No
one decides to get stranded on a mountain ledge or lost in the forest, but
dozens of people do just that in Santa Barbara County every year.Maybe people would be more careful if they knew their rescuers were likely to be a financial planner, a real estate broker, a personnel manager, a few college students, a handful of businessmen and assorted other white-collar types.
Then again, it doesn’t seem to matter.
Victims don’t really care about anyone’s occupation when the trained amateurs of the county’s
Search and Rescue Team rappel down cliffs or launch boats into white water to pull them from danger, or fan out through miles of wilderness to bring them home safely.
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The Page Youth Center, a hub of activity for thousands of children, families and older adults in Goleta and Santa Barbara, faces closure within 30 days unless it can immediately raise at least $250,000 to pay its legal bills.
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