuesdays in the News-Press.

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• Tennis from 10:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Stow Open Space, Tennis Courts, 6200 Muirfield Drive. Bring your own tennis racket. Tennis shoes are required. Contact lmendoza-vera@ cityofgoleta.org to register. • Handball from 10:30 a.m. to noon July 27 at Jonny D. Wallis Neighborhood Park, 170 S. Kellogg Ave. Learn how to play handball. Wear comfortable clothes and tennis shoes. Contact lmendozavera@cityofgoleta.org to register. • Disc Golf from 10:30 a.m. to noon July 29 at Evergreen Park, Evergreen Drive and Brandon Drive. Discs will be provided. Bring comfortable

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FYI For more information about Domestic Violence Solutions, visit dvsolutions.org. The Santa Barbara County nonprofit’s 24-hour crisis hotlines are 805-964-5245 for South County and 805-925-2160 for North County.

“I’m honored to welcome each of our new board members,” said Marilyn Simon-Gersuk, DVS executive director. “Each person provides our board with a unique background and perspective, and we look forward to their expertise and guidance. Our board is composed of dedicated community members committed to furthering the mission of Domestic Violence Solutions and supporting survivors.” Ms. Batson has worked for the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department since 2001. Her current position is deputy director for community health. She has worked in many other aspects of public health, including disease prevention and infectious diseases.

Ms. Bird spent a year abroad in Spain and interned in the State Department in Panama and the White House for former first lady Michelle Obama. She also completed a year of AmeriCorps service, assisting military families and veterans. She works as a policy analyst for the U.S. Government Accountability Office, conducting research for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Ms. Honor has decades of experience in the financial sector, including owning her own wealth management business. She has extensive volunteer experience with a number of organizations including the Junior League and CASA in the Bay Area and Santa Barbara. Ms. McLelland has a finance background and works at Montecito Bank and Trust. She has board and event experience with several other nonprofits.. Ms. Nobel has worked with organizations such as the Girl Scouts of America and CASA of Ventura County. email: mmcmahon@newspress. com

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Columnist James Buckley predicts Republicans will dominate the Senate after the midterms with 56 seats.

Republican majority likely in Senate

two years. s mandated by the But “up for grabs” isn’t really U.S. Constitution, what generally happens, as the there is an election coming up on the first re-election rate for senators is, according to the Open Secrets’ Tuesday after the website, nearly 90%. first Monday in November, which Nine out of 10 senators are this year means Nov. 8. It’s not ordinarily re-elected to serve yet too early to begin to consider the another six-year term. So, of the odds of what these 2022 elections 33 or 34 seats “up for grabs,” only will look like and what they may three are likely to change hands portend for the upcoming 2024 — or political parties — presidential election. in any given year. So, first, we’ll look at PURELY But this isn’t any the senatorial races and POLITICAL given year. The Reagan try to ascertain the odds Revolution of 1980, of a Republican Senate, for example, not only which I’m figuring is swept Ronald Reagan about 90% likely. into the White House, Here’s why. but also produced the Let’s start with the anomalous Senate numbers. On the one results that skewed those hand, there are 100 U.S. James Buckley percentages. senators, two for each President Reagan’s state, which means a huge victory over state with less than a “Mr. Malaise” (from the million inhabitants, say, Wyoming French mal a l’aise, translated or Delaware, has the same loosely as “uncomfortable”) representation in the Senate as — President Jimmy Carter — California or Texas. cost the Democratic Party 12 The U.S. House of senators. Their seats were lost Representatives, on the other to Republicans, who won the hand, is composed of 435 voting majority for the first time in a members, and the number of quarter-century. representatives is based solely So we have a precedent, and upon the number of people living within its boundaries. In any case, as things look now, we could be looking at a 56/44 or better each state is allowed at least one Republican/Democrat split in the representative. Senate. All U.S. representatives are Here’s how: elected or re-elected every two J.D. Vance will win his race years. Senators run every six against Democrat Tim Ryan years, and a third of them are in Ohio to replace retiring on the ballot each election. That Republican Sen. Rob Portman. means there are always 33 or 34 Dr. Mehmet Oz will beat Senate seats up for grabs every

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Democratic senatorial candidate John Fetterman in Pennsylvania, but it may be closer than he or we would like. Dr. Oz is running to secure retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey’s seat. In Alaska, Sen. Lisa Murkowski is likely to lose to Kelly Tshibaka in the upcoming primary. Ms. Tshibaka will go on to take the U.S. Senate seat. Both are Republicans. Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly will lose to whoever his Republican competition is, following a heated primary. Arkansas Sen. John Boozman, a Republican, will win his bid for a third term. California, forget about it. Though the Republican candidacy of Mark Meuser may garner some support, it won’t be nearly enough. I do believe two-term Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet

of Colorado has a chance to lose his seat, though unlikely. Unfortunately, one of the sleaziest Democrats — 75-yearold Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut — doesn’t have much competition, so he too will stay in the Senate. Republican Sen. Marco Rubio will win re-election easily in Florida. Raphael Warnock, the weakest of the two Georgia Democrats who won their seats in the contested 2020 election, is a likely loser to football legend Herschel Walker. Hawaii’s Brian Schatz, a Democrat, has no opposition, so he stays. Idaho Republican Mike Crapo will win his fifth term easily. I do believe the Democratic senator from Illinois, Tammy Duckworth, will also go down to her Republican opponent.

In Indiana, Republican Todd Young will retain his seat in the Senate. Chuck Grassley, a Republican, is 88 years old but is running in Iowa for one last time in order to help usher in a Republican-led Senate. He’ll be successful. (But then, he should retire and let a younger Republican take the office.) Two Republicans — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul — will both win their respective races, as will Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy. Maryland’s Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen will be ousted by Republican Larry Hogan, currently serving as Maryland’s governor. Nevada Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto will lose to Please see BUCKLEY on C4

