Santa Barbara News-Press: March 27, 2022

Remembering Jonathan Winters

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Dancers, church support Ukraine Fundraising to cover food, medical aid and more

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The spirit of Ukraine graced downtown Santa Barbara Saturday with dancing, music and food that represented the nation.

First Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Church of Santa Barbara sold Ukrainian poppy seed cookies, muffins and more on State Street, near the intersection with De la Guerra, while women with World Dance for Humanity performed to Ukrainian music. In front of the dancers was a jar for donations for aid to Ukraine.

At one point, boys on bicycles rode by and yelled, “Stop Putin!”

“That’s right,” a nearby woman told them, standing a few feet from a sign with the same call to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin and the invasion he launched one month ago of Ukraine.

Proceeds from the bake sale and

dancing will go toward food, first aid, essentials such as toothpaste and candies and cookies for kids, Gregory Lyutko, a Ukrainian who lives in Santa Barbara with his wife and two children, told the News-Press.

“We’ve raised $70,000-plus. We made it all in one month,” he said about the church’s efforts.

“We send the money to Germany, and it goes on to Poland,” Mr. Lyutko said. “It’s cheaper and faster to get the food (and supplies) over there than to deliver it from the United States.”

As the women danced behind him, Mr. Lyutko said he hoped Saturday’s fundraising would add significantly to the amount of money for aid.

“Approximately a few thousand dollars would be great.”

He praised World Humanity for Dance for its consistent support of Ukraine. “They stand together with Ukraine all the time. We love it.”

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Big Bounce America’s colossal inflatable bounce house is elevating the fun at Elings Park.

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People race in an obstacle course at The World’s Largest Bounce House, which is at Elings Park today in Santa Barbara.

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Pop music blared. Countless bubbles floated through the air. A cacophony of children’s shrieks and giggles carried throughout the park.

In the middle of a warm Friday afternoon, the shoeless kids in Elings Park were having a ball.

Or rather, a bounce.

Big Bounce America, along with its Guinness record-holding World’s Largest Bounce House, leaped into Santa Barbara this weekend, offering children and adults alike the chance to take off their shoes and play.

The bounce house continues today at Elings Park, which this weekend turned into a kaleidoscope of neon and bright bounce houses, slides, obstacle courses, a climbing wall and ball pits.

The 32 foot-tall main castle, affectionately dubbed the Big Bounce by tour manager Dex, featured a DJ booth, a miniature zoo of inflatable animals, endless bubbles and a seemingly unlimited ball pit sprawling more than 16,000 square feet.

Aside from the main castle, fan favorites included the towering striped multi-lane slide, a pink alien standing sentry over her cascading tiers of ball pits and a new “Sports Slam” arena with tetherball, goals, nets and a “battlezone.” And that’s not to mention the obstacle course stretching across the perimeter of Elings Park.

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Gregory Lyutko, a Ukrainian who lives in Santa Barbara, stands in front of World Dance for Humanity performers, who were assisting with efforts to raise money for Ukrainians.

Los Angeles County leads U.S. in population decline

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(The Center Square) — California counties and metropolitan centers saw some of the largest population declines during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released last week from the U.S. Census Bureau.

San Francisco County saw America’s second-highest population decline at -6.7% — only outpaced by New York County with a 6.9% drop.

Nearby San Mateo County saw the fifth-highest percentage decline at -3.5%, according to the data.

In terms of sheer numbers, Los Angeles County saw the most significant population loss of any county nationwide, losing nearly 160,000 residents in 2021 (though the county was not in the top 10 for percentage decline). Despite these population losses, Los Angeles County

remains the most populous in the nation as of July 2021 and is home to more than 9.8 million residents.

The data comes as part of an annual estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau, which showed that the number of deaths surpassed the number of births in most U.S. counties in 2021. According to the data, 73% of counties are experiencing a “natural decrease” — up from 55.5% in 2020, according to the data. Experts said that fewer births, an aging population and increased mortality, which was “intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic,” contributed to this rise.

While about 65% of the nation’s counties saw positive domestic migration between 2020 and 2021, several counties in California and the nation’s largest cities saw sharp declines.

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Remembering Jonathan Winters

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Jonathan Winters, left, told Robert Eringer, “Asylums are wonderful places. Everyone inside admits to being nuts up front, including the shrinks, so everything is out in the open, no pretensions.”

SHRINK-WRAPPED, LOOKING FOR A LABEL “What was wrong with you?” I asked.

“Yep,” said Mr. Winters. “That’s exactly what I asked one of them fancy-pants shrinks after a month: ‘What is my label?’ ” Jonathan stared past me, from the part of his brain for which there is no return address.

“And?” In a voice that belonged to somebody else, Mr. Winters mimicked, “I don’t want to give you a label.” He resumed his normal voice. “Why not? I’m not psychotic.

I’m not schizophrenic. could be manic-depressive. I’ve made a fair study of mental illness. I’m certainly not catatonic, or we wouldn’t be talking. I’d be sitting here staring at you. No, I’m shrinkwrapped, looking for a label.”

“He must have respected your understanding of this stuff,” I commented.

Mr. Winters shrugged. “Maybe.

But he still wouldn’t give me a

label. He told me I suffered stress.

‘OK,’ I said, ‘but I still need a label.

I’m paying for a label.’ “ ‘Let’s forget the label,’ he said. “ ‘All right,’ I said, ‘let’s forget the 12 grand.’ ” “I bet they didn’t forget the 12 grand.”

“You got that right.” Jonathan smirked. “After five months, the head shrink calls me in to see him.

He says, ‘You have a lot of anger in you.’

“Sure, I had a lot of anger in me.

Mostly about my dad. He used to call me the dumbest white kid he ever met. …

“I once asked my mother — she left my drunk father when I was 7 — why she bothered to have me, and you know what she said?”

I shook my head.

“She said she thought it was a good idea at the time. A good idea at the time?” Jonathan’s eyes bugged. “That’s heavy. When I came home from the U.S. Marines from the war, I looked everywhere for my old toys. Couldn’t find them.

I asked my mother, ‘Where are my toys?’ She says…” Mr. Winters changes his voice to a falsetto mimic. “‘Oh those? I gave them away to the mission. Who knew if you were coming back?’”

OLD SPARKY Jonathan glared right through me. “Who knew if I was coming back? No wonder I had a lot of anger! I’ve been buying old toys ever since! My house is bursting at the joints with old toys — and it’s a big house!

“So we’re sitting there, and Doctor Fimley says to me…” Mr. Winters altered his voice to a nasal twang. “We think we can do something about your anger.’”

Mr. Winters trembled and resumed his real voice. “Made me all sweaty. I knew what kind of something he was getting at. Old sparky.”

“Who?” “Shock treatment.” Mr. Winters placed both index fingers on either side of his head. “Zzzzzzzzz-zap!”

He shivered.

“I did not want them to do that kind of something on me. Nobody knew how or why it worked — or what it took away. So I ask Doctor Fimley: ‘What are you erasing from me — age 12 to 17? Eighteen to 24? Which part of my mind are you going to zap clean?’

“Old Fimley looked at me with a blank face. He couldn’t say.

Because he didn’t know. So I said this to Fimley: ‘I was in the war. I know people in demolition. If you do what I think you’re going to do, you will be visited.’ He laughed nervously and asked if I was threatening him. “ ‘No, uh-uh,’ I said. ‘Listen carefully: I know people in demolition. You will be visited.’ ” “So what happened?”

“I never met old sparky. Fimley knew I was serious.” Mr. Winters retreated into the outer un-limits of his mind.

“How did you spend your days at

the asylum?” I asked, trying to lure him back.

“My room was about 10-by12, with a barred window that overlooked the front courtyard. I could see the crazies come and go.

My roommate was a young man named Jimmy. He served Uncle Sam at Anzio, and his father was a big Cadillac dealer. Jimmy’s dad committed him after Jimmy spent two months as a salesman and couldn’t sell a single Cadillac.

“I asked Jimmy, ‘How long you been here?’ ‘Two years,’ he said.

That worried me.

“One day, I was walking around the grounds, plotting an escape, and a guy jumps out from behind a poplar tree. ‘You’re that famous comedian,’ he says. “ ‘Who me?’ “ ‘Yep,’ he says. ‘This is the only place where nuts feed the squirrels.’

“You had to like these people.

You couldn’t like them too much, though. At a dance social, I squeezed too close to a woman who thought she was Marie Antoinette, and they threw water on us.”

A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD “But you eventually got out?”

“Oh yeah. They let me out after eight months, though they never did say what was wrong with me.

I wasn’t home an hour, and the phone rang, a call from (director) Stanley Kramer. He wanted me to play a role in a movie he was going to shoot, about six months’ work. said, ‘No, I don’t think I’m ready yet.’

“My wife overheard me and started talking. She said…” Mr. Winters altered his voice to mimic his wife in falsetto. “ ‘You better take it. If you don’t, they’ll never call you again.’

“So, I did what she said. And that’s how I ended up in ‘It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.’ ” “You’re telling us you went from a madhouse into a mad, mad, mad, mad world?”

“Gee, I never thought of it that way.” Mr. Winters scratched his head. “Ironic, huh? After I left the Institute for Living, I stumbled, I fell. I didn’t stay down long. I still have my problems. I understand them. Nobody has to explain them to me. I’m living with me. I’m not a cry baby, not a wuss.”

Mr. Winters snapped out of a glower and made eye contact with me. “See any drawings you want?”

I chose two.

Mr. Winters counted the C-notes I handed him and stuffed the cash into his shirt pocket. “Now,” he said, “I’m going to give you the best advice I know.”

I was spellbound.

God had deemed me worthy of Jonathan Winters’ best advice!

“Life is a s--- sandwich,” said Jonathan. “But if you have enough bread, you never taste the s---.”

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“Some people think I’m crazy,” Mr. Winters began, as he thumbed through more than three dozen pen and ink drawings he’d brought along. “That’s fine, I like it that way. Whether I’m crazy or not is all the same to me.” He winked. “Main thing, I’m comfortable in my own mind.”

“That’s how we envision the Bedlam Bar,” I said. “An asylum for creatives.”

“Asylums are wonderful places,” said Mr. Winters. “Everyone inside admits to being nuts up front, including the shrinks, so everything is out in the open, no pretensions. If there’s a problem, it’s with normal society, where the crazies don’t own up, and even worse, you have to deal with sane people. It’s easy to tell who they are.”

He looked right and left.

“They’re the ones in line all the time.”

Jonathan’s drawings were studies in out-of-line-ness. “How do you know about asylums?” I asked.

“Are you kidding?” Mr. Winters lowered his voice to a growl. “I spent eight months in one of those places. It was after my second breakdown. I cracked, began to hallucinate. Uh-huh. That was back in 1962. In those days there was no lithium, no Prozac. They sent me to Hartford, Conn., to a nuthouse called the Institute for Living.

“The scary part wasn’t the other whackos.” Mr. Winters shook his jowls. “Them, I liked. They just wanted to have fun, which society can’t accept. It was the stuck factor that terrified me. I’d never lost my freedom like that before. Losing your freedom is a lot worse than losing your marbles. Heavy gates.

Locked wards. Patients screaming.

“Can you imagine, calling a place like that an institute for living?

You’re locked in, Jack, and they’ve got the key. No amount of money buys a ticket out — you’re stuck inside till they decide to let you go.”

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AND A NOD TO JONATHAN WINTERS … …who was Barnaby Conrad’s close friend, a longtime Montecito resident and the “national treasure” we lost in April 2013.

Twenty years ago, I ran into this iconic comedian on Coast Village Road in Montecito and stopped to tell him about my plan to open an insanity-themed Bedlam Bar in London, England — would he sell me a few of his drawings to hang on the wall?

“London, huh?” Jonathan Winters, clad in fishing vest and hat complete with hooks, unclenched his jaw and fixed his eyes into mine. “I like London. They get irony over there. Everyone’s so square in this country, in line here. I’m perpetually out of line.

“When I was in a sitcom, every day was a new war, seven writers laughing at everything they had written. I would tell them, ‘It‘s not funny,’ and they‘d say, ‘Don‘t worry.

We‘ll make it funny with canned laughter.’

“The people who make big money are one-dimensional,” Mr. Winters continued. “They stick to one thing, that’s all they do. Society likes that, rewards you for that. That’s how society wants you: slotted. So now I paint instead. Should I paint flowers or something nice? No, I think I’ll do what‘s in my head. I wonder what the shrinks would say about Magritte and Dali?”

Mr. Winters paused. “So, you want some of my drawings, huh?”

He glanced around furtively. “Can you pay cash?”

We met that evening in the old Montecito Bar of the Montecito Inn.

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read a lot. Books, mostly.

Two of the most enjoyable books I’ve read so far this year were written

by Barnaby Conrad, who founded the Santa Barbara Writers Conference a half-century ago and would have turned 100 years-old today. (He passed at age 90 in 2013.)

I started with “Time is All We Have,” about Mr. Conrad’s recovery from booze, coupling it with “Name Dropping,” a chronicle of the popular San Francisco saloon he created and ran for a decade.

Barny, as he called himself, with that particular spelling, named the joint “El Matador” after his bestselling novel (which paid for the bar) and, since he was also an extremely talented portrait artist, painted the bullfighting mural on its main wall.

The Libran I am, I read (for balance) the booze-denied and booze-fueled books side-by-side, a lesson in irony.

By the time he was in his late 50s, Barny admittedly would start most mornings at a lower State Street bar with a double greyhound (gin and grapefruit juice) or two and, having endured multiple DUIs, once got himself a two-week stint behind bars at county jail in Goleta.

Mr. Conrad laid bare all these sordid details of incessant boozing in his 1986 memoir of the 28 days he spent recovering at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage.

Gordon Lish, a longtime book publishing editor at Knopf and known for the literary salon he ran for years at his New York City home, liked to say that revealing oneself is a fundamental ingredient of good writing.

(Mr. Lish used to instruct his students, “Write about your most embarrassing experience.”)

Barnaby won that prize. His self-deprecating, conversational, character-and-dialog driven memoir reveals himself bare and may be one of the truest books ever penned on understanding the disease of alcoholism — and how best to recover from (and manage) it.

Whoever made the movie “Big Fish” must have been thinking of Barny. This was a man who knew everyone who was anyone mid-last century, which was why, of course, he could drop so many names — from Gary Cooper and Lucille Ball to Steinbeck, Kerouac and William Saroyan, to name but a few — and does so adroitly in the boozeinfused story of his storied bar.

Happy 100th birthday, Barny!

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repercussions for consumers, especially those who prefer to use e-commerce platforms to shop.

“These bills are ostensibly intended to target only large U.S. tech companies, but in reality, would have economic repercussions on small businesses and everyday products and services that U.S. consumers value,” Dr. Christian Dippon, an economist at NERA and one of the study’s authors, said in a statement.

The bills could force companies to reduce the scope of services like Amazon Prime, which the study said could create a $22 billion overall impact to consumers, or $148 per Amazon Prime member.

Dr. Dippon also said the bills would “further discourage the growth of U.S. startups and jeopardize the international competitiveness of U.S. firms” by prohibiting companies of a certain size from acquiring startups.

Trevor Wagener, CCIA’s director of research and economics, said the bills will only serve to kick American consumers while inflation is holding them down.

“American consumers are already reeling from the highest inflation in four decades,” Mr. Wagener said in a statement.

“Moreover, increasing operating costs for U.S. companies would be counterproductive in the fight against inflation, the administration’s top domestic priority.”

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World Dance for Humanity performs Saturday on State Street to recordings of Ukrainian music. Below, baked goods were sold.

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Continued from Page A1 Mr. Lyutko, who moved to Santa Barbara in 1991, has two brothers and two sisters in Ukraine, where the Russian invasion was in its 31st day Saturday. He said his siblings are in western Ukraine but don’t want to leave their country.

