At Silent Night Book Club, you’re invited to cozy up with a book of your choice and read side by side with company. The free event will take place on Friday, Jan. 24 at 5:30 p.m. at Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. Cocoa and hot tea will be available, and all forms of reading are acceptable: e-books, audiobooks, textbooks, whatever! Described as “a book club for the socially awkward,” the club is open to teens and adults.
Would your child benefit from a summer filled with swimming, running and paddling in the sand, surf and sun? Our Carpinteria Junior Lifeguards program might be just the right fit!
Our program runs from June 16 to Aug. 1 on weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We will hold tryouts for any new JGs (or former mini-JGs interested in participating in JGs) from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturdays between Jan. 25 and Feb. 22.
Tryouts will be held at the Carpinteria Community Pool, 5305 Carpinteria Ave. Please learn more about the JG program or sign up for a tryout time at https://carpinteriaca.gov/parks-and-recreation/junior-lifeguards/
The Carpinteria City Council designated January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month to raise awareness around the heinous crime that is more prevalent in Santa Barbara County than most residents realize.
Tiffany Carty, Victim Witness Program Supervisor with the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office, accepted a proclamation from the City Council and noted that, “People often think about human trafficking being something that happens out there in larger cities without realizing that our neighbors, friends, students and at risk youth in our own backyards are frequently exposed to the pain of this trauma.”
Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery that occurs in every state. Victims are forced to work in various forms of labor exploitation including, but not limited to, commercial sex acts and other services that are induced through force, fraud or coercion.
Members of the public are invited to participate in the Vigil for Survivors on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 5:30 p.m. at De La Guerra Plaza in Santa Barbara.
Residents in the City of Carpinteria are strongly encouraged to register for the countywide ReadySBC Alerts system at https://member.everbridge.net/892807736723794/new.
This system is managed by Santa Barbara County’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) in partnership with local cities, including Carpinteria.
Some residents have inquired about the creation of a separate, Carpinteria-specific alert system. While the City understands the desire for direct communication, we recommend that residents sign up for ReadySBC Alerts to ensure they receive timely and accurate information during emergencies.
The City is committed to enhancing emergency communication efforts through additional channels, such as social media updates, website alerts, and others, but creating a separate emergency alert system would require significant resources, ongoing maintenance, and coordination to ensure accuracy during critical events. Given the effectiveness and existing infrastructure of ReadySBC, it is more efficient to direct residents to the County’s system, which already serves Carpinteria.
Street sweeping services resumed the week of January 13, 2025, and Carpinterians can expect regular service moving forward. Requests can be submitted via the City of Carpinteria app and on our website. If you have questions, please contact sustainability@carpinteriaca.gov or (805) 880-3415.
Think you know everything about aging? Think again! Join us on Jan. 15 at 1 p.m. at the Veterans Hall Meeting Room for a fascinating session where we challenge some common myths and misconceptions about getting older. At this free lecture, we’ll separate fact from fiction and uncover surprising truths that could change your perspective on aging. Don’t miss the chance to learn new, eye-opening facts that may surprise you!
Southern California Edison has warned it may initiate a Public Safety Power Outage that affects Carpinteria residents.
To find out if your home is within the area of concern, visit the SCE webpage at https://www.sce.com/outage-center/check-outage-status. Type in your address to determine whether your home is within the areas under consideration for an outage.
These outages are intended to reduce the risk of fire ignition when dangerous weather conditions present themselves: heavy winds and low humidity.
In preparation for an outage, the City of Carpinteria and SCE have established a community resource center where residents can meet with SCE staff to have their questions answered. The community resource center will be open between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. and is located in the Veterans Hall Meeting Room at 941 Walnut Ave.
It’s Swim Team and Water Polo tryout time!
The Carpinteria Aquatics Club will hold swim and water polo tryouts this month, and we invite anyone ages 6 to 17 with basic swim skills to come out and join our club.
To join the swim team, you must attend the tryout on Wednesday, Jan. 29 from 3:15 to 4 p.m. To try out for the Water Polo program, you must come out on Jan. 29 from 3:15 to 4 p.m. and Thursday, Jan. 30 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. All tryouts take place at the Carpinteria Community Pool, 5305 Carpinteria Ave.
Anyone with questions should contact John at johns@carpinteriaca.gov.
The Carpinteria City Council will hold its next regular meeting on Monday, Jan. 13 at 5:30 p.m. Members of the public may attend the meeting at City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Ave., or view the meeting live at https://carpinteriaca.gov/, 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 https://bit.ly/4j4yrlQ.
Vegetation clearing work began this week as a first step in the Carpinteria Avenue Bridge Replacement Project. Built in 1937, the Carpinteria Avenue bridge over Carpinteria Creek has been deemed structurally deficient and will be replaced with a new bridge that includes wider sidewalks, better visibility for drivers and improved creek flow capacity.
The work underway now is in preparation for the relocation of the overhead utility facilities, a precursor to bridge construction. Vegetation clearing is expected to take approximately three weeks and will only affect the north side of Carpinteria Avenue Bridge along the east and west creek banks.
The full replacement project is estimated to cost $10-$15 million dollars, 88.5% of which will be paid for through the Federal Highway Bridge Fund.
To learn more about the project, visit our project page at https://carpinteriaca.gov/carpinteria-avenure-bridge-replacement/
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