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Kerri Murray talks to the News-Press about Ukrainians’ resilience Editor’s note: This is the second part of a News-Press series about efforts to help Ukraine as the second year of the Russian invasion begins.

By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

Kerri Murray experienced air raids during her recent visit to Ukraine.

And she was in the emergency shelters during those raids anywhere from 40 minutes to two hours or more at a time.

“I felt the fear and the terror they (the Ukrainians) went through,” said Ms. Murray, the president of Santa Barbarabased ShelterBox USA. “It was difficult to sleep

UKRAINE: ONE YEAR LATER most of the time I was there.

You just don’t know where the next air raid siren is going off,” Ms. Murray told the NewsPress Wednesday by phone from Krakow, Poland, after her second visit to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began a little over one year ago.

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Sailboats and other smaller watercraft are thrown around Friday in the rough, choppy water off East Beach in Santa Barbara.

By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Giant trees fell, the wind blew fiercely, and the rain kept coming on a Friday that saw a brief tornado warning and a much longer warning about flash floods.

Winter weather conditions continue to be forecast for Santa Barbara County through today.

Conditions include extreme cold temperatures, snow at higher elevations, continued wind, localized flooding, and isolated thunderstorms that are possible countywide.

There was a brief tornado warning Friday morning at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Additionally, boats struggled against the choppy water off East Beach in Santa Barbara.

There was also a flash flood warning for Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, which is scheduled to expire at 6 p.m. today. And a wind advisory expired at 1 a..m. today.

The winter storm brought down large trees. Late Friday afternoon, a big stone pine tree fell down on East Anapamu Street near Nopal Street in the area of Santa Barbara High School.

Anapamu Street had to be closed between Alta Vista Road and Nopal.

Up north, an approximately 80-foot by 100-foot tall tree fell at approximately 11:43 a.m., causing major damage to a residence in the 200 block of Deer Run in Santa Maria. Injuries were sustained.

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Two Santa Barbara locals — Spread Goodness founder and host Lisa Lang and TV Santa Barbara Executive Director Erik Davis — hold up awards their organizations won during The WAVE Awards of the Alliance for Community Media Western Region Conference and Trade Show at the Mar Monte Hotel Ballroom.

Best of the West A large stone pine tree falls Friday onto East Anapamu Street near Nopal Street during heavy rainstorms, causing the closure of Anapamu between Alta Vista Road and Nopal near Santa Barbara High School.

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Producers from California, Nevada, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico and Arizona gathered Thursday to recognize excellence in community media programming.

Rory O’Farrell, manager of Tahoe Truckee Media, hosted the awards ceremony at the Mar Monte Hotel in Santa Barbara, saying, “(The programs] were inspiring to watch … really keeping with the values of our organization.”

According to Mr. O’Farrell, Alliance for Community Media values free speech, seeks to represent underserved voices and does not prioritize competition. In doing so, ACM hopes to promote greater

civic engagement through its community media.

The awards were part of the ACM’s multi-day conference and trade show in Santa Barbara, and one of the event’s hosts was TV Santa Barbara, which picked up some awards of its own at Thursday’s ceremony.

There were 17 award categories, such as Best Documentary and Best Narrative Film, and two final Best of Show awards. In each of the award categories, an award was presented to the best community producer, professional producer and student producer.

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Part 2 of ‘The Spymaster & Me’

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n Friday morning, Oct. 1, 1993, I phoned Clair George, former CIA spymaster and partner in creative problem

ENTER THE FBI Two days later Clair and I strategized how best to receive two representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, expected to arrive imminently.

(The CIA quickly determined that the bureau had jurisdiction over Mr. Howard, a fugitive wanted for suspicion of espionage.)

Let them talk as much as possible, Clair advised me, so we can figure out what they’ve been doing about him.

The doorbell rang. Clair greeted the “feebs” (as he called them) and led them into his den. Both were polite and deferential to Clair, who explained he and I were neighbors and friends before gesturing for me to speak.

“My background is book publishing,” I said. “I have a casual relationship with National Press Books in Bethesda, which has a reputation for publishing controversial nonfiction. They received a proposal from Edward Lee Howard, and they asked me if I’d be interested in editing it for them. I told them I’m interested.

What I meant was, ‘I’m interested in seeing Howard behind bars.’ ” Said one of the G-men, “We already know people who have met Howard and reported to us so I’m not sure how much more we’re going to get by giving you questions to ask.”

“Wait a second,” Clair said. He threw his arms up. “This is not about asking Howard questions.

ROBERT ERINGER It’s about trying to CAPTURE him.”

“Oh,” said the G-man. “That’s the domain of the U.S. attorney in New Mexico. Only he can decide whether we can use tactics like this.”

“U.S. Marshal Service has something called the Curbed Frisbee Doctrine,” I said. “If we can lure Howard to the right place, we can legally nab him.”

I pointed out that this was how they caught Edwin Wilson, another ex-CIA fugitive.

Clair saw them out and returned shaking his head. “Typical FBI. They only think about collecting more incriminating information on Howard. As if they don’t have enough! I can’t believe it didn’t occur to them that we would be talking about capturing Howard.

“That’s government today,” he added. “And it’s getting worse. No imagination. No creativity.”

Clair was pessimistic about how this would evolve. “It will sound too complicated, too dangerous. Anyone with any clout in government is just a few years away from their pension. They never want to risk that.”

ONE WEEK LATER …

I received a telephone call from John H., an FBI special agent in Albuquerque, the field office from which the case was being handled because that’s where Mr. Howard lived when he fled.

One week later, John and I huddled in Washington, D.C., after which he began to climb a bureaucratic ladder fraught with spikes known as unit chiefs and division chiefs. No one apparently wanted to take responsibility for finally approving such an endeavor.

As John put it, “There is a Big Cheese who needs to make a final decision.”

He called a few days later: “It’s going higher than the Big Cheese,

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“SHOULD WE BE DOING THIS KIND OF THING?” Clair George was incredulous.

“Sounds like the Clinton Administration, all right.”

National Press Books set a deadline for me to decide. It quickly expired, relieving the FBI non-decision makers of responsibility. But then National Press bounced back more enthusiastically than before.

I phoned Clair. “Goddammit, I could get this guy.”

“I know you could,” said Clair.

“It’s the damn bureaucrats.”

And he told me what he’d garnered: The FBI was gung-ho, but my proposal got stuck with the deputy attorney general.

“It got turned over to seven lawyers to study. I’ll call Dick Stoltz.”

Mr. Stoltz was another former deputy director for operations at CIA and one of Clair’s closest friends.

Clair called me back a few hours later. “Stoltz talked to Twetten, and Twetten called the No. 2 guy at the bureau to tell him the agency is strongly in favor of this operation.

“I don’t know,” Clair added, “he was probably talking to a brick wall.”

But it worked. Clair’s intercession caused the FBI to rebound.

As Clair conveyed to me: “I just got a call from a Ted Price (assistant deputy director for operations). He wanted to get to the bottom of this. So I filled him in about the bureaucratic footdragging.

“Ted said, ‘Jesus Christ, this is one of the most important things we could be doing!’ He’s charging over to the bureau this morning to raise a ruckus and try to get it back on track.”

BACK IN BUSINESS? Soon after, I received a call

from John in Albuquerque. “If you’re still interested, it looks like we’re getting somewhere,” he said, a tad puzzled. “I’ve been called to Washington. And I have the power to get you started.”

And that’s how it became my job to create a sting that would attempt to snare America’s most wanted spy.

Soon, however, the FBI fumbled.

The bureau simply could not get it together due to its rigid rules.

But I experienced an epiphany: I was not bound by the FBI’s rules.

I could play this my own way.

My inspiration for this derived from a 17th century man of letters named Alexander Bott, who had written: “I am not a believer in the foolish system of literal obedience, but rather in that higher form of discipline wherein a subordinate obeys not the order which he has actually been given by a superior, but rather the order which that superior would have given had he known what he was talking about.”

I would edit Mr. Howard’s book. If the FBI terminated its relationship with me, so be it. I had offered my services in good faith and done everything on my end to make it work.

I would establish a working relationship with Ed Howard and, working alone, I would attempt the same goal: his capture.

I phoned John with my pitch: “If you get a final green light, fine. If you don’t, I understand. But I’m doing it anyway. Feel welcome to call me for updates.”

John was not enthusiastic. “The problem is,” he explained, “those Big Cheeses have big egos. They may say no way about picking it up later.”

“Look,” I said, “I know you’ve got your rules, and you’ve got to stick to them. But I’m not bound by those rules. You and I both know in our hearts I’m doing the right thing. I got into this situation with a view toward helping you guys, and I’m sticking to that. But I’ve got to do it my way. Otherwise, it’s going to slip away because your bureaucrats can’t get their act together.”

“OK,” said John. “Let me make some calls.”

While he made his calls, I lunched with Clair and laid out my new approach.

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“You know the name Edward Lee Howard?” I asked him. I knew he did. Clair had been deputy director of operations when Mr. Howard, an ex-CIA officer, bolted from Santa Fe, N.M., out from under the eyes of the FBI and defected to Moscow.

“Sure.”

“He wants to write a book.”

“Really?”

“Truly. He’s circulating a book proposal. I’ve been invited to participate. I could meet Howard, gain his confidence, lure him into a trap. What do you think?”

“I’ll call Tom Twetten,” said Clair, referring to the current operations chief.

to the Super Superiors.”

Head Cheese?

This meant FBI Director Louis Freeh was unwilling to green light it himself and had dispatched this headache to the U.S. Justice Department.

It reached Head Cheese, who asked, “Should we be doing this kind of thing?”

“So now it’s coming back down the ladder,” said John.

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Ballard School Board discusses parental rights

By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Parental rights were discussed during the Feb. 15 board meeting of the Ballard Elementary School District.

The discussion originally was about a recent incident in the fourth-grade classroom and evolved into a broader talk about parental rights.

The incident happened when — against the advice of the teacher, Mandy Young, but with the approval of Principal/ Superintendent Pam Rennick — the parents of a child in the class spoke to the class about their child’s chosen pronouns and name.

This talk happened without alerting any of the other parents in the classroom beforehand.

This child has been wearing dresses to school since kindergarten and has never been treated any differently.

The child’s father, Sean Conroy, is a member of the school board, and the mother is Cailen Conroy, president of the Ballard Elementary School PTA. Ms. Rennick, principal of Ballard Elementary School and superintendent of the singleschool district in the Santa Ynez Valley, broached the issue from

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the perspective of student privacy.

“The school handled the situation as best it could in accordance with the student’s right to privacy act and the California anti-discrimination laws, and as concerns were raised, we did consult our legal counsel to make sure that we did act in accordance,” Ms. Rennick said during the school board meeting.

James Simpson is acting as legal counsel for Ballard Elementary.

“He did, in fact, say that we had acted according to the law and according to anti-discrimination laws and if we had handled it differently, we might have encroached upon student privacy or anti-discrimination laws,” Ms. Rennick said. “I know that it has been concerning and that it has been questioned, but I just want everyone to understand that there are very specific student privacy laws that we have to follow as a public school, and so in this case I believe that we did.”

The first public commenter was the mother of the child in question.

“I want to take a couple of minutes to address the situation at hand and set the record straight that what was said in the classroom was not what people think was said,” Mrs. Conroy said.

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Continued from Page A2 finally said. “If you want to edit the book, do it.”

“Yes,” I said. “But with a view to nailing Howard.”

“No problem,” said Clair. “I’ll tell the CIA that you’re going to edit this book, that the lawyers at Justice are messing it all up.”

Clair shook his head in disgust. “We’ll meet with Dick Stolz this weekend, and you’ll tell him what’s going on. He’ll go out to Langley and tell Tom Twetten and Ted Price that you’re going to do this and keep them informed.”

YES, BACK IN BIZ Special Agent John phoned. “We’re in agreement for you to do it your way,” he said.

So I continued to feed the FBI updates, and John responded with “hmm” to everything I said, a kind of detached deniability if things went wrong.

Soon, Mr. Howard sent a letter offering to meet me in Zurich, Switzerland.

I faxed it to John — and also to Clair, who faxed it to Twetten.

The G-man responded by saying his pace for getting things approved had slowed down.

I was astonished, not appreciating things could move even slower than before. Then he called back a few days later, somewhat bewildered. Had I, he asked, shown Mr. Howard’s letter to anyone else?

“Uh, yeah,” I said. “Clair George.”

The CIA had sent Mr. Howard’s letter to the FBI at the highest level and caused the bureau’s bureaucracy to snap, crackle and pop.

I expressed my concern to Clair that our tactics had backfired.

“Are you kidding?” Clair fired back. “That’s how you get things done in government! Now somebody is doing something!”

Of course, he was right.

John phoned a few days later. “Looks like we’re getting somewhere. I’ve been called to Washington for meetings.”

I worked on Mr. Howard’s book and traveled to Moscow in July 1994 to see the traitor on his turf.

A few months later, Howard and I met again in Switzerland.

THE J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING The FBI invited me to headquarters. I was charmed, of course, because I was not yet aware that most FBI field agents strove to avoid that austere building. I would soon discover why.

I’d been working the Howard case for 14 months by then. It somehow qualified me for an ambush.

Faces I’d not seen before — five, to be precise — surrounded me in a windowless conference room to hear my story: journalism, book publishing, creative problem resolution. I chuckled a lot; the assembled company were stony faced.

After I finished, a man named Dick asked me questions about how I might feel if, after spending time with Ed Howard, he was caught and put behind bars.

How would I feel? I shrugged. “I’m experienced at pulling off stings. The whole point of this project is to capture him.” I had actually proposed it.

Mildly patronizing, Dick said that people never

classmates to know her pronouns and her name. That was it, nothing further. It took less than 60 seconds probably … She was so ready to do this because she felt so safe in her community.

“The kids in her class have been so, so supportive and loving, and as a result, she has never been happier,” Mrs. Conroy said. “It was like a giant weight was lifted off her shoulders, and everything was better because her friends now knew who she was. I want to thank Mrs. Rennick and all the teachers and the staff at Ballard for creating such a supportive atmosphere for my child to thrive.

“I can’t tell you the difference this has made in helping her find the happiness that was missing before…” Mrs. Conroy continued.

“I am so sorry that some parents felt ambushed and perhaps had conversations that they weren’t ready to have with their kids, I really am.

“But at the end of the day, we were protecting our child’s privacy, particularly on such a personal, tough matter. So I hope that all the parents in this room can understand that …Whether you agree with me or not, please just remember that I am a mom doing everything I can to keep my children safe and happy.”

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really knew how they would feel until such a situation was upon them. Would I mind taking a battery of psychological tests?

Next it was Bob’s turn. “Why does Ed Howard trust you so much?” he asked suspiciously.

“Because I’m good at what I do.”

Later that day I met with Clair and conveyed to him all that had been said.

He listened, bemused at first but soon incredulous that 14 months after I’d started working on Mr. Howard, the FBI had finally got around to operational security.

As for the psychological tests, said Clair, “Tell them they can shove their battery of tests up their ...”

“I already did.”

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“SAFEHOUSE” Mr. Howard’s book, “Safehouse,” got published.

As his editor, I ensured that sensitive information related to the national security of the United States was deleted before publication.

And I slid Mr. Howard into a new book of my own making, “Spy’s Guide to Europe,” which I conceived especially to draw Mr. Howard out of Russia, to various Central European capitals.

Eventually we hit pay dirt.

Mr. Howard planned a trip to Warsaw in Poland to research “Spy’s Guide” — and the FBI obtained permission from the Poles to intercept Mr. Howard through an international corridor as he walked from the plane to Immigration.

At the 11th hour, as FBI agents prepared to pounce, the Justice Department balked and aborted the operation.

The U.S. could have captured the only CIA officer ever to successfully defect to Moscow and chose not to go through with it — apparently on orders from the White House.

The person least surprised was … Clair George.

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POSITIVE INTELLIGENCE AND MORE So the FBI gave up trying to apprehend Edward Lee Howard. Instead I set to work, on the bureau’s behalf, gathering positive intelligence from Mr. Howard and his buddies in the Russian intelligence services.

To that end, I returned to Moscow, twice, to ruse former KGB chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov, who wanted to write a book for Western consumption. I also traveled to Havana for a crack at Mr. Howard’s buddies in Cuban intelligence.

As my missions for the FBI evolved into rusing Cuban intelligence agents stationed in Washington D.C., hastening the extradition from France of hippie guru murderer Ira Einhorn and pulling a sting on the Earth Liberation Front, Clair watched with amusement, providing sage advice when asked.

His best advice: “Keep everyone laughing half the time, scared the other half — and always keep them guessing.”

My experience with the FBI reminded me of another Clairism, something he’d told me soon after we first met: “I’d take you downtown and introduce you to the people who run things, but it would only scare the bejesus out of you.”

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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AGNOLI, Anna

This February 2nd, Anna Agnoli passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by her family and loved ones.

On March 3rd, 1942, Anna was born in Harar, Ethiopia, a day the world became a little brighter. From the beginning, Anna displayed her strength and resilience, being born in a concentration camp while her father was a prisoner of war. She grew up in Italy with her sister, Liliana, in San Benedetto Del Tronto, a small town between the Adriatic coast and mountains, which inspired her forever home in Santa Barbara. At 19, she met and married her soulmate, Royal, with whom she moved to Santa Barbara in 1962, going on to have three children, Anna, Chris and Marie.

She was a fiercely dedicated mom to all three children, raising all three to go on to accomplish great things. Family came first and was above all else to Anna, a value she instilled in all those around - her family was arguably her most important achievement in life.

From a young age, Anna’s favorite pastime was playing tennis, first at Oak Park and Samarkand Club, then at La Cumbre Country Club, where she was a longtime member, playing into her 70s. Anna also enjoyed coaching the Bishop Garcia Diego High School’s girls tennis team. She was an excellent cook, master of sewing and knitting, and an extraordinary artist when it came to creating custom birthday and holiday cards for her family and friends. Anna enjoyed visiting and playing bridge with her friends well into her 70s, and was passionate about traveling with her husband, Royal, going on cruises, and spending summers visiting family in her home town, San Benedetto.

