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Candidates, supporters call New MND draft for change at education rally issued on Modoc Multi-Use Path
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Christy Lozano, candidate for Goleta Union School District Board Trustee Area Three, speaks while newly elected Superintendent of Tuolumne County Zack Abernathy listens on during a “Rally for Education” event at the Aijian Ranch in Santa Barbara on Friday.
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and a really energized group of people.” Among the topics discussed by event speakers and attendees was the need to get past COVID-era restrictions in schools, increasing the level of parental engagement in education and reigning in the power of teachers unions in order to focus more on students and learning outcomes. Santa Barbara City College Trustee Area 1 candidate Debi Stoker was among the 14 Santa Barbara County education candidates that were in attendance, where she spoke to the New-Press about the need to fully reopen SBCC to in-person learning. “I’m hoping that this today is a light to everybody who’s running Please see RALLY on A4
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Well over 100 attendees came together at the Aijian Ranch in Santa Barbara on Friday to mingle with local and statewide education candidates and discuss a perceived need for a new direction for education in the county and throughout California. “We’re here for an education rally because we are rallying school board members and candidates,” event sponsor Christy Lozano, who is running for Goleta Union District School Board Trustee Area Three, told the News-Press. “We just want to connect statewide and countywide because we’re going to make a difference in education by building a really strong team
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A bicycle path on Modoc Road in the Santa Barbara area is near a eucalyptus tree. Residents continue to object to the proposal to remove trees to upgrade the bike path.
Residents’ group says too many trees would still be removed By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Attendees react to the speakers at the event. More than 100 people attended the rally.
Whose note is it anyway? ‘Whose Line?’ pianist Laura Hall, husband Rick Hall will perform Sunday with local improvisational actors By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR
Laura Hall found it difficult to focus on waiting tables at The Second City, home to Chicago’s famous improvisational comedy troupe. Ms. Hall, a pianist and college music student at the time, was distracted by a pro
on stage who invented how music goes with improv. “I was a terrible waitress,” the Chicago native and resident told the News-Press. “I was supposed to be serving drinks, but I was listening to him, getting totally distracted. I was learning from a master, just by absorbing.” Please see IMPROV on A4
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FYI Laura Hall, musical director of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” and her husband, improvisational actor Rick Hall, will perform with local improvisational actors at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. Tickets cost $25 for general admission and $40 for the VIP package. To purchase, go to www.thealcazar.org. The season premiere of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” is set for 9 p.m. Oct. 14 on The CW.
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To sign the CAMP petition to “Save the Trees,” visit change.org/ p/save-the-modoc-roadtrees?redirect=false. To read the updated draft of the MND on the project, see content.civicplus.com/ api/assets/316db19f-7802413b-ad7d-8f0180dd491e.
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Fewer trees would be removed under revised plans for the Modoc Multi-Use Path — a bicycle path along Modoc Road. But a group of residents says the number is still too high. A new draft of the Mitigated Negative Declaration on the Modoc Multi-Use Path was released Friday. In November, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to consider it. Since July, there has been an ongoing conflict over the project because of its proposal to remove trees to allow for a path that would include a barrier between bicyclists and motorists. The path is along Modoc Road in an area outside the Santa Barbara city limits. The original project called for the removal of 61 trees, but as
revised by Santa Barbara County, Alignment A affects 48 trees. The county’s alternative plan, Alignment B, affects 21 trees. Of these total numbers, Alignment A affects 29 non-native Canary Island palm trees planted along Modoc Road. Alignment A affects no native trees. Alignment B affects none of the non-native Canary Island palm trees planted along Modoc Road. However, it does affect three of the native coast live oak trees. The Community Association for the Modoc Preserve has a petition to “Save the Modoc Trees” with more than 3,500 signatures. The Save the Modoc Trees Petition states: “Originally, the kill zone was 63 trees in total! After a public outcry, and our petition with your support, implementation of Alignment A would now result in the removal of 48 trees, including 29 mature Canary Island Date palms.” CAMP added, “That is still 48 trees too many!” The petition added that CAMP does not believe Alignment B, which is on protected Modoc Preserve property, is viable for various reasons. “It would also put equestrians, and their horses, right next to 25 mph e-bikes whizzing by!” the petition stated. The petition does not mention that Alignment B provides for the replacement of the trees that would be removed. Please see TREES on A4
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