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Good morning, Santa Barbara ☀️

Here’s what we have for you today:

Mouths are already watering in Goleta over new restaurants
New gym technology enhances workouts at downtown fitness studio
Another red panda cub dies at Santa Barbara Zoo
I have recorded six podcasts with candidates for City Council at TV Santa Barbara. Look for them to start airing on my YouTube channel, along with stories in the News-Press beginning this weekend.
I also interviewed the leading mayoral candidates, Eric Friedman and Kristen Sneddon, where I asked them about rent stabilization, State Street, housing and much more. 🎥

Joshua Molina

News-Press Editor

Stories you should know about

🚇 There are secret underground tunnels in Solvang, according to SF Gate. I have dispatched our own reporter, Kaitlin Sweeney, to explain what’s going on. Look for that story soon. If she can’t find the tunnels, at least she will find fudge in Solvang.

🚔 A teenager has been arrested in a Seattle shooting that killed three people and wounded several others; police are searching for other suspects.

💰Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and her press team have used disappearing WhatsApp messages to shield them from public disclosure laws, according to reporting in the LA Times.

Elected officials abusing their phones is a real issue in Santa Barbara too. Public officials should put their phones down during public meetings. If we tell kids in public schools that they can’t use their phones during classes, then adults should be held to the same standard at government meetings.

There’s a lot of texting that appears to be happening during Santa Barbara City Council meetings that seems to break the spirit of public transparency and raises the question of who’s controlling whom?

In the News

News-Press reporter and Sara Miller McCune summer intern made a guest appearance on Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts to talk about the death of Bruce the Bulldog. I talk about the latest politics in the Santa Barbara City Council races.

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