Anna was a member of the church from a very young age, and later in life spent her Sunday mornings hosting Coffee and Donuts in the San Roque Parish courtyard after mass. On the weekends, Anna would spend her time spoiling her six grandkids, taking them to swimming lessons, the carousel, the Zoo, and attending every sporting event they played in.

Our family would not be where it is today if we didn’t have Anna as a wife, mother and grandmother. We are beyond blessed to have had her in our lives, and we should remind ourselves that while this is the end of Anna’s physical life on Earth, it’s the beginning of an eternal and beautiful journey for her.

Anna joins her daughter in Heaven, Anna Pappalardo “Pat”. She is survived by many loving family members, including her devoted husband, Royal, her son, Chris (Tina), her daughter, Marie Reardon (Sean), her six grandchildren, Ariana, Katherine, Michael, Marina, Giada and Chiara, and her great-grandson Giovani. She is also survived by her loving sister, Liliana Murgia (Alberto), sister in-law, Louise Antignani (Mario deceased), predeceased, by sister in-law, Eleonara Dusi (Gimo - deceased), and survived by her many wonderful nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews.

Anna was a beautiful, loving, and comforting woman until the very end. Rest in peace.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Santa Barbara Alzheimer’s Association or the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Santa Barbara Funeral Mass at San Roque Church 11:00am, Friday March 3rd, with a celebration of life to follow.

Arrangements entrusted to Welch-Ryce-Haider Funeral Chapels.

HETTICH, Victoria P.

Victoria Lynn Hettich passed away December 30, 2022, at Serenity House in Santa Barbara, CA. Born in Modesto, CA, she grew up in Modesto, Chico and Stockton, CA. Vicki graduated from Stagg High School, and Delta Jr College as one of the first technicians for the new Electron Microscopes. She continued her education at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) with a BA in Biology. She later went on to earn a Masters degree from USC in Engineering. After graduating from UCSB she settled in Goleta, CA where she met and married her husband of 26 years Herb who also worked at Santa Barbara Research Corp. (SBRC).

Vicki began a 40 year career with SBRC as an engineer and manager, and after numerous acquisitions of her employers (Amber, Hughes) she eventually retired from Raytheon in 2021.

Vicki spent much of her adult life accompanying her daughter, Suzy to horse competitions across the country. She loved being a horse Mom, with almost daily visits to see her own horse Riley to enjoy feeding and riding. She also took numerous trips with her husband to visit his family in Germany, as well as family trips across southern California. For decades there were also annual trips for Easter to Morro Bay with family and close friends from across the state.

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RINKER, Robert “Bob” Gene PhD

Bob was born in Vincennes, Indiana. He graduated from Rose Holman Institute of Technology in 1951. He enrolled in the master’s program at California Institute of Technology. During his master’s program, he was recruited to serve in the Army Corp of Engineers as an officer in the Korean War where he served for about a year.

After his service he completed his PhD in 1959 in Chemical Engineering and went on to become an assistant professor at Caltech. During this time he met and married his wife, Lorraine. In 1965, Bob founded the chemical engineering department at UCSB, where he was a professor until he retired in 1992. He continued on as an Professor Emeritus and Associate Dean of College of Engineering until 2005. Bob impacted many students’ lives and was awarded the professor of the year in the Chemical Engineering Department countless times for his dedication in teaching both undergraduate and graduate students. He was a champion of the MESA program that encouraged diverse students to pursue a degree in science and engineering. Bob is memorialized in the Chemical Engineering Department with a Robert G. Rinker Chair in ChemE and with the Robert G. Rinker ChemE Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory.

He will be greatly missed by his family, the community of UCSB, and his many students.

Friends and family are invited to attend a memorial for Bob at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church: 4575 Auhay Dr. in Santa Barbara, at 1pm on March 11th, with a reception following at Creekside Restaurant and Bar: 4444 Hollister Ave., Santa Barbara. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the MESA program at UCSB. How To Donate: MAKE AN ONLINE GIFT TODAY (https://oep.ucsb.edu/give/donate) Let us know in the “Comments” box on the “Personal Information” page by including “Dr. Robert Rinker - MESA.” Or make a donation by check Contributions by check should be written to the “UC Regents” with the words “Office of Education Partnerships” in the memo line of your check. Checks can be sent to our address: Office of Education Partnerships University of California, Santa Barbara 1501 South Hall Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3011

STEIN, Sam

Sam Stein was born on July 19th, 1924, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and died at age 98 on January 4th, 2023, in Fort Collins, CO. The youngest of four brothers, he left home at age 17 to complete training in electronics in Maine, and worked as an electronics technician for the Air Force before serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. After the war, he married Roselle Seiden, moved to California in 1948, and raised his four children, Bill, Gary, Hal, and Judie, in Los Angeles.

Without a high school diploma, after advanced electronics courses, Sam had a long and productive career as an electrical engineer. He specialized in sonar navigation for submarines. Having moved to Santa Barbara, he founded Sonatech, Inc. in 1972. He oversaw his company as it grew to over 240 employees and became recognized in the 1990s as the leader in acoustic navigation worldwide. Sam retired at age 70, to spend time with family, enjoy his beloved Santa Barbara, and to travel extensively with his second wife, Sarah, who died in 1999. Along with his late wife Sarah, he was very active in support groups for Muscular Dystrophy and Dystonia. He remarried once more, to Rose Wolfstadt, who he described as his last great love and very dear friend and companion. In declining health, he spent his last six months in Colorado with his son, Hal and Hal’s wife, Joan.

He was buried at Mount Sinai Cemetery in Los Angeles on January 17th, 2023, next to his beloved wife, Sarah.

Vicki (née Phoenix) was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert L. Hettich and her mother, Nancy (née Kint) Phoenix. She is survived by her daughter, Suzanne L. Hettich of Goleta, stepchildren, Heather Hettich of Whittier, Adrianna (Matthew) Wiseman of Woodland Hills, and Joseph Hettich of Santa Maria, as well as her father, Earl L. Phoenix of Santa Rosa and brother, Gerald D. Phoenix of Sebastopol. She also leaves behind her aunt, Marian Pasternack and numerous cousins and other relatives. She is also survived by her loving horse, Riley and dedicated ridgeback, Brandi.

Donations can be made to two organizations that he was passionate about: the Dystonia Medical Research Association at www.dystonia-foundation.org, and the National Spasmodic Torticollis Association at www.cdtorticollis.org.

PHILLIPS, Roger Arlen

Roger Arlen Phillips, 88, beloved and devoted husband, father, and friend, passed away quietly surrounded by love in his home in Montecito on January 19, 2023.

Roger was born in 1934 to Paul Edward and Lela Belle Phillips of Bakersfield, California. As a young boy his family vacationed in Santa Barbara, where he fell in love with the architecture, theaters, culture, and landscape.

At 17, his architectural drawing instructor and author of Santa Barbara Adobes, Clarence Cullimore, submitted - unbeknownst to Roger at the time - an architectural drawing and model project to the 1952 Ford Motor Company Industrial Arts Awards contest and won a five day all-expenses-paid trip to Detroit and Dearborn for Roger and Clarence. His entry “was judged superior to any of the several hundred other entries from the 48 states, Alaska, and the Hawaiian Islands.”

Roger obtained his degree in architecture from UC Berkeley in 1958 and soon after began work with Howell Arendt Mosher Grant Architects on Sola Street in Santa Barbara until returning to Bakersfield, meeting his wife who had come from Connecticut to teach in the Fall of 1959, and beginning his family. In 1964, Roger and his new family moved to Santa Barbara where he returned to the same firm with the updated name of Arendt Mosher Grant Architects on Micheltorena Street. Roger became a partner in 1975, with a further update of the firm name to Grant Pedersen Phillips in 1982. The firm name continued to evolve with new principals and Roger retired from architecture in 2007. The firm now practices under the name of 19six Architects to honor the founding year of the firm, one of the oldest and most established firms in California.

Over the course of a long and distinguished career, Roger designed and was involved with numerous projects which have served and enriched our community here in Santa Barbara and the South-Central Coast including, the City and County of Santa Barbara, UCSB, Santa Barbara City College, Westmont College, Metropolitan Theatres, and the Music Academy of the West. Two of his most cherished projects were the Vista de las Cruces Elementary School in Gaviota and the renovation of the Granada Theater.

The small, beautiful school and grand historic theater are completely different in scale and use, yet both required the ultimate expressions of his expertise, drive, sensitivity, character and force as a man and architect.

Roger was a vital and present member of the community. He was a member of The American Institute of Architects as well as a Rotarian, where he served as president in 1987. He served on the Montecito Board of Architectural Review and other architectural review boards throughout the years.

Roger also served on the board of CAMA, The Community Arts Music Association, for a number of years and passionately enjoyed their concerts throughout his lifetime. He was a great lover of music, acoustics, and instruments in both practice and appreciation.

During his involvement with the restoration of the Arlington Theater in the 70s and 80s, he promoted the inclusion of a rare Wonder Morton theater organ. He played piano rags by Scott Joplin and jazz on the ukulele, of which he had an impressive collection.

The last concert he attended was at the Granada Theatre where Jake Shimabukuro performed in December, 2022.

Roger was unequaled in spirit and mind. He possessed a rare combination of knowledge, creativity, and vision, coupled with grace, charm, wit, and diplomacy. He was eloquent, positive, and constructive. He was a man of great faith and awed by the magnificence of our planet. He was grounded and grateful for his life. He was devoted to his family whom he considered his greatest treasure.

He is survived by Diana, his adored wife of 62 years, his sister, Suzi Specht, daughter, Kimberly Hayes, son, Marc Phillips and their respective families. A memorial service will be held at El Montecito Presbyterian Church on Saturday, March 11 at 1:30 P.M. In lieu of flowers please remember CAMA.

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Maxine Chauncey Crandall, 96, of Santa Barbara, California passed away peacefully on February 1, 2023.

Maxine was born on October 10, 1926, to Max and Ruth Chauncey in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The family moved to California and settled in Santa Barbara, where Maxine attended La Cumbre Junior High School and Santa Barbara High School. She graduated with the class of 1944 and remained active with the alumni association.

She attended the University of California Santa Barbara, Rivera Campus, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and earned her bachelor of arts degree in English. Thirty years later, she earned a teaching credential from UCSB. In 1951, Maxine met Frank Crandall, who became a prominent local attorney, at the Santa Barbara Municipal Tennis Courts; they were married a short time later. After spending a year at Fort Benning in Georgia, they returned to Santa Barbara and began their life in Montecito. The entire family loved and appreciated the natural beauty of Montecito, especially Maxine’s rose garden, vegetable garden, and countless blooming potted flowers.

She was close with her neighbors, the neighborhood children, and many pets. She loved birthday parties and entertaining her friends in her inviting home and garden.

There were happy daytime summer outings at Butterfly Beach in Montecito.

Maxine loved reading and writing and worked as a substitute teacher teaching English locally for many years. An active member of the First United Methodist Church in Santa Barbara since 1939, she commented often on how she loved the sanctuary, the choir and organ music. She helped form the Cynthia Ann Morrow Drop-In Center at the church, where local students could come for tutoring. Because she loved history and preserving the past for future generations, she documented much of the church’s history.

Maxine was a member of the Junior League of Santa Barbara since 1960. As chair of the Junior League History Committee for 25 years, she had a special passion for preserving the League’s history in scrapbooks that are works of art.

She loved the Santa Barbara County Courthouse and in 1974, was instrumental in founding the Courthouse Docent Council, which trains docents to lead tours about the history and architecture of the famous landmark for residents and visitors from around the world.

Maxine, who was also a member of the Little Town Club, enjoyed the arts including the Santa Barbara Symphony, theater and musicals at the Lobero Theater. She had a lifelong passion and talent for playing the piano.

Maxine appreciated her many friends and family in the Santa Ynez Valley, where she lived for 10 years before returning to her family home in Santa Barbara. Over the years, Maxine became a football fan, supporting and following her grandson’s high school and college teams. Her humor and commitment to family and friends spanned her lifetime.

She will be remembered for her kindness, compassion, creativity and graciousness.

Maxine was preceded in death by her parents, Ruth and Max Chauncey; brother, Gordon Chauncey; and her husband, Frank Crandall. She is survived by her children; Jayne (Steve) Schiffer of Alamosa, Colorado, Ann (Gilbert) Griffin of Ventura, John (Charlotte) Crandall of New York, and Richard (Tonya) Crandall of Santa Ynez.

Other survivors are nieces; Paula Chauncey McLaughlin of Reno Nevada, Dina Chauncey Walls of Orangevale, California, and nephews; Bill Chauncey of San Francisco California, Danny Chauncey (Kelly) of Suwanee, Georgia, and numerous great- and great-great nieces and nephews.

She will be missed by grandsons; Billy (Lauren) Griffin, Jon (Jackie) Griffin, Joey Griffin, Kurt Schiffer, Tristan Crandall, Nathan Crandall, and Nicolas Crandall, and three great-grandchildren; Hudson Griffin, Kennedy Griffin and MollyRae Griffin.

The family would like to thank the entire staff at Alexander Gardens for their devoted and compassionate care. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the First United Methodist Church, Santa Barbara.

A memorial service will be held at the Santa Barbara Cemetery on April 8, 2023, at 1:00 p.m with a reception and celebration of Maxine’s life immediately following in Montecito.

TURNER, Harvey Leon

June 9, 1938 - February 19, 2023 Harvey Turner, loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandpa, passed away at the age of 84.

Sam was kind, strong, analytical, adventurous, inquisitive, mischievous, and absurdly funny. He loved his family fiercely. He was a sweet and forgiving soul with a tremendous generosity of spirit. He was deeply cherished by family and friends alike.

After the passing of her husband, Herb, in 2018, Vicki faced numerous physical ailments and challenges. Through all her challenges she continued to work and keep a positive and inspiring spirit to her family, friends and care givers. Her last five months were spent at VNA Health Serenity House, and she became a profiled story of “positive attitude” for one of their fliers. The family wishes to thank the staff, nurses and aides at Serenity House for their care and loving attention to Vicki during her time there.

A rememberance gathering is scheduled for March 25, 2023. For additional details please contact Suzy Hettich at 805-403-6154.

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Robert “Bob” G. Rinker, PhD, peacefully passed away at home in Santa Barbara on February 12, 2023. He is survived by his wife, Lorraine Dayle Rinker and his three children: Nancy Moore, Edward Rinker, and Andrew Rinker. He is also survived by his five grandchildren: Zachary Moore, Jessica Moore, Nicholas Moore, Ethan Rinker, and Avery Rinker. Bob was a devoted husband, father, professor, and was known for his humility and integrity.

Harvey was born on June 9, 1938, in Salinas, CA to Beulah and Jack Turner. He grew up in Bakersfield, CA, and met the love of his life, Liz, on a blind date while attending college. On July 12, 1958, he married Elizabeth Clara Meleo. They had 3 children, Janet, Pamela and Tony; Sons in law, Mark and Steve, 7 beloved grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. He earned his degree at University of Redlands and had a 40 year career as a program manager for Litton and Santa Barbara Research Center (Raytheon).

He is survived by his wife, Rose, his children; Bill, Gary, Hal and Judie, his stepchildren from both Sarah and Rose, 12 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren and one greatgreat-grandchild.

His was a long and extraordinary life well lived, and may his memory be for a blessing.

AXTELL, James Creighton “Jim”

103 years old, Solvang California 4/15/1919 - 1/10/2023 Jim had a remarkably long and blessed life. He was born in Omaha Nebraska to Cleone and George Axtell.

He was an only child, mostly raised by his mother and grandmother in Kansas City, Kansas and St. Joseph Missouri. He thoroughly enjoyed living near the woods and his time in the Boy Scouts. Jim, always industrious, at age 8 began selling and delivering magazines such as the “Saturday Evening Post.” His interest in publication sales and distribution led him to develop the largest newspaper route in Kansas City by age 18. He also participated in ROTC during his high school years.

Harvey “Harv” had a passion for art and jewelry making. He created ceramics at his mom’s shop as a child and created art for his families’ homes. In later years he became a fine jeweler, creating beautiful gemstone and precious metal jewelry, a passion he shared with Pam. He was also an avid golfer, which he took up after many years of playing tennis, a passion he shared with Janet. He loved to travel. He took many trips with his family over the years, and celebrated Christmas with all of his grandchildren around.

He was known for his quick wit. Always the life of the party, he charmed everyone he met. Harvey will be deeply missed by his family, friends, and all who knew him.

A ceremony to celebrate Harvey’s life will be held at the chapel of McDermott-Crockett Mortuary on Friday, March 10th, at 2:00 pm.

BARKER, Gloria Teresina

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Gloria Teresina Barker. She went peacefully on February 15, 2023, at the age of 94, 3 days before her 95th birthday.

Gloria was born on February 18, 1928, on a dairy in Carpinteria, to Matteo Fabbian and Louise Vido. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend.

After moving to California in 1940, Jim met Phyllis Graham while they were both working at Lockheed Aircraft Plant in Burbank. They were married in 1943. Jim and Phyllis celebrated their 79th wedding anniversary May 26 of 2022.

Jim worked at Lockheed Skunk Works on the United States’ first jet fighter, the XP-80.

The program was classified and important to the war effort so his draft to the military was deferred until Japan surrendered. He was then drafted into the Army Air Force to be part of the occupation effort in post-war Japan.

Both Jim and Phyllis returned to employment at Lockheed after the war. With the help of many friends, they built their own home in Northridge, CA. Their family was complete with the addition of son, James Robert in 1954 and daughter, Nellana Colleen in 1956.

A job opportunity with Lockheed at Vandenberg Air Force Base brought the family to Solvang in 1958 and they built a new home in Janin Acres in 1960. Jim was a chairman of Solvang’s Boy Scout Troop 46 while son Jim was in scouting.

After retiring from Lockheed, Jim worked at Ajax Co. in Santa Barbara, Aero Spacelines in Goleta, Martin Marietta at VAFB, and Santa Barbara County Schools at various locations throughout the county. Jim valued education for himself and his family and he completed his master’s degree in education in 1977 at the age of 58.