During a speech Saturday in Poland, President Joe Biden said President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.” The White House later said the speech wasn’t a direct call to change the Russian regime.

Also on Saturday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kulebra met with U.S. officials in Poland and said afterward that the U.S. promised there would be more defense support for Ukraine.

Russian missiles Saturday struck a fuel storage facility and a military infrastructure, both in Lviv, where the mayor called for air defense of Ukraine. No deaths were reported. email: dmason@newspress.com

Rain expected Monday Here comes the rain.

That’s the National Weather Service’s forecast for Monday.

The weather service said a Pacific storm system will move closer tonight “with widespread rain, high elevation snow and gusty winds through Tuesday morning.

“There will be a chance of thunderstorms that could bring heavy downpours and small hail Monday afternoon through

TRAFFIC, CRIME AND FIRE BLOTTER Traffic safety operation planned

GOLETA — Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies will conduct a traffic safety operation from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday in Goleta.

The operation will focus on the most dangerous driver behaviors that put the safety of people biking or walking at risk. These violations include speeding, making illegal turns, failing to yield or provide right of way to bicyclists or pedestrians, or failing to stop for signs and signals.

“We all have places to be and not everyone gets there by car,” Traffic Supervisor Sergeant Noel Rivas said in a news release.

“Bicyclists and pedestrians have the same rights to the road but face even more risk without the protections vehicles have. We should all be looking out for one another.”

The Sheriff’s Office, which

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declines in California’s counties are attributable to international migration losses during the pandemic, with California being home to 41.4% of the counties that saw these losses. Other experts say that the rise of remote work and a desire to flee coronavirus infection centers played a role in population dips across the state.

When the pandemic hit, thousands either stayed in place or sought out “safe harbors” to get away from disease centers, Dowell Myers, an expert in urban planning and demography at USC, told The Center Square. In New York, people fled to Long Island or western Connecticut to escape the virus.

While those “safe harbors” may not be as clear in California, Dr. Myers noted that residents did fan out within the state

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(The Center Square) — Proposed legislation in Congress that would strengthen antitrust enforcement could cost the U.S. economy more than $319 billion if enacted, according to a recent economic study.

The study was conducted by the National Economic Research Associates, an economic consulting firm, and commissioned by the Computer & Communications Industry Association, a free-enterprise trade organization. It is one of the first comprehensive studies to examine the impacts of legislation proposed by U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I. Rep. Cicilline and Sen. Klobuchar last year introduced S. 225, also known as the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Act, which seeks to overhaul the nation’s antitrust laws.

The bill would increase enforcement resources for regulatory agencies, strengthen laws that prohibit certain mergers and acquisitions, and prohibit “exclusionary conduct,” something that lawmakers have accused companies such as Facebook, Google, and Amazon of doing.

Sen. Klobuchar said last year that the bills are designed to address the U.S. economy’s “massive competition problem.”

According to NERA’s study, the bills could have massive

provides law enforcement for the city of Goleta, offers these tips to reduce the risk of getting injured or in a crash: For pedestestrians.

— Be predictable. Use crosswalks when available.

— Take notice of approaching vehicles and practice due care.

— Don’t walk or run into the path of a vehicle. At 30 mph, a driver needs at least 90 feet to stop.

— Be visible. Make it easy for drivers to see you – wear light colors, reflective material and carry a flashlight, particularly at dawn, dusk or at night.

— Be extra careful crossing streets or entering crosswalks at night when it is harder to see, or when crossing busier streets with more lanes and higher speed limits.

For drivers: — Follow the speed limit and slow down at intersections. Be prepared to stop for pedestrians

at marked and unmarked crosswalks.

— Avoid blocking crosswalks while waiting to make a righthand turns.

— Never drive impaired.

For bicyclists: — Obey traffic laws, use hand signals, use lights at night (front white light and rear red reflector) and wear a helmet.

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— Yield to pedestrians.

Bicyclists must yield the right-ofway to pedestrians within marked crosswalks or within unmarked crosswalks at intersections.

searching for more space — particularly as remote work became more common. He said he believed “flight from the coronavirus” contributed to population declines seen in San Francisco.

“Suddenly, people had to have their offices at home, and if you’re living in a small apartment, it’s not very convenient to do that,” Dr. Myers said. “Especially if two people are on a Zoom call at the same time — does not work well. So people were moving out, looking for more space and looking for more safety.”

The annual estimates from the Census Bureau revealed that Riverside County gained the second-most residents from domestic migration in the nation.

The Riverside-San BernardinoOntario metro region also ranked fifth among the top 10 metro areas in numeric growth between summer 2020 and 2021.

Dr. Myers said experts would

be keeping a close watch on how quickly people return to metropolitan areas, like San Francisco, as the pandemic slows down.

At this point, he said many aren’t sure office reopenings will impact that return and noted that rising home prices during the pandemic might be a “deterrent” that could discourage people from returning to California’s metropolitan areas.

Dr. Myers also noted that an undercount of the Latino population could have impacted estimated population losses in Los Angeles.

The U.S. Census’ annual population estimates use its decennial count as a baseline and rely on local statistics such as birth and death records to estimate population trends yearover-year.

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Madison Hirneisen covers California for The Center Square.

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The weather service’s forecast for today calls for highs of 65 in Santa Barbara, 63 at UCSB and in Lompoc, 67 in Santa Maria and 66 in Santa Ynez. Projected lows are around the mid 40s throughout Santa Barbara County.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2022

Westmont baseball team splits with Spirit

By RON SMITH

WESTMONT SPORTS WRITER

It had been more than three years since the Westmont baseball team (305, 18-4) played against Golden State Athletic Conference opponent Ottawa of Arizona (14-19, 6-11). The last time the two teams faced each other was on March 2-3, 2019.

In 2020, the season was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic before the two teams could play. Last year, the teams were in separate divisions of the GSAC standings, an accommodation to the continuing pandemic.

On Friday, the Warriors and Spirit renewed their rivalry by splitting a doubleheader. OUAZ won the first game 6-5 with Westmont taking the second by a score of 3-0.

“We didn’t play the game as well as we are capable of,” acknowledged Westmont Head Coach Robert Ruiz. “We had missed offensive opportunities in the first game, and we didn’t make enough adjustments.

When things were being given to us, we weren’t taking what the game gave us. When we have done that, we have done well. When we refuse to do it, we struggle.”

In the early game, Ottawa initiated the scoring with a single run in the top of the third. The Spirit’s Nicholas Lustig singled to right center to lead off the inning and one out later advanced to second on a wild pitch.

When Adrian Salazar singled through the right side, Lustig took third. A ground ball to second by Nathan Tarver could have ended the inning in a double play, but the relay pulled first baseman Josh Rego off the bag as Lustig scored from third.

Westmont tied the game at one in the

bottom of the fourth after Simon Reid led off with a double to right center that bounced off the wall. Center fielder TD Walker made a good play off the wall and threw a bullet to second, but Reid slid under the tag.

Thomas Rudinsky hit a grounder to the right of second base that Lustig nabbed on a diving play, then threw out Rudinsky at first. Reid, with a substantial lead-off at second, easily took third on the play. Rego then came to the plate and hit a hard line drive that ricochet off the pitcher’s glove and continued into center field allowing Reid to scamper home.

In the top of the fifth, OUAZ plated four runs to take a 5-1 lead. With one out and two on, Salazar singled to left field, driving in Brian Camacho and sending Lustig to second.

A wild pitch allowed both runners to advance before Tarver’s sacrifice fly to left brought Lustig home. Casey downs completed the Spirit’s scoring in the inning with a towering two-run home run down the right field line.

Westmont earned one run back in the bottom of the fifth to pull within three (5-2). With one away, Ryan Desaegher tripled to left center field.

One out later, he scored on a wild pitch.

A solo home run by Josh Rego in the bottom of the sixth made it a 5-3 game. Rego drove a line drive over the Warrior logo in right center field.

The Spirit added what turned out to be an important insurance run in the top of the seventh. Salazar singled to center field, then advanced to second on a balk, the result of a pick-off attempt. Salazar scored on a single to left by Tarver.

Desaegher got back the run after the seventh inning stretch with a solo shot

over the left field fence, making the score 6-4.

Alex Blaszyk entered the game for starter Bryan Peck in the top of the eighth and produced a three-up, three-down inning.

Then Westmont bats produced its fifth one-run inning in a row. After Simon Reid led off with a single to right, he was replaced on the base pads by Dusty Schraeder. One out later, Rego doubled down the right field line to give the Warriors runners at second and third. Schraeder then scored on a groundout to make it a one-run game (6-5).

In the top of the ninth, Westmont held OUAZ scoreless. With one away, Lustig was walked and Carlos Moreno was called upon to finish the game.

Before Moreno had finished facing his first batter, the roommate team of Reid and Renck produced the second out of the inning when they caught a Spirit runner stealing second. It was the second time they had done so in the game. Moreno then struck out Ben Lewis for the final out of the inning.

In the bottom of the ninth, Desaegher received a four-pitch, lead-off walk. However, the Warriors were unable to find a way to bring him around to score, resulting in Westmont’s fifth loss of the season.

Peck (5-2) was tagged with the loss after giving up six runs on nine hits in seven innings of work. He struck out two and walked one. Alex Blaszyk worked a scoreless inning and onethird in relief without allowing a hit.

“A few balls bounced through on Peck,” said Ruiz, “but I thought he had a great start for us. Our pitchers gave us a chance to win that game, but lost opportunities on offense were the difference maker.

happy to see our guys stay locked in on defense even when they struggled on offense today. We didn’t make an error in either game today.”

Westmont’s lead was extended to 3-0 in the bottom of the fifth when Renck crushed a solo home run over the right center field fence. Renck leads the team with nine home runs on the season.

In the top of the seventh, the Spirit gained a baserunner when TD Walker was hit by a pitch. Carlos Moreno was called upon to relieve Arteaga, making his second appearance of the day on the mound. After walking the first batter, Moreno struck out the next two, then coxed Hagen into flying out to center for the final out. As a result Moreno tallied his fourth save of the year.

“I can’t say enough about him as a competitor,” said Ruiz. “We constantly put him in the toughest situations that we are faced with. His consistency to perform for this team is phenomenal.

It may not be easy to see that in a box score, but to see the pressured situations that he competes in week in and week out – I have the utmost respect for his ability to lead our team in the face of any kind of adversity.”

Oseguera extended his GSACleading record to 8-0 and his scorelessinning streak to 11 and one-third. He allowed just three hits, striking out two and walking two.

“In game two, our offense was bailed out by our pitchers battling as hard as they could to preserve a shutout,” Ruiz said. “We need to be better on offense and our guys know that.”

In the second game, Westmont put up two runs in the bottom of the third to take the early lead. With one away, Desaegher doubled to right field. Haw followed Desaegher with his own double to right, driving in the Warriors’ first run. After Haw advanced to third on a wild pitch, Spirit starter Tyler Bare was relieved

by Josiah Dominguez. Another wild pitch allowed Haw to score from third.

“I was happy to see the production out of Ryan in the nine hole today,” said Ruiz of Desaegher’s three extrabase hits. “I thought he kept us in the first game with some big hits. When momentum was fading, he picked us up. He has played a good, solid defensive third base and center field for us. The fact that he is versatile and can move around is awesome to see.

Hopefully, he can continue that into tomorrow. “ The Spirit threatened in the top of the fifth, loading the bases with just one out. Gabe Arteage, who came in during the inning to relieve Westmont starter Eric Oseguera struck out Griffin Hagen, the Spirit’s number four hitter.

That brought up Jacob Griffin who worked a 3-1 count. Arteaga threw the next pitch down the middle to create a full count. Griffin swung on the following pitch, but pounded it into the dirt. Rudinsky, pounced from behind the plate and smothered the ball with his glove before it could roll foul. He then gathered the ball and stepped on home for the inning-ending force play.

“That was a heads-up baseball play,” noted Ruiz. “The poise to be able to slow it down, go make a play and then remember he could tag home, was an upper-class, experience play. I was

Ron Smith is the sports information director at Westmont College. email: sports@newspress.com

LOCAL FIVE-DAY FORECAST NELSON, Edward Ralph

Edward Ralph Nelson died peacefully in his sleep February 12, 2022. He was born in Santa Barbara on July 12, 1941 to Ralph and Elizabeth Nelson. He is survived by his wife Paula of 38 years, stepsons Dale and David (Mary) Cummings, stepgrandchildren Cassie (Alfonso) Chavez, Conner Cummings, Crystal Cummings and Jon (Irina) Manchak, great-grandchildren Sebastian and Arianni Chavez and Alexander Manchak.

Eddie and Paula enjoyed bowling for many years and then took up golf and played for 39 years. Eddie enjoyed working with his hands building furniture and bird houses.

Eddie was a car guy. He belonged to the Chevrollers car club in the ‘70s. He worked for Bob Joehnck’s Automotive for 20 years building racing engines and had his own Chevy Corvette that he raced for many years.

No services are planned.

GARDNER, Buckley Wayne

Buckley Wayne Gardner, age 70, beloved son of Wayne and Gerry Gardner (deceased), brother of Jody Sue Bunch and Lori Ann Roper, died March 13th, 2022 in Tucson, Arizona. He was born in Lynwood, California on October 9th, 1951. A longterm resident of Santa Barbara, Calif.

Buck was a mental health therapist at Phoenix of Santa Barbara and Mountain House for over 30 years. He served his community and clients with the deepest compassion and respect. He was well loved and respected by his colleagues. Buck was a lifelong lover of nature and spent many afternoons hiking the beautiful trails of Santa Barbara’s hills and taking beach walks with family or friends. He was well known for his big heart for people, especially children. He would usually be found sitting at the kids’ table and was actively involved in the lives of his nieces Sarah Doughty and Megan Rhebeck. One of Buck’s greatest loves was music. He had an extensive knowledge of all genres and an uncanny ability to pick out a tune on the piano. He was known to break out into song several times a day and was a regular at local karaoke bars. Buck’s light shone brightly. He will be deeply missed by his friends and family. A Celebration of Life will be held in Santa Barbara on April 23rd at Manning Park, Area 6 from noon – 3:00. All are welcome to attend. In lieu of flowers please consider donating to Doctors Without Borders.

GESHAY, Thomas Gerard

Thomas “Tom” Gerard Geshay, age 85, passed away peacefully on February 22, 2022, at Serenity House in Santa Barbara, California. He died surrounded by his loving wife, daughters and granddaughter. He is “set free” at last after a two-year struggle with dementia and other health issues.

Born on December 2, 1936, in Racine, WI, Tom was one of 6 siblings (Richard, Jim, Bob, John, and Nancy). He relocated to California to attend college and then went on to Talbot Seminary, where he earned his first masters degree in Divinity and Theology. Tom later moved to Portland, OR where he received his second masters degree from Western Seminary. It was during his first pastorate position in Forest Grove, OR where he met and married his wife of 54 years, Juliana (Knies) Geshay.

Tom was a dedicated minister for 55 years, during which he inspired and cared for others along their spiritual journey. He pastored 5 churches, served as Interim Pastor to 3 churches and finished his career serving as Chaplain for almost ten years at Valle Verde. Tom was also a caring husband and father, who worked hard to provide for his family and inspired them with his heart for service and generosity to others. He will be greatly missed by his family, friends and all whose lives he touched.

Tom Geshay is survived by his wife, Juliana (Knies) Geshay, his two daughters (Sabrina Geshay and Angela Kivela), son-in-law (Ryan Kivela), two grandchildren (Liam Kivela and Shayla Geshay), and countless relatives in the US and Europe, all of whom adored him for the fun-loving, warm-hearted man he was. He leaves behind a legacy of love.

