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🌱 How Goleta quietly became one of America’s hottest quantum tech hubs.

Also check out Prepping Your Garden for El Niño on the Goleta Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Goleta quietly became one of America's hottest quantum tech hubs.
  • Why emergency crews swarmed an Eastern Goleta Valley backyard Monday afternoon.
  • Which Goleta bike detours you'll need while Maria Ygnacio closes

Also on today's calendar: Prepping Your Garden for El Niño and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 85 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Humid with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 78, low: 61.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 77 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. The Quantum Coast: Meet America's Top New Tech Hub (commercialobserver.com) — Goleta is emerging as a key hub in the growing quantum computing economy, with major tech firms like Google expanding facilities and UC-Santa Barbara anchoring research nearby. Recent multimillion-dollar tech park deals, new research spaces, and startup activity are reshaping local real estate and job opportunities, turning the Goleta–Santa Barbara area into a national tech destination.
   

2. Illegal Burn Contained in Eastern Goleta Valley Home's Backyard (noozhawk.com) — Emergency crews rushed to an Eastern Goleta Valley home Monday afternoon after an intentionally set but illegal backyard burn was reported on the 800 block of Cieneguitas Road. Firefighters and the Goleta Police Department contained the blaze within a few hours, and no arrests had been made as of late afternoon while authorities continued investigating the property.
   

3. Maria Ygnacio Bike Path in Goleta closes for storm repairs (knews985.com) — If you bike through Goleta, expect major changes: the Maria Ygnacio Bike Path is closed at the Highway 101 undercrossing near Patterson as crews rebuild storm-damaged sections through mid-November. Commuters are being rerouted onto nearby streets like Patterson, Hollister, University Drive, Calle Real, and Turnpike, and drivers are urged to watch for increased bicycle traffic along these detours.
   

4. Cottage Health hosts Sepsis Conference focused on early recognition and rreatment (amigos805.com) — Cottage Health recently hosted a regional Sepsis Conference bringing clinicians together to improve early recognition and treatment of this life-threatening condition, which directly benefits patients served by Cottage's Goleta hospital. With thousands of local emergency visits and births handled annually, Cottage is emphasizing up-to-date sepsis practices, survivor stories, and collaboration so Goleta-area residents receive faster, more effective care when infections turn serious.
   

5. Parking policy masks anti-Muslim discrimination for communities building new mosques (ucsc.edu) — Goleta's long-delayed Islamic Society mosque is highlighted as a key example in new research showing how parking complaints can mask anti-Muslim bias in development hearings nationwide. The study compares mosques and churches across the country and finds mosque projects, like Goleta's, often face extra hearings, added costs, and shifting requirements that slow or block construction despite meeting parking rules.
   

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    Must be dependable, honest and professional. Please send recommendations, thank you! (Nextdoor Mountain View Ranch)
  • CMC Rescue Inc posted a job opening for Quality Coordinator in Goleta. Apply here.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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