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Gas prices fall with release from strategic reserve By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
The national average for a gallon of gas is $4.12, down from $5.709 a week ago and $5.882 a month ago. However, the national average is up significantly from a year ago, when the average cost was $3.986. In California, the statewide average is $5.688. In Santa Barbara County the average is $5.803, Ventura County is at $5.817, Los Angeles County is at $5.788, just below San Luis Obispo County which sits at $5.887. The decline that we have seen over the last month is due to the release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. On March 31, President Joe Biden announced the largest release of oil reserves in history. This release has put an additional one million barrels of oil on the market every day, on average for the next six months. “The scale of this release is unprecedented: the world has never had a release of oil reserves at this 1 million per day rate for this length of time. This record release will provide a historic amount of supply to serve as a bridge until the end of the year when domestic production ramps up,” according to the press release issued by the White House. The revenue generated by the release will be used by the Department of Energy (DOE) to Please see GAS on A2
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Macron re-elected president of France By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
People wait in line to purchase gas at the Fuel Depot gas station in Goleta on Sunday.
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Santa Barbara Kiwanis Club honors Extra Step Award nominees By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office was honored to participate in the 2022 Kiwanis Club annual Extra Step Award. The Sheriff’s Office has nominated four citizens for their outstanding efforts in Santa Barbara County communities. On Wednesday, the citizens were honored during a ceremony along with nominees from the Santa Barbara Police Department and the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s office. Sonia Aguila and Shanna Hargett were the first two honorees.
On October 20, 2021, Carpinteria patrol deputies responded to a report of a vehicle vs. pedestrian traffic accident at the intersection of Linden Avenue and Malibu Drive, across from Canalino School. The school had recently let out, so the pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the area had increased. The first deputy who arrived found a chaotic scene with a large crowd standing near a female lying on the ground. As the deputy assessed the scene, he noticed that community member Sonia Aguila was directing traffic, sending vehicular traffic around the scene and onto Malibu Drive. Ms. Aguila remained on the scene until she was relieved
The family of Yew Lamoutte accepted an award on his behalf after the man interceded in a shop lifter’s assault on a loss prevention officer.
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Sonia Aguila and Shanna Hargett were honored for providing aid to an accident victim until medical and law enforcement personel arrived.
John Ornelas was honored for rushing to the aid of a resident of burning building, eventually working with deputies to bring the resident out of the home.
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by first responders. Deputies later learned that Ms. Aguila had just picked up her child from Carpinteria High School and stopped to help rather than going home. Shanna Hargett, also stepped up to help during this call. Ms. Hargett was by the victim’s side providing care when deputies arrived on scene. Deputies later learned that Ms. Hargett had called 911 and assisted the call taker with providing information needed by first responders.Ms. Hargett not only provided first aid, but comfort and reassurance to the victim, who was not only injured, but scared and worried about her four dogs which she had been walking just prior to the accident. All the dogs were recovered and one was taken to the vet for minor injuries. Both Sonia Aguila and Shanna Hargett went out of their way, taking extra steps, not only helping first responders, but coming to the aid of a fellow community member in their time of need. John Ornelas was the third honoree, an on-site property manager for an apartment complex located in the 100 block of Orange Avenue in Goleta. On November 9, 2021, he was home when he was notified concerning a fire in one of the apartments. Mr. Ornelas ran to the apartment where he found it filled with smoke. Mr. Ornelas was familiar with the resident, and knew she was home and had recently had surgery. He attempted to enter the apartment, Please see AWARDS on A2
Emmanuel Macron was reelected President of France on Sunday, defeating his rival Marine Le Pen by a comfortable margin. Many voters aren’t thrilled with Macron but consider him to be the lesser of two evils, as compared to Marine Le Pen, who has been described as far right. “I am no longer the candidate of a camp but the president of everyone,” said President Macron, against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, reported CNBC. Mr. Macron’s victory sidestepped a political upheaval for Europe. Mr. Macron acknowledged dissatisfaction with his first term, but said that he would seek to make amends. While exit polls showed a solid 58.5% of the vote, President Macron acknowledged in his victory speech that many only voted for him to keep out Ms. Le Pen, and he promised to address the fact that many feel that the standard of living is slipping. However, President Macron won by a smaller margin than he did in 2017. In 2017, Mr. Macron won with 66.1% of the vote. ‘Many in this country voted for me not because they support my ideas but to keep out those of the far-right. I want to thank them and know I owe them a debt in the years to come. No one in France will be left by the wayside. Because each one of us counts for more than just himself ... This is what makes the French people such a unique force which I love so intensely and which I am so proud to be serving again,” said President Macron, according to Reuters. The cost of living has become an increasing strain for the poorest in the country. Additionally, the past two years of upheaval caused by the pandemic as well as surging energy prices which have been exacerbated by the Ukrainian war caused economic issues to be catapulted to the forefront of the campaign. “He needs to be closer to the people and to listen to them,” digital sales worker Virginie, 51, said at the Macron rally, reported Reuters. She also added that Mr. Macron needed to overcome a reputation for arrogance and soften a leadership style President Macron himself described as Jupiterian.
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