Jim was active in his community and church throughout his time in the SY Valley. He served as the Superintendent of Sunday School at the SYV Presbyterian Church for several years. He was active in the Solvang chapter of the Mason’s and the Flat Fenders Jeep Club. He served two terms on the SYV High School Board of Trustees. In 2018, Jim and Phyllis served as Grand Marshalls in the Solvang Fourth of July Parade. Jim was active at the Solvang Senior Center, and the “Men’s Group” in his later years. He supported many causes throughout the valley including the SYV Humane Society and the Solvang Library.

Jim made the best of his retirement years, traveling to many destinations and different countries with Phyllis. He spent countless hours in his shop building various projects and gifts for his family and tinkering with cars. As a member of the Flat Fenders Jeep Club, he frequently drove his 1944 army jeep in local parades and events. Jim was an avid walker for most of his life and was well known in Janin Acres for his daily treks with his faithful black lab, Luke.

Jim is survived by his wife, Phyllis and their two children, Jim Axtell and wife, Lynn (Parks) Axtell of Goleta, and Nell (Axtell) Lobdell and husband, Richard Lobdell of Las Vegas, five grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

The family would like to thank the staff of Atterdag for their kind and compassionate care during Jim’s last year.

A memorial service is planned for March 18, 2023 at the Presbyterian Church at 1:00 p.m. in Ballard. There will be a casual reception to follow at the church.

Gloria graduated from Carpinteria High School before moving to Santa Barbara. She married Peter Dall’Armi and together they welcomed two daughters, Pamela and Corinne.

In her early years, Gloria worked as a waitress at the Cafe Gourmet and then at her mother’s restaurant, the King’s Supper Club. There is where she met James Barker.

They were married on December 6, 1964.

Gloria had a passion for the outdoors. She loved gardening and wasn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. She had the most beautiful rose garden. Gloria was involved in many local Rose Society groups and could often be seen pruning roses at the Santa Barbara Rose Garden. She was an excellent tennis player and earned many trophies. Her greatest passion was her family. Family came first. She loved more than most things, gathering for family dinners. She was a wonderful cook (particularly Italian food) and was known for her sour cream coffee cake which she loved sharing with friends and family. Gloria enjoyed traveling to Italy to see family and was fortunate to have visited several times.

Gloria will be most remembered for her warm smile and giving heart. She was a woman of great beauty, strength and dignity. She had the best sense of humor, always making us laugh. She never missed an opportunity to share a good joke. She loved deeply and was deeply loved.

Gloria is survived by her husband, James E Barker, daughters, Pamela Lugo, Corinne Bellaart, grandchildren, Jeff (Christen) Zampese, Dan (Mary) Bellaart, Janelle Zampese Martinez, Ryan (Fai) Lugo, Lindsay (Rolando) Lugo Ibarra, 10 great-grandchildren, brother, Matteo Fabbian, sister, Anita (David) Fabbian Goodfield, and several nieces and nephews.

She was proceeded in death by her father, Matteo Fabbian, mother, Louise Vido Sinor, brother, Valentino Fabbian, first husband, Peter Dall’Armi and grandson-in-law Ray Martinez.

Ciao for now and salute to a life well lived. We will miss you.

Va tutto bene - all is well.

Graveside services will be held on February 28th, at 10am, Santa Barbara Cemetery, 901 Channel Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

The family would like to thank Gran Vida Assisted Living in Carpinteria for the great love and care they gave to Gloria these last 5 years.

Arrangements entrusted to Welch-Ryce-Haider Funeral Chapels.

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Seven secrets about Santa Ynez Valley real estate market Editor’s note: Allan S. Jones of Santa Ynez Valley Real Estate Co. is joining the News-Press’ roster of columnists today.

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ere are seven reasons why people want to live in the Santa Ynez Valley: 1. Value. It is less expensive than Santa Barbara and only 30 miles away. Nearly everyone lives in the Santa Ynez Valley by choice when many could live anywhere in the world.

As a historical rule of thumb, prices tend to be about 20% less than Santa Barbara. This means it could be a more affordable option for those priced out of the Santa Barbara market yet still wanting to be close enough to commute to work, schools, arts and county activities.

Single-family homes start around $800,000. Homes on an acre or more start around $1.3 million.

2. Lifestyle. It is the ranch and wine region of Santa Barbara. It’s the “Napa Valley” of Southern California. This means you can live in a sophisticated country setting near Santa Barbara. You’ll find vineyards, wineries, horse

ranches, farming, grazing land, views and access to the National Forest on two nearby mountain ranges.

You get all this along with access to top-rated restaurants, shopping, health and financial services, safety, libraries, churches and less traffic.

3. Friends. Even though it is a relatively small area, locals find they have more friends in a small town. With a population of about 25,000 spread among five valley towns, you will find most people are generally happy, have a good sense of humor, are intelligent, supportive and respectful of others.

There is a sense of community.

Friends come together for nonprofits such as Santa Ynez Youth Recreation, raising money for school sports fields and facilities, four Rotary Clubs building parks in the community and even worldwide, Viking Charities paying for just about anyone with unmet medical needs. There are clubs and groups for nearly every age and hobby from hiking to playing bridge and 4-H. The abundant social life and friendships you make in the Santa Ynez Valley are some of the

best anywhere, which keeps you rooted here or returning at any opportunity to do so.

4. Schools. The public and private schools are a major underlying attraction for families raising children.

The public schools are similar to private schools in larger cities in terms of quality, teaching, parental involvement, safety, sports, and agricultural and vocational classes. Elementary schools are found in Santa Ynez, Solvang, Ballard, Los Olivos and Buellton.

Santa Ynez Valley Union High School is the sole public high school with grades from 9-12.

Excellent private schools such as Dunn and Midland are in the same league as Cate and Thatcher, with other quality choices such as the Christian Academy. Charter schools roundi out the choices.

5. Zoning. The real unnoticed secret is the layout of the land use of the Santa Ynez Valley dating back to the 1950s when wise locals such as Andrew Petersen, Boyd Bettencourt, Daryl Nielsen, and Earnie Wullbrandt set up the general plan for the layout of a European style valley where you travel from village through

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farmland to village. This has kept the valley from urban sprawl that you may have seen in the Los Angeles region.

Each town has a commercial core, surrounded by denser residential zoning then expanding to 1-, 5-, 10-, and 20-acre minimum sized parcels. This keeps the valley from growing too much with very few vacant parcels left,

creating a premium for vacant lot values and existing houses. This provides some assurance that future growth will be limited.

The country style valley plan is attractive to many in today´s market.

6. Weather. The climate is one of the most unique in the world.

A local vintner said he chose his winery location to be in the Santa Ynez Valley because after researching locations worldwide he discovered that in the valley, one could grow nearly every variety of grape in the world within about a 15-mile radius of your winery.

The climate pivots from the Mediterranean to a north coastal zone at this point in California as one of the few east-west mountain ranges opening to the ocean in the U.S. This results in a cooler climate toward the ocean and warmer inland, creating dry warm days with cool nights nearly all year long.

7. Anonymity. Status and titles become unimportant here.

Multi-generational locals live and work along-side celebrities and billionaire all raising their children.

Longtime locals either know you as friends, don´t recognize you, or really don´t care about your status. Old trucks are OK to drive, jeans and boots are OK to wear, and smiling and waving to others is common practice.

Hopefully these secrets have helped you understand why people live in the Santa Ynez Valley a little more. Feel free to tell your friends — but not too many.

Since 1992, Allan S. Jones has been president and principal broker of the Santa Ynez Valley Real Estate Co., the valley’s oldest real-estate company and one that has served clients since 1960.

With nine local agents, the business has consistently one of the highest volume offices per agent and is part of the worldwide network of Who´s Who in Luxury Real Estate.

Tesla’s global engineering and AI headquarters opens in Palo Alto

By RIA ROEBUCK JOSEPH THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) - Governor Gavin Newsom joined Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk in opening Tesla’s Global engineering and AI headquarters in Palo Alto. The headquarters sits on a location formerly used by Hewlett-Packard.

Gov. Newsom revealed that he invested approximately $100,000 in Tesla back in 2007. Now Tesla’s engineering and artificial intelligence operations will be headquartered in the 4th largest economy in the world and home to America’s leading zero emissions market accounting for 40% of all ZEVs sold.

Gov. Newsom stated that policy, direction, and the regulatory framework in the state has pushed the envelope on electric car manufacturing. There are 55 smaller electronic vehicle manufacturers based in the Golden State, but Tesla’s corporate headquarters are in Austin, Texas.

“The future happens in California first. We’re changing

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the world through our historic investments, our conveyor belt for talent, and partnerships with companies like Tesla. The state continues to be the world’s innovation hub, charging the electric vehicle revolution, and dominating the industry in every category – all while keeping the same goal in mind: ensuring a cleaner, greener and healthier place to live for future generations,” Gov. Newsom said.

Tesla has had the support of

California since 2009 to help create the zero emissions Vehicle (ZEV) market. Now Tesla’s new global engineering and AI headquarters developing the technology of the future will be based in California.

California has a ready market for electric vehicles with almost 1.4 million ZEVs sold as of Dec. 2022.

The state has the climate for success in ZEV manufacturing.

It has a large diverse workforce and more scientists, engineers, researchers and Nobel Prize winners than anywhere else in the country. More than half of all new private billion-dollar companies are based in California, and the state has attracted more than 51% of all venture capital investments in the US since 2000.

“It’s not surprising to me, but I don’t take it for granted, that the world’s headquarters for Engineering, for AI, for pushing out the boundaries is here,” Gov. Newsom stated.

Tesla began 20 years ago in San Carlos, the future success of the company at that time was seen as a long-shot and highly risky.

Cruz: Thousands of jobs on hold as Biden administration delays deepwater port applications

By BETHANY BLANKLEY THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is demanding answers from the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) about extensive delays in approving applications for deepwater ports for exporting oil and natural gas.

MARAD has failed to meet its statutory deadlines to make decisions, which impacts Texas the most, Sen. Cruz said. Four of the seven applications for licenses are for projects off the Texas coast.

MARAD has until Monday, Feb. 27, to provide Sen. Cruz with a planned timeline for issuing all pending deepwater port licenses, according to a letter he sent to Rear Admiral Ann Phillips Administrator, Maritime Administration U.S. Department of Transportation. He also requested quarterly updates be provided to his staff about the progress of any pending license or license application.

According to the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, applicants are required to obtain licenses from MARAD to own, construct, operate and decommission deepwater port structures for the import and export of oil and natural gas. Congress established mandatory timelines of 240 days to conclude public hearings and 356 days to reach a decision on deepwater port applications.

However, on average, the agency’s taken three years without issuing a deepwater port licensing decision. According to MARAD, delayed applications go as far back as May 2019.

To “skirt the 356-day timeline” created by Congress, Sen. Cruz argues, “MARAD has asked applicants for additional information, often paused the clock, and has not resumed it in many situations.

The result has been that the average project approval time has ballooned to approximately 1,000 days, which is close to triple the mandatory time limit.”

“While these projects are complex and require the review and input of the public and other state and federal agencies, applicants have complained of prolonged delays associated with the Maritime Administration’s slow processing time and general lack of communication during the process,” he wrote.

He also expressed concerns that deepwater port

projects “are being delayed unnecessarily.”

The delayed projects in Texas “will create or support thousands of jobs and generate billions of dollars in economic benefits,” he added. “Once operational, these deepwater ports will increase our energy export capabilities, helping to establish greater energy security for our allies who are suffering from Russia’s weaponization of its energy reserves. These ports will also support the environment by displacing less efficient export modes and foreign-produced sources of energy with higher levels of emissions and pollution.”

Part of the delays relate to MARAD requiring applicants to complete an “Environmental Justice engagement plan.” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and multiple attorneys general, state associations and organizations are fighting a similar agenda promulgated by an EPA “environmental justice” rule they argue jeopardizes American energy and national security.

“The uncertainty over whether and when MARAD will approve these plans (or move the goalposts) makes planning and investment difficult for applicants, thus reducing job growth, and hurting allies seeking to import U.S. energy,” Cruz said.

Ed Longanecker, president of the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO), told The Center Square, “Impeding the development of oil and natural gas infrastructure projects creates uncertainty in the market and hesitation from investors. These projects are necessary to address growing energy demand here and abroad, and this red tape only further constrains a tight oil and gas market, driving higher energy prices and ultimately hurting everyday Americans.”

He also pointed out that “advancing new energy infrastructure projects, including pipelines, deepwater ports and LNG export facilities, is critical” at a time when “exports are also expected to reach records highs. As this trend continues, the United States will need more deepwater ports.”

In its most recent Short Term Energy Outlook, the U.S. Energy Information Agency forecast that U.S. natural gas pipeline exports will reach record highs between 9.0 Bcf/d and 10.0 Bcf/d in the 2022-2023 winter season, largely driven by record production in the Permian Basin in west Texas and southeast New Mexico.

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A large tree damaged a home Friday in the 200 block of Deer Run in Santa Maria.

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Continued from Page A1 The Red Cross and building and safety personnel were notified, according to a tweet by Capt. Scott Safechuck, public information officer for the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

There were no evacuation orders and no evacuation warnings.

On Friday, weather conditions were as follows: • Santa Ynez: high of 46 degrees, low of 41 degrees with precipitation at 0.51 inch.

• Goleta/Santa Barbara Airport: High of 55 degrees, low of 46 degrees with precipitation at 0.48 inch. And New Cuyama: High of 46 degrees, low of 37 with precipitation at 0.3 inch.

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• Santa Barbara: Rain with a low of 40 degrees and a high of 51 degrees with a 100% chance of precipitation at night and 80% chance during the day.

• UCSB: Rain with a low of 39, high of 51 with a 100% chance of precipitation at night and an 80% chance during the day.

• Lompoc: Rain with a low of 38 degrees and a high of 51 degrees with a 90% chance of precipitation at night and a 70% chance of precipitation during the day.

• Santa Maria: Rain with a low of 35 and a high of 50 with a 90% chance of precipitation at night and a 60% chance during the day.

The forecast for Sunday is as follows.

• Santa Barbara: Partly cloudy with a low of 34 degrees and a high of 57 degrees with a 60% chance of precipitation at night

and a 20% chance during the day.

• UCSB: Partly cloudy with a low of 34 degrees and a high of 55 degrees with a 60% chance of precipitation at night and a 20% chance during the day.

• Lompoc: Partly cloudy with a low of 35 degrees and a high of 55 degrees with a 40% chance of precipitation at night and a 30% chance during the day.

• Santa Maria: Partly cloudy with a low of 34 and a high of 54 and 40% chance of precipitation equally at night and during the day.

Current reservoir levels are as follows.

• Gibraltar: 100.8% capacity • Cachuma: 99.1% capacity • Jameson: 100.5% capacity • Twitchell: 37.3% capacity.

The National Weather Service has issued multiple weather statements for Santa Barbara County, including:

• Blizzard warning for the county’s interior mountains, which will be in effect through 4 p.m. today.

• Multiple flood watches for the county’s interior mountains, the Santa Ynez mountains, and coastal areas from Point Conception through Carpinteria.

These flood watches are generally effective through 6 p.m. today.

The Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management advises residents to remain vigilant and be prepared to move to high ground if they live in an area prone to flooding or in or below a recent burn area. The office also encourages drivers to proceed carefully through wet and potentially snowy road conditions and stay off roads entirely if possible. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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TV Santa Barbara comes away with four awards awards

Continued from Page A1 experimental production, “EMME YA: The final Expedition,” winning the community producer award for Best Experimental production as well. It was produced by Berkeley Community Media and is a lyrical piece of work with original music and original choreography.

The second Best of Show Award went to the Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus for its show “Holiday Hits with a Splash of Class,” which

aired on Access Sacramento.

The Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus also won the professional producer award for the Best Arts, Entertainment, and Performance category. It was described as having both beautiful sound and picture.

TV Santa Barbara won these awards: • Arts, Entertainment, and Performance: Community Producer: “La Boheme Fiesta Special.”

• Community Event: Student Producer: “Juneteenth Event Coverage.”

• Magazine Show:

Community Producer: Wade and Debbie Nomura: “Carpenteria Living.”

• Program/Channel Promotion: Student Producer: Rebecca Brand: “Flags on State Street” In other awards, the city of Lompoc won the Community Producer award in the Public Service Announcement category for “Be Part of our Lompoc Lifeguard Team.”

Santa Barbara resident Lisa Lang, founder of Spread Goodness, and Jake Potts won the Community Producer award in the Community Issues category for

“Keep the Funk: Part 1.”

ECTV CAPS Media Center, based at El Camino High School in Ventura, won Student Producer awards in separate categories for “Arts About Agriculture” and “Chumash Elder Julie TumamaitStensile.”

Ranjana Mehra won the Community Producer award in the Educational Access category for “Cleaning Up the Guadalupe Watershed”(KMVT-15).

Other awards went to entities throughout California and other western states. email: cbeeghly@newspress.com

Critics recommend parent’s rights policy used in Orange County BALLARD

Continued from Page A3 Carla Ford, another public commenter, said: “I do want to thank Pam Rennick for being our fearless leader and for protecting our students and being so wonderful. I want to thank the Conroys for everything they have done for our school and for how much time they have put into our school … Whatever you decide to teach your children in your home, I hope that you consider kindness as the most important thing …”

Another commenter, Rebecca Smith, shared a different perspective.

“What happened in the fourth-grade classroom is an upsetting situation,” she said.

“There are several families now that have voiced their concerns, I know Pam is aware of that. The board has heard from some of them.

“This is by no means a privacy issue as described by Pam. The issue doesn’t lie in a child changing his name. The issue is that Pam brought in two parents to discuss a

controversial topic with a class of students without anyone’s consent,” Ms. Smith said.

“I think it is very important that the board thoroughly consider the way in which this situation was mishandled.

“There are only two possibilities as to how Pam Rennick decided to handle this situation.

The first is that she made an influential decision with an agenda in mind, or she was completely naive and did not realize what would come from her controversial decision,” Ms. Smith said. “Either explanation of the decision is unacceptable. This is the leader of our school, the one who needs to be making decisions that are best benefitting our children, their families, and our teachers. The decision was reckless and concerning and an abuse of power was shown by Pam and Sean Conroy.