A memorial service will be held in celebration of Tom’s life on April 9th, 2022, at 1pm at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara. There will be a reception following the service.

EATON, William Vincent

Jeanne Ann Ross passed away peacefully at the age of 86 on March 16, 2022 in Santa Barbara. Jeanne was born on March 21, 1935 in Manchester, IA to Louis and Gertrude Burke. She was one of seven siblings raised in Walker, IA. Jeanne had many fun adventures with her siblings, one they always laughed about was sledding down Creamery Hill on one sled that they all shared. Jeanne graduated from Walker High School in 1953 in a class of 16. At the age of 18, Jeanne hopped on a train to New York City, where she attended airline school and began working at United Airlines as a reservation and ticket agent. In 1960, she transferred to Los Angeles, where she met her future husband Robert “Bob” C. Ross. They were married in 1963 at St. Monica’s Church in Santa Monica. Jeanne and Bob moved to Santa Barbara in 1970 where Jeanne worked for Motel Six Travel Bureau and Your Travel Center for a total of 25 years. Jeanne and Bob enjoyed traveling, watching their children and grandchildren’s many sporting events and activities, and spending time with family and friends. Jeanne was an avid reader, attended St. Raphael’s Church for 50 years, was a volunteer at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, and enjoyed daily walks in the neighborhood. Jeanne also looked forward to weekly get-togethers at Tucker’s Grove Park with her best friends. Jeanne’s strong Irish will helped her beat breast cancer three times.

Jeanne is survived by her loving husband Bob, son Jeff (Rachel), and daughter Laurie Millan (Dean). She was blessed with four adoring grandchildren, Riley, Madison, Jack, and Nate, and will be missed by her three sisters, Kay Burke, Colleen Zangerle, and Peg Nims. Jeanne is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, extended family, and an abundance of friends.

Jeanne was preceded in death by her brothers Dick and Larry Burke, and her sister Thelma Holland.

A celebration of life will be determined at a later date. In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made in Jeanne’s name to Serenity House or Ridley Tree Cancer Center in Santa Barbara, or to your favorite charity.

Jeanne lived an amazing life as a wife, mother, grandmother aka “Mimi,” and friend.

She will be greatly missed.

“The best things in life are the people we love, the places we have been and the memories we have made along the way.”

BRINKS, William Archie

William Archie Brinks, 82, passed away peacefully in December in Bisbee, Arizona surrounded by family. Bill was born in Santa Barbara, California to Vernal and Betty Brinks. He attended Peabody Elementary School, La Cumbre Junior High, and graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1956. He studied mechanical engineering at California Polytechnic State College in San Luis Obispo graduating in 1961. Bill was an engineer at Vandenberg Air Force Base where he worked on the Atlas Rocket program and then at Lockheed Martin in Mountain View.

Despite being a highly trained and talented engineer, Bill’s roots in the world of food called him back to Santa Barbara in the early 1960s. He helped his aging parents at the old “Brinks Grocery” at Figueroa and Chapala Streets. After having daughter Pamela, and with the help of his parents and wife Teresa, Bill opened the popular “Brinks Vintage Shop” in 1967 at the newly constructed La Cumbre Plaza Mall. The business catered to both regular customers of Brinks Grocery, as well as new discriminating foodies and wine lovers.

Brinks Vintage Shop became a local institution, a go-to source for great wines, cheeses and gourmet foods. And especially for their handmade deli sandwiches with his popular “goop” dressing...the secret recipe has gone down as a classic, with people in Santa Barbara to this day still talking about it.

Bill Brinks was an early supporter of the emerging Santa Ynez wines, providing the first retail sales locations for a number of now well-known local wines. He recognized quality and wanted to share it, holding tasting parties when such things were rare locally. Early winemakers Bill counted among his many friends include Richard Sanford, Fred Brander and winegrower Louis Lucas, not to mention the winemakers from north coast counties, such as Chuck Ortman, Carl Doumani, Joe Swan, and Tom Dehlinger.

After 20 years in the gourmet food business, Bill opened a number of restaurants including the popular Pinocchio Restaurant at 21 W. Victoria. After getting out of the restaurant business, Bill started a new life in Sierra Vista, Arizona and got back to his engineering roots. Acting as developer and builder, he created Brinks Construction, building apartment complexes and residential subdivisions. Easing into retirement, he took the reins of the wine department at the Tucson’s branch of Arizona’s finest gourmet food and wine chain, AJ’s, finally retiring to a strawbale home, which he built himself, in a small town just outside Bisbee, Arizona. Bill Brinks was not a man to leave things undone. He always came full circle. Bill Brinks was a happy visionary, gourmet, great friend and father.

He was born on September 18, 1948 in Lakewood, Ohio to William Eaton and Martha Eaton. He had one sibling, Sandie Wilkes. He grew up in Santa Barbara, California and attended Santa Barbara HS. He married Cheryll on May 27, 1978. He retired from GTE/Verizon after 35 years of service.

Obituary notices are published daily in the Santa Barbara News-Press and also appear on our website www.newspress.com

The family sends special thanks to his home RN Darylyn Long.

If you wish to share memories, stories, pictures or condolences please visit https://bit. ly/BillEaton.

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A Celebration of Life is planned for April 23 in Santa Barbara. If you would like to attend, contact Pamela Brinks at pjbrinks@gmail.com by April 1. In lieu of flowers please donate to your local Hospice organization.

Sweetheart, being by your side for nearly 50 years, it’s impossible to put into words my love for you. My love for you was given to you freely.

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ROSS, Jeanne Ann

William “Bill” Vincent Eaton, age 73, passed away on February 26, 2022 with his family by his side.

Bill lived a full life. He enjoyed the outdoors--especially surfing, swimming, and fishing. He was a man of simple pleasures and loved spending time with his family. His favorite holiday was Halloween because he got to see all the kids having fun. He was loved by all who knew him. He was willing to help all who asked and his doors were always open. He was a present father in his children’s lives and was able to walk both of his daughters down the aisle.

Bill loved animals, and knew the names of every dog in the neighborhood, but would often forget the names of their owners. He was a great teacher, listener, grill master, woodcarver and friend. He leaves behind his wife Cheryll, his daughters Jeanine Axe (Zain), Jennifer Erickson (Ray), his granddaughter Shea Smith, his sister Sandie Wilkes, and his cat Mr. G.

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At Lake Cachuma’s maximum level at the point at which water starts spilling over the dam holds 188,030 acre-feet. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, equivalent to the amount of water consumed annually by 10 people in an urban environment.

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Continued from Page A1 any inflatables, 2-year-old Conor continued to bounce on his dad’s lap as they took a break from the bright playground.

Eli Coats, of Goleta, said Conor was initially hesitant to go into the massive bounce house. But the best part of the afternoon, Mr. Coats said, was watching Conor overcome his initial fear and enjoy the bubbles and snow billowing from one of the inflatables.

Across the park, 2-year-old Mia rolled around a picnic blanket, seemingly impatient to get back in the action. Mia was particularly a fan of the slides, said her mother, Vicki Villegas.

“It’s a fun family afternoon,” Ms. Villegas, of Santa Barbara, said during their bouncing break. “But we’re tired.”

While walking the News-Press around his bounce house domain, Dex said each session — there are three per day for different age groups — can hold up to 900 people, and he expected each session to reach capacity.

About 20 people travel with Big Bounce America as the inflatables tour the country. The workers guide kids and adults alike through the houses, wrangle wayward children, monitor the inflatables and blow up an endless supply of balls — among many other things.

“We need more fun in the world.

After the times we’ve just gone through, we invite you to kick those shoes off and let loose for a while,” Josh Kinnersley, the chief operating officer of Big Bounce America, said in a statement.

“We have the perfect event to allow kids and adults alike to get out of the house and enjoy an outdoor event like they’ve never experienced.”

According to Dex, no children have been lost yet.

Big Bounce America is produced by XL Event Lab. This weekend marked the company’s fifth visit to Elings Park in Santa Barbara.

Where will Big Bounce America be next? According to its schedule, it will hop up to Sacramento from April 1-3. Then the inflatables will hit Las Vegas from April 8-10.

But Dex said his favorite stop on the tour, of course, is Santa Barbara. email: kschallhorn@newspress. com

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The Gauchos opened up their weekend series with UC Davis with a 5-3 win Friday, thanks in part to an incredible game-tying home run robbery with two outs in the ninth by Christian Kirtley.

Cory Lewis (4-0) picked up his fourth win of the season tossing 6.1 innings and allowing just two runs.

And Ryan Harvey collected his eighth save with another clean sheet in the ninth thanks to the heroics from Kirtley.

Zander Darby went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs and two

walks as the lead-off man.

Broc Mortensen went just 1-for-5, but his one hit was the difference maker as he collected a 3 RBI single.

As they have in 14 of their 18 games this season, the Gauchos got on the board first with Darby launching a two-out solo shot in the top of the third to put UCSB up 1-0. It was his third of the season and first against a team other than Oregon.

UCSB made it 2-0 in the top of the fourth as Nick Vogt collected an infield single and promptly made his way around advancing on a wild pitch and stealing third.

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LA JOLLA — The Westmont men’s tennis (4-7, 4-2 GSAC) went toe-toe with the GSAC’s best Saturday and fell to No. 13 San Diego Christian (12-6, 5-0 GSAC) by a score of 4-0.

After the Hawks took the doubles point, the Warriors had an uphill battle and were unable to overcome the deficit.

“San Diego Christian has been a tough team for us for the past few years,” said Westmont Head Coach Mark Basham. “They’re a very good team and could definitely be a top-10 team in the NAIA. We’ve been doing well against teams

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we could hang with, but today we played a team that was really talented.”

In doubles, the Hawks bested the Warriors on all three courts, including an impressive victory over Ethan Ha and Logan Thompson on one. Going into the match, Ha and Thompson were 10-1 as a pair in doubles, but on Saturday, they fell 6-3 to Chris Papa and Luis Hochenauer.

On two, Joseph Hemry and Owen Vander Ark fell to Nick Nienhaus and Julius Kaufman 6-2, and on three, Santiago Tintore Ramon and Benny Saito fell to Robin Van den Hoek and Laurenz Grabia by the same score.

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The UCSB softball team dropped its series opener against the UC San Diego Tritons with a 5-1 loss Friday.

UCSD took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning after two Tritons notched hits down the left field line.

The first at-bat for the Gauchos was senior Maci Fines, who came off a 2-2 count with a deep double to center field, registering her eighth of the season and setting a new career high.

Both teams were held scoreless in the second, but the Tritons tallied another run in the third,

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The Westmont men’s and women’s track and field teams returned from spring break and got back to work in the Santa Barbara sun on Saturday, when they hosted the Westmont Classic.

On Saturday, the Warriors saw great success that included multiple Warriors reaching qualifying standards for the NAIA Outdoor National Championships.

The first Warriors to make headlines at the Westmont Classic was the men’s 4x800 meter relay team. In the first relay of the day, Jason Peterson, Jack Vanden Heuvel, Andres Leon, and Adam King posted a time of 7:36.59.

Last season, the men’s 4x800 finished in second place overall at Outdoor Nationals. On Saturday, the men punched their ticket back to Gulf Shores, Alabama, after coming in well ahead of the automatic qualifying time of 7:44.0.

Also of note, the relay team set a stadium record, beating another Westmont team from 2019 that posted a time of 7:42.34.

“The 4x800 was awesome,” Vanden Heuvel said. “We put together a really strong squad, and it is impressive to see that we all pulled out a new personal record.

That was one of our best races of the year, and I’m excited to have had the opportunity to compete against The Master’s.”

Later in the day, in the women’s 1500 meter race, a pair of Warriors came in a blink ahead of

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doubles matches definitely made our job that much harder,” Basham said. “They took it to us. We had won 10 of 11 on one before today, so they really played well.”

In singles, the Hawks were quick to put away the Warriors, not needing a single third set before the match’s conclusion. On two, Ha fell to Nienhaus 6-1, 6-2, and on three, Hemry fell to Hochenauer 6-4, 6-1. On one, Papa defeated Thompson 6-4, 6-2. In a rather quick match, the Hawks clinched after the first three results to win it 4-0.

“In singles, Logan got off to a good start but then ended up losing the set 6-4,” Basham said.

“Logan was playing a very high

level of tennis on one. Tristan Wright was a highlight on five, where he won the first set and was up 3-2 before the match was called.

Owen was 5-5 in the second set, after losing the first, and he was battling. It wasn’t all bad. I was happy with our guys’ effort, it was just a tough go against a good team today.”

The Warriors will return to the court at 2 p.m. Tuesday when they host Williams (Mass.) in Montecito.

The club has just one GSAC match remaining, on April 9 against Marymount, before beginning play in the GSAC Tournament.

Jacob Norling is the sports information assistant at Westmont College.

moving the score to 3-0.

The top of the fourth saw a pitching change for UCSB as junior Lexy Mills came in to relieve Camryn Snyder in the circle. Mills went on to pitch a full three innings, allowing one run and two hits while striking out four and walking two.

Sophomore Madelyn McNally was responsible for UCSB’s second hit of the day as she singled through the left side. In true McNally fashion, she quickly stole second – her seventh stolen base of the year. Although in scoring position, the Gauchos weren’t able to put up a run.

Santa Barbara entered the top of the seventh with the score 5-0.

Mills led off for her team and notched a few firsts as a Gaucho — recording her first hit, stolen base and run. The Kansas transfer singled up the left side and went on to steal second as Tyler Goldstein was at bat.

It was junior Sam Denehy who brought Mills across the plate, recording her second RBI of the season and moving the score to 5-1. Unfortunately, the game would end on the next play and leave the Gauchos with the loss.

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bases and put his team up 5-0.

UC Davis found all three of its runs in the bottom half of the inning to stay in the game.

With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, the Aggies brought the tying run to the plate in Kyler Arenado, who sent what would’ve been a game tyinghome run over the left field wall, but Kirtley had plans of his own snagging the ball from over the wall to end the game.

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brought him home on an RBI ground out.

Lewis was dominant early, retiring 11 of the first 12 batters he faced as the first four innings rolled on in record time. UC Davis brought a runner to third in the bottom of the sixth with one out, but Lewis was unphased, stranding the Aggie 90 feet away with back-to-back outs.

In the top of the seventh, Jason Willow collected a one-out double and Gianni Bloom and Sprinkle drew back-to-back walks to load the bases.

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the NAIA provisional qualifying times. Running in the same heat, Anneline Breytenbach and Abigail Hundley finished ahead of the rest of the pack with times of 4:41.50 and 4:43.17, respectively.

The B-Standard mark that both women came in ahead of 4:43.50.

For Breytenbach, it is the second qualifying time she has posted in as many weeks, following an A-Standard 5000 meter race last week in Virginia. For Hundley, it is her first qualifying time of outdoor season.

“I’m just so grateful to be back in Santa Barbara and competing on our home track,” said Hundley, who earned All-American honors at Indoor Nationals. “It’s great to compete where we come down and train at each and every day after school.

“Essentially, I broke my race into three parts. I wanted to get in a good position for the first 300, hold that position through the next 800 and then give a good kick through the last 400. I went on mental autopilot down the stretch and just went for it.”

In the afternoon, Zola Sokhela made his weekly headline when he competed in the 800 meter in 1:50.81. Sokhela, the reigning NAIA Outdoor National Champion in the event, came in well ahead of the A-Standard to clinch the opportunity to defend his title.

Also running the 800 for the Warriors was Jack Vanden Heuvel, who came in an eyelash ahead of the B-Standard with a time of 1:53.79. Vanden Heuvel had no further time to spare, as the B-Standard for the event is 1:53.80.

