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Santa Barbara Unified school officials and personnel involved in the planning and construction of Santa Barbara High School’s Visual Arts and Design Academy Design Lab & Art Studio break ground on the planned site of the VADA building on Wednesday.
‘There is a dedication to everyone in VADA’ VADA
Continued from Page A1 come from diverse backgrounds and/or socio-economic disadvantages. This is something that Laura Capps, the County Supervisor for the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors and previous Santa
Barbara Unified Board President, explained in her speech at the press conference, sharing that “over 80% of art in major galleries is white men. This is something that VADA is changing everyday. There is a dedication to everyone in VADA. Compassion and inclusivity are something we value so heavily here.” Many different supporters,
donors and Santa Barbara Unified board members shared their excitement and thanks to the community, right before they all participated in the “groundbreaking” ceremony. “We use the word “beacon’,” shared Mr. Barnett, “and it is really an appropriate word, because we are up on a hill where the Santa Barbara community
can see a symbol of what we see as encouraging students in their worth as well as saying to them ‘your creativity is an asset and will help your future.’” If you would like to learn more about the program or construction progress, visit the VADA website at www.vadasbhs.org. email: abahnsen@newspress.com
Westmont planned bullpen game for second straight Tuesday WESTMONT
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and to continue to work Yates back from his delayed start to the season. Robbie has pitched in big moments over the course of his career, which he hasn’t had to do this year. We were able to get him and inning of work. Everything worked out perfectly today.” The five Warrior pitchers allowed just four hits, struck out 12 and surrendered just one walk. This is the second Tuesday in a row that Westmont has intentionally staffed the mound with multiple pitchers who normally work out of the pen. Last Tuesday, seven bullpen arms recorded a 10-1 win over Biola. In 18 innings over the last two Tuesday games, the normal relief pitchers have allowed just one run and seven hits while striking out 17. On the offensive side, Westmont put together two three-run innings. In the first inning, leadoff hitter Michael Soper singled to center then took second with Daniel Patterson recorded an infield single. A single to center by Brady Renck drove in Soper and advanced Patterson to third. With some head’s up baserunning, Renck took second on the play when he caught the Firebird’s infield napping.
Patterson then scored on a sacrifice fly by Justin Rodriguez to right. Renck advanced to third on the play and later scored the inning’s third run on a single to right by Liam Critchett. Renck went two for four on the day with a run scored and an RBI. His run scored was the 153rd of his career, just four back of the career record held by Michael Stefanic (2015-18) at 157. “Brady is continuing to be the special player that he is,” noted LaTorre. With two away in the fourth inning, Kaden Tsuji recorded an infield single to second and was replaced by Bryce McFeely on first base. McFeely stole second before Trey Dunn was walked, giving the Warriors runners at first and second. Jonah Paez came to the plate and reached on an error by the Firebirds’ first baseman that allowed McFeely to score and Dunn to reach third. Paez, alert that the ball was still live but second base was left uncovered, took second uncontested. That brought up Jack Fletcher who singled to center field, driving in both Dunn and Paez. Fletcher was two for three at the plate for the Warriors. “I am very proud of Jack,” expressed LaTorre. “Even though he hasn’t played as much as he would like, he has been a great teammate over the last few weeks. For him to
get the start in center field and put together quality at bats and drive in two runs - I am super proud of him. “I thought we did enough offensively. The last few weeks we have had big innings. I would hope that as we continue down this stretch that we would put more pressure on the other team in multiple innings.” Defensively, the Warriors played an error free game. “I thought it was a good day for us defensively,” said LaTorre, “especially with us giving some days off to guys who have played every weekend. Soper started at short and Patterson started at third base, I thought it was great the way we played defense behind stellar pitching.” Westmont will finish off the regular season with a three-game series at The Master’s (2611, 10-8) on Friday and Saturday and another three-game series at Ottawa (5-12-1, 13-22-1) the following weekend. The Warriors, who are 15-3 in GSAC play, currently enjoy a two-game lead over #6 Hope International (24-7, 13-5) for first place in the GSAC standings. Ron Smith is the sports information director at Westmont College. email: sports@newspress.com
For the car industry the EPA standards are expected to drive widespread use of filters to reduce gasoline particulate matter emissions and spur greater deployment of CO2reducing technologies for gasoline-powered vehicles. The second set of proposed standards announced today, the “Greenhouse Gas Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles - Phase 3,” would apply to heavy-duty vocational vehicles (such as delivery trucks, refuse haulers or dump trucks, public utility trucks, transit, shuttle, school buses) and trucks typically used to haul freight. These standards would complement the criteria pollutant standards for model year 2027 and beyond heavyduty vehicles that EPA finalized in December 2022 and represent the third phase of EPA’s Clean Trucks Plan. “The proposed standards align with commitments made by automakers and U.S. states as they plan to accelerate clean vehicle technologies in the lightand medium-duty fleets in the next 10 to 15 years. Car and truck companies are moving to include electric vehicles as an integral and growing part of current and future product lines, leading to an increasing diversity of clean vehicles for consumers,” the EPA announced. As consumer demand for electric vehicles grows with the increasing stringent standards, the push for EVs meeting the
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She had a long illustrious career in various roles from coast to coast in positions including society reporter for the New York Daily News and LA Times, columnist and senior editor for Ad Week and freelance writer with her work appearing in Good Housekeeping, Women’s Day, Sports Illustrated and Cosmopolitan.
