Would you like to receive up to $3,000 toward an earthquake retrofit of your house? Registration is now open for the Earthquake Brace + Bolt (EBB) program, which provides homeowners up to $3,000 to strengthen their home and lessen the potential for earthquake damage. Income-eligible homeowners may qualify for an additional Supplemental Grant on top of the $3,000 EBB grant. Find out more at https://earthquakebracebolt.com/How-Our-Program-Works/EBB-Registration-Process
Holiday-focused fun and festivities will make downtown Carpinteria merry and bright on Saturday, Dec. 10. The well-loved Holiday Spirit Parade will take place on downtown Linden Avenue at 3 p.m., followed at 5:30 p.m. by Hospice of Santa Barbara’s Light Up a Life event at the Seal Fountain. Prior to the parade, the Carpinteria Community Library will hold its Frosty Fest from 10 a.m. to noon at 5141 Carpinteria Ave. and the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center will host an Arts & Crafts Faire from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 855 Linden Ave.
3C-REN (Tri-County Regional Energy Network) has partnered with the Carpinteria Community Library to host a DIY Home Energy Savings Toolkit Workshop on Saturday, Nov. 19 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. The workshop will cover the tools, equipment and a guide to help you save energy and increase the comfort of your home. The kit has FREE items for you to install in your home as well as tools to conduct your own home-assessment and later return after use. Additionally, the presentation will cover how 3C-REN can help you save energy and make your home healthier and more comfortable. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diy-toolkit-workshop-carpinteria-community-library-tickets-449702762067
The Carpinteria Community Tennis and Pickleball Courts will be open for free play throughout the week of Thanksgiving, Nov. 21-27, and during a winter break, Dec. 19 – Jan. 2. During these free periods, the courts, which are located on Palm Avenue adjacent to the Carpinteria Community Pool, will be open on a first come first served basis and should only be used during daylight hours. On an ongoing basis, the courts are free and open every Sunday.
In anticipation of large numbers of travelers over the Thanksgiving holiday, the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner will require advanced reservations to travel on board Pacific Surfliner trains and connecting bus service beginning Wednesday, Nov. 23 through Monday, Nov. 28. Additional train cars and shuttle buses will be used to increase the number of available seats. However, customers are strongly encouraged to plan ahead and book early to guarantee available tickets. Visit PacificSurfliner.com/holiday to learn more and book a trip.
Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transportation District’s Board of Directors approved a Short Range Transit Plan on Nov. 1 that includes impacts to Carpinteria. Changes are expected to be rolled out over the next five years. Major changes affecting Carpinteria will be the addition of a line (Line 19X) that provides direct connection between Carpinteria and Santa Barbara City College; improvements to Line 20, which connects Carpinteria to Santa Barbara; and the replacement of the Seaside Shuttle service with The Wave, an on-demand microtransit service.
Line 19X
Line 19x will be a new line providing a direct, express connection between Carpinteria and SBCC. Specifically, the service will provide peak hour and midday express service between Carpinteria, East Santa Barbara, and SBCC. The service will operate on weekdays only, and will not operate during SBCC spring and winter breaks. The service will feature two morning northbound trips (toward Santa Barbara), one midday round trip, and two afternoon/evening southbound trips (toward Carpinteria).
Seaside Shuttle
The Seaside Shuttle has been suspended since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and the new plan is to replace the shuttle with the Wave, a flexible, on-demand shared ride curb-to-curb microtransit service covering the entire City of Carpinteria and some unincorporated County areas, including the Santa Claus Lane area. The exact days of the week and service span have not yet been specified, but it will be equivalent to ten hours a day, six days a week.
Line 20 Improvements
Line 20 provides the only current connection between Carpinteria and Santa Barbara in the MTD system. During the pandemic, Line 20 experienced the least ridership loss. Because this route clearly provides an important community service, MTD will improve weekday frequencies throughout most of the day and extend peak hour service (in the peak direction). Plans are to adjust frequencies as follows:
For more detailed information, see the Short-Range Transit Plan in English at https://sbmtd.gov/mtdmovesahead and in Spanish at https://sbmtd.gov/mtdavanza/. Need more information? Email info@sbmtd.gov or call 805-963-3366.
The Carpinteria Groundwater Sustainability Agency will hold the second of a series of six community meetings on Nov. 16 to discuss the Carpinteria Groundwater Sustainability Plan. The meeting will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Carpinteria Lions Club, located at 6197 Casitas Pass Road. The Carpinteria Groundwater Basin is designated a high priority basin in California under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which means that our groundwater resources are critical as a water supply and, by law, we must develop a plan to manage our groundwater to ensure a sustainable future supply for our community.
We encourage your participation at the upcoming community meetings because this will ensure that your voice is heard during preparation of the GSP. The meeting will cover the groundwater model review, monitoring network, and an introduction to sustainable management criteria. It will be recorded and posted on the GSA website for viewing at your convenience. If you would like to know more about this process, please contact Carpinteria Valley Water District Executive Director Robert McDonald at SGMA@cvwd.net or visit the GSA website: https://carpgsa.org
The Carpinteria City Council will hold its next regular meeting on Monday, Nov. 14 at 5:30 p.m. In accordance with State guidance, the City will provide both in-person and virtual attendance and participation options for the meeting.
Members of the public may attend the meeting at City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Ave. or view the meeting live at www.carpinteria.ca.us, on Government Access Television Channel 21 or by logging into the Zoom webinar.
The following topics are highlights of the agenda. Additional details and numerous ways for the public to provide comments can be found at http://bit.ly/3GbShe7. Comments posted on social media will not be provided to council members.
Please enjoy a happy and healthy Veterans’ Day and remember to thank those who risked their lives for our freedom.
Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a Santa Barbara man for an attempted kidnapping that occurred earlier in the week. On Tuesday, November 9 Community Resource Deputy (CRD) Bryan Dickey was notified by Carpinteria Middle School staff of a kidnapping incident that had occurred at approximately 4 p.m. on Monday, November 8, in the 5500-block of Carpinteria Avenue near the entrance to the bicycle path. CRD Dickey spoke with the female juvenile reporting party who provided a thorough account of the incident and a suspect description.
SRD Dickey and patrol deputies conducted a follow-up investigation, identifying the suspect as 51-year-old Elias Maldonado from Santa Barbara and tracking him to a motel in the 5500-block of Carpinteria Avenue. Deputies also learned that Maldonado had an outstanding warrant for his arrest.
On Thursday, November 10, at approximately 9:50 a.m., SRD Dickey along with patrol deputies and a Sheriff’s K-9 unit contacted Maldonado at the motel where he was taken into custody after briefly attempting to flee.
Maldonado has been booked at the Main Jail for attempted kidnapping of a child under the age of 14 (felony) and obstructing a peace officer (misdemeanor) as well as his outstanding warrant for domestic violence (felony) and false imprisonment (felony). He is being held on $150,000 bail.
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