“I knew Zola was going to do his thing and he did,” said Vanden Heuvel. “My goal was to go out strong and stay with him. I knew he would qualify so I knew I just had to be a few strides behind him. Zola ran a really solid race, and I’m excited for him. I’m excited to see what both of us can do later on this season.”

In the women’s 5000, Kari Anema became the second Warrior to automatically qualify for Outdoor Nationals in as many weeks, joining Breytenbach from last weekend.

On Saturday, Anema completed the race in 17:29.63, coming in a solid seven seconds ahead of the A-Standard.

The day came to a close with the men’s and women’s 4x400 meter per usual. For the women, Abbie Monk, Abigail Hundley, Jaiden Rodrigues, and Abby Rumohr came in well ahead of the pack with a time of 4:03.71, which was four seconds ahead of the secondplace team. However, the time was not fast enough to reach a provisional time.

For the men, Jason Peterson, Vanden Heuvel, King, and Sokhela posted a time of 3:23.08, which was six seconds off of the NAIA provisional standard.

The Warriors return to action in the bay area next Friday, April 1, when they compete in the Stanford Invitational.

Jacob Norling is the sports information assistant at Westmont College. email: sports@newspress.com

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Works independently to support Arts & Lectures Education and Outreach mission to, ‘Educate, Entertain, Inspire’. As the primary administrative and activities assistant for the Arts & Lectures’ Education and Outreach Programs, this position is responsible for planning activities on campus, in schools and in the community, creating and developing relationships with educators and community leaders to keep Education Outreach programs current and operating at peak efficiency and effectiveness.

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Ability and willingness to work weekends and evenings. $24.61 - $28.90/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 4/4/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 33077.

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Unless the proposed POP is changed, this notice will serve as the Final Program of Projects. If the proposed POP is changed, a final POP will be published.

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 clerk of the District’s governing board. 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.

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

The 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.

Publication Day:Wednesday Due: Monday 9 a.m.

No Bidder may withdraw his 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.

Publication Day:Thursday Due: Tuesday 9 a.m.

BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT By: David Hetyonk, Interim Project Manager, Planning Department

Publication Day:Friday Due: Wednesday 9 a.m.

For additional information, please email legals@newspress.com or call (805) 564-5218.

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF HEARING: APRIL 6, 2022 IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION The California State Legislature recently passed, and the Governor signed, Assembly Bill (AB) 361, which amends the Government Code to allow Brown Act bodies to continue to meet remotely after September 30, 2021, if there is a proclaimed state of emergency and the State or local officials recommend measures to promote social distancing. Based on the proclaimed state of emergency and the Santa Barbara County Public Health Officer’s recommended social distancing, the Planning Commission meeting will not provide in person participation at this hearing.

The following alternative methods of participation are available to the public. If you wish to make a general public comment or to comment on a specific agenda item, the following methods are available: 1. You may observe the live stream of the County Planning Commission meetings on (1) Local Cable Channel 20, (2) online at: http://www.countyofsb.org/ceo/csbtv/livestream.sbc; or (3) YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/user/CSBTV20 2. If you wish to provide public comment, the following methods are available: •Distribution to the County Planning Commission - Submit your comment via email prior to 12:00 p.m. on the Monday prior to the Commission hearing. Please submit your comment to the Recording Secretary at dvillalo@countyofsb.org. Your comment will be placed into the record and distributed appropriately.

•Attend the Meeting by Zoom Webinar - Individuals wishing to provide public comment during the County Planning Commission meeting can do so via Zoom webinar by clicking the below link to register in advance. Register in advance for this meeting: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing important information about joining the webinar.

When: April 6, 2022 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Topic: County Planning Commission 04/06/2022 Register in advance for this webinar: https://countyofsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k_3G99rIS9qFQK2sNkT2bA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

OR PARTICIPATE VIA TELEPHONE: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 213 338 8477 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 720 928 9299 or +1 971 247 1195 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 602 753 0140 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 470 250 9358 or +1 646 518 9805 or +1 651 372 8299 or +1 786 635 1003 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 267 831 0333 or +1 301 715 8592 or 877 853 5257 (Toll Free) or 888 475 4499 (Toll Free) or 833 548 0276 (Toll Free) or 833 548 0282 (Toll Free) Webinar ID: 974 0764 1547 The Commission’s rules on hearings and public comment, unless otherwise directed by the Chair, remain applicable to each of the participation methods listed above.

The Planning Commission hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Planning Commission. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to appear and speak in support or in opposition to the projects. Written comments are also welcome. All letters should be addressed to the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101. Letters should be filed with the secretary of the Planning Commission no later than 12:00 P.M. on the Monday before the Planning Commission hearing. The decision to accept late materials will be at the discretion of the Planning Commission.

Maps and/or staff analysis of the proposals may be reviewed at https://www.countyofsb.org/plndev/ hearings/cpc.sbc a week before the hearing or by appointment by calling (805) 568-2000.

If you challenge the project(s) 20DVP-00000-00008 or 20CDP-00000-00063 in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Planning Commission prior to the public hearing.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need a disability-related modification or accommodation or are exempt from applicable Health Officer Orders, including auxiliary aids or services such as sound enhancement equipment or an American Sign Language interpreter, to participate in this hearing, please contact Hearing Support Staff at 805-568-2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements. If you have any questions or if you are participating in the hearing telephonically or electronically and need a disability-related modification or accommodation or have any issues attempting to access the hearing telephonically or electronically, please contact Hearing Support Staff at 805-568-2000.

20DVP-00000-00008 20CDP-00000-00063 State Parks MDN dated 4/9/18

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Prequalification packages must be submitted to L.M. Sweaney & Associates, P. O. Box 3187, Santa Barbara, CA 93130 (U.S. MAIL ONLY) (Voice Message: 909-337-8302) no later than April 5, 2022, [Note: Per PCC 2011.6 – must have submitted package at least 10 business days before bid opening, can specify earlier date]. APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA U.S. MAIL.

Publication Day:Tuesday Due: Friday 9 a.m.

Publication Day Fri. Due: Wednesday 9 a.m.

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Prequalification packages are available through the Cybercopy at www.cybercopyplanroom.com.

Pre-qualification questions must be directed to L.M. Sweaney at lynns11s@aol.com or leave a voice message at (909) 337-8302.

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.

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Prequalification of Bidders and E/M/P 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 electrical, mechanical 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.

Publication Day:Sat.-Mon. Due: Thursday 9 a.m.

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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 the Santa Barbara Unified School District Administration Office, 720 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101. 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.

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.

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Publication Day Tue. Due: Monday 9 a.m.

2012 Toyota Corolla 89k miles Excellent Condition,

The deadline for pre-bid questions or clarification requests is April 12, 2022. All questions are to be in writing and directed to the Project Architect/Engineer, Robert Robles, Robert Robles Architecture, Inc. at rr@robertroblesarch.com

Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.6(j) a list of prequalified general contractors and electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors will be made available by the District no later than April 12, 2022 at lgonzalez@sbunified.org

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Plans and specifications will be on file and available to view, download or purchase on, or as soon as possible, after the mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference through Cybercopy at www. cybercopyplanroom.com

Steve Maas Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District 550 Olive Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 smaas@sbmtd.gov (805) 963-3364

Publication Day Sat-Mon Due: Friday 9 a.m.

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A mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference will be conducted on March 29, 2022 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Meet at Washington Elementary School, 290 Lighthouse Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93109 in the parking lot in front of Admin. Office. Bids will not be accepted from contractors not attending the mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference. Prospective Bidders arriving after the abovedesignated starting time for a mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference shall be disqualified from submitting a bid for this project.

The Project description is as follows: The work of the project consists of alterations to the existing school buildings A, B, C, D and E that shall consist of but are not limited to the following: 1. Reroofing (full roofing replacement). 2.

Replacement of skylights made necessary by the reroofing work. 3. Rough carpentry, patching & repairs associated with and made necessary by the reroofing work. 4. Incidental electrical work, associated with and made necessary by the reroofing work.

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Bid opening will be held on April 19, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. for Washington Elementary School Roofing Replacement Project (“Project”).

This proposed Program of Projects (POP) is for an estimated total of $5,233,000 in operating assistance for the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (SBMTD) for Fiscal Year 2023 (July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023). The source of the funds is the estimated FY 2023 49 USC §5307 apportionment to the Santa Barbara Urbanized Area from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration. The proposed POP can be reviewed on the MTD website at www.sbmtd.gov or by contacting the following:

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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for a bid opening by the Board of Education of the Santa Barbara Unified School District at the Administration Office, 724 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101 not later than:

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•Development Plan to widen the park entrance road and entrance kiosk area, replace and improve a culvert crossing with a bridge, replace and improve the entrance kiosk, and improve the pedestrian trail in compliance with Section 35-174 of the Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance; •Coastal Development Permit for the same improvements described above in compliance with Section 35-169 of the Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance; •Accept as adequate the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) prepared by the California Department of Parks and Recreation (State Parks) as lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act. As a result of this project, significant but mitigable effects on the environment are anticipated in the following categories: Aesthetics, Biological Resources, Geology & Soils, Land Use & Planning, Noise, Recreation, and Utilities & Service Systems.

California Department of Parks and Recreation (State Parks) is the designated lead agency under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) reporting requirements and Santa Barbara County is acting as a responsible agency under CEQA. State Parks accepted the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the proposed project on April 9, 2018. The application involves Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs) 081-230-013, 081-010-010, 081-250-007, located at 1 El Capitan State Beach Road on property zoned Recreation (REC), in the Gaviota Coast Plan area, Third Supervisorial District.

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Something’s fishy

At the Neal Taylor Nature Center at Cachuma Lake

By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

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he Neal Taylor Nature Center at Cachuma Lake will hold its 25th annual Fish Derby on April

23 and 24.

The derby is the major fundraising event for the center, which was founded by the late Neal Taylor in 1988. It is located within the Cachuma Lake Recreation Area at 2265 State Route 154.

Derby fishing begins at 6 a.m.

April 23 and ends at noon April 24. Contestants must fish in the lake during the tournament hours and may fish from shore at any time during the derby including Saturday night. A flare will be fired at the harbor to start the event Saturday and end it on Sunday.

All anglers 16 years and older must have a fishing license, which can be purchased at the marina. Registered individuals must be 4 years or older to participate.

Entry fees are $35 if postmarked by April 9, $40 after April 9 and $45 on-site from April 22 to April 24. The fee for ages 4 through 15 is $10.

Registration forms are available at Cachuma Lake Park entry gate, store, marina, Nature Center and local businesses.

To receive information and a registration form in the mail, leave your name and address on the hotline 805-693-8381 or visit www.troutderby.org.

Due to the threat of quagga mussels, Cachuma Lake has a 30-day quarantine and inspection of all boats except those with a Cachuma Lake Tag and kayaks/canoes. Check

for updates to the inspection protocol at www.sbparks.org.

Cash prizes amounting to more than $5,000 plus thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise prizes will be awarded in many categories and to anglers of all ages. Certain prizes are designated for children and for teens.

Fish Derby cash prizes for adults include $599 for Heaviest Trout Caught and $300 second Heaviest Trout Caught; $599 Heaviest Bass Caught and $300 second Heaviest Bass Caught; $599 Heaviest Crappie Caught and $300 second Heaviest Crappie Caught; $599 Heaviest Trout Caught and $300 second Heaviest Trout Caught; $599 Heaviest Catfish Caught and $300 secondHeaviest Catfish Caught; and $599 Heaviest Carp Caught and $300 second Heaviest Carp Caught.

The Dutch Wilson Prize for $50 will go to the oldest angler to catch a fish.

Winners of the Neal Taylor Young Angler Award will be the first catch by an angler 15 years or younger on Saturday and the same on Sunday. Each will receive $50.

Cash prizes for children and teens, ages 11 to 15, include $100 for the Heaviest Fish caught by a girl, $50 second Heaviest Fish caught by girl, and $25 third Heaviest Fish caught by girl; $100 Heaviest Fish caught by boy, $50 second Heaviest Fish caught by boy and $25 third Heaviest Fish caught by boy.

Other Fish Derby activities include visits to the Neal Taylor Nature Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to noon Sunday Please see DERBY on B2

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Freddy Martin, 4, from Lompoc, who received the Young Angler Award at the Neal Taylor Nature Center Fish Derby, stands with his catch next to his father, Danny Martin, in 2017. The 25th annual Fish Derby will take place April 23 and 24.

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Winners from past derbies include Domenic Stiwell, 8, center, who won the Neal Taylor Nature Center derby in 2017.

Kris Kleinsmith of Arroyo Grande was the 2017 NTNC Fish Derby winner for heaviest trout, weighing 7.14 pounds.

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SOLUTION ON B3

Horoscope.com Sunday, March 27, 2022 ARIES — Your week begins on a difficult note when Mars in Aquarius forms a square with Uranus in Taurus on Tuesday, bringing internal conflict into your life. Your values might be challenged by passionate discourse on social media.

TAURUS — You have big ambitions, Taurus, but all that hustling is wearing you down and restricting your independence when Mars in Aquarius forms a square with Uranus in your sign on Tuesday.

GEMINI — This is an ideal time to make your career dreams come true, Gemini, whether you’re applying for your dream job, making a big presentation, or asking for a promotion. Mercury conjoins Neptune in your public image zone on Wednesday, so boost your reputation by faking it till you make it.

CANCER — Start the week by sharing your passionate beliefs with others as Mercury conjoins Neptune in your expansion zone on Wednesday. You have some big dreams that you’re hoping will come true. Speak them into existence by sharing them with others.

LEO — Wednesday brings opportunities for pillow talk when Mercury conjoins Neptune in your intimacy zone. Whisper your wildest dreams to your partner to do some serious bonding. Whether you’re dreaming about sharing your home with someone or transforming your life in meaningful ways, it’s a great day to manifest your intimate dreams.

VIRGO — Speaking with empathy could lead to dreamy partnerships when Mercury conjoins Neptune in your relationship zone on Wednesday. This is a great day to negotiate contracts, form agreements, and partner up with someone.

LIBRA — Sharing is caring, but it can hurt when Mars in Aquarius forms a square with Uranus in Taurus on Tuesday.

Sharing resources with someone can cause some serious tension, especially when you two have very different spending habits.

SCORPIO — Family drama seeps into your personal life when Mars in Aquarius forms a square with Uranus in Taurus on Tuesday. Especially when a meddlesome family member starts to interfere in your personal relationship.

SAGITTARIUS — You talk a big game, Sagittarius, but when Mars in Aquarius forms a square with Uranus in Taurus on Tuesday, your big mouth could get you into an uncomfortable situation. Volunteering to work overtime or bragging about your big project could lead you to work harder for no reason.

CAPRICORN — You’ve been working hard the last few weeks, hustling your way to the top. However, when Mars in Aquarius forms a square with Uranus in Taurus on Tuesday, you could get completely burned out by the stress of your work.

AQUARIUS — You have a lot you want to want to achieve, Aquarius. But when Mars in your sign forms a square with Uranus in Taurus on Tuesday, you may discover the true cost of success. If your drive and ambition are keeping you away from home, you might have to make some changes or deal with some hurt feelings.

PISCES — Your week begins on a positive note when Mercury conjoins Neptune in your sign on Wednesday. This is a great day for new beginnings to live the life of your dreams. Whether you’re asking someone on a date, applying for your dream job, or changing your mannerisms, you can achieve great things today.

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All puzzles come with a few letters to start you off. Your first move should be to enter these letters in the puzzle grid. If the letter S is in the box at the bottom of the page underneath the number 2, your first move should be to find all cells numbered 2 in the grid and enter the letter S. Cross the letter S off the list at the bottom of the grid. Remember that at the end you should have a different letter of the alphabet in each of the numbered boxes 1 - 26, and a word in English in each of the horizontal and vertical runs on the codeword grid.

