Brian Barnwell, a former Santa Barbara city councilman, said he read almost everything Brantingham wrote for nearly 50 years. Brantingham worked through Paul Feller four ownerships of the News-Press — from the legendary Tom Storke, through the McLean family, which owned the now-defunct Philadelphia Bulletin, then the New York Times Co., and eventually McCaw. “Barney was a legend during his tenure at the News-Press, a fixture all around Santa Barbara who was beloved by many,” said Tom Bolton, Noozhawk editor in chief and a former executive editor at the News-Press. The first company that bit on his job application was a newspaper in San Clemente, but it was more of a business/manager role.
Two other DP students died in the crash — junior Michael Ochsner and sophomore Alexander Wood. Other student speakers included Sam Jabbari and Hanalora Abel, senior class president. Olivia Espino told the crowd that she will be moving to Massachusetts for college soon and has contemplated how it will change her. Ariana Garcia Gomez, who delivered opening remarks, said she was “a proud Mexican immigrant, honored to welcome you all today,” to a loud ovation. As is tradition during graduations, many of the students decorated their mortarboards to reflect portions of their personality.
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SpaceX could conduct another Starlink mission as soon as Friday, according to notices advising pilots of upcoming launches. Additionally, salutatorian Edwin Ruiz-Vasquez pointed out that many of his classmates who are continuing on to college and university will be the first in their families to do so. Pioneer Valley High School Principal Paul Robinson called this year’s group of graduates a “well-decorated class,” with over $1 million in scholarships, grants, and other tuition assistance accumulated among the students. Principal Steven Campbell noted that the class of 2025 reached high school after losing much of their junior high years to COVID-19 and arrived as the Santa Maria campus was in the midst of construction chaos during the addition of a new classroom building. Additionally, the Orcutt Academy High School Choir will perform the national anthem, while the Midcoast Veterans Alliance Honor Guard will provide the flag ceremony and gun salute.
Speakers will include Lt. Col. Jeremiah Alefosio, 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron commander at Vandenberg. Monday at the Evergreen Cemetery, 600 South C St. Speakers will include Lt. Col. Ralph Salazar, 2nd Range Operations Squadron director of operations. Monday at the Pine Grove Cemetery, 1165 Stubblefield Road in Orcutt, where speakers will include Lt. Col. Niki Barry, Vandenberg’s 30th Healthcare Operations Squadron commander. Monday near the main flagpole at the Santa Barbara Cemetery, 901 Channel Drive, courtesy of the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1649. “The combination of these aforementioned violations poses a significant risk to life in the event of a fire,” the press release said.
This partnership with PCA and the Gifts and Grants Program were both of special importance to Mike Warren, a longtime supporter of local student athletes and a director on the board of the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table. To honor Mike’s legacy and ensure both of these wonderful programs can continue to benefit our local sports community, please consider making a donation in his name. If you like what we’re doing — or just want to see more Santa Barbara County news — click here to support our mission. At the time, he had $200 in his pocket, his wife and 1-year-old son Barclay. Brantingham decided to drive up the coast and apply at newspaper jobs.
MedCenter previously had two other offices, one on Milpas street in Santa Barbara and one on Fairview Avenue in Goleta, but they consolidated the practices a few years ago and closed the other locations. Meller and Huffard opened the MedCenter in 1983 at 2954 State St. as the first urgent care facility in Santa Barbara. So far since Jan. 1, the West Coast has seen 24 Falcon rocket launches with 17 carrying Starlink satellites and seven others delivering payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office, NASA and commercial customers. The hearing held in Lompoc on Thursday was the third in-person session planned for this week in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties regarding a proposal to add a second SpaceX launch site at Vandenberg. A public hearing Thursday on an increase in Falcon 9 missions from Vandenberg Space Force Base paused for, of course, a rocket launch. Ceremony are County Supervisors Laura Capps and Roy Lee; former supervisor Das Williams; members of the local Chumash leadership; Fran Galt and Peter and Paulina Conn of Neighbors of Rocky Nook Park; and members of HLAC.
In 2008, Bill was named Entrepreneur of the Year by both the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Santa Barbara Technology & Industry Association. In 2012, he received the national Journalism Education Association’s Friend of Scholastic Journalism Award in recognition of Noozhawk’s work with The Charger Account, the student news website at Dos Pueblos High School. He and Noozhawk are founding members of the Local Independent Online News Publishers Association (LION). One-way southbound traffic will be maintained on De la Vina Street at all times, according to the city. You have been rate-limited for making too many requests in a short time frame.