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rrogant and having no grasp on reality are just two of the kinder descriptions for California’s Gavin Newsom, who passes himself off as a governor. Never has someone who lives so deeply in his own mind display it so publicly with complete lack of personal awareness. Gov. Newsom had the gall to run ads in Florida begging people (many who moved there to get away from him), to come to a state he claims is filled with a plethora of freedoms. Free to shoot up drugs al fresco, free to come Illegally from a foreign land and set up camp with free stuff, free to commit crimes and then go free, free to change your gender when you’re still trying to deal with new braces, free bail, free sidewalk, or free housing in public parks. Florida ranks No. 2 as the freest state, and tarnished California is

amount living in poverty, highest No. 48. And I think that’s still too unemployment. And those are just high on the list. the high points. I’m pretty sure What’s Gov. Newsom talking residents in places like Missouri, about? Arkansas or Oklahoma witnessing On the other hand, if you’re these wonderful things someone who works for Gov. Newsom bequeathed a living and is trying to California would love to make ends meet and have them imposed upon you’re not getting free their states. handouts from Santa Except for some of the Newsom, you’re going to very woke states like be paying, through the New York, Oregon or nose. And it really hurts Washington, California is a when that happens. Henry national, and likely, global Gov. Newsom, fluffing Schulte joke. up his own red carpet for No one wants to be like 2024, thinks so highly of The author California, and it’s never himself he’s convinced lives in Solvang more evident as you watch the country will embrace the moving vans and loaded such a “charismatic trucks flying across the border to leader.” He sees no problem to bestow upon the rest of the country drive on better highways, blowing their last bit of carbon emissions at what he’s imposed on Californians, the state. Since Gov. Newsom took which we all know are the highest office, he can proudly take credit taxes, highest gas prices, highest for more people pouring out of the housing costs, highest rents, state in recorded U.S. history. highest illegal immigrants, highest

The old saying, “Go west, young man” has changed to “Go east — as far as you can.” It is hard to imagine, but some people are so blinded by how in love they are with themselves they’re convinced they truly are something special. California is the trailblazer in showing how leading from the left is an enormous failure. We’re a mess. And if President Joe Biden survives till 2024 and, God help us, runs again, or, if he bows out early and Vice President Kamala Harris succeeds him, and we’re left with Vice President Harris and Gov. Newsom as Democratic hopefuls in 2024 and one of them wins, the election will have to be so rigged Russian President Vladimir Putin would blush. We’ll be lucky if we make it another two years as it is. It’s rich how Gov. Newsom, with a straight face, claims California Please see SCHULTE on C4

he most important mission of the Did You Know? column is keeping our citizens informed of issues that affect our environment, our traditions, and our local and state governments. A lot of our information comes from readers who are anxious to alert others about what’s happening in their neck of the woods. Most recently to our great alarm, we have become aware that the strip of natural preserve that exists on Modoc Road between Hollister Avenue and La Cumbre Road is under threat of destruction and unnecessary development. As a result of this current threat, a neighborhood committee has quickly organized called CAMP – Community Association for the Modoc Preserve. The committee is fighting to save 63 mature droughttolerant trees that are targeted for removal from along Modoc Road by Santa Barbara County to construct a $5.35 million Class I bike path when a perfectly good and safe Class II bike path already exists. This neighborhood community only found out about this project a short three weeks ago, while many people are on summer vacations. Residents feel that Santa Barbara area citizens were not allowed input, denying us due process. They have started a petition on change.org with 669 supporters. Here’s the link: www.change.org/p/savethe-modoc-road-trees?utm_ source=share_petition&utm_ medium=custom_ url&recruited_by_id=74a99e20f65c-11ec-b717-4152e9f36e45. This committee objects to the removal of the 63 trees, and their shade canopy, which will cause adverse environmental changes in this area, as well as negate the “distinctive visual character and park-like setting” to the Modoc Road area adjacent to the 25-acre Modoc Preserve, as noted in the Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration. Even though many of these trees are “non-native,” they have been here for 100 years and are survivors of the Painted Cave Fire 33 years ago. They are beautiful and establish the character of not only that neighborhood, but a bucolic nature that echoes the theme for which Sb is known. They provide a very important habitat and shade to many species of birds, mammals, and other organisms that dwell in the Modoc Preserve. Embracing biodiversity is a more sensible approach. Leaving well-established, drought-tolerant, non-natives to co-exist with natives, especially, in semi-rural to urban areas, makes much more sense. The supporters of the Ellwood Butterfly Grove and Carpinteria Bluffs preserves would agree. The recommendation is a nobuild alternative. Let’s try easy and inexpensive traffic calming solutions first: specifically, restriping the current bike lanes similar to others in Goleta, and instituting the speed limit at 35 mph along this entire 1-mile section. Also, turn on the digital speed monitoring device already in place. Keep this valuable natural open space undeveloped “forever” and “in perpetuity,” as stated in the Modoc Preserve easement signed in 1999, for which was fought for and won. The fate of this precious intact Modoc preserve comes before the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 17, 2022. Please let them know what this means to local citizens. Unless you Please see DONOVAN on C4

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Supreme Court looked forward instead of backward. We now are tasked with the mission of using our legs, our wallets and our votes to turn back this medieval attempt to remove rights we had — rights we had taken for granted. My mother would have asked everyone to get out and vote. She was 99 years old and had seen so much positive growth in her lifetime. Let’s honor her and her fellow pioneers in reproductive health by voting in November for people who will work to overturn this turn to the right by our courts. They weren’t called the dark ages for nothing.

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At top, the News-Press photographer found Douglass Avenue to be in bad shape from Central Avenue to Ocean Avenue in the Lompoc Valley. Above, Renwick Road is seen off Ocean Avenue in the Lompoc Valley.

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If this is freedom…

ov. Gavin group of motorists in the Newsom, country. read that California businesses 2024-wannaare free to suffer befrom outrageous costs presidential-candidate having to do with legal Gavin Newsom, unveiled liabilities — we are an ad urging Florida consistently rated the residents and businesses top judicial hellhole in to come to California, America! — due to such “where we still believe in things as Prop. 65 and freedom.” American Disability Act Talk about a world lawsuits, which have class narcissist living created a bounty hunter in complete denial of situation among lawyers reality! For the fact via nuisance of the matter is that lawsuits. California has one As bad as of the highest outthings are, they migration rates in are about to get the country, second worse because of only to another Assembly Bill 5, liberal bastion hell which was signed Andy Caldwell hole, New York! into law a few Why is that? Let’s years ago. consider Gov. Newsom’s This bill, which was fake news as it pertains to created at the behest California freedom. of unions, sought to Californians are free to eliminate private have the highest taxes in contracting jobs in the country. California. Why? Californians are free to Because private sector pay some of the highest unions can’t recruit real estate and rent prices individual contractors for in the country. representation. The initial Californians are free to focus of this legislation suffer some of the highest involved more than crime rates in the country. 100 job classifications, Californians are free to including doctors, nurses, pay some of the highest musicians, and of course, gasoline and electricity Uber and Lyft drivers. prices in the country. By way of lots and Californians are free lots of politicking and to sit in the dark as they a ballot measure, suffer the most electricity most classifications blackouts in the country. of contractors were Californians are free to summarily exempted have the highest number from AB5, with the of illegal aliens in the notable exception of country. independent truckers, Californians are free to some 70,000 of them, who have the most people on sued the state to keep welfare in the country. on trucking. Well, the Californians are free to truckers recently lost that have the greatest number case, and now our supply of homeless people in the chain crisis is about to get country. phenomenally worse! Californians are free to You can thank the have the worst schools in governor and the state the country. legislature for what Californians are free to you are about to suffer have the highest pension because AB5 was a and infrastructure solution in search of a debts and deficits in the problem. country. Californians are free to Andy Caldwell is the have the highest cost and COLAB executive director greatest scarcity of water and host of “The Andy in the country. Caldwell Show,” airing 3 to Californians are free 5 p.m. weekdays on KZSB to sit in traffic gridlock AM 1290, the News-Press longer than any other radio station.