“I find it appropriate that Sean Conroy resigns after seeing his lack of discernment in this situation. As for Pam, there is now an irreversible lack of trust in your ability to make decisions for our children,” Ms. Smith said.

“You broke the trust between yourself and a teacher who gave you a warning that this was inappropriate. That teacher was put in an

awful position, one she never should have been put in.

“Our teachers need to be listened to when they voice concern, and in this case, Mrs. Young was completely disregarded. With that said, I am proposing that our school create a parent’s rights policy. I am asking that the policy be put on the March agenda as an action item …”

Ms. Smith referred to a parent’s rights policy that was unanimously voted in recently by the Orange County Board of Education.

“I strongly believe it’s what we need here at Ballard,” said Ms. Smith. She provided copies of the policy to the board. “I am asking for complete transparency to be put in place in our classrooms. Parents need to be notified any time an outside person is brought into our classroom ...

“If you can’t send an email about what is being taught to our children, then you absolutely should not be discussing it with them …”

Several other commenters spoke on both sides of the issue. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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“One year later, we don’t see an end in sight,” said Ms. Murray, who arrived in Ukraine on Feb. 17. “We’ve seen tens of thousands of deaths.”

“You have this constant threat of missile attacks all the time, bringing a state of fear and terror,” Ms. Murray said.

She said she experienced her first air raid during this visit just 30 minutes after crossing into the Ukrainian border. “The second time was by the time we reached Lviv. There were several air raids every day in Kyiv.”

ShelterBox USA’s photos tell the story of houses and tall apartment buildings devastated by Russian missiles during the worst conflict in Europe since World War II. Against that backdrop, ShelterBox International and ShelterBox USA remain determined, along with organizations such as Goleta-based Direct Relief, to help.

Ms. Murray went to the war-torn country to talk to the Ukrainians about their needs during the freezing, unforgiving winter.

ShelterBox normally provides tent-like temporary shelters to areas hit by disasters and wars, such as Syria, but Ms. Murray explained the Ukrainians need something different: ways to repair their homes and to survive the winter as Russia launches attacks on Ukraine’s power infrastructure, causing outages.

The Ukrainians are struggling to stay warm.

“We have people who don’t have access to heat, who don’t have access to running water,” Ms. Murray said.

She said ShelterBox USA is helping by providing thermal blankets, stoves, carriers to store clean water, solar-powered lanterns, winter clothing and hygiene kits.

Ms. Murray said ShelterBox USA is also providing tools to repair roofs and tarps to cover holes in the roof or tarp to replace destroyed windows — anything to keep out the cold.

“We’ve reached 37,000 people already,” she said, adding ShelterBox USA hopes to aid an additional 30,000 Ukrainians this year.

ShelterBox USA has spent millions of dollars to help the Ukrainians.

“We know the need is massive,” she said.

“You have over 40%, nearly 50% of the population who need humanitarian assistance,” Ms. Murray said. “Many people have not returned home. If they have returned

home, there’s nothing left of their homes.”

During her visit to Ukraine, Ms. Murray stopped in several communities and talked to the residents.

“I went to this one village of a thousand people. Picture a place like Summerland — a small town, but there’s no sea,” Ms. Murray said. “Eight-five percent of the homes were bombed.”

“A woman in her late 70s told me how she hid behind a cement wall in an adjacent property (to her home),” Ms. Murray said. “The wall was being shot; there were tons of holes in the cement. She hid behind it, and she survived.

Her neighbor didn’t make it.”

“It’s awful,” Ms. Murray said. “People are really struggling to survive in a war that was no fault of their own.”

“What I heard from families is that a year later, they’re tired,” Ms. Murray said. “They want to go home. They want the war to be over.

They just want peace.”

But Ms. Murray noted she witnessed a great sense of resilience among the Ukrainians.

She visited a community where she met a family — a husband, wife and their 19-yearold daughter — who had to leave their home in what’s now Russian-occupied Ukraine.

“They were told by the Ukrainian army that they had 15 minutes to leave” to escape before the Russian attacks, Ms. Murray said. “They went to a shelter in this city and lived with 60 people in a basement with one heater. And it was freezing.”

The family doesn’t know anything about the condition of the home they were forced to abandon, but the father found a reason to smile when he talked with Ms. Murray.

“We were chatting through a translator. He (the father) was pleased to be there and to get the aid,” said Ms. Murray, who handed him a portable stove from ShelterBox USA. “He hugged me,” she said. “He had a huge smile. I did not see many smiles in Ukraine, but he had this massive smile. He said, ‘Super!’

He was so excited.

“The translator said he wanted me to know he was really, really pleased,” Ms. Murray said.

“He’s moved out of this 60-person shelter and is now in a tiny apartment with his family, and they now have a heater,” Ms. Murray said.

“Their daughter is going to a medical college, taking classes online.”

That was one example of the resilience of the Ukrainians.

“Despite all the deadly danger, despite the power cuts, despite this awful winter, despite the horrors of war,” Ms. Murray said, “they’re resilient.”

COMING UP Next week, the News-Press will present stories about the rally at noon today at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in support of Ukraine, as well as humanitarian efforts by Goleta-based Direct Relief and Santa Barbara-based World Dance for Humanity. And there will be more about ShelterBox USA’s efforts.

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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 # 44341

COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL STAFF SUPERVISOR Police Department

Directs and supervises subordinate staff, including assigning and delegating projects. Schedules employees to ensure proper staffing levels are maintained.

Performance monitoring includes evaluating work performance and implementing oral corrective action for performance or conduct issues. Supervises unit operations to ensure compliance with departmental or organizational policies, procedures, and defined internal controls. Trains subordinate dispatchers in the use and operation of various complex communications equipment including radios, telephones, and computer-aided dispatch consoles. Troubleshoots, diagnoses, repairs, and maintenance needed for communication equipment and makes necessary recommendations for correction.

Interface with appropriate shift supervisory personnel from each external agency, internal division, and campus partner served by the Communications Center to assure the quality of service and to deal with current operational problems.

Shift work schedule includes mandatory overtime, nights, weekends, and holidays on short notice. Reports to work at any hour of day or night as required for disaster or another emergency including technical issues. Engages in frequent interpersonal interactions that are stressful or sensitive. Performs the full range of Public Safety Dispatcher call-taking and dispatching functions as needed. Reqs: POST Dispatcher Certificate. Bachelor’s Degree in a related area and/or equivalent experience/training.

4-6 years experience performing the duties of a Police Dispatcher or higher-level position in a Police Dispatch Center. 1-3 years of working knowledge of Computer Aided Dispatch System (CAD). 1-3 years experience with E911 Systems, and phones, including Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf (TDD). 13 years of detailed current (within the last 2 years) knowledge of relevant federal and state systems, and departmental laws, rules, guidelines, practices, and terminology regarding police dispatching.

1-3 years experience documenting information and maintaining records.Basic knowledge of the English language, math, and other analytical skills as evidenced by possession of a high school degree, GED, or equivalent. Manage and accomplish multiple priorities and responsibilities with a high level of accuracy. Successfully supervise, motivate, correct, train, and evaluate assigned staff. Notes: Ability to use vehicles, computer systems, and other technologies and tools utilized by police agencies. Mandated reporting requirements of Child Abuse. Mandated reporting req of Dependent Adult Abuse.

Satisfactory criminal history background check. Ability to work in a confined work environment until relieved. Successful completion of a pre-employment psychological evaluation. Ability to work rotating shifts on days, nights, weekends, and holidays. Must maintain valid CA DL, a clean DMV record and enrollment in DMV Pull-Notice Program.

Successful completion of the POST Dispatcher test. $62,300 - $117,500/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 3/9/2023 Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 49505.

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CONTRACT ANALYST Design and Construction Services

Performs a wide variety of competitive bidding, contract administration, project management, business advisement, performance and closeout services for the Design & Construction Services Department, Facilities Maintenance Department and the Housing, Dining & Auxiliary Services Department in the execution of agreements by providing the appropriate business, policy and legal review, inclusive of the following: Procurement of all contracts including major and minor capital projects including contract and consultant prequalification; project closeout procedures, including filing NOCs, termination of insurance coverages; advice and counsel regarding project disputes; etc. Responsible for interpreting current policy and legal requirements and applying it to a wide variety of contract and public bidding issues faced by the client and developing solutions that are communicated in both written and verbal formats; independently manages the contract procurement process with limited oversight; acts as business advisor to campus officials, D&CS staff and outside contractors and design professionals; maintain legally required documents; conduct mandatory job walks; receive, open, and process bids; advise Contracts Director on bid irregularities; ensure compliance with all current UCOP, UCSB, and legal requirements. Reqs: Experience reading and analyzing complex technical documents including, but not limited to, construction contracts and consultant agreements and specifications, and demonstrable experience analyzing, compiling and interpreting project data. Notes: Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull-Notice Program. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/ Budgeted Salary Range: $57,800 - $75,000/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 3/16/2023 Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 49507.

UNDERGRADUATE ADVISOR Electrical and Computer Engineering

Serves as one of the undergraduate advisors for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and Computer Engineering Program which includes approximately 500 EE & CE majors. Monitors and evaluates students’ completion of academic requirements, and provides prescriptive advice to students on academic and degree progress and major requirements. Administers aspects of the undergraduate programs which includes student records, schedule of classes, student petitions, and faculty and TA evaluations. Has authority to act independently, making decisions that affect students’ academic programs such as major progress checks and registration blocks. Coordinates special projects such as undergraduate scholarship awards/payments, compiling course materials for accreditation reviews, and student-focused event planning such as the senior capstone event and graduation related events. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. This is a career position, but it is currently only funded for an initial one year period, after which the funding/position continuation will be re-evaluated. However, it is anticipated that the position funding will continue beyond the initial one year period. Budgeted Hourly Range $24.81/hr. - $27.40/hr. Full Salary Range $24.81/hr. - $39.85/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 # 48863.

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Lead and participate in the technical planning and development of critical complex software information systems and functionality.

Perform analysis to install, modify, and support websites, software systems, databases, utilities, and tools.

Perform or direct highly complex data modeling. Use Azure DevOps and Octopus Deploy to do release management, automated deployments, and continuous integration.

Apply, implement, and leverage complex security configurations and Single Sign-On (SSO) systems using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Active directory Federation Services (ADFS), and Azure Active Directory (AD). Lead and participate in the migration of software applications to newer technologies and the planning of technology solutions.

Implement, develop, enhance, and maintain distributed software applications and integration components. Responsible for information system enhancements, reports, extracts, imports, and user technical support. Develop conversion and system implementation plans.

Work on analyzing performance and optimizing SQL queries. Provide ongoing production support to ensure the operability and functionality of software applications and information systems. Initiate and oversee changes in software development, maintenance, and system standards. Oversee the development of design documentation, test and operations plans, user manuals, and training. Analyze software functional needs and requirements by interfacing with stakeholders from UCSB departments, other UC campuses, and external vendors. Oversee requirements gathering, analysis and design, implementation, integration, testing, deployments, development schedules, and adhering to established standards and procedures.

Analyze business processes to identify strategies and opportunities for innovation and automation.

Evaluate software system needs of internal and external users and ensure that designs meet these needs.

Collaborate with information technology (IT) technical architects, system and network engineers, database designers and administrators, functional organization users, and clients to determine the best software systems solutions. Lead and participate in design and code reviews to ensure clear interpretation of requirements and quality of application development. Implement complex, integrated, responsive, and dynamic web sites using content management systems (Sitefinity, Drupal, and Umbraco).

Participate in the full development lifecycle, including estimation, development, testing, deployment, on-going maintenance, and updates and upgrades. Install and maintain module updates using Composer.

Analyze performance using NewRelic and develop unit tests using Behat. Develop custom functionalities using PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, SQL, Symfony, and Twig.

Collaborate with marketing and design teams to plan and develop site content, style, and layout. Perform proxy configurations for routing traffic to different server types by utilizing scripting languages (PowerShell and Bash). Gather requirements and develop timelines and checklists for web application projects. Lead and facilitate team Scrum meetings, provide emerging technologies expertise, and train other developers. Manage software project and development schedules and resource allocation.

Assign software development tasks and coordinate communication with stakeholders. Utilize ticket management tools and lead the development and modification of web applications. Lead software information systems integration, development, and quality assurance processes. Ensure all systems adhere to university policies, federal, state, and university regulations, and best industry practices related to information security. Lead and participate in multiple projects and initiatives, including cross-functional and cross- organizational mission critical projects. Collaborate with domain experts and managers on project completion statuses and future project scheduling.

Reqs: Four (4) years of experience as a Software Developer, Content Management System Developer, Technical Lead, or related occupation. Bachelor’s Degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field. Must have experience with the following: Drupal and Sitefinity, ASP.Net, PHP, Symfony, and custom module development, templating, configuration management, and performance monitoring using New Relic and Google Analytics; Analysis and design of complex functional processes and software solutions; Producing specifications and diagrams using the Unified Model Language (UML), Microsoft Visio and/or Draw.io; Fullstack, object-oriented programming experience with Microsoft technologies including .NET, ASP. Net, Visual Basic, C#, Web Forms, model–view–controller (MVC), Entity Framework, IIS Configuration; Writing object-oriented code following proper coding and documentation standards; Creating accessible, ADA-compliant interfaces using front-end technologies (Twig, Razor, HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Sass, Javascript, jQuery, Bootstrap framework, and SiteImprove report analysis); SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), analyzing execution, and optimization of SQL queries; Relational database systems (Microsoft SQL Server and MariaDB and/or MySQL); Modern application life-cycle management processes, tools for software version control (Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) and Git), package management (NuGet and Composer), scripting languages (PowerShell and Bash), automated deployment and continuous integration (Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy, and Circle CI), unit testing using Behat and/or PhpUnit, and quality assurance; Web hosting in Pantheon and webops workflows, networking concepts (Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Domain Name System (DNS) configuration), and local development with Docker containers (Lando or Laravel Valet); Secure software development concepts and practices in alignment with policy and legal requirements; Design and technical implementation of multi-tier applications. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range $101,275 - $161,100/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. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 48714

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1.Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named seller that a bulk sale is about to be made of the assets described below.

2.The names and business addresses of the seller are: PARADICE, LLC, a California limited liability company, 11-A West De La Guerra Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 3.The location in California of the chief executive office of the seller is (if “same as above”, so state): “same as above” As listed by the seller, all other business names and addresses used by the seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the buyer are (if “none”, so state): Hustle & Grind; ParadICE Hawaiian Shaved Ice & Ice Cream 4.The names and business addresses of the buyer are: WILD TEA LEAF, LLC, a California limited liability company, 11-A West De La Guerra Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 5.The general description of the assets to be sold: Inventory of stock and furniture, fixtures and equipment for that certain business located at: 11-A West De La Guerra Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 6.The business name used by the seller at that location is: ParadICE Hawaiian Shaved Ice & Ice Cream 7.The anticipated date of the bulk sale is March 10, 2023, at the offices of Compass First, Inc., 1114 State Street, Suite 313, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Escrow No. 222-2023-MO. 8.This bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6102.2.

9.If so subject, the name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: Compass First, Inc., 1114 State Street, Suite 313, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Escrow No. 222-2023-MO and the last date for filing claims shall be March 9, 2023 which is the business day before the sale date specified above.

Dated: February 21, 2023 ___________________________________ Wild Tea Leaf, LLC, a California limited liability company By: Michael Sanchez, Member FEB 25 / 2023 -- 59112 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2023-0000221 The following person(s) is doing business as: Living Stones Landscapes, 1641 E Valley Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93108, County of Santa Barbara.

Under the Sun Landscapes LLC, 1641 E Valley Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108; CA This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ Jennifer Hatton, Managing Member This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 01/27/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4/23 CNS-3668531# SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS FEB 11, 18, 25; MAR 4 / 2023 -- 59078 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.FBN2023-0000371 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MASERATI ALFA ROMEO OF SANTA BARBARA, 300 HITCHCOCK WAY, SANTA BARBARA, CA 91776 County of SANTA BARBARA Mailing Address: 300 HITCHCOCK WAY, SANTA BARBARA, CA 91776 D&G LIN LLC, 300 HITCHCOCK WAY, SANTA BARBARA, CA 91776 This business is conducted by a limited liability company The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 3/14/2017.

D&G LIN LLC S/ DENNIS LIN, PRESIDENT, This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 02/10/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 2/18, 2/25, 3/4, 3/11/23 CNS-3654894# SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS FEB 18, 25; MAR 4, 11 / 2023 -- 59094

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The Extramural Funds Accounting unit oversees the financial management of all external funding received by UCSB, including federal, state, local and other government, private contracts and grants, endowments, and gifts. The unit advises on matters of financial compliance and proper cost accounting. Responsible for financial reporting, cash management, accounts receivable, gift processing, effort reporting, review high risk expense transfers for compliance, cost share monitoring, and support to departments in managing Extramural funds. This position is needed to support for EMF staff participating in a large project to transform UCSB’s financial management capabilities by implementing enhanced budgeting, accounting and financial reporting throughout campus using Oracle Financials Cloud (OFC) platform. This is a multi-year project with representation from across the campus. The EMF Manager is the co-lead for two of the project workstreams.

Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and / or 4-6 years equivalent experience / training. Ability to independently gather, organize, and perform accounting-related analysis to complete projects of moderate to semi-complex scope.

Thorough knowledge of financial transactions and systems, as well as related policy, accounting, and regulatory compliance requirements. Proven ability to effectively present information verbally and in writing. 1-3 years Experience frequently using spreadsheets, database, and other applications.

Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $26.39 to $44.78/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 3/2/23. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 46762

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SENIOR LEAD DEVELOPER Information Technology Services

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Antiques Appliances Art Auctions Audio/Stereo Auto Parts Bicycles Building Materials Collectible Communications Computers Farm Equipment Feed/Fuel Furniture Garage Sales Health Services/ Supplies Hobbies Jewelry Livestock Machinery Miscellaneous Misc. Wanted Musical Nursery Supplies Office Equipment Pets Photography Rentals Restaurant Equipment Sewing Machines Sporting Store Equipment Swaps TV/ Video Water Conservation

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BRUCE MACKAY HALVERSON Case Number: 23PR00067 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: BRUCE MACKAY HALVERSON; BRUCE HALVERSON A Petition for Probate has been filed by JOEL HALVERSON in the SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA. The Petition for Probate requests that JOEL HALVERSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 04/06/2023 at Time: 9:00 AM, in Dept.: 5, located at SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; PO Box 21107, Santa Barbara, CA 93121-1107, Anacapa Division.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor.

