Good morning, Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara Deaf & Hard of Hearing Community is now a fiscally sponsored nonprofit project of Access Central Coast in honor of Deaf Awareness Month.

The partnership will help expand free and low cost classes, community events and support for interpreters with donated funds, increasing access for Deaf, hard of hearing and later deafened individuals in our area.

Local leaders met on Sept.

9 at the Goleta Valley Community Center to discuss e-bike safety with law enforcement, schools, and health officials. The group planned improvements in education, infrastructure, enforcement and state policy to help all community riders.

Rotary Club of Santa Barbara North will host its Oktoberfest Fundraiser on Saturday, Sept.

19 at Chase Palm Park from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets start at $24 and proceeds support local programs at Hope Refuge and Adams School as well as international clean water projects (in Turkana, Kenya).

The Mary Jane McCord Planned Parenthood Annual Book Sale runs Tuesday, Sept.

15 to Friday, Sept. 18 at the Earl Warren Showgrounds, featuring over 150,000 books + puzzles, games, CDs and DVDs with proceeds benefiting Planned Parenthood. Visitors are advised to bring tote bags to carry their finds.

UCSB Library’s AI in Action speaker series returns this fall with researchers Arpit Gupta and Miguel Eckstein exploring AI’s influence on networking research and visual perception.

The free event will be held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29 in Instruction and Training Room 1312 (advance registration recommended).

Santa Barbara County firefighters completed a 1-acre prescribed burn near UCSB Lagoon on Monday to control non-native grasses and encourage native vegetation at Campus Point and Coal Oil Point Preserve.

Air quality was carefully monitored and remained good, with crews planning to plant native wildflowers in the fall.

Santa Barbara County is considering mandatory building electrification and converting 16,000 acres for solar, which could cost local families up to $40,000 each as officials weigh environmental benefits against steep conversion expenses (families might pay up to $30,000 for individual upgrades).

Santa Barbara Finance Committee approved a $1 million loan to convert the empty Lawrence M.

Parma School at 915 E. Montecito St. into 30 affordable housing units for district staff, partnering with the school district and Housing Authority; the project uses a 30-year loan at 3% interest — awaiting permits.

Rogelio Castrejon makes batches of a popular salsa and new offerings like guacamole and ceviche at Santa Cruz Market in Old Town Goleta and on West Montecito Street.

The recipe, first created by butcher Edward Pena, has evolved over decades to match local tastes.

The Santa Barbara Ice Hawks will kick off their 10th anniversary season on Sunday, Sept.

20 at Ice in Paradise. The nonprofit club will feature special jersey patches and a retrospective on its decade — highlighting volunteer efforts and competitive youth hockey.

SBCC Men's Soccer lost 4 to 2 to Saddleback on Tuesday night after leading 2 to 0 at halftime — the Vaqueros will travel to Pasadena on Friday at 4:30 p.m. to try to recover their season.

Carpinteria High boys water polo beat Villanova Prep 15-4 on Wednesday in Carpinteria.

The Warriors led early with a 10-1 run and will travel Friday to face Nordhoff.

Dos Pueblos flag football beat Oxnard High 31-20 on Tuesday night at Scott O’Leary Stadium (Goleta) as Ruby Streatfeild threw three touchdown passes and rushed for two, with Dos Pueblos now preparing to host rival San Marcos on Thursday at 6 p.m.