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🌱 How Westmont’s Montecito-based program is reshaping faith and climate action

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Hi Montecito! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Westmont's Montecito-based program is reshaping faith and climate action
  • Why one inch of Montecito concrete cost more than a car
  • See which Santa Barbara County projects just scored new state funding

Also on today's calendar: Day in the Country Event and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Very warm with plenty of sun, with a high of 90 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 89, low: 66.
  • Thursday: Sunshine and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Westmont College's Faith.Climate.Action Program Spreads the Environmental Word (independent.com) — Westmont College's Faith.Climate.Action program, based on its Montecito-area campus, has spent three years helping Christian college students link their faith with practical climate action. Participants like Beatrice Mae gained tools, community, and confidence to launch projects such as composting programs and faith-based climate talks, and many are now carrying those skills into graduate study and local environmental initiatives.
   

• Wayne Mellinger: Highway 101 and the Art of Never Quite Finishing (noozhawk.com) — Highway 101 widening through Montecito and between Carpinteria and Santa Barbara has become a decades-long, $700 million ordeal that locals now treat as a way of life. This column humorously explores endless cones, shifting detours, and the costly new carpool lanes meant to speed in workers who often can't afford to live in the area they serve.
   

• State Budget Earmarks Include $70 Million for Local Projects (noozhawk.com) — Santa Barbara County agencies and nonprofits are set to receive more than $70 million in new state earmark funding, including money tied to a building on East Montecito Street in Santa Barbara and projects across nearby cities. The allocations range from college gym renovations and community pools to parks, libraries, dental services, and food bank support, shaping public amenities countywide.
   

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  • Why Santa Barbara is worth a road trip from Palm Springs this fall (sacbee.com)
  • Gage Basey/Thomas Hurst, Ella Connor/Jessica Smith Win AVP Santa Barbara Open Titles (noozhawk.com)
  • (Undisclosed Address), Santa Barbara, CA 93111 (zillow.com)

Ok Montecito! 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: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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