Goleta Is Reducing Speed Limits on Most Major Streets

••• “The El Capitán State Beach campgrounds will close in January and are expected to reopen in 2026. The closure will allow for construction to build a bridge, widen the road, and construct a new kiosk at the entrance.” —Noozhawk (photo courtesy California Sate Parks)

••• “Goleta Reduces Speeds Along Most Major Roads.” —Independent

••• “California State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant approved a key pipeline-corrosion-control plan submitted by the Sable Offshore oil company on December 17 that’s absolutely pivotal in the company’s long-range efforts to reactivate not just the pipeline—which ruptured and spilled about 450,000 gallons of crude in 2015—but for restarting production at what used to be ExxonMobil’s massive oil and gas operations in Las Flores Canyon. […] State Assemblymember Gregg Hart and State Senator Monique Limón have both expressed keen disappointment in how the decision was made, coming 13 days after the California Fire Marshal had given them both strict assurances no such decision would be released until he’d first held a public meeting in Santa Barbara to hear concerns from community members. That meeting did not happen and has been tentatively postponed until sometime after January 1.” —Independent

••• “The Beach Baby Kids Boutique in the Target Shopping Center in Goleta is closing its doors after nearly two years.” —Noozhawk

••• Sandpiper Golf Club ran an ad in the Independent claiming that it will be “forced to close”—what, is owner Ty Warner running out of money?—if Goleta city officials don’t start moving its renovation permits along.

••• “Another Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge has come under scrutiny for alleged unprofessional conduct. The Commission on Judicial Performance has instituted formal proceedings to inquire into matters concerning Judge Michael J. Carrozzo, who has been a sitting Judge since June 2014. […] The Commission’s report stated Judge Carrozzo presented himself as an attorney for Sara Eklund, his judicial secretary, on several occasions between 2018 and 2020. Apparently Judge Carrozzo negotiated with Eklund’s car insurance company relating to a traffic accident, threatened to sue a mattress company for nondelivery, assisted with a letter to Eklund’s landlord during a dispute with a rental deposit, and assisted with a document during her divorce proceedings.” —Edhat

••• The tree of the month is the blue atlas cedar: “As the tree matures, its trunk can become remarkably thick, reaching a diameter of over 4 feet! The bark is light gray and smooth when young—becoming dark gray and scaly with shallow fissures with age.” —Edhat

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