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Here’s what we have for you today:

Santa Barbara County appears ready to resist federal election demands as court declines to force ballot purge
High tides, large surf predicted to flood Santa Barbara beaches and harbor
Santa Barbara News-Press and CalMatters to host election workshop this Wednesday
Election Notebook analysis: Signs, social media and endorsements

News-Press, CalMatters to host Ballots & Bites

Reminder: The Santa Barbara News-Press & CalMatters will host Ballots & Bites, a public election workshop from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., this Wednesday, Oct. 28 at the Louise Lowry Davis Center, 111 W. Victoria St.

The Ballots & Bites workshop is part of CalMatters’ statewide effort to partner with local newsrooms on voter education ahead of the election.

The event will run about 90 minutes and feature presentations by CalMatters CEO, Neil Chase, and staff of the News-Press, followed by a workshop in which attendees discuss statewide and local matters in small mixed groups.

The event is free but please RSVP here.

Joshua Molina

News-Press Editor

Stories you should know about

El Niño’s record-hot ocean waters driving coastal flooding in Southern California (Los Angeles Times)

L.A. homicides are down to near-historic lows — but killings of Black men persist (Los Angeles Times)
Polymarket has investigated “dozens” of election-related cases (NPR)

College reads

UC students are increasingly failing introductory math courses, UCSB reports highest pass rates (Daily Nexus)
City College Board of Trustees Forum hosts Area 5 candidates (The Channels)
City College Board of Trustees Forum hosts Area 7 candidates (The Channels)

The L.A. Taco Drama

L.A. Taco has been one of California’s journalism success stories—focusing on culture, art, community and real life Los Angeles for many residents. Created 20 years ago, it has grown into an influential news outlet that tells the stories of people and a community not often reflected in mainstream news.

In recent years, its coverage of ICE deportation raids has brought the outlet even more attention and prestige for its fierce reporting.

But L.A. Taco is crumbling a bit involving a big story with its former main ICE reporter. There are many sides to this story. Check out the links below to get a sense of the drama. And while it’s intriguing, it’s also sad to see such a strong news and culture organization that serves so many people endure such a public drama.

An alleged affair raises ethics questions in L.A. TACO firing (Los Angeles Magazine)
A letter from our staff: setting the record straight (L.A. TACO)
What happened at L.A. Taco (Memo Torres/Substack)

Mid-week news quiz

Have you kept up with Santa Barbara News-press recently? Let’s see!

What controversial Santa Barbara official announced retirement last week, in a story first published by the News-Press?

A) Randy Rowse
B) Hilda Maldonado
C) Kelly Gordon
D) Robert Nisbet

Reply first with the correct answer to earn a shoutout in tomorrow’s newsletter.

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