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It is stairs all the way, and sometimes you go up a few and then back one or two.

It’s one of the things we humans all have in common. You may think you can name people who are so happy they’re floating in the clouds, but, trust me here, even they get stuck in the rain every now and then.

Here are some reasons why it’s OK when a little unhappiness darkens your day.

1. Happiness is never constant.

And that’s not so bad. If we don’t have a little sadness or upset come our way, we’d never know what true happiness really is.

Even so, many people get angry when they’re unhappy, which makes everything worse. It’s best to accept a difficult situation and know that this too shall pass. Your discomfort comes from not really knowing what’s happening around you and not feeling like you can get through it. Just remember that you always have before and that you will again.

2. Some people are

constitutionally incapable of feeling happy. They have a disorder called anhedonia. Others suffer from a constant low-grade depression called dysthymia. If you have one of these biochemical imbalances in your brain, happiness will be elusive. We all might have a drop or two of a “sadness bearing” chemical in our very complicated brains.

Understanding that our body chemistry has as much to do with our level of happiness as our circumstances gives us more power to deal with the uncomfortable moments — and, for most people, they are just moments. Having difficult feelings from time to time is totally normal.

3. Everyone has their own “happiness quotient.” Your HQ is the amount of happiness you are capable of feeling in your life.

People with higher HQs have a greater ability to brush things off than people with lower HQs. What could send you into a tizzy doesn’t

faze them. If you get to know your own HQ, you will have much more control over bad moments, and they will be less likely to run you and cause you to feel badly.

4. There will always be tough times. Some of us are more prone to feeling down, especially when things are stressful, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have some happiness in your life and even decrease the amount of time you’re feeling down. You have more control than you realize here. You can use your willpower and tools like visualization to make the tough times easier and to reduce stress in your life — and who doesn’t have stress and want to get rid of it?

5. Our whole world has been tilted on its ear. We are still in a pandemic, and although it seems to be getting better in some places, it’s not going away. That alone will chip away at your happiness level, and it only makes sense. We are all

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and recreational organizations.

He served as naturalist for the Santa Barbara County Parks Department for more than 18 years before retiring.

“Neal was a favorite of youth groups of all ages, and his legendary storytelling skills and humor added vitality and excitement to all the walks and talks he once led. He continued to be very active as a Nature Center board member and was a lead participant in the various fishing workshops held at the Nature Center, including the widely attended annual Trout Derby,” Ms. McDonald said.

“After his death in February 2011, it was proposed to rename the Cachuma Lake Nature Center in his honor to The Neal Taylor Nature Center at Cachuma Lake.”

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“The Nature Center was founded in 1988 when the dream of naturalist, Neal Taylor, became a reality. Mr. Taylor began fishing as a child in the Eastern Sierras with his father.

As a teenager, Neal began entering fly fishing tournaments

searching for ways to compensate for the loss of our social lives and connections with other people. So don’t take it personally.

I’d love to be happy all the time.

Who wouldn’t? But I know that’s not possible. I have learned to take the bad with the good, to really enjoy my happy moments and try not to wallow in the sad ones.

Sometimes it’s all about the choices we make within ourselves that are the difference between happiness and discomfort.

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And the winners are …

World waits to see who will take home an Oscar

Zsuzsanna Sipos.

• “Nightmare Alley”: Production design: Tamara Deverell; set decoration: Shane Vieau.

• “The Power of the Dog”: Production design: Grant Major; set decoration: Amber Richards.

• “The Tragedy of Macbeth”: Production design: Stefan Dechant; set decoration: Nancy Haigh • “West Side Story” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo

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The awards show will be televised live at 5 p.m. today ABC (KEYT, Channel 3). The hosts are Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes.

And the nominees are: BEST PICTURE • “Belfast”: Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, producers.

• “CODA”: Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, producers.

• “Don’t Look Up”: Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, producers.

• “Drive My Car”: Teruhisa Yamamoto, producer.

• “Dune”: Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, producers.

• “King Richard”: Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, producers.

• “Licorice Pizza”: Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, producers.

•”Nightmare Alley”: Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, producers.

• “The Power of the Dog”: Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, producers.

• “West Side Story”: Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, producers.

DIRECTOR • “Belfast”: Kenneth Branagh.

• “Drive My Car”: Ryusuke Hamaguchi.

• “Licorice Pizza”: Paul Thomas Anderson.

• “The Power of the Dog”: Jane Campion.

• “West Side Story”: Steven Spielberg.

ACTOR IN LEADING ROLE • Javier Bardem in “Being the Ricardos.”

• Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Power of the Dog.” • Andrew Garfield in “tick,

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tick...BOOM!” • Will Smith in “King Richard.”

• Denzel Washington in “The Tragedy of Macbeth.”

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE • Ciarán Hinds in “Belfast.”

• Troy Kotsur in “CODA.” • Jesse Plemons in “The Power of the Dog.” • J.K. Simmons in “Being the Ricardos.”

• Kodi Smit-McPhee in “The Power of the Dog.” ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE • Jessica Chastain in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.”

• Olivia Colman in “The Lost Daughter.”

• Penélope Cruz in “Parallel Mothers.”

• Nicole Kidman in “Being the Ricardos.”

• Kristen Stewart in “Spencer.”

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE • Jessie Buckley in “The Lost Daughter.”

• Ariana DeBose in “West Side Story.”

• Judi Dench in “Belfast.”

• Kirsten Dunst in “The Power of the Dog” • Aunjanue Ellis in “King Richard.”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE • “Encanto.”

• “Flee.”

• “Luca” Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren.

• “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht.

• “Raya and the Last Dragon” Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho.

CINEMATOGRAPHY • “Dune”: Greig Fraser.

• “Nightmare Alley”: Dan Laustsen.

• “The Power of the Dog”: Ari Wegner.

• “The Tragedy of Macbeth”: Bruno Delbonnel • “West Side Story”: Janusz Kaminski COSTUME DESIGN • “Cruella”: Jenny Beavan.

• “Cyrano”: Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran.

• “Dune”: Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan.

• “Nightmare Alley”: Luis Sequeira.

• “West Side Story” Paul Tazewell MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING • “Coming 2 America”: Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer.

• “Cruella”: Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon.

• “Dune”: Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr.

• “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”: Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh.

•”House of Gucci”: Göran

ORIGINAL SCORE • “Don’t Look Up”: Nicholas Britell.

• “Dune”: Hans Zimmer.

• “Encanto”: Germaine Franco.

• “Parallel Mothers”: Alberto Iglesias.

• “The Power of the Dog”: Jonny Greenwood.

ORIGINAL SONG • “Be Alive” from “King Richard”: Music and lyrics by DIXSON and Beyoncé KnowlesCarter.

• “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto”: Music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

• “Down To Joy” from “Belfast”: Music and lyrics by Van Morrison.

“No Time To Die” from “No Time to Die”: Music and lyrics

by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell.

• “Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days”: Music and lyrics by Diane Warren.

PRODUCTION DESIGN • “Dune”: Production design: Patrice Vermette; set decoration:

VISUAL EFFECTS • “Dune”: Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer.

• “Free Guy”: Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick.

• “No Time to Die”: Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould • “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”: Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver.

• “Spider-Man: No Way Home”: Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick ADAPTED SCREENPLAY • “CODA”: screenplay by Siân Heder.

• “Drive My Car”: screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe. • “Dune”: Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth.

• “The Lost Daughter”: Written

by Maggie Gyllenhaal.

• “The Power of the Dog”: Written by Jane Campion.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY • “Belfast”: written by Kenneth Branagh.

• “Don’t Look Up”: screenplay

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• “Licorice Pizza”: written by Paul Thomas Anderson.

• “The Worst Person in the World”: written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier. email: dmason@newspress.com

PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY AND DIABETES WARNING! Santa Barbara, CA - Diabetes along with age, smoking, exposure to chemotherapy, post surgical and motor vehicle accidents are all risk factors for peripheral neuropathy. Diabetes is the largest cohort, making up nearly 60% of all peripheral neuropathy cases. Among diabetics, up to 50% have measurable evidence of peripheral neuropathy but no symptoms. Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy is the most common long term complication of Diabetes. This can progress from sensory complications to leg/foot ulcers and ultimately gangrene and amputation. Nerve fibers affected with neuropathy include large nerve fibers which are principally associated with numbness and small nerve fibers seen with pain and burning symptoms.

In order to effectively treat your neuropathy, three factors must be determined.

1. What is the underlying cause?

2. How much nerve damage has been sustained?* 3. How much treatment will your condition require?

Don’t Hesitate to Act Now! We can objectively measure the severity of deficit in both small and large nerve fibers prior to start of care.

The main problem is that your doctor has told you to just live with the problem or try the drugs which you don’t like taking because they make you feel uncomfortable. There is now a facility right here in Santa Barbara that offers you new hope without taking those endless drugs with serious side effects. (see the special neuropathy severity consultation at the end of this article).

Nearly 60% of Peripheral Neuropahty patients are Diabetics. ref: The foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy. June 2018

Peripheral neuropathy is a result of damage to the nerves often caus- The treatment to increase blood flow utilizes electronic cell signaling ing weakness, pain, numbness, tingling, and the most debilitating bal- delivering modulating energy wavelengths at both low and middle frequencies. The signaling improves cell-to-cell communication among ance problems. small nerve fibers.

This damage is commonly caused by a lack of blood flow to the nerves The cell signaling therapy is like watering a tree. The treatment will alin the hands and feet which will cause the nerves to begin to slowly low the blood vessels to grow back around the peripheral nerves and degenerate due to lack of nutrient flow. provide them with the proper nutrients to heal and repair. It’s like adding water to a tree and seeing the roots grow deeper and deeper.

As you can see in Figure 1, as the blood vessels that surround the nerves become diseased they shrivel up which causes the nerves to The amount of treatment needed to allow the nerves to fully recover not receive the nutrients to continue to survive. When these nerves varies from person to person and can only be determined after a debegin to “die” they cause you to have balance problems, pain, numb- tailed neurological and vascular evaluation. ness, tingling, burning, and many additional symptoms. # ' " & # '

Figure 2: The blood vessels will grow back around the nerves much like a plant’s roots grow when watered.

Charles Sciutto Lac along with Dr. Teri Bilhartz, DO at Santa Barbara Regenerative Health Clinic, will do a neuropathy severity consultation to review peripheral neuropathy history, symptoms and discuss plan of treatment. This consultation will be free of charge and will help determine if our therapy protocol may be a good fit for your needs.

Santa Barbara Regenerative Health Clinic will be offering this neuropathy severity consultation free of charge from now until April 30, 2022.

Santa Barbara Regenerative Health Clinic 2425 Bath St. Santa Barbara CA. I Call 805-450-2891.

Call 805-450-2891 to make an appointment with our team.

“Our office treatment program is covered by Medicare or other insurance coverage.

It will be determined as free of charge, have co-payment, or not be covered prior to start of care.”

Medicare and many PPO insurance coverage is available for the treatments offered for peripheral neuropathy at our clinic

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DID YOU KNOW? Bonnie Donovan

Pricing relief needed at gas pumps “In our age, there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’

All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.”

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read the article about the “Group Rally against COVID Mandates” (News-Press, March 23) and realized Dr. Henning Ansorg, the Santa Barbara public health officer, or Dr. Van Do-Reynoso, the county public health director, needs to have an open discussion with their CDC data and peer-reviewed research reports. It appears they know something Dr. Robert Malone does not.

The author of the News-Press story wrote, “Dr. Malone said, ‘These vaccines are not working. …They’re not working to prevent infection, replication, spread to others, and they’re not completely safe.’ ” That’s factual information from Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Rochelle Walensky and the manufacturers.

Here’s Dr. Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on CNN from five months ago, stating vaccines do not prevent sickness or the spread of

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CDC websites.

The author of the News-Press The CDC has posted on its story wrote: webpage: “Use of Pfizer-BioNTech “The Centers for Disease Control COVID-19 Vaccine in Persons Aged and Prevention (CDC) ≥16 Years, ‘Regarding maintains the COVID potential harms after Brian vaccines are safe and vaccination, evidence Campbell effective.” was type 2 (moderate And the reporter certainty) for serious The author continued, “Dr. Malone lives in Santa adverse events…” also claimed the vaccine, The FDA provides this Barbara when given to children, fact sheet on at www. can cause permanent and fda.gov/media/153713/ irreparable damage to the brain download. and nervous system, heart and Here are excerpts about side blood vessels and reproductive effects. system.

Myocarditis and Pericarditis (on “ ‘There is no evidence Page 12) whatsoever to back up this claim,’ “Postmarketing data Dr. Ansorg said. ‘There is growing demonstrate increased risks of evidence that the mRNA vaccine is myocarditis and pericarditis, very safe for children.’” particularly within seven days Apparently Dr Ansorg has not following the second dose. The read the CDC website or the FDA observed risk is higher among Fact Sheet posted on the FDA’s males under 40 years of age than website. I included the link below. among females and older males.

The observed risk is highest in males 12 through 17 years of age. Although some cases required intensive care support, available data from short-term follow-up suggest that most individuals have had resolution of symptoms with conservative management. Information is not yet available about potential long-term sequelae. The CDC has published considerations related to myocarditis and pericarditis after vaccination, including for vaccination of individuals with a history of myocarditis or pericarditis Adverse Reactions (on Page 13) “Myocarditis and pericarditis have been reported following administration of the PfizerBioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine.

“Additional adverse reactions, some of which may be serious, may become apparent with more widespread use of the PfizerBioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine.

“Per cardiologists heart damage

is not repairable.”

What are your thoughts after seeing Dr. Walensky herself state on national TV that the vaccines do not prevent sickness or spread?

What are your thoughts after reading the official FDA Fact Sheet disclosing, “The observed risk is higher among males under 40 years of age than among females and older males. The observed risk is highest in males 12 through 17 years of age.”

I see that there are risks to the shots and that the disclosures are being ignored by the media despite them being posted on the FDA and CDC websites.

There are two sides, which is why it would be important to public health and safety to have Dr. Ansorg sit with Dr. Malone to discuss the CDC and FDA data.

Don’t you agree? It would help people with doubts to see Dr. Ansorg sit down with Dr. Malone and show the people why he thinks vaccines are completely safe.

Questions asked and answered

t is almost always a conservative who seeks protection from public acrimony; the woke fear no retribution. Consequently, most often it’s the more liberal positions that end up in letters columns and opinion pieces.

Except, of course, in the Santa Barbara News-Press, whose copublishers seem almost fearless in taking the kinds of stances newspapers once took regularly.

In that regard, what follows are answers to two questions people regularly ask me privately, followed by a detailed response to an email from someone who follows this column in spite of his liberal leanings.

Q. Why don’t you believe that the Florida legislation that prohibits certain types of subjects to be taught in grades pre-kindergarten to third grade is a good thing?

A. It’s OK as far as it goes, but because it specifically prohibits ageinappropriate subject matter being introduced from pre-K to third grade, such legislation virtually mandates fourth-graders be subject to the propaganda they’ve been shielded from up to that point.

I question why administrators and teachers believe this kind of information (sexual orientation, transgenderism, etc.) must be imparted to elementary-school

children at all. What’s the rush? it even if I haven’t agreed with all Those are the questions parents your opinions. But I am with you should be asking. all the way on the perils of critical Q. Tucker Carlson and other race theory and other hysterical conservatives have compared ideas of the Woke Left. And I am Ukraine President Volodomyr mostly with you all the way about Zelensky to Russian President President Joe Biden, who has been Vladimir Putin in that both have a grave disappointment. squelched opposition media in Still, I find myself at odds with their respective countries. How can some of your objections to Mr. you, or anyone, continue to support Biden’s executive orders. On these Zelensky? accounts, we may consider a few A. Yes, President Zelensky has positive achievements. declared martial law and has A) President Biden reversed censored opposition media outlets.