Is the Lompoc Valley an orphan?

ooking at the new supervisors’ map for Santa Barbara County, the farmland west of Lompoc is in the 4th District. Lompoc is in the 3rd. In the Lompoc Valley, only two roads run east to west, Central and Ocean. Construction closed Central between July 6 and July 11. Those dates include a SpaceX launch. It was closed for a “one-day” pipe crossing. It was inconvenient to many, including visitors watching the launch. Where else in Santa Barbara County, would we tolerate a six-day closing of a major road? The roads that run north and south at half-mile intervals are in terrible shape. Renwick, Artesia, Bailey and Douglass used to be high-quality roads. After years of neglect and deferred maintenance, they are terrible. The roads look like third-world country roads. We grow first-world food and pay first-world taxes for third-world maintenance. The county complains about lack of money, yet somehow, they found $1 million for their share of the new Floradale bridge. I am just a farmer, but the old bridge looked fine to me. The county has money when it wants, but no one seems to care about the west valley. Can you imagine our road quality in Santa Maria, Santa Ynez, Buellton, Guadalupe, Los Alamos or Goleta? We in Lompoc are cursed to have the worst road system in the county and maybe the state. Is the Lompoc roads the equivalent of the Gaviota rest stops? Steve Jordan Lompoc Editor’s note: After receiving Mr. Jordan’s letter, the News-Press

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interviewed him and a spokesman for the Santa Barbara County Public Works Department. The story ran in Friday’s NewsPress, but remains available at newspress.com.

Let’s honor pioneers in reproductive health

t is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of Sophie Feldman, a formidable woman whose passing came in the same week that the U.S. Supreme Court chose to jeopardize the lives of millions of women across these United States. I am choosing to write the editor, rather than the obituary department, as Sophie, my mother, was the first clinic director of Santa Barbara’s office of Planned Parenthood during the 1970s. She was a public health nurse who grew up in Indiana and worked in home health after World War II before moving to California in 1957 with her family . After having three kids and getting us on our ways, she chose to go back to school to become one of the first certified nurse practitioners in California with a specialty in reproductive health. She ran the Planned Parenthood clinic in Santa Barbara and Lompoc until moving elsewhere in Southern California in 1979 when she retired. The hundreds, if not thousands, of women who came through those doors did so in the belief that they had a right to reproductive health care protected by the Constitution and that it would be available in a safe, and medically ethical, setting with caring providers trained to assist them. I am glad that my mom was able to realize a goal of using her training and compassion to help the women of Santa Barbara County with the difficult decisions they had to make. So many of us grew up in an environment where the U.S.

The author lives in Santa Barbara.

Can you legally defend yourself?

We are warned daily to stay home, lock our doors and windows and to not leave our cars on the street. If we feel the need to get out of the house for a cappuccino on Coast Village Road, we are advised to not wear Rolex watches and other bling (we don’t have any), leave our designer purses (I don’t own any) and wallets home, to use instead our pockets. Such is village life in Southern California these days. Those who live down the hill in Santa Barbara are advised to watch their backs on State Street. Especially at night and on lower State Street. Some may think I’m exaggerating and am privileged to have lived in Europe for two decades. They are right. But we wouldn’t want to live there now. Europe has also changed for the worse. Just ask our children who live in France.

recent event in New York City is illustrating whether under the law, you can defend yourself and others for reasons of health and safety. The incident occurred at 11 p.m. on a recent Friday night in the Harlem section of New York City in a bodegas, which is a small version of a convenience store that primarily sells deli sandwiches, coffee and individual cigarettes. A woman of undefined age, referred to as “mom, Simon’s girlfriend,” or just “girlfriend,” had her 10-year-old daughter pick up a bag of potato chips. When the woman’s “benefits” card,” which is how welfare payments are made, was declined, the clerk, Jose Alba, took the chips bag back. The surveillance camera shows that the woman screamed obscenities and threatened to bring her man to attack the clerk. In a few minutes she returned with her man, Austin Simon, 35, an ex-con on probation for assault with 27 previous arrests. As Mr. Simon rushed behind the small counter, the much smaller 61-year-old clerk, Mr. Alba, apparently thinking Mr. Simon was the father of the 10-yearold, said, “Papa, I don’t want a problem, papa.” Papa or not, Mr. Simon was much younger, bigger, stronger and as his conviction for assault indicated, prone to violence. He broke shelves while pushing Mr. Alba down. Mr. Alba managed to wrestle a hand free from Mr. Simon to grab a kitchen knife and stab Mr. Simon as the woman who, unlike Mr. Alba, carried a knife, pulled a knife from her purse and stabbed Mr. Alba in the arm. Mr. Simon died from the knife wounds, and Mr. Alba recovered while displaying his lack of malice by not attacking the woman for stabbing him. What were the legal consequences for Mr. Alba and the woman? The legal consequences for what are labeled the “duty to retreat” or “stand your ground.” And they vary considerably from state to state. “Duty to retreat” means if threatened, you have a duty to retreat rather than defend yourself or others. “Duty to retreat” states include New York, Vermont and Wisconsin. Most states have one of three forms of “stand your ground” where: • You have no duty to retreat, which includes California although there are limits as discussed below • You live under the “Castle Doctrine,” after the theory that your home is your castle. That provides three categories for having no duty to retreat if you are: a) in you home, in states such as Maine, Minnesota and N.J.; b) in your home or vehicle, as in Ohio; in your home, vehicle or place of work in states such as Delaware, North Dakota and Nebraska. • You have a duty to retreat if you can do so safely. In the Bodegas matter, prosecutor Jennifer Sigall charged Mr. Alba with seconddegree murder, which is murder with “malicious intent” (which seems like a strain since Mr. Simon attacked him) but is not premeditated. It carries a sentence of 15 years to life. His bail of $500,000 guaranteed that this clerk working the night shift in a bodegas in Harlem would be sent to the notoriously harsh jail called Rikers Island while the woman, who carried the knife she used to stab Mr. Alba, was not even charged with assault. Why? Ms. Sigall said “Alba was only justified in using deadly force