You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Petitioner: JOEL HALVERSON Address: 333 E. MISSION STREET, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101 Phone: 415-652-4089

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS For Projects issued under the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (CUPCCAA) Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the Hope Elementary School District (“DISTRICT”) at 3970 La Colina Road, Santa Barbara, California 93110 not later than: DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF BIDS is at 10:00 AM, APRIL 27, 2023, for the HOPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALTERATIONS AND NEW CLASSROOM BUILDING, Project No. 1518-23/24 (“Project”).

Job Walk/Pre-Bid Conference A mandatory job walk, and pre-bid conference will be conducted on MARCH 9, 2023, beginning at 2:30 PM. Meet at Hope Elementary School, 3970 La Colina Road, Santa Barbara CA 93110. Bids will not be accepted from contractors not attending the mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference.

Prospective Bidders attending the mandatory job walk shall adhere to state and Santa Barbara County Public Health guidelines unless otherwise noted. Any oral representations made by DISTRICT representatives or architects at the job walk and pre-bid conference are not intended to be binding on DISTRICT or to be relied upon by prospective bidders.

The Plans/Specifications will be available for purchase through Tri-Co at https://www.tricoblue.com/ after the mandatory job walk.

With the exception of the mandatory job walk, any requests for prebid job site visits/access should be directed to and coordinated with: Fernando Garcia at fgarcia@hopeschooldistrict.org Questions due from bidders are due by APRIL 12, 2023, at 10:00 AM and should be directed to the Project Architect, Joe Wilcox, Kruger Bensen Ziemer Architects, Inc. at joew@kbzarch.com.

CLEARLY MARK BID RESPONSE ENVELOPE WITH TIME/DATE OF BID OPENING AND PROJECT NAME. Bids so received shall be opened and publicly read aloud at Hope Elementary School at 3970 La Colina Road, Santa Barbara, California 93110. All bids shall be made on the forms provided in the specifications and each bid must conform to the Contract Documents. Each bid shall be accompanied by the bid security specified in the Instructions to Bidders.

The Project description includes, but not limited to the following: (Part A): 1. REPLACEMENT OF (E) ROOFING AT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING A, LIBRARY BUILDING L, MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING MP, KINDERGARTEN BUILDING K, CLASSROOM BUILDINGS CN & N40, AND RESOURCE CENTER RC. 2. REPLACEMENT OF (E) WINDOWS, ALUM STOREFRONT AND HVAC AT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING A, LIBRARY BUILDING L, MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING MP, KINDERGARTEN BUILDING K, CLASSROOM BUILDINGS CN & N40, AND RESOURCE CENTER RC. 3. ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING STAFF & STUDENT RESTROOMS AT CLASSROOM BUILDING N40.

(Part B): 1.

CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE-STORY FIVE-CLASSROOM BUILDING, IDENTIFIED AS ‘EAST 40’, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED SITEWORK, STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, FIRE SPRINKLERS, AND FIRE ALARM WORK, etc. at the Hope Elementary School site.

Per Public Contract Code Section 20103.8, the Hope Elementary School District will use Method (A) in determining the lowest responsible bid.

Contractor License required: B, General Building Contractor Prequalification of Bidders and MEP subcontractors: As a condition of bidding on this Project, and in accordance with the provisions of Public Contract Code section 20111.5 and 20111.6 all Bidders and all mechanical, electrical, and plumbing subcontractors listed in the Bidder’s proposal must either be pre-qualified for at least five business days before the date of the opening of the bids or must submit a completed prequalification package by the deadline stated below. Bids not conforming to this requirement will not be accepted.

Prequalification packages are available upon request. Please contact Lina Plascencia in the Planning Department at lplascencia@hopeschooldistrict.org. All prequalification questions must be directed to L.M. Sweaney at lynns11s@aol.com or leave a voice message at (805) 705-0034.

Prequalification packages must be submitted to L.M. Sweaney, 3345 State Street/Box 3187, Santa Barbara, CA 93130 (UPS or FED-EX ONLY) (Voice Message: (805) 705-0034) no later than, APRIL 6, 2023 by 10:00 AM. FAXED PRE-QUALIFICATION APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. PLEASE DO NOT REQUIRE SIGNATURE AS PROOF OF RECEIPT AS THIS IS DELIVERED TO A PO BOX. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773 and 1773.2 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the DISTRICT has obtained from the Director of Industrial Relations, the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of workman needed to execute the contract which is available for review at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/statistics_research.html. During the Work, the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) will monitor compliance with prevailing wage rate requirements and enforce the Contractor’s prevailing wage rate obligations, with a copy of the same being on file with the District Office. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under him, to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workmen employed by them in the execution of the contract, and to comply with all prevailing wage requirements set forth in the Labor Code.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1771.1 of the Labor Code of the State of California, a contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid or engage in the performance of any contract for this project unless; (1) currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5; or (2) expressly authorized to submit a bid by Section 1771.1 and provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

FEB 18, 25; MAR 04 / 2023--59089

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. The successful Bidder will be required to post all job-site notices required by DIR regulations and other applicable law.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2023-0000246 The following person(s) is doing business as: Oceans, 1101 E Ocean Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436, County of Santa Barbara.

ALUH-TEH LLC, 1101 E Ocean Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436; California This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12/16/2022 /s/ Monna Sanner, Managing Member This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 01/31/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4/23 CNS-3668535# SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS

The successful bidder and its subcontractors will be required to follow the nondiscrimination requirements set forth in the General Conditions.

DISTRICT will be participating in the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE) Participation Goal Program pursuant to Education Code section 17076.11 and Public Contract Code section 10115.

No Bidder may withdraw its bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the bid opening.

The DISTRICT reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive irregularities in any bid.

BY THE ORDER OF THE HOPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE Fernando Garcia, Director of Facilities and Modernization Planning Department FEB 25; MAR 4 / 2023 -- 59114

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FEB 11, 18, 25; MAR 4 / 2023 -- 59080 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2023-0000245 The following person(s) is doing business as: Ojai Estate Management, 1025 E. Montecito St., Santa Barbara, CA 93103, County of Santa Barbara.

Stephanie Molly Lynn, 1025 E. Montecito St., Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A /s/ Stephanie Molly Lynn, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 01/31/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4/23 CNS-3668549# SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS

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Glinda the Good Witch will bring her magic when “The Wizard of Oz” opens March 3 at Cabrillo High School in Lompoc.

The calendar appears Mondays through Saturdays in the “Life & the Arts” section. Items are welcome.

Please email them a full week before the event to Managing Editor Dave Mason at dmason@newspress.com.

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Karen Steinwachs, owner/winemaker Seagrape Wine Co. and co-founder of the annual Women Winemakers Celebration, toasts with guests at the 2022 Santa Barbara County Women Winemakers Celebration in Santa Ynez. This year’s celebration will take place March 12 in Los Olivos.

Female winemakers in Santa Barbara County for sixth annual celebration

By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

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n delayed honor of International Women’s Day, which is March 8, the sixth annual Women Winemakers Celebration showcasing the winemaking talents of more than 30 Santa Barbara County women winemakers will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 12 at the newly opened Mattei’s Tavern, Auberge Resorts Collection, in Los Olivos.

“Women Winemakers Celebration: A Toast to Women in Wine and Food” will once again benefit a regional nonprofit, with event proceeds from the 2023 gathering donated to The Rainbow House Inc, the first LGBTQIA+ community resource center in Santa Ynez Valley. Tickets to the event are currently available at 2023womenwinemakers. eventbrite.com.

“When we launched this celebration in 2017, we never imagined that it would gain ground in the manner that it has. The support that our community displays to our women winemakers through this event is greatly appreciated and so very important. Knowing that we’re all in this together and being able to, in turn, show that support to other causes in the region, is what makes this event so pertinent,” said Karen Steinwachs, Santa Barbara County woman winemaker, part of the all-female Women Winemakers Celebration event production team and cofounder of the annual celebration.

“Now in our sixth year, the 2023 Women Winemakers Celebration will feature more women winemakers than at any of our past events. We have more than 30 ladies pouring on March 12. We’re also holding the event in a new ‘home,’ a spectacular new hospitality venue, The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern, Auberge Resorts Collection, which has welcomed us all with open arms,” she added stressing that men are also welcome at the event.

The celebration will once again be a daytime happening, an intimate, alfresco wine tasting

reception complete with elevated hors d’oeuvres.

The three-hour wine and food tasting reception will boast the largest number of female winemakers that this event has featured to date, all of whom will be on-hand to pour tastes of their wines and talk with event guests.

Passed and stationary appetizers will be offered by their female counterparts in the Santa Barbara County food world, while live music by Arwen Lewis will add to the event’s convivial ambience.

Also returning to this year’s event will be the popular “Estrogen Collection” wine bottle opportunity drawing.

“International Women’s Day has been celebrated worldwide since 1909 with a focus on working women’s achievements and issues. In a working environment which sees about 10% of the global wine industry as femalelead winemakers, Santa Barbara County continues to see a much higher percentage of women winemakers than most regions in the world with nearly double the average and growing each year,” said Ms. Steinwachs, owner of Seagrape Wine Co. Participating winemakers and wineries include Lane Tanner, Lumen Wines; Kathy Joseph, Fiddlehead Cellars; Brooke Carhartt, Carhartt Family Wines; Brit Zotovich, Dreamcôte Wine Co.; Sonja Magdevski, Casa Dumetz Wines; Clementine Carter, The Feminist Party; Alecia Moore, Two Wolves Wine; Alison Thomson, Lepiane Wines; Mireia Taribó and Tara Gomez, Camins 2 Dreams; Sandra Newman, Cebada Wine; Gretchen Voelcker, Piazza Family Wines and Luna Hart Wines.

Other are Laura Roach, Loubud Wines; Dana Volk, Dana V. Wines; Jessica Gasca, Story of Soil; Angela Osborne, A Tribute To Grace Wine Company; Wynne Solomon, Peake Ranch Winery; Rachel DeAscentiis, Say When Wine; Samra Morris, Alma Rosa Winery; Alice Anderson, âmevive; Magan Eng, Kunin Wines; Megan McGrath Gates, Lucas & Lewellen Vineyards; Kristin Bryden, Zaca Please see WOMEN on B2

TODAY 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Entangled: Responding to Environmental Crisis,” runs through March 25 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. The museum is open from 10 a.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. It’s closed on Sundays and college holidays. For more information, call 805-565-6162 or visit westmont. edu/museum.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Interlopings: Colors in the Warp and Weft of Ecological Entanglements” is an exhibit that runs through March 12 at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The exhibit features weavings dyed with pigments from non-native plants on Santa Cruz Island. The weavings were created by artists Helen Svensson and Lisa Jevbratt. For more information, see sbbotanicgarden.org.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Coast artist and London native Annie Hoffman’s exhibit “Seeing Ourselves in Colour” will be displayed through Feb. 28 at Gallery Los Olivos, 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. For more information, visit anniehoffmann.com.

Noon. A rally honoring Ukrainians will take place at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara.

The event is planned to take place, rain or shine.

Noon to 5 p.m. “Clarence Mattei: Portrait of a Community” is on view now through May at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, which is located in downtown Santa Barbara at 136 E. De la Guerra St. Admission is free.

Hours are currently from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays and from noon to 7 p.m. Thursdays. For more information, visit www.sbhistorical. org 1:30 and 7 p.m. “The River Bride” will be presented by PCPA (Pacific Conservatory Theatre) in Santa Maria. The play is being performed at the Severson Theatre at Allan Hancock College, 870 S. Bradley Road. Tickets are $49. To purchase, visit www.pcpa.org or call the box office at 805-922-8313.

FEB. 26 1 p.m. A vigil to honor victims and survivors of recent mass shootings in California will take place at the corner of State and Anapamu streets in Santa Barbara.

1:30 p.m. “The River Bride” will be presented by PCPA (Pacific Conservatory Theatre) in Santa Maria. The play is being performed at the Severson Theatre at Allan Hancock College, 870 S. Bradley Road. Tickets are $49. To purchase, visit www.pcpa.org or call the box office at 805-922-8313.

At top, these were chefs, bakers and food crafts at the 2022 Santa Barbara County Women Winemakers Celebration. Above, treats-and truffle-maker Jessica Foster of Jessica Foster Confections won the Estrogen Collection opportunity drawing at the 2022 celebration.

MARCH 1 7:30 p.m. The Santa Barbara City College Theatre Group will perform Ken Ludwig’s “A Comedy of Tenors” March 1-18 at the Garvin Theatre on the college’s west campus in the 900 block of Cliff Drive in Santa Barbara. The curtain will rise at 7:30 p.m. March 1 and after that, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through March 18. The March 1 and 2 performances are preview shows.

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Santa Barbara students win awards at junior theater festival UC Davis Health Pavilion in Sacramento.

In addition to the ensemble recognition, Riviera Ridge student Tabitha Weller made it to the callback for a yet-to-be-announced video project, which will promote musicals in schools. Also, students Isabella Stovall and Naomi Boles were named Junior Theater Festival All-Stars.

At the festival, each group performed 15 minutes of a Broadway Junior musical for adjudicators, according to a news release.

The Riviera Ridge School students performed selections from Disney’s “The Little

By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

A recent trip to Sacramento proved to be a great one for theater students representing The Riviera Ridge School in Santa Barbara.

After they got there and performed, they won a Freddie G Excellence in Ensemble Work award and earned other recognition at the 2023 Junior Theater Festival West.

The festival, which celebrates student-driven musical theater programs, took place Feb. 1719 at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center and the

Mermaid Jr.” for the judges — Broadway actor Bob Lenzi; Cindy Ripley, senior education consultant at iTheatrics, and Kelby McIntyre-Martinez, associate dean for arts education and community engagement at the College of Fine Arts, University of Utah.

“This beautiful ensemble understood the message of the show,” Ms. Ripley said about Riviera Ridge students’ interpretation of “The Little Mermaid Jr.” Added Ms. McIntyre-Martinez, “There were so many magical moments in Riviera Ridge School’s storytelling, including how they

united their cast to create Ursula’s tentacles and the boat. Their characters were fantastic, and I admired this program’s ability to allow each young person a chance to shine.”

Mr. Lenzi agreed. “Riviera Ridge School’s ensemble supported the storytelling in such a compelling way. For example, the boat they created in ‘Under The Sea,’ really filled in the emotional and physical life of the scene. The students’ joy and commitment to working together shines through their performances.” email: dmason@newspress.com

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Riviera Ridge School students attend the Junior Theater Festival West in Sacramento.

Learning from ‘Swan Lake’ dancers

Twenty-five State Street Ballet students and 25 local community members participate in a masterclass this week with members of the Ballet Preljocaj, a French ballet company. The troupe is in Santa Barbara to perform “Swan Lake” at 8 tonight and 3 p.m. Sunday at The Granada, 1214 State St. French dance star Angelin Prelijocal transforms the Tchaikovsky classic into a modern ecological tragedy. The production features 26 dancers. To purchase tickets for the UCSB Arts & Lectures program, go to granadasb.org.

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This one started as a Thursday puzzle and grew into a Sunday when they had too many ideas to fit into a 15 x 15-square grid. — W.S.

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ompassionate people are happier people.

Couples who are compassionate with one another have more joy and understanding in their relationships. Compassion, which is a combination of empathy, concern, kindness and consideration, is a cornerstone for those wanting a fulfilled love life.

When you are sad, a compassionate gesture from your mate can make all the difference in your mood. Warm hugs and words of encouragement take away a lot of discomfort.

To have someone hold your hand — offering emotional support by just being there for you — can ease your pain, no matter what it is about.

Without compassion, a relationship can become hardened.

When that happens, your interactions are less caring, and you may start to build resentments, which might make you feel that you are in the relationship by yourself.

Developing and expressing your compassion creates a safe zone for your love and for all the feelings and issues that may arise in your life. You cannot replace the soft touch of your partner and his or her sympathy with anything else. It is what heals you both, and it gives you much more emotional security than you may think.

Creating compassion is not difficult.

First, it requires desire. You will want to ask your partner what his or her needs are in this area, as well as explain your own needs.

Having this discussion will make being compassionate toward each other much easier, for you will know exactly where to focus your energy.

The next part is a little more challenging, as you will need to make the commitment to always dialogue together in a compassionate manner. There

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will be live-captioned for the hearingimpaired. Tickets range from $18 to $26 for general admission, with discounts for students, seniors and SBCC staff.

To purchase, go to www. theatregroupsbcc.com or by calling the Garvin Box Office at 805-9655935.

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MARCH 2 7:30 p.m. The Miro Quartet will perform at Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1130 State St., Santa Barbara.

Admission is $20 for museum members and $25 for nonmembers.

7:30 p.m. The Santa Barbara City College Theatre Group will perform Ken Ludwig’s “A Comedy of Tenors” at the Garvin Theatre on the college’s west campus in the 900 block of Cliff Drive in Santa Barbara.

Tickets range from $18 to $26 for general admission, with discounts for students, seniors and SBCC staff.

To purchase, go to www.

is no room for harshness in a compassionate relationship. And if any such negative behavior does occur, you will both need to identify it and shut it down, so you can get back to relating in an appropriate manner.

A great and simple exercise to help enhance compassion is just to look into each other’s eyes. This action has been highly romanticized in the movies, but it is seldom taken in modern relationships. We are usually looking at the television instead of each other (even when we’re making love).

Looking deeply into the eyes of the one you love and feeling his or her emotions is going to create more depth and compassion.

Showing compassion is good, but being compassionate is even better. When your mate is sharing an issue with you and you demonstrate your concern, you are making it known that you are not just there for your partner, but that you also really care about what he or she is going through. Your mate will feel it and be able to return the gesture in kind.

Practice compassion as part of your daily life. The good feelings you get from it will only make you want to have more. The depth you feel in your relationship, when you know how much your mate cares, is palpable. It changes the way you relate. You will become softer and more considerate toward each other — and that is a plus for any couple.

