In response to the Canary from the April 6 edition (“No place for hate”): “The whole public school system gets at least two weeks off school for a Christian holiday … but paint a crosswalk rainbow colors, and now there’s an ideology problem” should not be used to make the Canary’s case against Jesse Taylor […]
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Political Watch: April 27, 2023
• Sen. Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) recently introduced Senate Bill 584: The Laborforce Housing Fund, alongside the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California. This bill will establish an ongoing funding source for local governments to create needed low-income and middle-income housing units across California, according to Limón’s office. Specifically, the Laborforce Housing Fund […]
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Political Watch: April 13, 2023
• U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California) met with families, small-business owners, and farmers in Watsonville and Pajaro impacted by the recent storms in California, according to an April 12 statement from the senator’s office. During his visit, Padilla surveyed damage near Highway 1 where the breached Pajaro River levee caused devastating flooding to surrounding communities. […]
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Amtrak must check its priorities
On April 2, I rode Amtrak train No. 777 from LA Union Station to Grover Beach. It was overbooked and overcrowded, holding some 400 passengers. The result was standing room only in both coach and business class. All aisles and stairways were blocked. Conductors could not pass along the train. Discharge of passengers at stops […]
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Support the Dana Reserve development
As a local business owner in our community, I am deeply concerned about the lack of affordable housing options for our workforce. Many of my employees struggle to find affordable housing near our business, which not only affects their quality of life but also impacts our business’s ability to attract and retain talent. There is […]
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Stop playing chicken with the debt ceiling
Since Republicans took over House leadership, they’ve focused on settling political scores but made no serious effort to do the job. Instead, they are taking us to the brink—refusing to pay the nation’s bills, playing chicken with the debt ceiling, risking a default that threatens the American economy. And for what? More tax breaks for […]
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Political Watch: April 6, 2023
• U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California) and U.S. Rep. Paul Ruiz (D-San Bernardino) introduced bicameral legislation to create the César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park, according to a March 30 statement from Padilla’s office. The bill would preserve the nationally significant sites associated with Chávez and the farmworker movement in California […]
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Political Watch: March 30, 2023
• U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) announced that his work securing a boost in funding for federal Head Start programs delivered more than $19 million in grants for Central Coast early learning programs in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, according to a March 22 statement from the congressman’s office. Carbajal, who worked […]
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Political Watch: March 23, 2023
• U.S. Reps. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Santa Cruz) joined 24 members of the California congressional delegation in calling for a delay of the March 16 deadline for families impacted by January’s severe storms to apply for federal aid, according to a March 15 statement from Carbajal’s office. Amid multiple new storms […]
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Camins 2 Dreams winemakers open new tasting room in Lompoc
As two local vintners were recently putting the finishing touches on their new tasting room, the building shook for a moment. “I just finished hanging all the stuff. I think that was the day before we opened,” said Lompoc-based vintner Mireia Taribó, who recalled the reverberating boom of a missile fired from Vandenberg Space Force […]