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he chant of “my body, my choice” doesn’t apply in too many areas of life today. Women were given a gift of responsibility through childbirth: to love and bring another human being into existence. But that responsibility brings up a lot of questions: rape, incest, youthful victims, adoption expense, the mother’s life and much more. The penalty for rape or incest should be severe enough to dissuade perpetrators. Fines, prison, and castration (that’s neither “cruel or unusual punishment”) should scare a few away. Reasonable adoption fees should be determined. (My wife and I faced adoption fees a $45,000 in’72!) These are factors that need to be brought together, discussed, and implanted. Science tells us that life begins at conception. Let’s go from there and improve the regulations of the topic. Our “choices” with masks and the vaccines are limited to our government’s standards. We have no choice. And we must consider our military’s choice for young men. Hundreds of thousands of young men, not women, (18 and older) were drafted into the military against their wishes (before the all-volunteer military). There was no “choice,” family circumstances were an issue. I was drafted at the age of 18 into the military during my second year in college at Kansas State University. I had paid two years of tuition, room, and board, and lost it all. However, there was a choice for young men: Flee to Canada. Not! I couldn’t vote in the presidential election, but I could be sent to Vietnam with my return not guaranteed. So life is complicated and confusing. We must continue to progress and improve. Randy Rosness Solvang

Parklets benefit Santa Barbara

want to start off by saying that I generally agree with the “Did You Know?” column each week, including this past week’s column on the positive leadership qualities of our new mayor. However, one statement is missing a very important point. Columnist Bonnie Donovan states: “Any restaurant with a parklet wants to keep it for the obvious reasons: It doubles their seating capacity and enhances their income. But we cannot let their interests supersede the needs and the shared traditions of the people of Santa Barbara.” Please see LETTERS on C4

Crime is ruining formerly safe, peaceful towns

ve lived my whole life for a peaceful, safe retirement. mostly in towns and The only city I’ve lived in is villages, by choice, for New York, and that, too, was by necessity and with luck. choice, necessity and luck. Choice: From Weston, Conn., No more commuting from New which was a small town when Canaan, Conn., for Richard, when my parents moved there from the children had finished college. Manhattan for a peaceful Necessity: Richard’s Call Jones life in 1946, to Waterloo, job meant he was a cab Corner Belgium, where my ride away from John F. husband and I moved to Kennedy International The author from Switzerland in 1984. Airport. Luck: We found lives in Waterloo was a short an apartment on the then Montecito train ride to Richard’s safe, upper East Side, office in Brussels. A which would take a dog Brit, Richard was fascinated by and was only three blocks from the town’s history and loved to then-safe Central Park. take family and friends to the We feel we made the right battlefield with the Wellington choices back then. vs. Napoleon lore. We sometimes Crime in Montecito has risen wondered if the famous town sharply since we moved here from would be our Waterloo, when we Scottsdale, Ariz., in 2006. Many of paid Belgium’s outrageous taxes, the well-heeled residents — even the railway frequently went on those celebrities behind gates strike and crime was spiking with and/or those who have aroundthe influx of wealthy, on-the-move the-clock security (one couple, European Union diplomats. who moved here in 2020 comes to We moved to Montecito in 2006 mind) — are afraid.

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Why some of us can’t dine in peace

ifteen years ago, when I still lived in the D.C. swamp, I took my elementary school daughter and toddler son out for one of our regular weekend breakfasts at IHOP. But we couldn’t be left alone to enjoy our meal. As my kids dug into their funnyface pancakes, a fuming-faced liberal marched to our booth and started ranting about my antiopen-borders commentaries on Fox News. The incident occurred not long after Geraldo Rivera told a Boston Globe reporter that I was the “most vile, hateful commentator I’ve ever met in my life” and that “it’s good she’s in D.C. and I’m in New York” because “I’d spit on her if I saw her.” Fifteen years later, I’m blacklisted by the “fair and balanced” network, while forktongued cable news reptile Geraldo Rivera remains a heavily promoted Fox News contributor who regularly attacks everyone else (including his former friend Donald Trump) for inciting violence. File under “chutzpah.” Fifteen years later, organized mobs in the nation’s capital are targeting Supreme Court justices in their homes. Fifteen years later, the goons of ShutDownDC, leading instigators of “direct action” (translation: domestic terrorism) against

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the far left’s political enemies, of abuse of, and violence against, have now offered bounties of up conservative public figures in both to $200 on Twitter to stalk and public and private spaces. See, for harass Justices Brett Kavanaugh, example, my 2006 encyclopedia Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, of left-wing loons, “Unhinged: Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett Exposing Liberals Gone Wild.” and John Roberts. In Naturally, militant a Twitter post that abortion zealots cheered brazenly violates the the Morton’s ambush and social media giant’s own mocked the justices who rules against targeted are under siege — even harassment and as Kavanaugh’s would-be incitements to violence, assassin faces attempted ShutDownDC called murder charges after on D.C.-area service flying from California to Michelle Malkin the judge’s home in the D.C. industry workers to expose the whereabouts area to kill him. On cue, of the conservative the Biden administration justices who overturned Roe v. defended and encouraged more Wade. The call to arms came after such protest for abortion on Justice Kavanaugh was hounded demand. But ShutDownDC’s out of Morton’s steakhouse in D.C. summer of staged rage isn’t about In a rare display of business any sincerely held despair over defiance of the mob, Morton’s the right to murder unborn babies, responded in a statement that just as the attacks on Trump Justice Kavanaugh and other officials at their homes and in patrons “were unduly harassed restaurants in 2018 weren’t really, by unruly protestors” and that in the end, merely about President politics “should not trample ... Donald Trump or America First the right to congregate and eat populism or borders. dinner.” Remember: ShutDownDC Or to eat an IHOP breakfast is a full-time, deep-pocketed with children! front group for wealthy woke One outlet characterized the heiresses like Aileen Getty and latest intimidation campaign Rory Kennedy who hop from against the SCOTUS judges as “progressive” cause celebre to a “troubling escalation.” But I cause celebre. know from both professional As I’ve reported previously, and up-close-and-personal their compadres in the invasive experience that all this ugliness is Sunrise Movement are a parallel a continuation of years and years disruption outfit backed by the