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 34 million readers. He is available for video consults world-wide, reach him at Barton@BartonGoldsmith.com.

His column appears Saturdays and Mondays in the News-Press. theatregroupsbcc.com or by calling the Garvin Box Office at 805-9655935.

MARCH 3 7:30 p.m. The Santa Barbara City College Theatre Group will perform Ken Ludwig’s “A Comedy of Tenors” at the Garvin Theatre on the college’s west campus in the 900 block of Cliff Drive in Santa Barbara. Tickets range from $18 to $26 for general admission, with discounts for students, seniors and SBCC staff.

To purchase, go to www. theatregroupsbcc.com or by calling the Garvin Box Office at 805-965-5935.

7:30 p.m. Cabrillo High School Performing Arts will present the musical “The Wizard of Oz” at 7:30 p.m.

March 3, 4, 10 and 11 with an “Emerald City” matinee, in which the audience is encouraged to wear green, at 1 p.m.

March 11. The performances will take place at the school’s Little Theater, 4350 Constellation Drive, Lompoc.

Tickets cost $15 for adults and $10 for youths under 18. To purchase, visit www.gofan.co.

— Dave Mason

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On “Simple Saturday,” I focus on improving basic technique and logical thinking.

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In today’s deal, South’s jump to two spades is weak and preemptive.

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you jump to three clubs and he rebids three spades. What do you say?

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ARIES — Aries, personal dignity may be important to you today. This may come about when things go wrong or if you’re accused of something you didn’t do. You always have control over your dignity. Your daily actions affirm this. The key is to hold on tightly to who you are and what you believe in. Defend your dignity if it’s challenged.

TAURUS — Don’t be surprised if someone describes you as conservative, Taurus. It may be true. It could indicate that it’s important for you to maintain control over most things - what you say and how much, how you dress, the kinds of people you spend time with, where and how you spend your money - these are all things that conservative people tend to closely monitor. Be proud of who you are.

GEMINI — Your mother may be on your mind today, Gemini.

Your mother probably affects how you think, act, and feel, both in the past and now. If your mother’s sign is opposite yours, conflict and misunderstanding can happen more easily. Take the time to learn about her sign today to help you understand her and the relationship you have.

CANCER — Focus on yourself today, Cancer. Take note of your health. You probably know that this is something you must take care of always, not just sometimes.

Daily routines are important. It’s up to you to stick to them. The little things like taking vitamins, staying active, and relaxing help maintain a healthy body.

LEO — No dream is too big or too late to fulfill. You may be thinking about your special dreams today, Leo. Perhaps you aspire to do something really great, be a pioneer in some field, or be a prominent figure.

Whatever it is can happen if you believe in yourself and work toward it. Don’t let naysayers stop you. If you decide you can, you probably will.

VIRGO — Chances are good that you will receive a helping hand or comfort from someone many years your senior who cares about you, Virgo. Don’t hesitate to ask for their thoughts, ideas, and assistance. They will probably enjoy being able to do this for you and be glad that you’ve approached them. Be open and accept the love and support

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SCORPIO — You may think about your finances today, Scorpio. It’s never too late to learn about saving and investing, especially if there’s something you really want to do, like travel.

Preparing for retirement can seem surreal when you’re young, but it’s important to start early.

Regardless of how your affairs have gone to date, change starts now.

SAGITTARIUS — Take the time today to consider your health, Sagittarius. Do you get enough rest, eat the right foods, take vitamins, exercise every day, go to the doctor when you need to, and take time to relax?

All these help you have a lifetime of good health. Living a long, healthy life is something we all want. Start now to take care of your body.

CAPRICORN — Today you may emphasize organizing things and managing your life, Capricorn.

Take a look at your time management. It’s possible to plan every day so you have enough time to do what you have to get done as well as do everything you’d like to do. Set priorities to keep things flowing well. There are many books and websites out there on this subject.

AQUARIUS — One day, I want to be…. When you were little, how did you finish that sentence, Aquarius? See what your memory and imagination come up with.

Is your life what you dreamed it would be? If not, consider what you could do to change it. Maybe you should lie on your back and gaze at the clouds or stars. This childlike activity may spark some ideas for you.

PISCES — If you feel cautious today, Pisces, don’t be alarmed.

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ad but true, I need a hip replacement. I can hardly walk these days, so my partner bought me a 1950s rolling medical stool at a thrift store (because I refuse to use an “old lady” walker), and I can roll around the house.

The chair was made by EF Brewster Co. in Wisconsin, and it entered the market in 1955. This chair brought tears to my eyes, if for no other reason than the instant recall of my dentist father seated on one of these stools back in Deerfield, Ill., in the early 1960s.

I remember when I was old enough to have a summer job in his office the medical furniture and device people would make calls to the Deerfield office and bring a bottle of Scotch, and talk up their products. I wonder if we ever hosted a rep from Brewster.

Milwaukee wasn’t that far from Deerfield!

EF Brewster is one of those successful, ardent, trustworthy Midwestern companies who have been in the medical furniture industry for 76 years.

It all began in 1947 when EF Brewster took over the Wisconsinbased Ellsworth Pipe and Supply Co., metal tube fabricators. He realized a little rolling doctor’s office stool was a natural product to be made out of tubal steel. This was a new idea at the time.

Today the company is Menomonee Falls, Wisc., and has become a leader recently in the ergonomic saddle stool, a rolling mini-bike saddle.

Looking at the company’s product line to try to find the history of my medical stool, I notice that Brewster mentions a scientific study that 78% of all dental professionals suffer from a musculoskeletal disorder because of the twisting and bending and leaning and pulling part of their job. I had no idea. Dad seemed to be hale and hearty if the number

of his affairs was any indication.

It was enlightening to see just how innovative the little stool was back in 1950 when Brewster invented it. Today the wheeled stool in the doctor’s office is part of the scenery. There were the type with the rectangular curved back, or the type with no back and they could be adjusted with a large screw pole for height. (Just rotate the seat.) At one time these stools were inexpensive and made of tubular steel and no plastic.

They were weighty.

The company that made it has developed so many healthcare products that they make me proud to be an “almost Wisconsinite” Midwesterner.

For $39.50 in 1955, EF Brewer promoted the Brewer cycle lawnmower, which was a further design based on their electric scooter, called the Power Scooter, for those living with mobility issues. The scooter was narrower than a wheelchair, had one of the first electric rechargeable systems, could last for 5 miles, and had safety shut-offs and brakes, so why not take it a step further and make a sit-down lawn mower?

I read on the company website that the business was proud of the “Crazy Stunt” that promoted the ride-on mower in 1955. Innocent Midwestern humor — someone thought, “Let’s ride this from Milwaukee to Chicago.” It took a Brewster employee 27 hours to go the 98 miles, showing up at Navy Pier for the Hardware Trade Show.

I see Brewster still participates in healthcare trade shows and has displays of their innovative exam tables, from which I can infer that the company is sensitive to the aging U.S. population. There are sizes, heights and electric lifts, and the company is sensitive to the obesity epidemic (these tables support up to 700 pounds) and the needs of injured individuals or patients living with disabilities or pregnancy issues.

These tables can adjust a patient from a seated position to a prone position as the table lifts the patient.

Brewster also invented the wheelable medical exam table years ago so that an exam could be taken anywhere.

In the 1960s, if you worked in a

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medical facility, both you and your patients liked iced soft drinks and needed ice packs. For that need, Brewster designed a medical ice dispenser. That device had these slanted doors, behind which was the ice tank — the Cube Master.

For pediatric hospitals, the company invented a nonclimbable crib, where the walls are clear slick plastic. Beginning in 1950 with my little rolling stool, Brewster today makes medical seating, step stools, IV poles, hampers, instrument trays.

With fond memories of my dad

pushing himself around the office, I now can do that. The stool’s value is $50.

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the Fish and well, pretty much every 1960s hit maker other than the Rolling Stones and the Beatles appeared onstage over the next three/four days.

It wasn’t easy to sleep. It also wasn’t easy to wash, eat or use a toilet. My brother and I stayed up all night, as most people did that weekend.

Melanie sang “Beautiful People” sometime after midnight, as I recall, and Janis Joplin arrived in a helicopter, but don’t hold me to any time schedule, as this was a long time ago and the 30 hours or so that I spent at the festival rolled up into one long day’s night.

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ast week, we talked about the 2022 report that said the world is on a trajectory to increase carbon and other emissions by 10% in 2030.

As part of our thinking about what humans have done to cause warming of the earth, and the results it will have on humans, we should also consider the catastrophic results of human actions in causing confluent, adverse events in the natural world.

The world’s human population in the year A.D. 1, was about 200 million. By 1500 it was 461 million. By 1800 it had grown to 1 billion.

In November 2022, the world’s population reached 8 billion — an incredible, 800% growth in only 223 years. The world population is forecast to grow to 11 billion by 2100, when it is expected to plateau.

Humans, driven by an accelerated population growth of 800%, sought and acquired vast areas of land to live on, grow crops, hunt game, raise cattle, mine for minerals, and dig for water and for oil. They massively destroyed forests, water sources and natural growth in the process.

With the Industrial Revolution, followed by the technology revolution, over this 223-year time period, the confluences of population growth and industrial revolution emerged and jointly destroyed more habitats and ecosystems across the world, resulting in the wiping out of nearly 70% of the world’s wildlife. In parallel, they caused global warming that now threatens the planet.

Another adverse event is our inability to stop the accelerating melting of ice in the huge ice sheets and glaciers in Antarctica, Greenland, and around the world. Data from two NASA-supported Grace Missions indicates that the massive Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets have been losing ice mass since 2002. It is likely that the tipping point has passed where increasing melting of ice can be slowed or stopped within foreseeable time frames.

The ice age that created these huge ice sheets and glaciers occurred 100,000 years ago. That ice age lasted until 25,000 years ago. Only another ice age can replace lost ice sheets and glaciers.

In 2020, the Royal Society reported on recent studies estimating that since the end of the last ice age, average temperatures have risen by 4 to 5 degrees Celsius (7-9 degrees Fahrenheit). That change has occurred over the last 7,000 years.

But the society also reported that CO-2 in the atmosphere has risen by more than 40% in the past 200 years, much of this since the early 1970s. The current speed of warming is now 10 times that occurring at the end of the ice age.

Back to another adverse event in the making. Ice sheets and glaciers contain most of the earth’s freshwater. The ice sheets and glaciers of Antarctica, alone, contain twothirds of the earth’s freshwater, which is melting into the salty oceans, raising sea levels.

The ice sheets and glaciers at the North and South poles and around the world, in Greenland and other countries, act as enormous reflectors of the sun’s rays, pushing 90% of the sun’s heat in that area, back into the atmosphere. This ice is melting at an accelerating rate.

When the reflecting shield is gone, it cannot be replaced.

The Washington Post in January 2021 published details of a report that stated that Earth is losing 1.2 trillion tons

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titled her column, “Biden’s a Great The same is simply not true for President. He Should Not Run the Democratic Party. And as the Again.” octogenarian President Joe Biden The Times followed Ms. shows all signs of imminently Goldberg’s column with a number launching his re-election of responsive letters to the editor, campaign, even the mainstream which ran last week under press is starting to fret. the title, “Is Biden Too Old The New York Times, to Run Again?” the closest thing to What’s more, on Democratic Party Pravda, Thursday, Politico and has over the past year run CNN published nearly a series of urgent articles identical articles strongly sounding the alarm on Mr. suggesting White House Biden’s unprecedented palace intrigue and a presidential age and Josh Hammer party apparatus torn declining cognitive about what to do with abilities. Last July, the its senile commander in chief: Times ran an article titled, “At 79, Politico’s piece was titled, “Senior Biden Is Testing the Boundaries Democrats’ Private Take on Biden: of Age and the Presidency.” Last He’s Too Old.” CNN’s eerily similar November, another Times article article was titled, “Biden’s age is a was titled, “President Biden hot topic as he looks to extend his Turns 80, Making Him the First time in the Oval Office until he is Octogenarian in the Oval Office”; 86.” and earlier this month, left-wing Clearly, many in the Biden commentator Michelle Goldberg

the concomitant appointment of a White House are leaking like a special counsel to investigate his loose faucet. Even more notably, scandalous negligence indicate the liberal press, which would some in the Deep State may also normally protect an incumbent Democratic president at all costs, is desire — necessitates finding a replacement candidate. the one stirring the pot.

And therein lies the rub. Of the Some card-carrying members three leading of the insular alternative Washington candidates press corps are for the worried about Columnist Star Parker says Nikki Haley Democrats’ 2024 the re-election stands out as a promising Republican presidential prospects of presidential candidate. C3. nomination, the oldest-ever there are no sitting president, appealing options. All three, in who in his first term has presided fact, are terrible options. over a calamitous Afghanistan I speak here of Vice withdrawal, 40-year-high inflation, soaring violent crime rates and the President Kamala Harris, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete worst humanitarian crisis at the Buttigieg and California Gov. Gavin southern border in U.S. history.

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pon a closer examination of the chaos at the southern border of the United States, it occurs to me that two of the situations the U.S. faces today have stark similarities to a seminal event that occurred on a farm in upstate New York some 54 years ago.

It was officially called the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, but the town fathers in Woodstock decided they couldn’t (and wouldn’t want to) handle the expected crowds the festival was likely to attract. Other nearby towns were considered (White Lake, Saugerties), but organizers finally found and settled on a 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y. —

site had become steaming boxes of 50 miles or so from Woodstock offal and were already overflowing, — owned by a compliant and gas stations had run out of gasoline, easygoing farmer named Max and food was hard to come Yasgur. by. My brother and I looked You may not be able PURELY at each other upon hearing to pick us out, but my POLITICAL this and agreed that “All brother David and I were right; this sounds like fun!” two of the faces in that It was. crowd of nearly 500,000 We had to park about mostly twenty-somethings a mile (maybe two) away who gathered on Max’s from the entrance as property in the summer of traffic had completely 1969 (Aug. 15-18) for what stopped on 17W. I is now known simply as the James Buckley abandoned my car on the Woodstock Festival. side of the road, and we As my brother and I began hoofing it, along headed north on New with thousands of others making York State Highway 17W, the radio their way single file and abreast advised us that the crowd was with one goal in mind: to get to the growing too large, that there was music festival. For the most part, no water to drink, the few toilets on

local inhabitants were thoroughly bemused but friendly and helpful.

They, of course, had never seen anything like the army of high-spirited bedraggled hippies swarming through their neighborhoods.

When we finally arrived, there was no gate, nothing to stop anyone who didn’t have a ticket from getting in. The entrances had been completely overwhelmed, and the fence laid flat hours before.

As we walked toward the stage, we heard the plaintive words of Richie Havens’ calling out from his song, “Freedom.” Bert Sommer performed his own material.

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Today 40% of the people pay 90% of the taxes. In addition,everyone wants to be excluded from paying any taxes by gaining special exemptions at the expense of other taxpayers.

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n 2021, here in who adopted President Barack California, there were Obama’s housing first policy in 5,622 fentanyl fatal 2016. overdoses.

The stupid theory posits that There were some homelessness can be solved by 70,000 fentanyl deaths in the providing housing to people U.S. in the same year. who are not held responsible or Fentanyl is considered 50 accountable in any way for any times stronger than heroin. of their debilitating behaviors Drug dealers are mixing such as drug and alcohol abuse fentanyl into all sorts of — and the refusal to get a job. other drugs, including fake I recently interviewed prescription pills. The price Mary Theroux, a successful for a fentanyl high businesswoman from decreased from $20 to the Bay Area who $1. has published the And just 2 milligrams documentary “Beyond of fentanyl — an amount Homelessness: that fits on the tip of a Finding Hope.” pencil — is considered a She indicated potentially deadly dose. peer-reviewed Andy Caldwell What’s worse? A real research indicates zombie apocalypse is that alternative upon us! Drug addicts, approaches, to including scores of homeless that which is commonplace people, are now inhaling a in California, can result in concoction that is a mixture actual radical declines in of fentanyl and “tranq” — the homelessness and a path to animal sedative Xylazine. transformed lives.

These two drugs combined Using San Francisco as an lead to a variety of unpleasant example, homelessness has outcomes: death, flesh-eating increased more than 50% while abscesses and zombie-like spending to solve homelessness trances. has increased 130%. Why is California’s response to outthat? of-control opioid and fentanyl It has to do with the fact that overdoses? recovery programs that take up Create safe spaces for to 6 months to complete have a addicts where ample supplies 90% failure rate. of naloxone, aka Narcan, can Whereas, programs that deal be administered — albeit with the underlying causes there is no antidote for tranq. of homelessness, including Hence, once again, California’s addiction, can take 2-3 years approach to self-destructive but with a success rate of up to behavior is a Band-Aid 90%. approach, after the fact.

However, here in California, One reason the drug problem it is against the law to require is getting worse in some sobriety or treatment for states, such as California, is sobriety as a condition to that possession of drugs for receive services, including personal use is no longer a housing. The approach here in felony. More importantly, our California to provide medical de facto open border with care, food, shelter and places Mexico has allowed the drug to shoot up are hindering the cartels to flood America with homeless from hitting rock enough fentanyl to kill every bottom, which is the one thing American, according to the that can cause the person to be U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. willing to make new choices The cartels manufacture the that can lead to healing and fentanyl with chemicals largely wholeness. sourced from China, and that If county supervisors cherryis why some representatives of pick people who are simply Congress are demanding that poor, rather than those who are fentanyl be labeled a weapon of addicted and mentally ill, as mass destruction. to who receives the benefit of Meanwhile, this is one of their $90 million effort to end the main reasons California’s homelessness, the program approach, including right could succeed. However, the here in Santa Barbara County, people who are making a to ending homelessness is nuisance of themselves are the guaranteed to fail. addicted and mentally ill and A significant number of are the least likely to welcome homeless people are drug meaningful help. addicts. As Michael Steeb of the Texas Public Policy Andy Caldwell is the COLAB Center and the author of executive director and host of “Answers Behind the RED “The Andy Caldwell Show,” DOOR: Battling the Homeless airing 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays on Epidemic” states, California KZSB AM 1290, the News-Press is the only state in the union radio station.

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n 2020, we had an election.

