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Here’s what we have for you today:

Ricardo Valencia and Maribel Aguilera collide in battle for 5th District Santa Barbara County Supervisor. Tom Schultz tells the story first from Santa Maria.
Experience clashes with new perspectives at Santa Barbara Unified school board candidate debate. Julianna Lozada was there.
Chumash history honored in Calle Cesar Chavez name change to Limuw Street. Check out Sofia Wallace‘s report.

Joshua Molina

News-Press Editor

Stories you should know about

UC asks judge to dismiss DOJ antisemitism suit, calling it an act of ‘political coercion’ (Los Angeles Times)

Christa Pike is in critical condition after failed injections, as Tennessee pauses executions (New York Times)

Pasadena’s white peacock Sugar, beaten by mail carrier, is relocated to private California ranch (Los Angeles Times)

Weekend reads

Here are a few suggestions for stories, essays, articles to settle into over the weekend.

The loneliest man in American politics has an Army (Politico)

Meet the manic pixel dream girl: She’s hot, hates rent control, and isn’t real (The Standard)

The system that failed Cornell’s Jane Doe (Time Magazine)

Santa Barbara Headlines

Here’s how other publications outside of Santa Barbara covered news in Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara passes historic rent ordinance. Will other California metros follow? (San Francisco Chronicle)
Twisted “8647” sign hung over Highway 101 near Santa Barbara (New York Post)

Santa Barbara Film Festival awards 2027—honorees list (Deadline)

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