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$2.4 Million Cuyama Pool Getting $1.7 Million Fix

With a vote from the supervisors, reconstruction of the Joseph Centeno Cuyama Pool and Aquatics Complex — opened in 2010 but closed since 2012 after a leak and collapse — can get underway and put the center on track for reopening.

Support Event Helps 490 Veterans

The third annual Santa Barbara County Veterans Stand Down on 10/18 served 490 veterans, 117 of whom were homeless and 30 of whom were women, according to Supervisor Steve Lavagnino, who started the event in the area in 2012.

DP Freshman Wins National Science Competition

Dos Pueblos High School freshman James Roney won first place in the science component of the Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering Rising Stars) competition, which featured science fair winners from across the United States.

Bicycle Coalition Giving Away 1,400 Lights

For the fourth year in a row, the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition is putting on its Light Up the Night campaign and distributing 1,400 free bike lights to low-income cyclists.

Diane Mooshoolzadeh

Diane Mooshoolzadeh — UCSB alum and Santa Barbara Independent copy editor — slips on her dancing shoes four days a week and waltzes to UCSB’s Cotillion Dance Club, where social and competitive dancers step to the tango and paso doble, as well as the samba and hustle.

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