He prided himself on keeping his single-owner 1970 Mustang running (a gift from his mother); painting and repairing it himself. Rolf was a competitive fencer and was a great fan of complex video gaming. He taught himself in the use of CAD, databases, and most lighting controllers. Sometimes a scenic artist with a discriminating eye for color, Rolf could also repair untold esoteric devices found only in theatre buildings. His dear mother, Viola passed away before Rolf in 2020 and was the only family any of his local friend-family ever knew. So we, his friend-family, are honor-bound to celebrate the private and talented Rolf.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and efforts to deport immigrants, dozens in the crowd this year decorated their caps like the Mexican flag, or in Mexican flag colors. Some had leis in the color of red, white and green, the Mexican flag colors. Other caps proudly promoted that they came from immigrant parents or featured pro-immigrant statements. “It has been quite the journey, filled with accomplishments that are as impressive as any class in our illustrious 58-year history,” Dos Pueblos Principal Bill Woodard said. He reminded the graduates that their family and friends will be there for them, and he had the class of 2025 stand up and wave to family in thanks. Fatima Arias-Zarate surprised her family with her speech, after not telling them she was set to speak.
Tuesday for the southwestern Santa Barbara County coast, including the Gaviota Coast and Jalama Beach. In recent months, Inda said they have heard from family members left behind and employers wanting to know how they can protect their immigrant employees. La Casa de la Raza worked with the Mexican Consulate to host “Know Your Rights” and family preparedness workshops for community members. With an increase in ICE activity, community groups including La Casa Founders Holding Company, also calling itself Casa de la Raza, are preparing immigrant families for the worst-case scenario — getting separated. They are also asking local elected officials such as the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors to support immigrant communities.
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Santa Barbara County is blessed with a diversity of vital nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving the health, well-being, growth, civic leadership and compassion of our community. Vandenberg Space Force Base launched a new work week with a Falcon 9 rocket’s window-rattling blastoff on Monday evening. Many of the ceremony’s student speakers emphasized the accomplishments they have achieved in the face of challenges. The sun came out to greet 669 graduates and their families at Pioneer Valley High School’s Class of 2025 graduation in Santa Maria Thursday morning.
ICE also conducted workplace raids in Ventura County on Tuesday, with Oxnard seeing the biggest impact out of the two counties, Diaz said. On Tuesday, a crew leader on a field on the west side of Santa Maria noticed three unmarked vehicles parading through the fields and suspected that they were ICE officers, according to Diaz. The crew leader alerted other supervisors, and while some employees fled the fields, some were taken into custody, Diaz said. In the meantime, Talkin said the Foodbank is doing everything it can to provide for the county and its residents. Even though he called the cuts a “disaster,” he said the Foodbank has weathered disasters in the past.
The Santa Maria Elks will pause rodeo preparations to hold a ceremony starting at 1 p.m. Monday at the veterans memorial inside Gate 2 at the Santa Maria Elks/Unocal Event Center, 4040 Highway 101. The Santa Maria Cemetery,1501 S. College Drive, will host the city’s annual ceremony scheduled to start at 11 a.m. Inda said members of her group will be attending next week’s Santa Barbara City Council meeting during public comment to ask the council to help relocate the group and possibly provide aid in renovating the building. Inda had told Noozhawk before the red-tagging on Friday that she planned to speak to the City Council.
After his time in New York City, he came home to Santa Barbara and resumed his career as a full-time working stagehand for IATSE Local 442, working at all the major theater venues in the city. A year in NYC was about the maximum amount of time our “Rolfie” could be away from his adopted home of Santa Barbara, but the experience profoundly shaped and broadened his view of the world. In addition to the class’ many academic and athletic accomplishments, Lyon praised the school’s performing arts departments.
The county Office of Emergency Management said people who live or work in a potentially PSPS-affected area should prepare for a possible multi-day outage. PG&E, which provides power service to the North County, does not forecast any public safety power shutoffs this week. Inda said they had done a few workshops before they lost access to the building at 601 E. Montecito St. in May after city officials found safety hazards in the century-old structure. On Tuesday, about 300 people gathered at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse to protest recent ICE raids and deportations. At least 40 farmworkers from Santa Maria, Ventura and Oxnard were taken into custody by U.S.
