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Andy Dick set to appear in SB court Judge could set date for preliminary hearing By NEIL HARTSTEIN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Comedian Andy Dick is scheduled to appear in Santa Barbara County Superior Court today to decide a date for his preliminary hearing on a charge of felony first-degree residential burglary. He is charged with entering an inhabited Santa Barbara house without permission. Mr. Dick, a longtime actor in movies and TV shows, was arrested around 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 by Santa Barbara police after dispatch received a report of a burglary in progress from a homeowner in the 100 block of Conejo Road. Several things could happen today at the Santa Barbara courtroom. It’s possible that his preliminary hearing is set, but it’s also possible the case could be continued to another date. Another option is that Mr. Dick decides to change his plea to guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence. “The homeowner informed officers when they arrived on scene he did not know Dick nor did he have permission to be on the property or in the home,” Sgt. Ethan Ragsdale, the Santa Barbara police public information officer, told the News-Press previously. “Probable cause was established to arrest Dick after it is believed he removed several items from the home,” Sgt. Ragsdale said. “He was booked in the Santa Barbara County Jail for 459PC — Felony Burglary with $50,000 bail.” Mr. Dick did not appear to be
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A mannequin rides the Orion spacecraft during its flight to the moon and back. Also in the craft is a floating Snoopy, lower right.
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(The Center Square) – A union representing more than 100,000 healthcare workers is planning to make a push in the upcoming legislative session to establish a healthcare minimum wage at the state level, arguing higher wages are needed to increase retention among healthcare workers. The Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West wants legislation creating a statewide minimum wage in the health care sector by the end of next year. The move comes after the union supported two ballot measures to set a healthcare minimum wage of $25 for certain workers in two Southern California cities this election season. Inglewood voters look to have approved Measure HC, a measure that would raise the minimum wage to $25 for certain workers at private hospitals and dialysis clinics. The latest updated vote tally showed 54% approved the measure compared to 46% who voted against it. The measure does
not apply to workers who do the same jobs at public hospitals. Voters in Duarte, another Southern California 35 miles from Inglewood, are on pace to reject a similar measure. The latest update shows 63% of voters oppose Measure J, which would raise the minimum wage to $25 for clinicians, nurses, maintenance workers, janitors, technicians and food service workers at covered healthcare facilities there. The two measures represent the first of what could be a battle at the ballot box in coming years between healthcare unions and hospital associations. Three more cities – Los Angeles, Long Beach and Downey – will see a similar initiative in 2024. Supporters of the initiatives argue a healthcare minimum wage is needed to address staffing shortages in the health care workforce and increase retention. Union members met with lawmakers in August to discuss a potential push for a health care minimum wage at the state level, Gabriel Montoya, an EMT at Kaiser Downey and a union-wide Please see HEALTH CARE on A4
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under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and he did not resist his arrest, police said. “From what the arresting officer told me, he was cooperative,” Sgt. Ragsdale said. The felony complaint was filed the next day, Oct. 14, alleging Mr. Dick “did willfully and unlawfully enter an inhabited dwelling house and trailer coach and inhabited portion of a building occupied by N. DUMONG, with the intent to commit larceny and any felony.” Prosecutors also filed a special allegation against Mr. Dick in that the offense is considered a serious felony. Mr. Dick pleaded not guilty at his Oct. 17 arraignment. Deputy Public Defender Brian Mathis told the NewsPress previously that his office is “confident additional facts will come to light supporting Mr. Dick as this case moves forward.”
Union to push for health care minimum wage in California
Orion sets a record Saturday for the farthest point from Earth for a craft designed for astronauts. On Monday, the spacecraft broke its own record, at nearly 270,000 miles from Earth.
Artemis, the series of missions that will bring astronauts back to the moon, has set a major record. A couple of them actually. The uncrewed Orion capsule on Saturday went farther from Earth than any other spacecraft designed for astronauts. It broke the 248,655-mile record set by Apollo 13 in 1970. And on Monday, Orion broke its own record when it went farther and reached its maximum distance from Earth — 268,554 miles at 1:48 p.m. Pacific time. NASA reported the craft was cruising at 1,750 mph. Orion is scheduled to start its trip back to Earth on Dec. 5. And on Dec. 11, the Artemis 1 spacecraft is set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean. NASA plans to launch its first crewed mission in the Orion craft during Artemis 2. Like the Apollo 10 astronauts, the crew will orbit the moon but won’t land there. Artemis 3 will be the program’s equivalent of Apollo 11. The mission is designed to put the first woman and the first astronaut of Please see ARTEMIS on A4
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