One nominee traveled the country and spoke to overflowing enthusiastic crowds every time, standing room only. The other nominee stayed in his basement, coming out occasionally to speak to a small audience.

Amazingly, when the votes were counted, the basement man had more votes than had ever been cast, outnumbering the popular candidate who himself numbered in millions more than the last time.

How could this be?

Then the truth began to come out about malfunctioning voting machines, ballots entered secretly at night, millions given by a social network to fund illegal vote harvesting, ballots cast by deceased voters, other ballots from conservative areas mysteriously disappearing. For some reason, to this day no one will recall an illegally elected president.

Millions of illegals come through our open southern border, bringing disease and enough fentanyl to kill all of us, and actually killing 100,000 a year. Where are they going? Into indentured service as laborers or criminals or sex slaves to the cartels.

Ukraine and China have bought favored nation status with our new president, while industries here are punished. Our own gas reserves have been shuttered and pipelines canceled while we beg our enemies to supply our needs.

Part of that is the push to turn everything electric.Guess where the solar panels, windmills and batteries come from? You’re right.

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they become hazardous waste.

As millions of dollars are going to Ukraine, and our strategic oil reserves are being sold to China, a rail accident in Ohio threatens the residents in the area, and nothing is done. In the aftermath of COVID-19, small business owners lost everything they had, thousands died needlessly, being denied effective treatments, our children may never catch up scholastically and more suffer from after effects of a vaccine that was mandated and is not only ineffective, but dangerous.

Furthermore, our whole country is being attacked with racist lies trying to divide us as we were finally really coming together. And our young people are being fed lies about their own sexual identity.

There seems to be no end to our troubles.

And Joe Biden shrugged.

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ow can Santa Barbara County residents help East Palestine, Ohio and Pennsylvania poor citizens who need water, testing services, medical attention, and relocation?

There is NO government entity, no non-government organization, no nonprofit, helping these citizens with their survival needs.

I’ve called several organizations (Direct Relief, Red Cross, …) plus Congressman Salud Carbajal asking “where’s the leadership?” Everyone is MIA. This is shameful; and it horrifies donors and taxpayers.

I contacted American Hero John Rourke, CEO of Blue Movers in Florida after learning he is personally with staff delivering cases of water to trapped, frightened residents.

Like me, he saw a poor young mom with no car and two children under age 6, walked to the store with her kids to then attempt carrying a case of water plus an infant back home. Frail elders and disabled require front door survival assistance.

Talk show host Benny Johnson went to East Palestine with $20,000 to randomly pass out $1,000 checks to 20 desperate people so grateful that any fellow American even cared.

We know disasters well. Our generosity is remarkable, the Bucket Brigade are exemplary citizen driven responders.

What can we do? Where’s the leadership?

Denice Spangler Adams Montecito Editor’s note: After seeing Ms. Adams’ letter, the News-Press contacted Direct Relief, and Tony Morain, the Goleta nonprofit’s vice president for communications, said Direct Relief reached out to health facilities in the affected area but has not received any requests for medications or supplies. The News-Press also reached out to U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal’s office, and the Santa Barbara congressman said, “As a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I have been monitoring the updates and reports coming from East Palestine, and am committed to ensuring that federal entities our committee oversees — like the Federal Railroad Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board — take necessary steps to enable the people of Ohio to put this disaster safely behind them.”

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he farmer saw a white object in the clear Montana skies on the fourth Saturday of January, the 28th.

His first reaction was to grab a cell phone and submit his photo to the local newspaper.

Gosh, times have changed from my youth when our reaction might have been to think of the intro Brent E. to a popular Zepke radio show of “It’s a bird, it’s The author a plane, it’s …” lives in Santa What were the Barbara. reactions to the photos?

The telephones of Montana Gov. Mike DeWine ran off the hook searching for answers that he did not have, but he reached out to President Joe Biden for answers.

What did the president say?

Nothing because it was a Saturday, and President Biden has spent 164 Saturdays in the silence that surrounds his Delaware houses. Unfortunately, this time it proved the wisdom of the line “Silence like a cancer grows” from the Simon and Garfunkel song “The Sound of Silence.” And grow

it did. the shoulder” responses to the Since the photo showed a round, question of why he had not ordered white object, it was believed to be it shot down with “I gave the order a balloon. to the Pentagon three days ago.”

When my friend Francis X. Mr. President, the Pentagon is a O’Sullivan, the 6’5” former Marine building. Who was that person, captain said “People want a or persons, who refused a complete story, so when some presidential order? facts are missing, they tend to As the days drifted by, and the ‘fill-in’ the story circle by adding balloon drifted over the U.S., something that including sounds right to missile sites, the them,” I listened “fill-in” became ELSEWHERE IN VOICES because his deep that it was too Columnist Arthur Cyr looks at the voice was full of dangerous to history of military balloons. C3. wisdom: Semper shoot down over Fi. the wildernesses Since the of Alaska, concept of a balloon being able Canada or Montana, because to carry something as heavy the waste might fall on people. as a person was demonstrated Unexplained was the reason that it centuries ago by none other was not shot down as soon as it was than Ben Franklin, the “fill-ins,” spotted in U.S. airspace over the necessary by the absence of our Aleutian Island where we have an president, began with the story observation post. that it might be a weather balloon As the balloon continued its that had drifted off course from journey over the U.S., the “fillChina. Or was it Russia? ins” became that the military Another “fill-in” — that it was blocked their transmissions, then an Unidentified Flying Object that they learned from it. Really?

— caused stories of pilots, both They learned from blocked military and civilian, seeing transmissions after they blocked strange objects standing still or them? flying at supersonic speeds.

On the Saturday before the Once the weekend passed, president’s State of the Union while the balloon was leisurely speech on Feb. 7, the balloon moving over the U.S., the president Please see ZEPKE on C4 gave one of his crisps “over

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he 118th Congress has barely begun.

A wave of freshman representatives and senators are coming in with a mandate to help address a lagging economy, record inflation and an increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape.

The federal government also just hit its borrowing limit and is approaching a fiscal cliff.

January and February are months to get down to business.

Yet the full Senate Judiciary Committee held one of its first hearings of the year on another topic: last year’s Taylor Swift ticketing debacle.

For context, ticket presales for Ms. Swift’s “The Eras Tour” experienced a barrage of difficulties. “Eras” was the first tour for the singer since she toured back in 2018. Fans were stuck in massive online queues, with some waiting days and many not being able to get any tickets at all.

Things got so out of hand that Ms. Swift and ticket distributor Ticketmaster canceled the presale event. Given Ms. Swift’s popularity, national outrage promptly ensued. This is what led to Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., calling this hearing, claiming consolidation in the ticketing industry led to the incident.

Claims by politicians like Sen. Klobuchar rest on the notion that Ticketmaster has been a monopoly in the ticketing space since its merger with global entertainment company Live Nation Entertainment in 2010.

Sen. Klobuchar — who has attempted to bring antitrust action against a variety of American industries — is urging the Department of Justice to unwind the merger between the two companies.

However, the merger between Ticketmaster and LNE has already been thoroughly litigated. The 2010 merger agreement came about as part of a meticulously negotiated settlement with the DOJ to ensure the protection of consumers and competition. The joint entity is also operating under a consent decree with the DOJ so that they continue to uphold the terms of that merger and comply with regulatory standards.

Further, the joint entity still has a host of competitors like SeatGeek, Spotify, Vivid and StubHub. In fact, SeatGeek has agreements with several venues on the Eras Tour and was the primary vendor for five locations for Ms. Swift’s upcoming shows. There is adequate competition in the space.

The merger — and any alleged consolidation as a result — is not the issue.

However, what is clear to many Taylor Swift fans across the nation is that something clearly did go horribly wrong.

Eric Budish, an economics professor at the University of Chicago, points out some of the mistakes Ms. Swift made that led to the disaster. Dr. Budish notes that Ms. Swift likely played an outsized role in determining pricing, instead of using an algorithmic system based on actual demand.

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ne of the Republican But, of course, this is Ms. Haley’s Party’s newest “own country.” If it weren’t, presidential she wouldn’t be able to run for candidates, former president. But Ms. Coulter’s South Carolina Gov. business is not facts but provoking and U.S. Ambassador to the an audience who buys her books.

United Nations Nikki Haley, More temperate advice came introduced herself by showcasing from The Wall Street Journal, her roots as a child of immigrants. which suggested Ms. Haley must Ms. Haley’s family, originally do a better job distinguishing from India, immigrated to the herself from other Republicans.

United States in 1969 and settled No Republican, says the Journal, in a small, segregated town, would disagree that “America is Bamberg, S.C., where not a racist country.”

Star she was born three years This is, of course, true.

Parker later.

But I believe Ms. Haley is One can glean two correct that the comment The author is achieves particular reasons why Ms. with the Center resonance coming from Haley is spotlighting for Urban her background and an Indian American Renewal and woman with a stellar presenting her candidacy Education as a successful minority resume of public service woman. and achievement.

First, one doesn’t need to be The left’s answer to Ann “woke” to recognize the value Coulter, Whoopi Goldberg, told of an Asian American woman her audience, regarding Ms. running for president with an Haley, that “there are things about agenda of less government and our country that are not perfect more freedom. and to pretend that it is and to Second, showcasing her story pretend that nothing happened is and success qualifies her to say, as ridiculous.” she does in her introduction video, But, of course, Ms. Haley did not “Take it from me, America is not a say that our country is “perfect” or racist country.” that “nothing happened.”

The strategy has opened her Perfection is not what defines to attacks and criticism from the our country or any place or right and from the left. anything in this world. What Ann Coulter, who still seethes defines and makes our country at Ms. Haley for taking down the unique is freedom. This is Ms. Confederate flag which flew on Haley’s point when she says, South Carolina’s state Capitol “Even on our worst day, we are grounds in Columbia, called her blessed to live in America.” a “preposterous creature” and It is here in our free country suggested she “go back to your that Ann Coulter and Whoopi own country and reconsider that Goldberg get to speak their minds history.” and not worry that they will

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disappear in the night, as they might in China or Iran.

More serious criticism comes from the left from Asian American author Wajahat Ali, who accuses Ms. Haley of brandishing the “model minority myth,” which he calls a tool of white supremacists.

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That is, per Ali, they use the success stories “of some Asian Americans” as “a cudgel against Black people” who are “told by GOP politicians to stop blaming racism for their problems.”

Ms. Haley has only showcased her own story. But the picture

regarding the phenomenal business success stories of American immigrants is not a “cudgel” but a powerful testimony to the opportunities for success and achievement in America.

According to a 2022 study by the National Foundation for American Policy, “more than half (319 of 582) of America’s start-up companies valued at $1 billion or more” were founded by immigrants.

Nearly “two-thirds of (billiondollar) companies were founded or co-founded by an immigrant or the child of an immigrant.” And “almost 80%” of billion-dollar companies “have an immigrant founder or an immigrant in a key leadership role.”

These include immigrants from India, Israel, U.K., Canada, China, France, Germany, Russia, Iran, Nigeria and many others.

My organization, CURE, covered Ms. Haley’s rollout event in Charleston. The palpable energy and excitement at the rally could be a sign that this campaign will pick up steam as more candidates enter the field, each pitching their own persona.

Welcome to election 2024.

Star Parker is president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education and host of the weekly television show “Cure America with Star Parker.” To find out more about Star Parker and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.

How long can Karine Jean-Pierre keep her White House press pass?

“Most reporters in the galley are handpicked by the president and won’t put you on the spot. If you don’t know the answer, tell them so. Don’t make a fool of yourself, making excuses. ” — Jen Psaki

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uring the early years of our government, reporters were not allowed in the White House except on special occasions.

Most legislative William sessions were Haupt III off limits out The author is a of fear they Center Square would tarnish contributor the image of the new government. For years, they’d wait outside the capitol to catch up with senators or representatives to get a scoop of federal news. They had little contact directly with the president or his staff.

In 1904, Teddy Roosevelt invited rain-soaked reporters into the White House. They were awestruck that he offered them an office to work in and brought them coffee and food. And this was the birth of the White House Press Corps.

Soon reporters grew in presence, and this terrarium of newsmen morphed into the outpost that repeated White House-approved news to influence public opinion.

The White House press secretary is a liaison between the president and reporters to keep him off the hot seat. They

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre oversees a news conference. Columnist William Haupt III says Ms. Jean-Pierre lacks the training and experience to do the job well.

are presidential favorites, with or without experience. Some have done their job well, while others failed. Some made contentious statements; others were softspoken.

All must be loyal to the president and defend his actions.

They must be a beacon of confidence on the podium.

White House press secretary is an extremely challenging job. That individual must know a great deal about politics and

current events. They must know the president’s agenda and his opinions and react without hesitation. It’s a tough job and a baptism of fire in front of the nation.

“The press secretary’s job is so arduous few presidents could handle it themselves.”

— Nikki Hale Press secretaries speak for the president. It is important they are

chosen for their experience, not their gender or their race.

Yet when press secretary Jen Psaki left to take a job at MSNBC, Joe Biden hired novice Karine Jean-Pierre because she checked the boxes. She is black and a woman, and she is openly gay.

The only political experience that Ms. Jean-Pierre had was short-lived jobs working on the Democratic presidential campaigns of Barack Obama in 2008, John Edwards in 2004

and Martin O’Malley in 2016.

Since accepting this job in May, Ms. Jean-Pierre has responded to reporters with “I don’t have anything on that,” or, “I’ll get back to you on that issue later” at least 100 times in the briefing room.

From day one on the job, she has not given a clear, succinct answer to most questions.

She talks in circles as if she is avoiding saying anything she thinks Joe Biden might not approve of or make her look ignorant. Her responses are more like meaningless word salads much the same as you would get from Vice President Kamala Harris. Ms. Jean-Pierre acts like someone on trial who has no attorney defending themselves.

Ms. Jean-Pierre’s near-total dependence on a binder full of administration talking points is distracting. This is a book compiled for her by President Biden’s advisers with indexed notes for her to reference if she needs to clarify a topic. She frantically turns pages through this book, looking for answers these reporters already know and just want clarified. When she can’t find the answer, she says, “I have nothing on that.”

“I never trust anyone who must look inside a book to answer a simple question.”

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he Red Balloon” is the title of a classic popular film from France that can serve as a metaphor for the alleged Chinese balloon menace.

This whimsical fantasy of a boy and his balloon appeals to our need for companionship and our urge to escape routine existence, a desire hardly limited to children.

The film appeared in 1956, during constant government instability in France. The previous decade witnessed stunning military defeat by Nazi Germany, then four years of humiliating, brutal occupation.

The appeal of escapist fantasy in those circumstances is fully understandable.

Sudden media obsession with Beijing balloons is not fantasy, but, combined with occasional professional reporting, an opportunity for stratospheric speculation and making money.

Facts, as opposed to speculation, include the violation

of North America airspace by uses. These include surveillance a sizable lighter-than-air craft and gathering terrain information, from China. The vessel was about useful in making maps, and aerial as large as a small car. But what attack. distinctive, special intel could Late in the 18tth century in be gathered by such France, entrepreneurial primitive means? brothers Joseph-Michel After drifting across and Jacques-Etienne the United States, military Montgolfier developed officers under orders a working balloon, and from President Joe Biden in 1783, there was the terminated the balloon’s first documented human leisurely flight. A stateascent in a piloted lighterof-the-art F-22 jet fighter than-air craft. The Arthur I, Cyr shot down the balloon Montgolfier family was in off the coast of South the paper business, and Carolina. the new invention proved Now recalibrated surveillance extremely useful in map-making, tools seek out balloons. One shot along with providing publicity that down in Alaska likely was a project could only aid profits. of balloon hobbyists in Illinois.

Six years later, the French Predictably, Beijing has Revolution began. This ongoing vocally protested the military conflict brought the first response to the Chinese balloon. recorded use of balloons for Its official explanation is that the military purposes, primarily craft was pursuing an innocent reconnoitering and tracking enemy meteorological mission and blew operations. off course.

The Civil War (1861-1865) To be sure, balloons have a long brought significant expansion though uneven history of military of balloons used for military

missions. President Abraham Lincoln demonstrated relentless interest in exploiting existing technologies, notably the railroad and the telegraph, and developing new ones. Better firearms were a constant preoccupation.

Lincoln is the only U.S. president to hold a patent, Patent Number 6469, issued in 1849 for a device to lift boats over river obstructions. The device was never manufactured.

Professor Thaddeus Lowe, an inveterate inventor of the time, persuaded President Lincoln to implement a military balloon program. His presentation included describing by telegraph the view of Washington D.C. from a balloon.

Lincoln created the Union Army Balloon Corps in 1861, with Lowe in charge. Opposition from traditional officers forced disbanding the corps two years later.

In 1899 and 1907, disarmament conferences were convened at The Hague in the Netherlands.

Balloons were included. There was no mention of airplanes.

Balloons were used for both offense and defense during both World War I and World War II, and were a focus of planning between the wars, but quickly became marginal.

Uncertainty clouds the Beijing balloon efforts. Beneath ubiquitous President-for-Life Xi Jinping, China now is in economic and social turmoil.

The odd balloons may be one indicator of this. Above all, our leaders and the rest of us must remain firmly grounded.

Avoid fantasies.

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.

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lassified documents are found in former President Donald Trump’s home!

Democrats were outraged! Mr. Trump is guilty of “mishandling of some of our nation’s most sensitive secrets” creating “a national security crisis!” said MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and Nicole Wallace.

Then President Joe Biden got caught.

Suddenly conservatives were upset.

“Thanks to Joe Biden,” said Sean Hannity, “America’s most sensitive secrets were floating around.”

But both sides were wrong.

The truth is, the word, “classified” means little. Our bloated government now classifies three things every second.

If you stacked up all the classified paper in Washington, the stacks would be taller than 26 Washington Monuments.

In my new video, Matthew Connelly, author of “The Declassification Engine,” explains that “as much as bureaucrats know they’re only supposed to classify information that’s really important, they end up classifying all kinds of nonsense. ... Even like telling a friend, ‘Let’s go have coffee.’

They’ll end up classifying that email as top secret.”

Former CIA Director Mike Hayden once got a classified email saying “Merry Christmas.”

For years, the government classified how much peanut butter the Army bought. They classified a description of wedding rituals in Dagestan.

