Santa Barbara News-Press: November 09, 2020

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From Paris to Santa Barbara

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Our 165th Year

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Rising activists

Sunrise Movement SB holds awareness event on courthouse lawn By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Sunrise Movement Santa Barbara, a climate-activism group led by mostly UCSB students, attracted community members to the courthouse lawn Sunday afternoon. They made signs, a poster and a banner proclaiming “our time to rise.” They called the event “Community for Unification,” and it felt like a celebration of some media outlets declaring a win for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. They planned it Friday when they saw the candidates pull ahead. “We need to get out here and celebrate that Joe Biden’s gonna win — but also that we’re gonna hold him accountable for what he said he is going to do,” Mikala Butson, spokesperson for Sunrise Movement SB, said. The group held a voter registration drive mid-October, called and texted citizens all over the country and sent thousands of postcards. They endorsed the BidenHarris campaign on social media and expressed support for Mr. Biden’s climate plan, though their ultimate goal is the broader Green New Deal. “[The Biden plan] doesn’t take as many bold steps as the final vision of the Green New Deal, but it’s huge,” Mukta Kelkar, a volunteer with the Sunrise Movement, said. “It’s a fantastic climate plan.” The group usually raises awareness for climate change but also has an interest in other issues, including local policy. “We’re definitely focused on climate action, but we’re definitely pushing for systemic change: racial justice, economic justice, social justice, climate justice, all those things,” Ms. Butson said. “And they’re all so connected.” Some participants held signs Please see rally on A8

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Election remains undecided At this time, the Santa Barbara News-Press is not calling Joe Biden the winner. The media that has called the results since this past Saturday is premature and incorrect. President Trump has contested the results in numerous battleground states, and with the election so close, it is irresponsible to make conclusions at this time.

All legal votes should be counted and all illegal votes discarded. Any and all irregularities regarding the operations at polls, the validity of ballots and the possible software manipulation of voting computers must be resolved before a true winner is announced. news@newspress.com

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The election between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden remains undecided.

High winds to start settling By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS

Participants of Sunrise Movement Santa Barbara’s “Community for Unification ‘’ event paint a banner while sitting on the courthouse lawn in Santa Barbara Sunday.

Winds are forecast to start settling today at five to 10 miles per hour, a large improvement over Sunday’s 25 mph. It’s ample

wind to fly a kite, but residents shouldn’t have to worry about other objects taking flight. Many sidewalks in Santa Barbara were littered with palm Please see weather on A6

Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek passes away at 80 By GERRY FALL NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Alex Trebek, the longtime and immensely popular host of the game show Jeopardy!, died on Sunday after a long battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He was 80. Trebek announced in March of 2019 that he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Despite the diagnosis, Trebek continued to host Jeopardy!, something he did for 37 years. “Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends,” the show wrote on its Twitter account on Sunday. “Thank you, Alex.” Trebek had apparently come to terms with the idea that he may need to stop treatment in order to salvage his quality of life.

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Excerpts from his book “The Answer Is … Reflections on My Life” saw Trebek hint that he may stop treatment in the event his current protocol failed to produce positive results. “I’m going to stick with this current protocol, then that’s it,” he wrote. “If it doesn’t work I’ll probably stop treatment. Quality of life was an important consideration.” Trebek began hosting Jeopardy! In 1984. He presided over more than 8,000 episodes. When the show was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic, Trebek was one of the loudest voices in championing for the show to come back safely. Representatives for Jeopardy! said in a statement that they would not be announcing plans for a new host at this time.

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