President Trump’s restrictions on But he is in a fight for his country’s U.S. entry for travelers from Iran, survival. Many, though not all, of Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, those outlets are actually supported Venezuela and North Korea

by Russia. Mr. Zelensky At first blush, these look sees no need to give the like scary countries, but PURELY invading army a forum in reality, the selection POLITICAL with which to reach the was totally arbitrary given Ukrainian population. where terrorists who There can be no attempt to attack America denying that Ukraine actually come from. North is in the fight for its life, Korea has a scary regime, so a certain amount of for instance, but the people censorship is required who do manage to escape and should be expected. its clutches hardly pose a Even Abraham Lincoln threat to the U.S. James Buckley suspended habeas B) President Biden corpus during the U.S. required non-citizens to Civil War. With this in be included in the 2020 mind, one cannot equally compare Census and therefore included in Presdient Zelensky to President the apportionment of congressional Putin. representatives Q. I have been a regular reader To the untrained eye this may of your column and have enjoyed seem strange, even conspiratorial,

if not for the fact that noncitizens have been included in the U.S. census for 200 years. The executive order is merely a reinstatement of a precedence that is protected by the 14th Amendment.

I realize it bothers conservatives because it would impact congressional redistricting to the detriment of Republicans, but non-citizens are prohibited from voting in federal elections (and for good reason). I admit there’s a disturbing movement on the far left to allow voting by non-citizens, but we’re not there yet. And apart from theories and the citation of obscure documents in Maricopa County, we’ve seen little evidence that it’s actually happening in elections, (C). President Biden folded the 1776 Commission, which had been promoted by President Donald Trump to foster what Mr. Trump termed a “patriotic education” (D). Do we really want the federal government involved in school curriculum? I’m all for venerating the Founding Fathers, and I’d certainly rather see that than teaching white kids that they are irredeemable. But as I see it, let’s get the federal government out of all school curriculum, and we can start by scrapping CRT and brainwashing.

E). The U.S. rejoined the Paris Climate Accord, committing

hundreds of billions of dollars to the effort.

It’s an imperfect agreement, but it’s the only global pact that acknowledges the existential threat of climate change and commits world powers to doing something about it. I’m willing to accept arguments that countries like China benefit unfairly from it and that the objectives are improbable and likely impossible.

But the default conservative position is that climate change is a hoax, which is increasingly hard to fathom given that we are now really witnessing the impact. And so the result of the Republican position is doing nothing about it.

Guillaume Doane Paris, France My answers follow: A. There was nothing positive about removing restrictions on those seven countries, but in most cases, nothing came of the restrictions, so let’s just call it a draw. It was neither positive nor negative.

B. I could possibly agree with you but in light of the millions of undocumented and unvetted noncitizens being allowed to pour across our southern border and Please see BUCKLEY on C4

id You Know? wonders, “Who is running our country? Our county? Our city?

Our schools? Our state?”

Operating from the makeshift offices used by Biden/Harris to hold their meetings and press conferences, who really is at the helm in the Oval Office, and for that matter, our government entities? Who is writing the narrative that ends up at the microphone of every elected official, repeating the same message, in the same time frame?

Is it the outside influences that are controlling every aspect? Is this why the elected officials seem to represent whoever bankrolled them, not their constituents? Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Could Santa Barbara City Councilmember Alejandra Gutierrez be straying from the narrative? Could she be losing brownie points, dollars and the script she is handed to read?

Her tutelage appears to have changed.

She hedged, while Councilmembers Sneddon and Harmon panicked to push the $200,000 for rent control analysis — for whom do they now jockey? We know that the only issues the council promotes, to a small extent, are initiatives proposed by Councilmembers Sneddon, Harmon and Oscar Gutierrez — even he who worked to secure outgoing Mayor Cathy Murillo’s goal of the rent control analysis.

Even the Planning Department is run by the local architects.

Streets and transportation are run by the bike coalition.

Unfortunately, Santa Barbara County Supervisors Gregg Hart, Joan Hartmann and Das Williams appear to follow the script provided by their support team, as most politicians now do, instead of leading for the good of the whole.

State Sen. Monique Limón and U.S. Rep. Carbajal, the same formula. Assemblyman Steve Bennett just voted against suspending the gas tax, which would give relief to the workers who are unable to work by Zoom, but must work in person — the waitresses, the gardeners, the house cleaners, the dishwashers, the service people, people making deliveries.

We all pay the price at the pump. Eighty-two percent of the gas increases were before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, contrary to what President Joe Biden claims, but we all know that.

The talk of gas rebates to everyone is baloney. Common sense demands the relief be at the pump, where everyone who is using the gas is getting the break. This includes the truckers whose delivery of the goods caused the prices of everything to rise exorbitantly.

The proposals by the elected officials — Gov. Gavin Newsom; Sen. Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, and others for gas price relief — are an angle to buy votes.

Imagine a $1,000 rebate for a family of five? Where are our elected officials now?

Gov. Newsom’s latest rebate plan is $400 per vehicle with a cap of $800 per registered owner. Don’t his cronies own electrical vehicles?

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ov. Jerry Brown instance, efforts to eliminate signed Assembly fossil fuels drive up the price of Bill 617 into law everything because our entire in the name of supply chain is dependent climate justice upon fossil fuels and their and the apparent inordinate derivatives. desire to eliminate even more Accordingly, if you think food industrial, manufacturing and prices are high now, just wait agricultural production in until fuel prices have their full California. effect on farmers. Food prices This bill radically expanded could increase as much as the number of air $1,000 per month for monitoring stations households because of (our region already the war on fossil fuels. has more stations than That is, most many states!) in soconsumers don’t called disadvantaged realize, and the CEC communities allegedly doesn’t care, that one subject to poor air half of every barrel Andy Caldwell quality. In the name of of oil is used to make public safety, regulatory something other than efforts such as this fuel such as fertilizer. invariably increase the cost of Farmers use fertilizer (which doing business, which leads has gone up 500% in cost) to the elimination of jobs and to increase crop yields. an increased cost of living for Lower yields result in higher everyone. consumer prices. Not only that, The Community but farmers use diesel fuel for Environmental Council’s every facet of their operations, original mission? Save the including planting, harvesting, planet by way of recycling and transport. programs. From then on, In addition to the cost of the CEC has had campaigns fuel and fuel derivatives like (replete with a “campaign fertilizer, farmers are facing consultant”) to save fish, severe water shortages. Here eliminate fossil fuels, reduce too, don’t let the CEC climate the use of personal vehicles, alarmists fool you. California’s eliminate food waste and of system of dams and reservoirs course, the cause de jour: were built to help us through Reduce greenhouse gas our never-ending sevenemissions. year drought periods. The The CEC’s latest claim system worked until radical to fame is creating an air environmentalists obtained the monitoring program for the city release of this drought buffer of Guadalupe. storage water for fish. Ergo, Guadalupe, a poor the CEC’s campaign to save community typically beset by fish also came at the expense wind and fog, is located just of farmers! miles from the ocean. The CEC Specifically, the water that claims Guadalupe residents was supposed to be reserved are disproportionately affected for the farmers, including by air pollution, wildfire smoke the water here in our Lake and pesticide exposures. The Cachuma reservoir, is being truth is Guadalupe is spared dumped in a failed attempt to from all the above because the benefit fish passage! never-ending prevailing wind Statewide, more than 1 blows everything away and east million acres of previously of the city daily. productive farmland has now Speaking of exposure become a food desert! to wildfire smoke and air As your food and fuel bills pollution, this begs the continue to rise and water question: Why not put these air rationing becomes the norm, monitors along the 101 freeway do realize that you are simply (traffic and offshore shipping the victim of the CEC’s war on is the biggest source of air fossil fuels and common sense pollution) in Santa Barbara? in this place we call home?

Too close to home, CEC? With friends like this, It is no secret that most Guadalupe doesn’t need environmental organizations in enemies, as it is the CEC that is America are led by lily-white blowing smoke their way! liberals. They presumably seek to save the planet, albeit they Andy Caldwell is the COLAB do so at the expense of poor executive director and host of people because their efforts “The Andy Caldwell Show,” arise at the expense of the airing 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays on economy. The CEC is a poster KZSB AM 1290, the News-Press child for this phenomenon. For radio station.

hank you for your coverage of the Standup Santa Barbara and Unity Project rally last weekend, featuring esteemed former Santa Barbara resident, Dr. Robert Malone, and Steve Kirsch, inventor, CEO and entrepreneur. Unfortunately, there were many glaring errors, and a seeming effort to diminish and perhaps discredit Dr. Malone, and the movement that brought him here.

There were two events that took place, and the fireside chat picture was from the evening fundraiser for Standup Santa Barbara, not the daytime rally at Chase Palm Park.

This picture included Dr. Michael Huang, a physician from Roseville, near Sacramento, who is now also running for the Senate.

He joined Dr. Malone to describe the disturbing experiences he has had since COVID began. Having been originally from China, he could not help but see the blatant takeover of the health care system by bureaucrats, the censorship of early treatments and the almost impossible task of giving medical exemptions for the experimental gene “therapy” injections.

He shared the threats and fines that had been levied against him simply because he wanted to practice medicine in a free country according to what he thought was right according to his expertise.

Dr. Malone is not simply a “selfdescribed” vaccine expert, but a world-renowned vaccine expert, and the actual co-developer of mRNA technology. He is also the president of the 17,000-member Alliance of Physicians and Medical Scientists, and chief medical and regulatory officer of The Unity Project.

Although the writer gave glowing coverage of Dr. Henning Ansorg, the Santa Barbara County public health officer, and the CDC, as well as the gene “therapy” injections, she also repeated untruths about Dr. Malone, such as that he was spreading debunked or misleading information about COVID, and the “vaccines” without any evidence to confirm that claim. It’s as if repeating something already heard makes it a fact. This is where true journalism comes into play.

If we want real facts, the author would need to research and

divulge independent information that is not already “approved” by the corporate media, mainstream doctors and the CDC, who now are all walking in lockstep together.

Regarding Dr. Ansorg, he makes claims that are not backed up by any independent science. Saying the “vaccines” are perfectly safe and effective is disingenuous.

One only needs to do their own research into the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, or VAERS, to see for themselves that the government data shows these injections have actually caused millions of adverse reactions, many serious, and also have caused thousands of deaths.

Regarding myocarditis, Dr. Ansorg’s claims are again based on fabrications. The reality is that 50% of people who develop myocarditis are dead within five years, as the heart muscle is a non-repairing organ.

Adding Dr. Malone’s and Dr. Huang’s websites and information would have made this article more balanced, and feel less like a propaganda piece for the CDC. To be truly safe, it is crucial to determine if the people and groups pushing a treatment are financially benefiting from this treatment in order to determine if it is really in one’s best interest, and not just theirs.

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hile the world moves past the pandemic, data from many studies and reports show that COVID-19 policy has caused incalculable damage to our economy and the social and educational development of our children.

Despite the evidence, California legislators including Richard Pan, Buffy Wicks and several others continue to push outdated policy that may be made into law. These destructive policies will hurt disadvantaged communities the most as we have seen over the last two years.

California board members and legislators have focused on limiting their own liability at the expense of the physical and mental health of our most vulnerable and continue to legislate out of fear.

Board member Laura Capps admitted her reason for mandating the vaccines at the

Santa Barbara Unified School District was she heard a rumor that an alleged unvaccinated teacher may have been sick and potentially infected three children. This was when 85% were already vaccinated so the odds were that the teacher was vaccinated. Santa Barbara Unified claimed to follow Public Health recommendations on COVID-19 policy while creating policy above and beyond any official recommendation.

Who will be responsible for these destructive policies that continue to be pushed? Why are they ignoring the damage they have caused?

Here’s the current legislation that is being proposed in California. Most people are thinking that the pandemic is over. For these politicians, it’s just the beginning.

SB 871 would mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for all kids for school or child care. It was referred to the Senate’s health and education committees. No hearing date has been set.

SB 866 would eliminate parental consent for kids 12 to 17 to get the COVID-19 vaccine. It was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. No hearing date has been set.

SB 1479 would require schools to continue COVID-19 testing and create new testing plans.

It was referred to the Senate Rules Committee. It has not been referred to a policy committee.

SB 1464 would require police to enforce lockdowns and mask mandates. It was referred to the Senate Health and Public Safety committees. Hearing was postponed.

AB 1993 would require all employers to mandate the COVID vaccine for employees and independent contractors. It was referred to the Assembly Labor and Employment and the Senate Judiciary Committee. No hearing has been set.

AB 1797 would provide greater access and less privacy for the California Immunization Record Database. It is still in the Assembly Rules Committee; it has not been referred to a policy committee.

AB 2098 would subject doctors to disciplinary conduct for sharing COVID-19 “misinformation.” It was referred to the Assembly Business and Profession Committee. No hearing date has been set yet.

If you want to find out more about these bills and learn how to be more involved in the shaping Please see LETTERS on C4

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he federal of April 15, or April 1, aka April government Fool’s Day? Why the 18th? It is requires that you not a holiday although it is Easter wear a Monday, the third day mask when of Passover and the 17th on this airplane,” the day of Ramadan. It is a inflight cabin attendant Monday, and timeshare announced. weeks are counted by Her adding that the the number of weeks “have mask, will travel” preceding it in a year (my words) policy was which makes this not a scheduled to end on April logical number, such as Brent E. 18 stimulated my thoughts the 10th or 15th, but the Zepke of when the department 16th week. head of the management But, of course, this is The author department at the not a timeshare. Why the lives in Santa 18th? Not the moon cycles University of Tennessee, Barbara. where I was an instructor, as the first full moon in asked this law student April will be on the 16th to write his presentation on the and on the 18th, the moon will be case that held that airlines must in the Waning Gibbous Phase. It is permit male “stewardess” (hence the cusp of the Zodiac sign Aries. the name change to “inflight cabin Why the 18th? attendants”). To distract my mind My analysis had exhausted the from my reduced lung capacity, various circles in my mind’s Venn making breathing more difficult diagram, which is how I visualize (airplanes simulate an altitude of math problems, and shifted to the 10,000 feet) I asked myself: Why way I begin to prepare for trials, April 18? which is to search for the motives, Is there anything special about or in shorthand to “follow-theApril 18 as opposed to April 17 money-train” that experience or 19, or the infamous tax day taught me includes for politicians

and bureaucrats the “staying-inoffice-train.”

I noticed that the inflight cabin attendant carefully did not say it was a law (passed by Congress) but a requirement (issued by a bureaucrat) that travelers must wear masks on airplanes, at airports, on trains and buses.

It is unclear the applicability to international flights. The Transportation Security Administration, created after 9/11, issued the rule.

TSA’s head is David Peter Pekoske, a Coast Guard admiral with an engineering degree from the Coast Guard Academy, and management degrees from Columbia University and MIT. The 60,000 TSA employees are the ones who are so helpful at airports in assisting travelers to remember those pesky corkscrews and nail clippers we often forget are in our luggage, or the keys in our pockets or the metal reinforcers in our hats or bras. But there have been no more 9/11’s.

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his column is a follow-up to last week’s discussion to keep in the forefront the madness and uncontrolled invasion of people, drugs, guns, terrorists and human smuggling (just in case you forgot) among other things, the Biden administration is allowing to continue.

The socialists in charge of the White House have been dead set determined to fill America with everyone, everything and anything they can; rules, laws and regulations be damned — that is, unless they’re from Russia. Now isn’t that a bit odd? The controlling socialists have decreed all you have to do to enter our country is, well, nothing. Just march on in.

But now we’re learning these socialists have imposed some guidelines to suit whatever bizarre crazy things that go on in their heads, against socialists.