Sierra Club that agitated for the Green New Deal, Black Lives Matter and the Defund the Police movement before mobilizing to attack the private homes of Senate Republicans who confirmed Trump’s judges. Even more alarming: the presence of ShutDownDC subversives embedded in federal government agencies including Takoma Park Mobilization, Alt U.S. National Park Service, Alt Ed, Alt FDA, Alt NOAA, Alt U.S. Forest Service, Alt EPA, and BadHombreLands National Park Service. Reminder: The Sierra Club (annual budget: $100 million; top donors: Michael Bloomberg, George Soros) provided fivefigure initial seed grants to Sunrise’s educational arm, as well as Beltway office space. Other original funders of Sunrise: The Rockefeller Foundation and Wallace Global Fund (which also contributed to the George Sorossubsidized Tides Center, Color of Change cancel culture guerilla warriors, and far-left legal policy groups Alliance for Justice and the Brennan Center for Justice). The Sunrise Movement’s cofounder, Evan Weber, is a former Occupy Wall Street organizer. Two others, Sara Blazevic and Varshini Prakash, are Green New Deal zealots and Sen. Bernie Sanders activists. Prakash serves as an advisory board member of Climate Power 2020

along with Soros-funded Center for American Progress head John Podesta, former Obama administration environmental czar Carol Browner, former Obama administration science czar John Holdren, former Obama administration Secretary of State John Kerry, former Obama administration EPA head Gina McCarthy, and former Obama administration U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power. Some of us can’t dine in peace because our simple existence is a threat to the “liberal world order.” If you can’t be controlled, you must be de-personed. “Tolerance” is only for the intolerant. The rules of civility don’t apply to the self-righteous monsters sporting “empathy” bumper stickers on their cars and “love is love” banners in the windows of their homes and businesses that will always be safe from potbangers, Molotov cocktail-hurlers and billionaire-funded dissentcrushers. Bon appetit, end-stage America. 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 www.creators.com. Copyright 2022 by Creators.com.

Britain’s Boris Johnson is almost out

rime Minister Boris Johnson resigned as Conservative Party leader on July 7, but is not out of power. Characteristically, he seems to be maneuvering to cling to office as head of the British government as long as he can. Mr. Johnson acknowledged the need to step down, without actually using those words, and said nothing about growing ethics scandals swirling around him. Instead, he boasted of great accomplishments in government and indicated this requires him to remain during the transition. Through July 6, Prime Minister Johnson had insisted there was no way he would step down. He Arthur I. felt himself Cyr indispensable, government success undeniable. This separation from reality, self-praise in the face of general outrage, is remarkably similar to the behavior of former President Donald Trump. In fact, the special relationship between the United Kingdom (Britain plus Northern Ireland) and the United States involves important, often fascinating, at times vital interplay between the leaders of the two nations. The final straw that broke the back of Conservative support for their colorful leader was clear evidence of breaking pandemic rules. Photos showed he and others in the government participated in parties prohibited by their own COVID-19 restrictions. On this matter and others, Prime Minister Johnson has been rather casual in handling the truth. In other words, he is a liar. To the British, lying in Parliament is intolerable, no exceptions. Nearly 60 members of Prime Minister Johnson’s government, almost half, have resigned in protest of this behavior. Last

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month, Mr. Johnson survived a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons, but nearly 40% of his own party voted against him. Only the massive parliamentary majority secured by Conservatives in the December 2019 general election saved him. The Conservatives have also done badly in recent by-elections,

for individual vacant seats in the House of Commons, and local elections in May. The Liberal Democrats made major gains, and the Labour Party remains strong. Professor Sir John Curtice of Strathclyde University in Scotland is insightful and influential. His analysis for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)

emphasized the Liberal Democrats’ success. Northern Ireland also has witnessed significant shifts. Sinn Fein, the nationalist party that seeks a break from Britain and unification with Ireland, in May elections led voting for the first time. This means further separatist pressure on the British

government. Low-key, conscientious Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May succeeded David Cameron in 2016, after the surprise defeat of his referendum aimed at remaining in the European Union. She negotiated complex withdrawal accords with the Eurocrats in Brussels, only to face rejection three times in Parliament, including in her own party. Finally, Good Citizen May was replaced by Bombastic Boris Johnson, who rushed through general leave-Europe legislation, postponing details. The eventual cost included renewed conflict in Northern Ireland, but Britain left the EU. Now, the brazen irresponsible Johnson approach of leaving Europe without addressing essential details is causing growing trade and investment problems, especially for Northern Ireland. Increasing numbers of people back the Liberal Democrats precisely because they generally remain separate from the established Conservative and Labour parties that dominated politics through most of the 20th century. The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government from 2010 to 2015 ultimately hurt the latter. In Britain, Prime Minister Johnson will soon be gone, even if kicking and screaming while being hauled away. Throughout, the nation remains a leader in combining representative government with essentially stable institutions. Arthur I. Cyr is author of “After the Cold War - American Foreign Policy, Europe and Asia” (NYU Press and Palgrave/Macmillan). He is also the director of the Clausen Center at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisc., and a Clausen Distinguished Professor. He welcomes questions and comments at acyr@carthage.edu.

