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Here’s what we have for you today:

Kaitlin Sweeney talks with a paid signature gatherer and gets the scoop on what’s happening with State Street.
Fiscal conservative Mark Philibosian pushes for higher test scores in his bid for Santa Barbara School Board. Julianna Lozada talks with him.
New state law will speed up the process for divorce in cases of domestic violence. Angel Corzo brings you details from the press conference.
Goleta Schools Notebook: Enrollment drops significantly over the past 10 years. Julianna Lozada shines in this update on GUSD.
And Patricia Stark has profiles on two candidates for Santa Barbara City College Board of Trustees in Trustee Area 7, Andrea Varon and Oscar Zavala.

Check out all of our news today!

Joshua Molina

News-Press Editor

Stories you should know about

Trump suggests letting Iran “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego at campaign rally (Los Angeles Times)

Bernie Sanders boosts wealth tax while labor argues it would devastate California’s economy (Los Angeles Times)

Conservatives furious with Steve Hilton ad for what they say promotes “lesbianism” (SF GATE)
Jim Bakker, television preacher felled by sex and financial scandals, dies at 86 (New York Times)
Paramount closes deal for Warner Bros. Discovery, creating massive media behemoth (New York Times)

College reads

The candidates for mayor speak out at Santa Barbara City College (The Channels)

A UCSB student’s guide to public transit (Daily Nexus)
‘Bring back Lupe’: UC Berkeley students protest for reinstatement of suspended ethnic studies lecturer (The Daily Californian)

From the archives

Often during the week my colleague Tom Schultz and I break out into conversation about the days of the “old News-Press.” It’s quite entertaining, so much so that we are thinking of doing a podcast and just riff on our memories.

Truth be told, both of us have forgotten a lot, so hearing each other talk triggers moments we may have never remembered. It’s good therapy. But the more things change, the more they stay the same. Schultz 22 years ago today was covering a Goleta City Council debate.

These days he’s mostly covering the 5th District Santa Barbara County Supervisors contest. It’s all the same though. The names and faces change in the elections, but the reporters always remain.

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