Leads No. 1 by Patricia Stark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em Made with swagger en-us 2020-09-10 23:04:02 UTC 2020-09-15 00:00:03 UTC hello@padlet.com After uproar from the Santa Barbara community, a judge enacted a $600,000 plan that called for the construction of a new girls softball field on par with the boys field. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/737193408 2020-09-10 23:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/737193408 The pavilions in Alameda Park are being temporarily shut down due to a bat problem that is stumping the city health department. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/737194710 2020-09-10 23:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/737194710 A struggling mother of four was charged with grand theft Wednesday after hiding her dead grandmother for 20 years to collect her Social Security checks. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/737233800 2020-09-10 23:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/737233800 The Santa Barbara School board was ordered today to reconstruct girl’s softball fields with a budget of $600,000 dollars in response to a gender-discrimination lawsuit. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/737235063 2020-09-10 23:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/737235063 The Santa Barbara City Council, led by the Citizens of Public Health campaign, have authorized a ballot measure that would potentially fluoridate the water in the city. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/740445757 2020-09-11 21:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/740445757 A ruling issued by Judge McGregor today commands the Santa Barbara School Board to raise the standard of facilities for girls’ sports teams, following a recent gender-discrimination lawsuit. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741248630 2020-09-12 20:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741248630 Local mother Annette Daigle has been charged with grand theft for falsely positing her deceased grandmother as alive for over 20 years, in order to collect her social security checks. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741249008 2020-09-12 20:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741249008 An 8-year-old boy was apprehended and brought to juvenile hall by police, after a local mother called them because he slapped her daughter. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741249589 2020-09-12 20:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741249589 Following pressure from animal rights advocates, the California Humane Society announced today that they will no longer provide cats to paramedic students in order to practice inserting breathing tubes. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741250302 2020-09-12 20:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741250302 A Santa Barbara groom-to-be died in a car accident Wednesday 15 minutes before his wedding when he veered off the road to avoid a dog, according to police. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741256011 2020-09-12 21:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741256011 A young man was killed at 8:45 this morning as he traveled at 90 m.p.h. along Cliff Drive, a half-mile from the church where he was to be married at 9 a.m. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741277752 2020-09-12 21:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741277752 Thousands of bats have made their home in the rafters above the Alameda Park pavilions, causing the area to be temporarily closed to picknickers for health reasons. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741278777 2020-09-12 21:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741278777 Santa Barbara County announced the pavilions in Alameda Park will be closed as of today because of bats invading the rafters that could cause potential health hazards to citizens pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741307082 2020-09-12 22:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741307082 After a grassroots campaign argued fluoride is critical in preventing tooth decay, the City Council voted to authorize a ballot measure that would allow the city to fluoridate its water. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741328575 2020-09-12 23:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741328575 After an 8-year-old boy was arrested for a squabble at Riverview Park, charges have been dropped and police are conducting an internal investigation examining his arrest. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741328922 2020-09-12 23:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741328922 A woman was charged with grand theft for illegally cashing her grandmother’s Social Security checks after authorities discovered her grandmother’s body had been hidden in the basement for 20 years. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741329194 2020-09-12 23:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741329194 Alameda Park pavilions are closed to parkgoers for the next few days while state experts discuss relocating the thousands of bats populating the rafters to elsewhere in the park. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741329382 2020-09-12 23:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/741329382 Finding school officials guilty of gender discrimination, a judge today ordered that new softball fields be built for the girls’ team that are equal with the boys’ fields. (29) pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746086911 2020-09-14 23:54:46 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746086911 Girls playing softball for Santa Barbara public high schools will soon have fields equal in quality to those used by the boys. (22) pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746087657 2020-09-14 23:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746087657 A Santa Barbara woman will be charged with grand theft for keeping her grandmother’s death a secret for 20 years while collecting $200,000 in Social Security checks. (27) pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746088233 2020-09-14 23:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746088233 The granddaughter of Elizabeth Anne Daigle was charged with grand theft today after police discovered she’d hidden her grandmother’s body for 20 years to keep collecting her Social Security checks. (30) pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746088916 2020-09-14 23:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746088916 Police charged a single mother of four with grand theft today after discovering she hid her dead grandmother in the basement while collecting her monthly Social Security checks. (28) pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746089315 2020-09-14 23:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746089315 Hot dogs can be deadly to young children and other foods—including candy, nuts, grapes and popcorn—are also a choking hazard, according to a national medical journal. (26) pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746089917 2020-09-14 23:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746089917 Picnickers will be turned away from Alameda Park pavilions because thousands of bats have nested in the rafters, city health officials announced today. (25) pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746090325 2020-09-14 23:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746090325 A 22-year-old man died this morning when he crashed his car on Cliff Drive while speeding to his wedding, apparently to avoid hitting a dog. (25) pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746090926 2020-09-14 23:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746090926 A Santa Barbara police officer is under investigation for arresting an 8-year-old boy Sunday for slapping another child in a playground fight. pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746092020 2020-09-14 23:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746092020 Stray cats about to be euthanized will no longer be donated to paramedic students who use them to practice inserting breathing tubes, the California Humane Society announced today. (28) pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746092961 2020-09-14 23:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746092961 Prompted by animal-rights activists, the state Humane Society will immediately stop providing homeless cats to paramedic students for practicing life-saving medical techniques. (24) pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746093739 2020-09-14 23:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746093739 Santa Barbara voters will have a chance to vote in November on whether they want fluoride added to the city’s water supplies. (22) pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746094100 2020-09-14 23:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746094100 Capping a 10-year battle by activists to add cavity-fighting fluoride to the city’s water supply, the City Council Wednesday voted to put the issue on the November ballot. (29) pdstark https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746094635 2020-09-15 00:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/pdstark/8bu83i6xkyy2g4em/wish/746094635