In the public eye, the socialists are chanting and dancing around how we need more asylum seekers and send billions of dollars, an untold number of weapons, everything that isn’t tied down to Ukraine to help the refugee asylum seekers over there. So why are Russian asylum seekers being denied entry when millions from around the world, whose only qualification is they just want to come here, have carte blanche?

In some ways, I can see liberals turning Russian asylum seekers away.

They’re Russian. After all, Democrats spent years telling Americans that Donald Trump was in collusion with Russian President Vladimir Putin and we spent millions substantiating it wasn’t true.

So maybe it’s the egg on their face they can’t wipe off that has made them bitter.

But the Democrats have told the world ad nauseum if you reach our southern border and claim political asylum, you’re golden. It’s not the fault of the Russian people that they also have a leader who is not all there. They should deserve entry just like the cartel murderers or drug smugglers.

Equal opportunity. After all, we’re a fair and welcoming country.

One young Russian woman said her journey took her from Russia to Spain, Dubai, Mexico City and up to Tijuana. Wow. Not only is that the flight trip from hell, but it couldn’t have been cheap. She should be awarded a prize and offered a red carpet for the most determined. When asked why she tried so hard to reach America, her answer was simply “America is safe.” That’s debatable.

Maybe another reason the socialists want to deny Russians’ entry is they may have more dirt about Hunter Biden’s laptop and provide even more evidence the “big guy” really is President Biden.

After all, it’s become pretty apparent that old Joe lied, “I’m going to have the most transparent administration” about his son’s laptop and the shenanigans thereof. For all of you naysayers who still hold out that the election wasn’t manipulated, yes, it was extremely manipulated. To the point where three key states, had the truth been released about President Biden’s corruption before the election, enough voters said they would have voted for Donald Trump, and we wouldn’t be trying to figure where to dodge and weave from possible nuclear bombs.

There have been no rules at the border so why pick on the Russians? We can only sigh in frustration. We are the United Anyone Can Come Here States. We have no sovereignty left. Try going the other way Please see SCHULTE on C4

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avanah Hernandez, 25, is one of the most stifled young journalists in America. She’s intrepid, prolific and opinionated. But because she has relentlessly exposed the lies of Big Government, Big Business, Big Pharma and Big Alphabet (LGBTQIXYZ), she will never be embraced or promoted by establishment gatekeepers.

Because she is right-thinking, right-leaning and a proud America First advocate, you won’t see her invited to appear on mainstream corporate media — even though her videos have been viewed tens of millions of times over the past five years.

Savanah first caught my attention several years ago when she bravely plunged into leftwing mobs to expose their hatred and violence firsthand. I’ve interviewed her for her work on Black Lives Matter riots and the impact of COVID-19 vaccines on fertility.

Last week, Savanah was on the ground reporting from Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center, where the NCAA swimming championships took place. She nabbed an interview with an outspoken Virginia Tech female athlete whose teammate was beaten by biological male Lia

Thomas, the hulking “trans” been banned/censored/suspended competitor for the University of from Silicon Valley platforms and Pennsylvania wreaking havoc in otherwise silenced? collegiate women’s swimming.

A: Back in 2020, I had my “It’s heartbreaking to see original-reporting account banned someone who went through on Twitter. I was exposing BLM puberty as a male, and has the and antifa for their rioting and body of a male, be able to violent tactics. During my absolutely blow away the reporting of Austin, Texascompetition,” the Vtech based antifa, 10 people athlete told Savanah. mobbed and robbed me for “And you go into it with reporting on their illegal the mindset that you activities (first time I was don’t have a chance.” silenced in real life).

Savanah’s interviews In November 2020, with the Vtech athlete Trump retweeted my Michelle Malkin clip from the Million and several other protesters and counterMAGA March of everyone protesters at the NCAA peacefully singing “The championships went viral across Star-Spangled Banner.” The clip social media last week — and were surpassed 8 million views, and shared by top-rated cable news three days later, Twitter deleted host Tucker Carlson. Savanah my entire account without any had been banned by Twitter explanation. in mid-November 2020 without I started an account for my explanation after President podcast and then started using it Donald Trump shared one of her to showcase my reporting. I was multimillion-viewed viral videos. the first to get an interview with an But she created a second account NCAA athlete regarding the truth for her independent podcast, about Lia Thomas. The clip made “Rapid Fire,” to spread her solo it on Tucker and amassed over investigative reporting.

1.8 million views. Twitter deleted On Monday, she was banned the account this week for “ban again. I reached out to her for a evasion.” mini-profile so that you can know On Instagram (@savwith1n), more about this remarkable young Savanah’s clips of peaceful Trump reporter and how to find her work. supporters at the Jan. 6 rally Q: How many times have you were removed for “violence and

promoting hatred.” Instagram is “now going back to my posts from six months ago,” Savanah told me, and deleted her video featuring a collegiate athlete who suffered myocarditis. “Not sure how many more posts can be banned before they take the full account.”

On YouTube (Sav Says), Savanah told me: “I started my own show called ‘Rapid Fire.’ I’m currently on my fourth strike. If I get one more, I’m permanently suspended. My first three strikes coincided with me calling out the COVID vaccine.” Her latest show, “calling out NATO, Ukrainian corrupting and the biolabs (before it was mainstream news) ... was again censored for ‘medical misinformation.’”

Q: Does free speech still exist in America?

A: No. And this isn’t just about Big Tech censorship. I went and stood with a sign that read “Police Lives Matter/Say his name-David Dorn” during the BLM riots of 2020. I was attacked multiple times. You can’t stand on a street corner or go to a leftist event and ask simple questions without being attacked, silenced and harassed. I recently went to a “protrans surgery for kids” rally. The protesters didn’t like my politics, so they mobbed me, called me a fascist and poured water on my

phone.

Q: You’ve chosen the more difficult path of remaining truly independent. How did you arrive at that decision, and what are the biggest obstacles to sustaining an independent media career/ presence?

A. This industry is filled with a lot of fake people who are only in this for money and fame. A seldom few actually care about the truth.

I want to make sure I’m always one of them. The biggest obstacles are censorship and slander and lies from the media. If you tell the truth, you get silenced by Big Tech.

If that doesn’t do the trick, the media comes in and destroys your entire reputation and life.

Savanah’s fighting spirit gives me hope.

“This is a war, and I will never stop exposing the corrupt entities at play,” she declared Monday. “I will continue to elevate the voices in this country that the media tries to silence.”

Savanah’s website is savsaysofficial.com.

Michelle Malkin’s email address is michellemalkininvestigates@ protonmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www. creators.com.

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remember when a high school student I taught complained to me about another teacher. He said, “You can’t demand respect.

You’ve got to command it.” Very going? wise words for a young person, or The questions above are on even an old person! the minds of most of the civilized President Putin doesn’t world today. That world command respect; he doesn’t include half of demands it. He seems to the Russians who have epitomize the description no access to outside of a bully: A scared information and have person hiding inside a no idea of the thousands scary person. He is like of deaths Mr. Putin is the Stalins and Hitlers causing — many of them who have preceded him. his own soldiers.

How else could a person Frank I was wondering how come to such cruelty Sanitate many dachas — vacation toward so many, unless homes — President Putin he was cruelly treated The author owns, so I Googled it. One lives in Santa himself? I understand article showed pictures that his father beat him Barbara of eight of these homes. when he was young.

Another tells of two more You can never get homes that he took over when he enough external things to make annexed Crimea. Another shows up for internal poverty, the a “secret palace” that he owns, real problem. I suspect that etc. Some of these mansions the concepts of “I am not good are “officially” owned by the enough,” “I will show them,” “I government but used by Mr. Putin will make them respect me,” are and other government higher-ups. floating deep within his psyche.

Why do people in power need He comes from the inner world of to accumulate more riches, “not enoughness.” more dachas, more countries? I Why does President Putin need

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here is Russian President Vladimir Putin coming from?

Where is he

Chechnya, Crimea, Ukraine, etc.?

Because he thinks he will “be enough”? No, he won’t! External things can’t fulfill that frozen internal need.

It seems that the same drive applies to us in our desire to accumulate money: The more I have, the better I am.

I recently saw an interview of Melinda French Gates, ex-wife of Bill Gates. She and Bill still work together in running their foundation. It has about $50 billion, which they use to try to end poverty, disease and inequity around the world. She said that anyone who has $1 billion can easily give away half of that amount, and not have their life any worse for it for it.

What bothers me about the concept of “charity” is that rich and poor alike use the phrasing: “I gave away $5 or $5 billion.”

Shouldn’t we be saying, “I gave back $5 or $5 billion”?”

The goods of the earth, the universe and our own personal existence are all gifts to us.

Everything we have or achieve is borrowed/rented, until our Please see SANITATE on C4

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Keep Jackson off Supreme Court

he issue with Ketanji child pornographers.

Brown Jackson, the In a just world, Judge Jackson’s 51-year-old federal nomination to replace Justice appellate judge who is Breyer would be soundly defeated. our senile president’s And at a bare minimum, every Supreme Court nominee, is Republican senator should vote not necessarily her on-paper against her. qualifications.

In her Senate Judiciary By most traditional metrics, she Committee confirmation hearing, is “qualified.” She has served as Judge Jackson has sometimes both a district court and appellate adopted more “conservative”court judge, served as vice chair of sounding language, speaking of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, a judge’s putative umpire-like formerly clerked for Justice role in simply calling shots and Stephen Breyer (the man even paying nominal she has been nominated fealty to the idea that to replace) and is a doublelegal provisions ought Harvard alum. In terms of to be interpreted in “objective” criteria, this is accordance with their an impressive resume. meanings at the time Instead, the issue with of enactment. In that Judge Jackson is that she sense, one hearkens is a left-wing ideologue back to Justice Elena Josh Hammer who, if successfully Kagan, who famously confirmed by the Senate, said at her own Obamawill devote the next few era Supreme Court decades endeavoring to move the confirmation hearing that “we are Supreme Court far to the left. All all originalists now.” relevant indications are that she But such hollow language has will approach her job not like her obviously not prevented Justice (slightly) more pragmatic former Kagan, post-confirmation, from boss, but like a leftist activist — in ruling in farcical, radically the mode of her possible future unmoored fashion in any number colleague, the midwit partisan of crucial cases, such as the flack Justice Sonia Sotomayor. religious liberty case of Burwell Worse, Judge Jackson, due to v. Hobby Lobby, the same-sex the outrageous race- and sexmarriage case of Obergefell v. conscious nominating process Hodges and the immigration case in which President Joe Biden of Trump v. Hawaii. No one should selected her, is uniquely unfit to expect a hypothetical Justice render equal justice under the Jackson to be any different. law for legal issues affecting race In fact, Judge Jackson would and sex. Even worse, she is a actually be even worse. Justice proponent of critical race theory Kagan, like Justice Breyer, has at and, despite getting nominated least occasionally been somewhat solely due to her XX chromosomal sensible on issues of religious structure, appears ignorant as liberty. But Judge Jackson, when to how to differentiate men from asked this week by Sen. John women. Worst of all, she has Cornyn, R-Texas, about how she shown a peculiar juridical soft views religious liberty concerns spot for some of society’s very in the context of Obergefell’s worst offenders — pedophiles and constitutionalized same-sex

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marriage, flippantly scoffed that the repeat occurrence of such conflicts is simply “the nature of a (constitutional) right” (in this case, to same-sex marriage).

Translation: Deal with it and bow before the rainbow flag, silly religious dissenters.

During the brief nomination sweepstakes, before President Biden formally tapped Ms. Jackson, the D.C. Circuit judge emerged as the clear-cut favorite of many of the left’s foremost lobby groups — among them the Human Rights Campaign, NARAL, Planned Parenthood and the George Soros-funded Open Society Policy Center. It is no secret why.

In a 2020 speech, Judge Jackson referred to Nikole Hannah-Jones, the pseudo-academic fraud at the

center of the civilizational arson that is The New York Times’ “1619 Project,” as an “acclaimed journalist.” In that same speech, Jackson — who, again, is a former vice chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission — favorably alluded to the role that critical race theory purportedly plays in sentencing decisions. Such a suggestion would merely be laughable were it not so insidious.

Speaking of sentencing, Judge Jackson’s track record as a district court judge is, unsurprisingly, very bad on this score.

As brought to light by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, Judge Jackson seems to have an unusual soft spot for — of all people — child pornographers. As a district court judge, Judge Jackson consistently sentenced those caught up in the unspeakably vile business of child pornography with lower sentences than the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines recommended.

Just this week, The Washington Post reported how one scumbag pedophile Jackson sentenced to a staggeringly low three months — instead of the Guidelines’ recommended eight years — has since reoffended. Surprise!

Curiously, the White House has responded to Senate Republicans’ entirely reasonable requests for full documentation of her work at the Sentencing Commission by withholding a whopping 48,000 pages of documents. What is the White House trying to hide?

There is not much worse than a Supreme Court justice with a soft spot for mollycoddling pedophiles — a position Judge Jackson has actually held since law school, when she first questioned the wisdom of making child pornography convicts register as sex offenders.

Most fundamental, the very fact that Jackson was expressly and overtly nominated due to her genitalia and skin color necessarily calls into doubt her ability to rule in an impartial way on future Supreme Court cases pertaining to sex and race. How can someone who literally would not have been selected if she were white, for example, be expected to impartially rule in an affirmativeaction case? (As the case may be, Judge Jackson will likely recuse herself from the Court’s affirmative-action case next term because of her long-standing professional involvement with the defendant, Harvard University.)

And when it comes to sex, amidst the metastasis of the transgender craze and the visceral horror that is biological male Lia Thomas dominating NCAA women’s swimming events, Judge Jackson wouldn’t even define what a “woman” is when pressed — bon the grounds that she is “not a biologist.”

Under this logic, it is actually impossible to see how Judge Jackson could adjudicate Title VII or Title IX cases, which directly implicate sex-related discrimination. One also wonders whether Jackson believes someone must be an oceanographer to render a verdict as to the color of the sea. How pathetic.

Reject Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court and do so posthaste.

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John Stossel

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he “Greens” promise renewables, solar and wind power will replace fossil fuels.

After all, the wind and sun are free, and they don’t pollute!

Oops.

Now countries that embraced renewables are so desperate for power that they eagerly import coal — the worst polluter of all!

Do they apologize? No. Greens never apologize.

Germany was a leader in renewable energy, so confident in solar and wind power that they closed half their nuclear plants.

Oops.

That leaves Germans so short of power that Germans are now desperate to buy fossil fuels from Russia. Even worse, pollution-wise, high pollution coal now tops wind as Germany’s biggest electricity source. That’s really disgusting.

Then, even after putting all that soot in the air, Germans pay more than triple what Americans pay for electricity.

For my new video, I confronted German-born environmentalist Johanna Neumann of Environment America, a group that lobbies for 100% renewable energy.

I point out that despite massive subsidies, her beloved renewables still provide just 12% of our power. She responded, “Saying renewables are not yet powering our utility grid is like critiquing a 2-yearold for not being able to run a marathon.”

A 2-year-old? I don’t want to meet that kid. Renewables have been subsidized for 40 years, not two.

“How we spend our taxes ought to be a reflection of our values,” Ms. Neumann added.

“Americans ... love renewable energy.”

Yes, I suppose we do. We like the idea of it. I put solar panels on my roof. I’d be a sucker not to. Massachusetts takes money from other state residents to give me a tax break on solar panels.

Still, in winter, when the sun is low, or my panels are covered by snow, I get nothing from my solar panels.

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Biden leads coalition against Putin’s aggression

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any on the far-right indulge in their fantasy that if Donald Trump were still president, Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine because he would have faced “dire consequences.”