They even classify newspaper articles.

They are especially eager to classify dumb things they do, like the Army’s reported experiments testing whether “psychics” could kill people with their eyes.

“A lot of what the government keeps secret, they keep secret simply because it’s embarrassing,” says Mr. Connelly.

Occasionally, government tries to reduce overclassification.

Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama all pledged to reduce the excess.

“Not in one case did they actually reduce the rate at which our government was creating secrets,” says Mr. Please see STOSSEL on C4

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and unfair. The IRS wants to take more of your money by employing 86,000 new and armed investigators to review your returns. They want it all.

THE OBVIOUS THING TO DO The easiest way to redo the tax system is by making the 16th Amendment to the Constitution in 1913, the income tax, a flat tax of not more than 1.5% of a person’s gross yearly income.

Flat taxes being considered by other reform groups, of 15%, 17%, and 30% are just too high and do not solve the American tax problem with their deductions, tax credits and yearly reporting.

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constantly and reads those notes verbatim. That’s unlike her predecessor, Jen Psaki, who had President Biden’s talking points down cold and didn’t need a crutch.

Lately, Ms. Jean-Pierre has been claiming that she can’t answer questions since it would be in violation of the Hatch Act. “The Hatch Act is federal law intended to prevent citizens working in government from taking advantage of their government positions to campaign for candidates or their parties.” Obviously someone on the left told her to use that as an excuse if she cannot answer a question.

Recently, when queried that most economists agree that the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” might affect inflation in the long-term in some way but it will do nothing short-term, Ms. Jean-Pierre stoically retorted, “Well, I mean, that’s something we disagree on — so we’ll have to wait and see.”

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Continued from Page C1 of ice every year. It was claimed that this is a 60% increase since 2010.

A second, NASA-backed study on the Greenland ice sheet, finds that no fewer than 74 major glaciers that terminate in deep water ocean are being severely undercut and weakened by ocean forces. This is like melting the feet that carry the human body.

Eventually, this phenomenon will cause a collapse into the ocean waters, adding to rises in sea levels.

A report by a consensus of experts in these matters stated that in the worldwide plans to address global warming, the true rates of ice melting are severely understated. They projected that the melting of ice sheets, alone, could cause at least 16 inches of seawater rise by 2,100.

When we read this, we thought, “Is the world in even more trouble?” Scientists are not given

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I’m not surprised. In government, butt-covering and status matter more than efficiency.

I say to Mr. Connelly, “I would imagine bureaucrats think, ‘Ooh, if I label this classified, I’m more important.’”

“In Washington,” he answers, “many officials won’t even look at something unless it’s classified.”

And classifying something needlessly has no downside.

“In all my years of research,” says Mr. Connelly, “I’ve never found a single instance of anybody

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Ms. Harris famously secured not a single Democratic National Convention delegate during her ill-fated 2020 presidential run.

She is ill-informed on policy and often speaks of complex issues in an overly simplistic and juvenile way. (Who can forget her gem last year on the Russo-Ukraine War: “Ukraine is a country in Europe.

It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country.”)

She has endured massive staff turnover and by all indications treats her staff horribly. And the Times has also seemingly soured on her. The headline of a longform article a week and a half ago: “Kamala Harris Is Trying to Define Her Vice Presidency. Even

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made $10,000 a year, you would pay $150 a year, and that is all.

No tax returns and no taxing of your savings or any other taxes.

And if you earned a gross income of $100,000 a year, you would pay an income tax of $1,500 per year. Those earning $1 million would pay $15,000.

The same flat tax would apply to all incomes. The rich would pay more dollars than the poor but at the same rate.

This tax would be taken out of your paycheck directly like FICA is and Income tax presently is. There would be no other deductions, tax credits, or write-offs and no tax reporting.

This would end the present outlandish tax code. Your savings, Social Security and stock profits would be yours, and your stock losses would be yours, etc.

Companies would report their gross incomes through a CPA and submit a check for 1.5% of gross, no write-offs, no depreciations, no exceptions, etc.

All nonprofits would pay, meaning all religious organizations, the Sierra Club, the Farm Bureau, ACORN, AARP, the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, unions, foundations, trusts, Planned Parenthood, League of Women Voters, etc. They would pay 1.5% of their gross incomes!

No exceptions, no excuses, no exemptions.

Why should these hundreds of billions of dollars go untaxed at the expense of all of us middle class taxpayers?

There would be NO exceptions at all. Yes, even God would pay!

Taxes could not be raised except by a supermajority in congress, but only every four years if that, and for only 0.1% at a time if approved. 5% would be the max ever allowed.

If this is not enough to run the government then cut the government to fit the taxes.

But when everyone pays their fair share, there will be plenty of revenue. Americans are not here to pay for the government but to support themselves and their children.

A small, fair tax for everyone is the solution! This is real tax reform. Out with the progressive tax system.

Lets make our representatives in Congress respond to our interest in real reform. If we do not, all those new inspectors with guns will take it all.

Ms. Jean-Pierre inherited the Biden gaffe syndrome.

Congratulating three Americans who won Nobel Prizes in chemistry, she confused “Nobel” five times as “noble.” She also conflated Russia’s “Nord Stream 1” natural gas pipeline with the upscale department store, “Nordstroms.” and repeated it three times.

Karine Jean-Pierre has had jobs in public service, but she has never had a position where she had to openly react and think on her feet. Also, as a committed progressive, she overtly tries to inject her progressive beliefs into answers at her briefings, which violates her obligation to repeat facts.

One reporter said the reason why Ms. Jean-Pierre still has the high-visibility press secretary’s job despite all of the gaffes is because President Biden is legendary for his own innumerable gaffes. And it would be highly hypocritical and embarrassing for him to hold her to a higher standard than himself.

Laurence Peter, author of the “Peter Principle,” wrote, “Past

performance is no guarantee of future results.” People are hired or promoted for various reasons — many are totally unrelated to their new position — and they do not do well. The types of jobs that Ms. Jean-Pierre had in the past did not qualify or train her for a position of this type, which is a living example of the Washington “Peter Principle.”

The GOP, the media and even some Democrats wonder how long Ms. Jean-Pierre can keep her White House press pass.

The answer: As long as she wants.

While campaigning, President Biden promised he’d fill the White House with identity groups and put them in key positions. Since 20% of his voting base is black, the NAACP and other liberal black activist groups are holding his feet to the fire on Ms. Jean-Pierre.

The Democratic Party has sworn undying allegiance to identity politics. President Biden made a deal with the devil when the Democratic National Committee offered him the job he always wanted by default. Over half of the original

black staffers for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have left in the past two years. Others said they plan to be leaving soon, since there is no chance for advancement and their jobs are mediocre and boring.

The role of the press secretary has evolved into a position of prominence. People consider press secretaries to be the closest persons to the president, and they are his mouthpiece.

Joe Biden shot himself in the foot by giving such a high profile position to Ms. Jean-Pierre. She has no clue about foreign policy so John Kirby is now bailing her out. How long will President Biden sacrifice the future of his party for Ms. Jean-Pierre?

The left’s reliance on identity politics proves that the Peter Principle has taken over Washington.

to overstating their case, so this must be a very serious warning.

Graphs tracking ice loss from 2002 to 2022 show a steady, continuous, loss of ice mass for both Antarctica and Greenland.

The white surfaces of ice sheets are part of what has stabilized the Earth’s climate for millennia.

When ice melts exposing water or land, these darker surfaces absorb the heat from the sun.

The earth’s surface under the ice in Antarctica is made mostly of ancient bogs that are dark brown and green in color. The seawater is dark blue. Scientists believe that most of the land under the Antarctic ice, stores millions of tons of methane hydrate, which would be gas if released into the atmosphere. That would dramatically worsen global warming.

The melting sheet of ice and glaciers can create two adverse events: the release of globalwarming gasses and increases in ocean levels.

The critical questions we have for the experts include whether

the uncontrolled melting of sheet ice and glaciers is caused by a continuous feedback loop , where the melting and collapse of huge ice blocks enable the melting of more ice. Will the continuing of melting ice and its consequences offset the planned efforts by nations to eliminate fossil fuels and reduce emissions from industrial, personal, public and farming sources? If so, what are the consequences for all of us?

In Santa Barbara, with the forecast of stronger winter storms off the California coast, the higher sea levels indicated could inundate the airport, the harbor and parts of downtown. Cliffs along the coast could be undermined by the higher seas, threatening parts of the railroad and Highway 101.

We are facing almost unlimited, illegal immigration of people into California and the nation.

At the same time, California is experiencing an acceleration of large and mid-size companies leaving the state along with employees, to more favorable government treatment in taxes, ​

regulations and opportunities.

Individuals are also leaving California for more opportunities and affordable places to live.

The precarious nature of the California income tax system that depends largely on the fortunes of a relatively small portion of the population, could become a critical tax issue for those who remain, because the immigrants coming into California are likely to be poor, unskilled people who will become the responsibility of remaining taxpayers for food, housing, education and medical care. The influx of thousands of adults and children with little or no English will be a heavy burden on already poorly performing schools systems.

Next week, in Part 3, we will write some more about potential adverse events and finish with some conclusions.

being fired for over-classifying something.”

With so much unimportant but “classified” paper around, it’s no surprise that some end up in officials’ homes.

After Mr. Trump and President Biden were caught, classified documents were found at the home of former Vice President Mike Pence. In 2014, Hillary Clinton was caught sending emails that included classified information.

Former CIA Director David Petraeus gave classified papers to his mistress for a book she was writing.

Mr. Connelly is upset that these people act as if government documents are their personal

property. Some of President Biden’s documents were found in a folder labeled “personal.”

“I’d like to know who thought that this was his personal property?” Mr. Connelly says.

“These are our property. These records are our history.”

Ordinary people who take records home go to jail. A Navy veteran who took top secret documents got three years in prison. An ex-CIA contractor who kept classified documents in his home was sentenced to three months.

I bet that won’t happen to President Biden or Mr. Trump.

America’s first “top secret” was the D-Day landing. It succeeded

partly because Hitler didn’t know exactly where the troops would land.

The second was the atomic bomb.

“We have to keep secrets,” says Mr. Connelly. “But when we create tens of millions of new secrets every year, it’s impossible to identify and protect the things that really do have to be protected.”

Her Allies Are Tired of Waiting.”

Put simply, it is extraordinarily difficult these days to find a Democrat who is thrilled about the prospect of a future President Kamala Harris. By contrast, most Democrats soberly recognize how awful she is. And the fact that so few are willing to say the quiet part out loud bespeaks the death grip that identity politics pablum now has on the Democratic Party.

Neither Secretary Buttigieg nor Gov. Newsom is a more enticing candidate. Mr. Buttigieg — who, it must be stipulated, was chosen for President Biden’s Cabinet primarily not due to merit but rather on the basis of his personal sexual orientation — has proved to be, bar none, the single worst transportation secretary in the history of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

In barely over two years, Secretary Buttigieg has overseen a crippling supply chain crisis

(during which time Mr. Buttigieg was AWOL on paternity leave); a near-horrific national rail strike avoided at the last minute; the first FAA grounding of all national flights since 9/11; and most recently, a series of high-profile, visually shocking, destructive train derailments. It is evidently not possible to be worse at one’s job than the 41-year-old former mayor of Indiana’s fourth-largest city is at being transportation secretary of the United States.

Gavin Newsom is hardly any better.

Gov. Newsom was forced to withstand a gubernatorial recall election in 2021, and conditions are so bad in his leftist fiefdom that California recently lost a House seat in the U.S. Census for the first time in state history. It got even worse after the 2020 Census: California shed 500,000 people between July 2020 and July 2022.

Homicides have soared 41%

since 2019, and the Golden State’s estimated homeless population last year was an astounding 173,000. Meanwhile, Californians are forced to endure exorbitant housing costs and the single highest top state income tax rate in the country. In what universe, then, does Gov. Newsom, who bears a striking resemblance to Michael Douglas’ “Gordon Gekko” silver screen robber baron, qualify as presidential material?

In all likelihood, then, Democrats will roll the 2024 dice with their stammering, scandalridden, palpably weak, cognitively deficient presidential incumbent.

And for all their own woes, Republicans surely could not be happier about that.

“Karine Jean-Pierre has very friendly reporters. They’re never going to be particularly tough with her. And she’s still incompetent and incoherent. She’s bad on a good day.”

— Mollie Hemingway

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Continued from Page C1 which didn’t matter much because everyone was wet and dirty anyway. We sloshed our way to the edges of the crowd and came upon what I’ve determined was the undoing of this entire generation.

A LITERAL “DRUG STORE” It was a “street” (more like an alley) filled on both sides with vendors who’d set up portable tables and were hawking various forms of intoxication. Marijuana, hashish, Benzedrine (bennies) and amphetamine pills, various other uppers and downers, LSD tabs, hallucinogenic mushrooms, cocaine, and finally, heroin were all available at a price.

Law enforcement was nonexistent, and even if there had been police present, the ruling attitude was completely “handsoff.” No one was busted, and no one was going to be busted for anything.

The sales pitch of the heroin dealer went something like this: “Yeah, you can take your grass, your hash, your magic mushrooms, but if you’re looking for a real high, this is what you want. C’mon give it a try.”

SAVICKAS

Continued from Page C2 According to Spotify, Ms. Swift brings in nearly 81 million listeners every month. That makes her the third higheststreamed artist in the world, behind only The Weeknd and Ed Sheeran. Given her massive popularity and the fact she hasn’t toured in a number of years, demand was naturally through the roof.

However, ticket prices did not reflect that demand.

Looking at the resale market for “Eras” tickets show that is almost certainly the case. The original price range for tickets was $49 all the way up to $499.

However, in the resale market, the cheapest price available is around $350, with prices ranging to an astounding $30,000.

Arbitrarily adding competitors to the market could not change this reality. The laws of supply and demand are fairly strict.

Given how low the prices were, it was only natural the Eras Tour would face a wave of buyers – as well as bots and scalpers looking to make a fortune flipping the tickets in secondary markets.

In fact, antitrust action against entities like TicketMaster/ LiveNation could increase the likelihood of another debacle like this.

Given how much supercharged

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Continued from Page C2 completed its trip over the U.S. As it started over the Atlantic Ocean, it was shot down under the orders from President Biden.

Could it have been a “weather balloon” that drifted off course?

“Balloons,” or dirigible balloons, are lighter than air aircraft that can carry things heavier than air. The three main types are zeppelins, which have a structural framework to keep their shape; semi-rigid balloons, with a metal keel at the bottom of their structure; and non-rigid balloons, which are commonly called “blimps.” All rely on the internal pressures of their gas to hold their structures.

In 1925, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. began building blimps. In 1937, the Germans demonstrated that their flight paths could be controlled as they carried passengers from Germany to the U.S. in the Hindenburg before it burst into flames as it landed in New Jersey, killing 35 people on board.

During World War II, blimps were used for surveillance and anti-submarine warfare that required controlling their flights.

Indeed, as late as in the 1970s, George Carny, a colleague and former blimp pilot, said security prevented his discussing exactly how these were used during World War II. Today George’s training would be valuable as the training is costly compared to the 17 hours needed to learn to fly a singleengine plane, as blimp pilot training takes 250-400 hours of training before their first solo trip in an airship. This may be part of the reason that the Federal Aviation Administration estimates only 17, of the 128 people in the U.S. qualified to fly airships, are paid to do it.

Today the cost to build and operate one has become very expensive as airships require a large amount of helium, which can cost $10,000, or more for one trip, and the world-wide helium shortage keeps driving up the price.

“This will not end well,” I remember thinking.

For all the idolizing of the three days of Music and Whatever that took place on Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, N.Y.,. those many years ago, that extraordinary gathering was also an early glimpse into the self-destructive nature of the festival attendees.

And when I look at the southern border of the U.S., I see overflowing crowds pouring into the United States from all over the world. There is no entry gate, the wall is no longer an effective barrier, and law enforcement is non-existent.

Along with those multitudes streaming across are drugs such as heroin, cocaine and opioids, many spiked with fentanyl. All of which are spirited past an overwhelmed border patrol in order to feed the drug habits of the members of the Woodstock generation … and their offspring.

This too won’t end well.

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. demand played into causing the meltdown, it is unlikely that a bevy of smaller entities could have handled it any better.

The merger between the two companies gave the united entity the capabilities to attempt to handle a tour of this magnitude.

Breaking them up because of frustration will open the door to this happening to more artists across the country.

All in all, pinning this debacle on a 13-year-old merger is a classic case of misplaced rage.

Holding an antitrust hearing about the “Eras” presale will end up missing the point entirely and distracting from any number of more pressing public policy priorities. This merger has been reviewed several times and cooler heads have clearly identified the mistakes that were made leading up to this massive inconvenience.

Despite Taylor Swift’s massive popularity, antitrust action to save her tour hardly qualifies as a pressing public policy priority.

Dan Savickas is the director of Policy at the Taxpayers Protection Alliance. This article was originally published by the Taxpayers Protection Alliance and made available via the Taxpayers Protection Alliance. And it was distributed to the News-Press by The Center Square, a nonprofit dedicated to journalism.

As February progressed, the public was not concerned about whether there was a pilot or the cost, but were any of the “fill-ins” true? President Biden relied on the ole dependable “it also happened during Trump’s administration.” After all the key players and the North American Aerospace Defense Command denied it, the president’s “fill-in” became “It was a small group at the Pentagon who did not notify the White House.” Surprise! The members of this “group” remain unnamed.

The State of the Union speech ushered in a “get tough” program that led to the shooting down of four more flying objects, including an alleged balloon launched by a U.S. group of people.

The Chinese proved theirs was a spy blimp by demanding the return of the contents of their balloon or they would impose sanctions on the U.S. defense contractors Boeing, Lockheed and Raytheon.

President Joe Biden flew to Europe while Secretary of State Anthony Blinken finally said that it was “A spy balloon engaged in active surveillance of sensitive military operations.”

The events on the fourth Saturday in January should be remembered for making us “fill-in” how much different the events would have been if our president had acted decisively, or if he had taken responsibility for not acting, or if it was some other country besides China, or if the third line of “It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s Superman” were true.

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 NonLawyers.”