It’s time for President Joe Biden to resign

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t is difficult, perhaps veered off-script and announced impossible, to describe that Russian kingpin Vladimir just how bad President Joe Putin “cannot remain in power.” Biden is at his job. There is a sordid history of such Comparisons to Jimmy meddlesome talk when it comes to Carter are pervasive, but they’re U.S. foreign policy, encapsulated trite — and too flattering to by John Bolton’s shockingly President Carter. Perhaps a more candid on-air admission to Jake apt (and dark) analogy, Tapper this week that he given how civic strife has has “helped plan coups reached a fever pitch, d’etat.” President Biden, is to James Buchanan, in Poland, thus explicitly historians’ typical called for regime change consensus pick for worst against the long-standing president ever. leader of a nuclearIndeed, to fully armed hegemon. As the capture the absolute writer David P. Goldman Josh Hammer horror that is this senile immediately pointed near-octogenarian’s out, multiple generations presidential swan song would be of Cold War-era U.S. presidents a Herculean task, better suited knew to never so explicitly provoke for a David McCullough-style the Kremlin. The White House biography than a column. But for immediately — and implausibly present purposes, and despite the — attempted to walk back, difficulty of narrowing down from and downplay, Biden’s clarion such a vast sample size, consider a utterance. few examples from recent months. In May, for the third time in In late March, in a combative under a year, the White House speech in Warsaw, President Biden similarly had to walk back a Biden

claim about the U.S.’ willingness to go to war to defend Taiwan against a possible — perhaps impending — People’s Liberation Army invasion. During a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, President Biden was asked point-blank if Uncle Sam would defend Taipei if Beijing invaded. President Biden answered “yes” — botching the actual commitment the U.S. made in the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, under which the U.S. is merely required to provide prophylactic defensive resources to Taipei, not to actually defend it in the event of an invasion. A mealy-mouthed White House statement tried to walk it back, but the damage was done. President Biden had also made virtually identical comments last August and October. Turns out the adage about not being able to teach an old dog new tricks is true. Last week, President Biden touched down in Israel for the first Middle East trip of his presidency.

Upon landing at Ben Gurion Airport, Mr. Biden stepped off Air Force One and quickly asked his aides, “What am I doing now?” Shortly thereafter, President Biden stumbled his way to a microphone and pronounced his desire to “keep alive the truth and honor of the Holocaust.” The following day, during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Mr. Biden alluded to a “list” of preapproved — and presumably friendly — reporters that his team had prepared for him beforehand. This was less than a week after an embarrassing flub back in Washington, when Mr. Biden read off a teleprompter, Ron Burgundystyle: “end of quote, repeat the line.” And that was just a few weeks after the president fell off a stationary bicycle. These are not mere frivolous “gaffes,” the sort of thing one can laugh off. These are horrific Please see HAMMER on C4

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Dictator envy

ome Western leaders envy dictators’ powers. President Donald Trump said, when North Korea’s Kim Jong-un speaks, “his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.” President Barack Obama told reporters it would be so much easier to be the president of China. Canada’s foolish prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said he admires China because “their basic dictatorship is allowing them to actually turn their economy around on a dime.” These are stupid and dangerous fantasies. Some people have a “utopian dream that if only someone at the top could just point us in a certain direction, everything would go well,” says historian Johan Norberg in my new video. “People like a strong leader,” I point out. “A strong leader of their own imagination,” Mr. Norberg responds. One example he gives: “Thomas Friedman of The New York Times famously said that he wanted to be China for a day to solve global warming.” If Mr. Friedman were dictator, he could solve global warming? I doubt it. Yes, China has built lots of wind turbines. “But those wind turbines don’t produce more power!” Mr. Norberg points out. “Around 30% of them are not even connected to the grid. And why is that? Because they didn’t build them to make money. They built them because they wanted to meet a political goal.” So China has useless wind turbines and, for power, builds more coal plants. Another example: American media said we should look to China to contain COVID-19. NBC’s Chuck Todd asked Dr. Anthony Fauci, “How uncomfortable is it that perhaps China’s authoritarian ways did prevent this?” Dr. Fauci replies that China “prevented a broader spread.” But China’s “’Zero COVID’ policy turned into a nightmare,” says Mr. Norberg. China locked people into homes. One city even killed COVID patients’ pets. China is still the one country that will not acknowledge that we may have Please see STOSSEL on C4

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Continued from Page C1 show up and speak up, this will be destroyed. (Become an objector, not a protestor!) Turning once again to our continued efforts to support a strong and traditional curriculum in our local school system, we look with interest at how the state of Florida is addressing a new model for curriculum that all state education departments, K-9, can follow. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis states that this curriculum “teaches students to identify the ideals, institutions, and individual examples of human liberty, individualism, religious freedom and republican selfgovernment,” among other things. These state standards provide a comprehensive approach to teaching history, geography, civics and economics with an emphasis

on western civilizations. “Within these subjects, students learn about how history was influenced by liberty; faith and nations; science and technology; economics; state and society; and culture,” Gov. DeSantis said. “The lessons are designed to teach students to understand the exceptional but fragile achievement embodied in the creation and preservation of the American republic.” We admire that Florida has adopted education standards that require public school instruction to adhere to principles of individual freedom and to ensure “freedom from indoctrination.” Gov. DeSantis also states that, “No one should be instructed to feel as if they are not equal or shamed because of their race. There is no place for indoctrination or discrimination in Florida.” This curriculum has come into being as the result of the efforts

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of members of the executive committee spearheading the initiative from the Pioneer Institute, the Claremont Institute, Center of the American Experiment, the Cardinal Institute, Idaho Freedom Foundation, National Association of Scholars, John Locke Foundation and Californians for Equal Rights Foundation. This committee obviously came to the table with concrete ideas already generated, unlike our present Santa Barbara City Council. This alliance has reached out to all 50 state governors encouraging them to adopt these standards. Gov. Gavin Newsom? Speaking of Gov. Newsom, did you know that he recently launched an advertisement (ironically on Independence Day) telling Florida residents their freedom was under attack in the Sunshine State and encouraging them to move to the Golden State

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instead? Not skipping a beat, Gov. Ron DeSantis retorted that Gov. Newsom “might as well light a pile of cash on fire,” suggesting the ad was a waste of money. After all, Florida ranks second in business in the nation and third in education. It imposes a much lower tax rate and has seen much lower unemployment. With these new education standards in place, Florida continues to outshine California’s curriculum, which puts the emphasis on race and gender, rather than traditional instruction, despite widespread pushback from parents and concerned citizens. If we don’t celebrate American exceptionalism, we could become like Greece, where everyone is clamoring for the next government dollar. Greece is the birth of democracy. And the country descended into a second-world nation, such as Italy.

Vladimir Putin assumed Ukrainians ‘would just run away’ STOSSEL

Continued from Page C3 to learn to live with COVID. “That’s what you get with dictators,” says Mr. Norberg. “If government is big enough to give you anything, it’s big enough to take everything away from you.” At the beginning of the pandemic, America imitated China’s lockdowns. The mayor of Los Angeles threatened to shut off power to people who did not follow his orders. There was lots of political bickering about what our COVID rules should be. People don’t like the bickering, but Mr. Norberg calls it one of democracy’s strengths.