Truth is, President Putin did not invade Ukraine under Mr. Trump’s watch only because it wasn’t necessary to achieve his alleged objective: to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO. Mr. Trump wanted to abandon NATO entirely because the Europeans “did not pay their dues.” (FYI, there are no membership dues.)

He did pull U.S. troops out of Germany, much to Mr. Putin’s delight.

It has been President Joe Biden who has led a broad coalition in response to Mr. Putin’s aggression.

Weapons have been provided to the courageous Ukrainian resistance, and economic sanctions have made the Russian ruble virtually worthless. That’s what a real leader, with a strong commitment to democracy, does.

Some are saying President Biden should be following the example set in 1938 by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who “negotiated” with Hitler and allowed him to annex Czechoslovakia. PM Chamberlain promised this would guarantee “peace with honor” and “peace for our time.” What could possibly go wrong?

One might ask Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Yugoslavia and Greece that question. Those countries were all invaded, in succession, by Hitler’s military between 1938 and 1941. For whom was this peaceful or honorable?

At the end of World War II, there was a universal cry of “Never Again.” Yet, some now want another megalomaniac to literally call the shots.

Should we allow history to

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repeat itself and passively accept Mr. Putin’s atrocities as a fait accompli? Will Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, already NATO members, be the next victims of Mr. Putin’s 21st-century Soviet Union fever dream? Those who don’t want an expanded war should think about that.

The whole world is watching.

Robert Baruch Yeosu, South Korea (Formerly of Goleta)

America partially Putinized

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sn’t it about time Americans understand how Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine so easily?

Russians follow his orders because President Putin has his hands on the means of communication (news and education agencies) and also on the means of force (the regular police, and the secret police).

When Mr. Putin says “Ukrainians started this,” his political minions put it out as truth and the people believe it. We have many adult children in America

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today who follow their leaders to the edge of dangerous cliffs every day.

President Putin also talked his country into allowing him to stay in power for 22 years. In a real democracy, there are always shortterm limits that are enforced like the nation’s life depends on it. Not in Russia or China.

Our representatives and senators are not telling this story because they are well along the path of accumulating corrupt lifetime power themselves.

America is already partially Putinized.

True democracies put government into the hands of a constitutional law decided upon by all of the people. The people only know what to put into that law when they have thoroughly versed themselves in their own history and the history of other nations.

We have already disarmed our minds, so our liberties are quickly melting away.

Kimball Shinkoskey Woods Cross, Utah (Former Goleta resident) Editor’s note: The writer’s family is from Ukraine.

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Continued from Page C2 “consideration” shown other Trump appointees by this “inclusive” administration, my best guess is until his appointment expires this August, Adm. Pekoske will be disempowered by his reporting to the Department of Homeland Security while having to take recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

DHS’s head, Alejandro Mayorkas, was introduced by President Joe Biden as “the first Latino to hold the position of head of DHS.” Under President Barack Obama, he demonstrated his philosophy toward illegal migrants by increasing the number of DACAs and has continued it by increasing the numbers of unvaccinated, unvetted, unmasked, border crossers over our southern borders to 7,000 a day. Amazingly, he is announcing he is “studying” the causes for people preferring the U.S. over their own countries.

Why not ask his parents why they brought him from Cuba to the US? President Biden’s head of the

CDC is Dr. Rochelle Walensky, a physician-scientist-professor with an expertise in HIV/AIDS. Earlyon she demonstrated her political motives by her next day reversal of her decision on masks to match the president’s unscientific views. This showed a choice to not only ignore President Biden’s Executive Order 13994 that required a “data-driven responses to COVID,” but recently the New York Times reported that CDC spokesperson Kristen Nordland said she actively hid the data for ages 18-49 for the political reason that it might cause the public to lose confidence in the vaccines.

Where was the “committee” authorized by this EO? Instead, the CDC is still relying on data from dissimilar populations of Israel and India.

Recently the CDC “warned” that an end to the pandemic would cause the agency to lose the additional power received under the public health emergency, which includes its current powers to “tap financial reserves and to avoid normal accounting requirements under the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act.” Can you

imagine a bureaucrat voluntarily ending their fantasy of spending someone else’s money without even accounting for it? The tracks for the money train next station led to the source of the HIPPA money.

HIPPA money originates in a division of the Labor Department.

President Biden’s head of the Labor Department is Marty Walsh, the longtime president of Laborers Local Union 223, a position he maintained even while mayor of Boston. Undoubtedly, he was influenced by the president of the flight attendants’ union CWA of the AFL-CIO, Mary Schlangenstein, when she expressed her opposition to the scheduled date to end the mandate of March 19 even though 525 of the 814 unruly passengers her members encountered involved face masks. Will she also oppose April 18?

No discussion of any aspect of the pandemic would be complete without including Dr. Anthony Fauci, who despite being disproven on his opinions on contacting surfaces, shaking hands, distancing, vaccines, and masks (my article — “Masks:

Scientific of Political” News Press, Feb. 20 — proved the reasons are political), and his former emails contradicting his congressional testimony (for Republicans this is called perjury), still spouts opinions on CNN from his seat in the White House. Will derailing the money-staying-in-office train on April 18 protect his base?

The train for canceling the regulation on April 18 runs through stations controlled by the TSA, the CDC, the DHS, the Labor Department, with a substation controlled by Dr. Fauci, to the White House, with any station having the opportunity to derail it in favor of the money-staying-in office-train.

Rather than ask why April 18, ask why not.

Brent E. Zepke is an attorney, arbitrator and author who lives in Santa Barbara. Formerly he taught 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 Non-Lawyers.”

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Continued from Page C1 airlifted to likely districts where the population imbalance could give a seat to a Democrat would be rewarding President Biden’s illegal and unconscionable actions.

C. As far as there being “little evidence” of voter fraud in the 2020 election, let’s just wait a little longer for results of forensic audits taking place in Georgia and Colorado. My guess is there was, in fact, massive voter fraud.

D. No, we don’t want the federal government involved in creating school curriculums, but a national pushback against the “Inclusive Curriculum” already in place was required. The 1776 Commission was simply trying to create an alternative to CRT and other cockamamie subject matter.

E. The Paris Climate Accord

is not only “an imperfect agreement,” it is also a giant pile of horse manure that would guarantee the impoverishment of the middle class in the U.S. by sending taxpayer money directly to foreign countries regardless of need.

F. I do agree that the Republican position on “Climate Change” needs to be more than “doing nothing about it.” My druthers would be to formulate a positive program of preparing the most vulnerable areas for possible negative impacts of climatic instability (floods, hurricanes, drought, rising sea levels, heat waves, etc.) that probably have little or nothing to do with the rise in CO2.

James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes questions or comments and archives all his columns at jimb. substack.com.

The destruction of our country is in full swing SCHULTE

Continued from Page C2 into Mexico. Isn’t it ironic, they require passports! We used to have that law.

Oh, but we do, it just doesn’t apply to our just shy of 2,000-mile-long southern border.

That explains why Russians, Ukrainians, Africans, Iraqis, Taliban and a few million other people chose the easier option.

If you fly into America, it’s a pain in the behind to go through customs, passport required, to prove who you are. Walking into our country has no such requirements.

The word on the war-ravaged streets is President Biden sent thousands of U.S. troops to Poland who are now poised at the Ukrainian border. First, he, of course, lied once again and said he would never send in ground forces. I pray we don’t.

But if true, and it appears it is, not only are we about to spill American blood defending a border we have no place defending, but what the hell?

Does anyone in that swamp of Washington give a damn about the American people anymore?

Are we so brain dead that the chicken little climate change story garners more attention

and wastes more money than shutting down a real nightmare climate change fiasco festering at our southern border?

The Democrats, the squad, all the American haters promised they would get rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They made good on their promise and wiped our border off the face of the Earth.

It’s beyond frustrating how our national security has been so compromised. It affects the lives of media as well who choose to look the other way and the liberal politicians who see the crime in their hometowns soar but none can admit it out loud how bad things are. Houston is now a war zone because the cartels have set up camp and are armed better than the Ukrainians. The destruction of our country is in full swing.

Maybe by press time, the Russians will be given a reprieve and can join the Ukrainians who had no trouble at all waltzing through. Or, they can work on their Spanish and just say they’re from Honduras, then get a bus ride to the airport and flown to Florida in the middle of the night.

Henry Schulte welcomes questions or comments at hschulteopinions@gmail.com.

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Continued from Page C1 taxpayer, he proposes to spend an $11 billion package, for gas pump relief. Yet everyone at tax time pays for these freebies. Who is at the puppet strings of Newsom?

One of the expenditures is $500 million to promote walking and biking. Think of the fraud from COVID-19 stimulus checks, and the $400 per vehicle is via debit card!

No records! Another opportunity to steal.

Again, the same narrative, from Gov. Newsom’s microphone: “… get money directly into the pockets of Californians who are facing higher gas prices as a direct result of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.”

Everyone, everyone who has put gas in their car, since Jan 23, 2021, knows gas prices increased that week and have risen ever since. Energy independence is the only solution, and we have the resources and the capabilities.

Open the spigots and free our nation! In our hypocritical, condescending charge of climate change, we ask other countries to darken their soil, while we enrich these handlers, enslave our country with debt, and dance on Earth Day. So much subversiveness in our world. We hear the Sierra Club and other eco environmentalists are being financed, perhaps unknowingly, by a shell corporation in the Bahamas tied to Russia, to halt oil production, fracking and American pro-energy

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lease on life is up. Whether we rise to riches through the legitimate exchange of goods and services (Mr. Gates), or through criminal stealth (Mr. Putin), it all comes from the same source: the goods of the earth and the energy of people who delivered them.

We can commandeer far beyond our needs because we use money to control the goods and services. If we have a lot of money and return it to its

policies.

Meanwhile, the Russians corner the market on oil, and the price of energy goes up faster than Sputnik came down. In 2021, Gazprom, a Russian stateowned energy company, earned record profits, after President Biden’s first year in office and the U.S. energy production was curtailed by our president. Has Russia been financing western environmentalism?

Speaking of puppeteers, it appears that many of the handlers in Washington have now come down with COVID as they work with the Oval Office. Behind the scenes in tandem. The photo ops and the reporters’ only access to our country’s positions on the world stage is from a camera-ready office.

Again, who is running the Oval Office? We suspect Susan Rice is one of the players. Will she be the next one with COVID, along with Jen Pasaki, with former President Barack Obama and the second gentleman and Hillary Clinton? We won’t be surprised if George Soros follows.

Locally, follow the two lanes of traffic that have become single lanes adjacent to bike right-ofways. We suspect a transportation department employee with bike ties championed the trade of a car lane for bikes.

Residents did not realize how impeded their flow of traffic would become. Hold on to your brakes, because the next phase is to whittle the two lanes on upper State Street down to one, with a bike lane of course. How will this feel when

the 1,500 housing units go into La Cumbre Plaza? Gridlocked? Like Los Angeles? Are they looking to make us Beijing — everyone on a bicycle? Where is the power of commerce on a bike?

And now we are saddled with the sad re-routing of the Fiesta Parade up and down Cabrillo Boulevard, breaking 100-plus years of rich Santa Barbara tradition. The State Street proprietors will reap no benefit, but the roving vendors will.

Cabrillo Boulevard is not the heart of our city, but the beachfront. What a crying shame.

Now onto schools, nationwide.

The school boards are demanding no D’ss nor F’s, no valedictorians, and a new teaching model called SEL — social and emotional learning.

From November 2019 to April 2021, an increase was made of 45% in school district spending for SEL. For example, in Gwinnett, Ga. -- $28 million is earmarked to hire 19 social workers and staff an SEL office. As the K-12 industrial complex is a multi-billiondollar, taxpayer-funded industry managed by state and local government agencies, why don’t we demand a thorough investigation of its atrocious failings in the education of all children by the Santa Barbara Grand Jury benchmarked against the success in education among foreign schools in Scandinavia and Asia?

Our educational failures to meet international and national standards, and to graduate students from high school with competitive college levels, have

created the need for the first year of college to be remedial for many of the community college students.

To rectify failing standards among high school graduates, a criterion for judgment must be objectively focused on academic criteria, especially reading comprehension, written, and spoken, spelling, vocabulary, sentence and paragraph construction and overall coherence in communicating fully in English.

Equally needed are mathematics comprehension and application to nationally expected universal standards measuring aptitude in math through each grade level.

How can we get this notion of a Grand Jury investigation started?

Another investigation needed is the mindset of Gov. Gavin Newsom. And where are the environmentalists when Gov. Newsom signed 24 housing bills in November 2021, which dictates 3.5 million additional housing units in California? Where will the water come from?

Gov. Newsom just announced that the current drought has no end in sight and water usage must be curtailed. When we have questioned the enormous amount of building cities are mandated, we are told, residential water is only 3% of the use. What about the rest?

Will we be reduced to Soylent Green?

sources, we are giving back, not giving away.

I am not bashing the rich.

However, whether riches were gained legitimately or not, those riches (Crimea, Ukraine, dachas, yachts, oil wells, farmlands, shares of stocks in companies, oil futures, etc.) need to be returned, given back. Many of the rich, like the Gates, already do this.

President Putin’s “need” to accumulate countries is similar to the “need” to accumulate millions or billions of dollars. If the purpose of accumulation is to “be important,” you have already

lost.

Who knows what’s in the hearts of men — and women — whether they are “hundredaires” or billionaires? I know that Melinda and Bill Gates are trying to make a difference for the poor of the world - who do not cause their poverty.

At the same time, I am still worried that there is some very bright, insecure man somewhere in the world who has the word “trillion” in the back of his head, so that he can become really, really, really important someday.

Where is Mr. Putin going?

I have a plan: Billionaires of the world, unite! Put your money to work! Get together (oligarchs welcome) and offer a prize of $100 billion to the group that gets rid of Mr. Putin and his cronies (no questions asked)! However, you must have a plan for democracy for Russia that is to be approved by the Russian people and the United Nations. (Nobody in your group will be allowed to hold office.) The elections will be monitored by the U.N. Oh, and, of course, you must get Russian armies out of the lands that don’t belong to them.

Bonnie Donovan writes the “Did You Know?” column in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section.

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“When the sun goes down ... offshore winds get cranked up,” said Ms. Neumann.

No, they don’t!

“The wind doesn’t always come up when the sun goes down,” I pointed out.

“Renewables are clearly better,” Neumann replied.

She said we’ll solve renewable energy’s inconsistency by doing things like storing energy in batteries.

Well, yes, a battery that holds energy for weeks would make renewables work. But it doesn’t exist.

“This is just a total fantasy, which is why nobody has done it anywhere, ever!” said Alex Epstein, author of “The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels.”

Fossil fuels are moral, Mr. Epstein correctly pointed out, because human flourishing depends on them.

Abundant fossil fuels are especially important for poor people.

“Three billion people in the world still use less electricity than a typical American refrigerator. Are we going to allow them to have a modern life? Because that’s going to depend on fossil fuels.”

Even if climate change becomes a serious problem, fossil fuels reduce its harm by

making us prosperous enough to afford protection against the climate.

“We have a 98% decline in climate-related disaster deaths over the last 100 years,” Epstein points out.

A 98% drop in deaths! This is the amazing untold story of fossil fuels and their benefits. Because oil and natural gas so efficiently provide power, heat homes when it’s freezing, pump water during droughts, etc., millions thrive, despite problems like climate change.

Thanks to fossil fuels, “We have this amazing productive ability,” said Mr. Epstein. “That’s the only reason we experience the planet as livable.”

Global warming is a threat.

Limiting fossil fuels now, without a capable alternative, will make it even harder to deal with the effects.

Unless someone invents a miracle battery or something else that makes sun and wind power practical, we need fossil fuels, desperately.

Poor people need them most.

John Stossel is creator of Stossel TV and author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators. com.

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