ANNA ‘TINA’ LORGE 6/25/1948 - 4/16/2022
Your forever devoted husband, loving family, and cherished friends miss you so, so much! Taking comfort in knowing you are in Heaven with Jesus our Savior, caring, praying, and waiting for us.
Over the years she had the opportunity to interview a few icons in history including Martin Luther King Jr., Pelé, and Joe Namath. Lammy also was the media consultant who rode across Russia on her own motorcycle with Malcom Forbes. Later in her career, Lammy joined Macmillan Publishing Co. where she was named president of Showtime Publications division. When Macmillan was sold, she purchased the rights to Showtime and started her own successful company under Olcott Communications. She eventually landed in Solvang where she has resided for the past 25 + years and has been a passionate member of the community. She was always involved in the local government, charities, exhibitions, and papers. Lammy had many friends and will be deeply missed in her Solvang community. Her love of animals was apparent as her home was always filled with dogs, cats and birds. All are considered part of her extended family. Horses were her true passion from an early age. She learned to ride at Ox Ridge in Darien Connecticut and would be seen riding through Central Park in her teenage years. She continued to ride throughout her life and was the proud owner of five horses. We will miss Lammy’s passionate spirit for all things in life. Lammy was the granddaughter of the late Rita Olcott and the well-known Irish tenor Chauncey Olcott. Mr. Olcott was the performing artist and composer of several Irish songs, including When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, My Wild Irish Rose, and Mother Machree. Lammy is survived by her brothers, Chauncey and wife Pat of Wilton, CT, Charles Johnstone of New York, NY, and sister Jyll Johnstone and husband Michael Davis of Belvedere, CA. In addition, she is survived by her four nieces, and six grand nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, Edmund and Janet Johnstone, and her brother Ned Johnstone. There will be a service to celebrate her life on Friday April 14th at the Old Mission Santa Inés in Solvang at 11am. Memorials may made to the Happy Endings Animal Rescue Sanctuary of Santa Ynez Valley and the Old Mission Santa Inés in memory of Lammy Johnstone-Kockler. https://happyendingsanimalrescuesanctuary.org/ Loper Funeral Chapel Directors
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Lammy passed away at the Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara California at the age of 79. She was born in New York City on January 23, 1944. Her time growing up was spent in New York City and summer homes in Saratoga and Pound Ridge NY. She was a graduate of the Hewett school in New York and Debutant in the New York Infirmary Ball at the Waldorf Astoria. She continued her education at Mercy and Finch Colleges in New York City. It is there where she found her passion for writing and reporting.
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standards and needing charging stations require technologies to advance at an equal speed. EV battery costs, which drive up the price of EVs, are expected to decline. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program to install charging stations throughout the states has a budget of $7.5 million. California expects to receive $384 million of federal funding from that pool. The California Energy Commission’s approval of a $2.9 billion investment plan last winter, accelerates California’s 2025 electric vehicle charging and hydrogen refueling goals. The California Air Resources Board directed 70% of a $2.6 billion investment plan in ZEV projects toward disadvantaged and low-income communities, the largest investment of its kind. “We’re proud of our work here in California that has made our state the national leader in ZEV sales – and now we stand ready to work together to lead the most significant economic transformation since the Industrial Revolution,” Gov. Newsom said. The EPA’s proposals are informed by robust and inclusive stakeholder engagement with industry, labor, advocates, and community leaders, while the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program secured investment commitments of over $100 billion from private companies to make more EVs. California requires all new car sales to be ZEVs by 2035.
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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. Storage 187,575 acre-ft. Elevation 751.14 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 32.5 acre-ft. Inflow 3473.0 acre-ft. State inflow 0.0 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. +0 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
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