“Because it means that we see different things and we bring different ideas to the table.” By contrast, “when we have one guy at the top, they begin to fall for their own propaganda.” That’s probably what led to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Putin thought that his own military was in excellent shape,” says Mr. Norberg. “Ukraine was seen as a joke of a country, a place of latte-drinking comedians.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a comedian before becoming president. Vladimir Putin assumed Ukrainians “would just run away the moment they saw muscular Russian paratroopers,” says Mr. Norberg. “But it’s been a disaster

for them.” In freer countries, Mr. Norberg points out, “journalists (and) people online would’ve seen those problems and brought them forth.” But President Putin’s advisers fear telling him the truth. It’s fun to watch one of his flunkies groveling. I understand why his adviser stammers. Pointing out a problem might get him jailed, if not killed. It’s why dictators get bad information. They make bad decisions because there’s no open dissent. “That’s what happens when you centralize,” says Mr. Norberg. “You lose individual initiative ... local knowledge. If you can mobilize everybody in one direction, sometimes they mobilize us all over

the cliff.” I’m glad America has a government with limited powers. “Democracy cannot guarantee the best governance, but it can prevent the worst from happening,” concludes Mr. Norberg. “That is enough. That’s really what freedom and democracy is about. It doesn’t guarantee us heaven, but at least it makes us sure that we won’t end up in hell.” John Stossel is creator of Stossel TV and 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.

We are too old to move to another village or town CORNER

Continued from Page C2 Back in the 1970s, we brought up three children in the village of Lutry, on Lac Léman where they could walk to school. Then we moved to a village above the town of Morges, across the road from Audrey Hepburn. I never met Ms. Hepburn — unless, if buying mushrooms next to her in the town’s Saturday open market counts. Safety and anonymity were the reasons so many celebrities chose to live where we did. There were also excellent schools. We only locked our door at night and if we were going out of town. Petty crime didn’t exist. But our wealthy, Greek neighbor’s son was kidnapped and held for ransom

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Continued from Page C1 Republican Adam Laxalt. Maggie Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat, will likely lose to Republican Chuck Morse or whoever wins the Republican primary in September. Current Majority Leader Charles “Chuck” Schumer will win his fifth term as a U.S. senator from New York, though I believe his percentage won’t be anywhere near the 70% he received last time out (2016). In North Dakota, Republican Sen. John Hoeven will retain his seat, as will Republican James Lankford in Oklahoma. Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden could lose to Republican Jo Rae Perkins, the surprise winner of the recent Republican primary. Republican Tim Scott in South Carolina and John Thune of South Dakota will retain their seats, as will Mike Lee in Utah.

in 1984. Perhaps that was the first sign to us that even Switzerland was changing. In 2019, when Black Lives Matter and Antifa held a rally for 2,000 people downtown to defund Santa Barbara’s fine police force, I became acutely aware of the city’s new flavor — wokeism. Since then, it’s frightening how beholden residents of Montecito and Santa Barbara have become to the left’s call to arms over redistribution of wealth, critical race theory in the schools and abortion, while avoiding illegal immigration, drugs and the homeless and the values that brought many residents to this so-called “Paradise on the Pacific”. On July Fourth, many people like us still tried to celebrate our country’s birth safely at home. With the massacres in Ulvade

and Highland Park and mob rule taking over our cities and institutions, we are scared. We are too old to move to another village or town. But will we be safe anywhere? After locking our doors, Richard and I still take our nightly stroll around the neighborhood. The other night, we bumped into a neighbor who asked if we knew what had happened in the house on the corner of APS, two streets away — the house with the pink flamingos? We didn’t. On the Fourth of July, police and rescue were called to the house with pink flamingos. A large quantity of drugs was seized, and a man was found dead from an overdose. When we got home, I asked Richard, “If the country’s villages and towns are no longer safe,

where do we live?” On Monday, as I drove down Alameda Padre Serra to Trader Joe’s, I noticed that the flamingos were down and lying by stuffed garbage bags. Apparently, if you have pink flamingos on your lawn, you’re signaling that it’s party time. Now, it must also mean that there are illegal drugs available to help you shop ’til you drop. In 2021, Donna Mason, a 76-year-old grandmother was walking to her car in a parking lot in the middle of the day, when she was attacked by a purse-grabbing thug. Luckily her daughter had bought her a little hand alarm that on pulling a pin set off a loud alarm. That little alarm may have saved her life. Wake up, America, or none of us will be celebrating future Fourths of July.

In the state of Washington, Patty Murray – the smarmiest U.S. senator – faces a real challenger in Republican Tiffany Smiley, who could take the prize. Republican Ron Johnson will win in Wisconsin. Though 87-year-old Richard Shelby isn’t running for reelection, Alabama isn’t about to elect a Democrat any time soon. Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, also a Republican, is also retiring at the relatively young age of 72, but the seat will stay in safe Republican hands. Republican Ted Budd looks to replace retiring Sen. Richard Burr in North Carolina. Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy is retiring, but Republicans don’t stand a chance in this deep blue state. In Oklahoma, James Inhofe is retiring, but Republicans will hold on to that seat. As long as Democrat big wigs such as attorney Marc Elias are prevented from conducting wide-

scale ballot harvesting drop-box raids and other shenanigans, we can look to a comfortable Republican majority in the Senate. As I see it, only six Democratic Senators are assured of victory, whereas 27 Republicans are likely to succeed in this cycle. Oh, and the Republican Party will definitely take the House of Representatives. I’m thinking they’ll end up with a 240-versus-195 majority, maybe even bigger. My crystal ball, cloudy though it is, tells me that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump will slug it out for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, but that Trump will win and DeSantis will be his chosen Veep. The only Democrats that worry me are Joe Manchin of West Virginia and former U.S. representative from Tennessee Harold Ford, Jr. (now a Fox News on-air contributor and regular on The Five). Both have honorable

principles and substantial charisma. The odds of either man either running for or attaining the Democratic nomination seem zero to none, but it is difficult to identify who will appear or arise out of the current left-wing Democrat morass. There you have it. These are, naturally, simply my prognostications. On Wednesday, Nov. 9 (or a week or month later depending upon when the election is finally over), I’ll either be hailed as the new Nostradamus or you’ll find me looking up recipes in the bird cookbook. I’m told crow is both tasty and nutritious (though tough to chew and even more difficult to swallow). James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes questions or comments at jimb@ substack.com. Readers are invited to visit jimb.substack.com, where Jim’s Journals are on file. He also invites people to subscribe to Jim’s Journal.

