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🌱 How nature-based mentoring is growing for Carpinteria’s youngest learners

Carpinteria, California Patch AM: a 4 min read

Coffee in hand, Carpinteria? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How nature-based mentoring is growing for Carpinteria’s youngest learners
  • What Carpinteria’s new homelessness grant bid could mean for housing
  • Are new cannabis odor rules actually clearing Carpinteria’s air?

Also on today's calendar: Circus Vargas Presents "Masquerade!" in Santa Barbara! and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 70 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Saturday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 68, low: 60.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 70 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Rotary Club learns about Wilderness Youth Project's outdoor education programs (coastalview.com) — Carpinteria Morning Rotary members recently heard how Wilderness Youth Project is expanding outdoor education for local kids, including preschoolers served through the Carpinteria Children’s Project. Program leaders described season-long nature mentoring that builds confidence, health, and deep connections to local landscapes, with WYP now serving Carpinteria youth for four years.
   

2. City to apply for grant for potential homelessness services (coastalview.com) — Carpinteria City Council has unanimously agreed to apply for a state encampment resolution grant that could fund supportive housing and two years of services for up to 25 unhoused residents in town. Working with Dignity Moves and potential local philanthropy, the city is exploring tiny-home-style options while stressing that no site or final project has been chosen yet.
   

3. Under threat of shutdown, Carpinteria cannabis growers rush to install new odor-control technology (coastalview.com) — Cannabis greenhouses just outside Carpinteria face possible license revocations as Santa Barbara County enforces new odor-control requirements, but many neighbors say the skunky smell still invades their homes. Growers are scrambling to install cheaper filtration systems instead of the top-tier Envinity scrubbers, while officials test air along property lines and citizen groups like Concerned Carpinterians push for tougher action.
   

4. Local Women Receive PEO Scholarships for College (noozhawk.com) — A Carpinteria High School student is among local seniors honored with PEO-funded scholarships supporting college and advanced degrees. The women’s philanthropic group awarded several sizable regional grants, including memorial scholarships in honor of Lavonne C. Monroe, reinforcing opportunities for Carpinteria and neighboring students to pursue higher education with meaningful financial help.
   

5. Three Longtime Incumbents Have Been Ousted (sitelinesb.com) — Santa Barbara County voters have ousted three longtime incumbents, while Carpinteria-area cannabis growers are under pressure to adopt better odor-control technology that neighbors say still isn’t solving the smell. The roundup also notes a cloth diaper service now serving Carpinteria families and a new staffless hotel concept in Santa Barbara, hinting at changing services across the South Coast.
   

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  • Tranzeal Inc posted a job opening for Material Handler in Carpinteria. Apply here.
  • Hotel Californian posted a job opening for Room Attendant - Housekeeping in Santa Barbara. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Carpinteria here.

Ok Carpinteria! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Carpinteria

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Carpinteria

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.