••• Condolences to actor Orlando Bloom on the loss of his dog: “‘Mighty’s on the other side now. After 7 days of searching from sunrise to sunset and into the wee hours, today, the 7th day—the number of completion—we found his collar,’ he wrote on Instagram.” Bloom had “Mighty” tattooed on his chest. —New York Post
••• “Fourteen of the 2020 season UCSB Arts & Lectures events that were canceled by Covid-19 have been rescheduled for 2021.” —Independent
••• “Santa Barbara Council Spares Westside Tree […] Homeowners Cameron Clark and Amy Steinfeld contend the tree is a hazard, but city officials say it’s healthy, and they’ll prune the roots and fix the sidewalk.” —Noozhawk
••• “Santa Barbara County received 128 percent of normal rainfall in the 2019 crop year, leading to a surge in agricultural production that allowed for a 5.1 percent increase in revenue from 2018.” —Noozhawk
••• “The next time you leave a downtown parking lot in Santa Barbara you may find it more efficient to have a credit card in your hand. The ticket machines have been modified [as a Covid-19 precaution] to take your credit card payment. A kiosk employee will be on hand if you want to pay cash or have a card problem.” —KEYT
••• The Independent looks at which locals have donated the most to the Trump and Biden reelection campaigns. It’s mystifying that a science professor would support a politician who has done so much to undermine science.
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