LETTERS

Continued from Page C2 One of the best qualities of our city, is the year-round beautiful climate and having these parklets allows both locals and tourists to enjoy our mild weather and stunning views, while they are eating and drinking at our restaurants. People who are opposed to the parklets frequently cite the parades that used to go up State Street as the reason the parklets should be removed. However, a very large number of Santa Barbara residents that I’ve spoken to, admit that they avoid the downtown area during parades and fiestas, meaning these festivals and parades are not actually for the “people of Santa Barbara,” but rather for people coming from other parts of the county and other counties. Other than that, I look forward to the next and future “Did You Know?” columns. Gene Tkac Santa Barbara

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Santa Barbara resident Gene Tkac has praised parklets, such as those on State Street, for allowing people to enjoy Santa Barbara’s mild weather and stunning views while they dine.

Not one thing is working right SCHULTE

Continued from Page C1 is the freest state in the union. It’s free if you’re Gov. Newsom, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Mark Zuckerberg, Google or Apple because rules don’t apply to them. And you know they’ll never be held accountable because the state is one humongous, corrupt, single-party political landfill. Money floods the state’s coffers, then flies out the windows of Sacramento to places most people don’t even know, into the pockets of friends, buddy construction companies and unions. Billions squandered on stupid things like that darn bullet train that they’re still claiming will roll on down the tracks someday. Never going to happen. Gov. Newsom promised a meager $400 to help with the high cost of fuel. That’s like four fillups these days. He talked about reducing or removing the gas tax and/or not raise it when the time came. But the greedy fingers of Democrats and the halls of Sacramento bulging with surplus tax dollars still raised the gas tax anyway, claiming they needed it. For what? Our roads still suck. We’re at the bottom in school

ranking, our streets grow filthier every day, and millions of foreigners flood to the sanctuary state, keeping wages down, overwhelming emergency rooms, filling the schools and shooting each other. Not one damn thing is working right. With all the money going in all the wrong directions and Gov. Newsom begging people to come back, claiming he and California cares about business, he needs to change his hair gel. It’s befuddling his thinking. Florida also ranks No. 2 as the best place for doing business, and California is in last place. How can Gov. Newsom brag about that? If a guy like Gov. Newsom thinks he’s what America is looking for, then his mind is truly warped. We shall see this fall just how much America wants to continue to embrace a woke nation who are determined to burn it to the ground. It must be climate change that fogs the brain and makes Gov. Newsom and people like him think they’re doing the right thing. What else could it be? Henry Schulte welcomes questions or comments at hschulteopinions@gmail.com.

He or she is entitled to stand his or her ground ZEPKE

Continued from Page C2 if he believed he was about to be the recipient of deadly force” and that the “use of the knife was not a proportional response to a beating.” Apparently under the “Sigall” standard, Mr. Alba was legally required to that his beating in the hope that if he reached the point where he was close to death, he would still be strong enough to stab Mr. Simon. Ms. Sigall said the womanstabber was “justified in stabbing Mr. Alba, using force to stop “his assault” on the “victim.” Amazingly, Ms. Sigall made the woman’s stabbing Mr. Alba “justified,” Mr. Alba an “assaulter, and his attacker, Mr. Simon a “victim.” What a great set of examples illustrating the concept of prosecutors discretion. Ms. Sigall’s boss, District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who instead of applying his usual liberal approach, chose to charge Mr. Alba but did help to reduce Mr. Alba’s bail to $50,000 so his family could raise the necessary $5,000 for him to “only” spend a week at Rikers. However, Mr. Alba still faces the mental and financial stresses of a trial with a jury deciding his future. How would this type of case proceed in California? The California standard is applied to mean the person must “reasonably” believe that they, or another person, are in imminent danger of harm and “reasonably” believe the use of force is necessary to defend

themselves or others against this harm. Under this standard, the person must use no more force than is “reasonably” necessary to defend against the imminent danger of harm (emphasis added). The repeated use of “reasonable” means prosecutors have the discretion to decide the selfdefense was necessary or pass the case on to juries. If a case goes to trial, CalCrim 505 provides for the judge to tell the jury the law is “An accused is not required to retreat. He or she is entitled to stand his or her ground and defend himself or herself and, if reasonably necessary, to pursue an assailant until danger of death or great bodily harm has passed.” The arguments will be about the discretion in the application of “reasonably.” What would happen in California would, as in New York, depend on how the district attorneys exercise their discretions. George Soros understood this, and the citizens of New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco are being reminded that elections have consequences, and district attorneys are elected. Brent E. Zepke is an attorney, arbitrator and author who lives in Santa Barbara. His website is OneheartTwoLivescom. wordpress.com. Formerly, he taught law and business at six universities and numerous professional conferences. He is the author of six books: “One Heart-Two Lives,” “Legal Guide to Human Resources,” “Business Statistics,” “Labor Law,” “Products and the Consumer” and “Law for Non-Lawyers.”

At 79, Biden is testing the boundaries of age

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Continued from Page C3 misstatements with harrowing diplomatic and geopolitical implications, at best, and indications of a palpable senility, at worst. There is something very, very clearly wrong with the president of the United States. Even the New York Times, which for former Biden boss Barack Obama functioned as Democratic Party Pravda, ran a recent piece entitled, “At 79, Biden Is Testing the Boundaries of Age and the Presidency.” A mere three days later, Michelle Goldberg, a reliably progressive columnist for The Gray Lady, entitled her own column, “Joe Biden Is Too Old to Be President Again.” The fix is clearly in. The doddering dolt from Delaware currently boasts a 38.7% average job approval rating in the oft-cited RealClearPolitics average, placing him a whopping 17.2% underwater. That 38.7% number is historically low for this juncture of a presidency, in the modern history of opinion polling. Perhaps that abysmal statistic is partially explained by another historic number: The

9.1% annualized consumer price index inflation increase last month, itself a four-decade high. And inflation is hitting extremely popular foods very hard, Eggs are up 33.1% annually, butter 26.3% and chicken 18.6%. Average national gasoline prices are now at an all-time high. Joe Biden, the one-time hardscrabble “working man” from Scranton, Penn., has overseen catastrophic inflation, disproportionately harming the very lower- and middle-income voters his political party purports to care about. At this point, with even the Times turning on him, President Biden is not going to be the Democrats’ presidential nominee in 2024. The only relevant question is whether he should resign right now. He should. Because as dangerous as Kamala Harris would be as president, she would at least be mildly less likely to let her tongue slip us into World War III. To find out more about Josh Hammer and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www. creators.com. Copyright 2022 by Creators.com.