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UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - The UC Santa Barbara Women's Basketball team fought CSUN Saturday for their second home game of the week. The Gauchos won 88-70 to make themselves 3-1 in conference play and establish a 12-game win streak over CSUN.

(Gauchos have won 10 of their last 11 games. Entenza Design).

FROM HEAD COACH RENEE JIMENEZ
"We really try to stay not outcome focused but process focused, and like are we getting better game to game? We even break the game into like five minute segments," Jimenez said. "We really try to keep them process focused instead of having them check the scoreboard and the end result. It's kind of the approach we've taken this year which I think has worked really well for this group."

HOW IT HAPPENED
Olivia Bradley got to work quickly, driving in a layup for the first basket of the game. The Matadors returned with a three, but Bradley went right back to the basket for another layup. She went on to procure an 11-point first quarter.

The teams initially struggled over the lead, but Santa Barbara secured it for themselves at 16-13. They then went on a ten-point scoring run from which the Matadors would never recover. The Gauchos achieved their highest-scoring differential during the first, making 13 more points than CSUN and wrapping the half at 26-13.

The Gauchos maintained their drastic lead through the second, finishing the quarter 16 points ahead at 47-31. Zoe Borter put up ten of the Gauchos' 21 points.

The Gauchos finished the third quarter 23 points ahead of the Matadors, running them down 75-52. Santa Barbara made 28 points overall – their highest tally of the game.

The game finished 88-70 after the Matadors put on their best quarter of the game. The Gauchos sustained their healthy lead, however, and gave themselves another win.

Santa Barbara shot 57% from the field and five Gauchos scored double digits. Skylar Burke matched her season-high 15 points and Bradley made over 10 points for the 10th time this season.

Chauncey Andersen was back in action, going three for five and grabbing five rebounds. Jessica Grant went four for five in threes and surpassed 200 career three-pointers, while Bojana Radnjic had a career-high three rebounds

UP NEXT
The Gauchos will hit the road next week, visiting UC Davis on Jan. 8 at 6:00 p.m.

(Article by UCSB Athletics)

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Essay by Lauren DePino, CNN

(CNN) — On the morning of my mom’s funeral, I arrived at the church before everyone else. Soon, people would begin trickling in. But first, I needed a moment alone with my mom. I didn’t know if I had it in me to sing for her that day, and I was nearly at zero hour.

A blur of days before, on the night of the summer solstice — the shortest night of the year and the longest night of my life — a phone call jarred me awake with news that stunned me. My mom had coded, and paramedics were trying to revive her. As I stumbled to the car, I cried out to her, knowing she would never answer my cry for her again. Still, l prayed that I was wrong.

Even though I had moved across the country a decade ago, I talked to her every day and saw her multiple times a year for winter visits in Florida, the holidays in my hometown of Philadelphia, and summer visits at the Jersey Shore.

Now, in the Roman Catholic church of both of our childhoods, in the second pew where my mom always sat, I asked for her guidance. How could I not sing for her at the singular occasion that honored her life? The truth was, I was terrified that my voice would crack and I’d ruin her service. At the time, I hadn’t yet processed my most crushing fear — that I’d be forced to live without her.

I pictured her large, dark eyes fixed on me during the hundreds of times I’d sung here for funerals and other gatherings. I saw her reddish-brown curls, her mouth mirroring the lyrics. The stained-glass rainbows falling on her arms. If my voice could really reach her and she could really reach me back, this was the spot for it.

The dirge-crooning daughter

This church was where I’d started singing at funerals 33 years ago, when I was 10. For more than two decades, I was the dirge-crooning daughter of a lively, outspoken mother who hated funerals and just about anything to do with them, especially those wretched wallet-size remembrance cards.

But boy, did she love the music. And she always showed up to hear me sing.

When I sang a set of comfort songs — whether it was at a banquet hall, in a grassy yard or in this very church, she’d often sneak in the back, wearing black, making her way close to my musical post.

Most recently, I would sing and play for her at her independent living complex, seated at the grand piano in the community room.

From the front row, she would shout, “‘Be Not Afraid’!” as if she were requesting “Free Bird.” With her eyes closed, she conducted to her own rhythm.

Would my mother tell me what to do?

I sat in mom’s seat, as stumped as ever, unable to sense any heavenly messages from her. I thought of the earthly guidance I’d received from Meghan Riordan Jarvis, a trauma-informed grief expert, and Mary-Frances O’Connor, a neuroscientist and clinical professor of psychology at the University of Arizona.

While I was a professional funeral singer, Jarvis pointed out that I

* WHAT…Dangerous rip currents and breaking waves due to
elevated surf expected. Minor coastal flooding due to
abnormally high tides between 7.0 and 7.5 feet and gusty
southerly winds.

* WHERE…Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands, Santa Barbara
County Southwestern Coast, Santa Barbara County Southeastern
Coast, Malibu Coast and Los Angeles County Beaches.

* WHEN…Through Monday morning.

* IMPACTS…Pooling of sea water is possible around high tide at
beach and harbor areas that is uncommon with normal tidal
ranges. Enhanced beach erosion is also possible. No
significant damage is expected. There is an increased risk of
ocean drowning. Rip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out
to sea. Waves can wash people off beaches and rocks, and
capsize small boats nearshore.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Peak high tides are expected between 8am
and 11 am. Surf is expected to build and peak during the
afternoon hours today.
Remain out of the water due to hazardous swimming conditions, or
stay near occupied lifeguard towers. Rock jetties can be deadly
in such conditions, stay off the rocks.

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Por Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español

El Gobierno de Venezuela está a la espera de una oficialización de la sucesión del presidente Nicolás Maduro, capturado y trasladado a Nueva York, una vez que la vicepresidenta, Delcy Rodríguez, asegurara que el líder chavista derrocado sigue siendo el único mandatario. Mientras tanto, las fuerzas del aparato chavista que manda en Venezuela desde hace más de 25 años están en pleno proceso de reconfiguración y evaluación luego del ataque militar de Estados Unidos y las amenazas de nuevos operativos.

El Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, que durante las últimas dos décadas ha servido para cimentar el poder del chavismo, ordenó que la vicepresidenta ejecutiva asuma como presidenta encargada. En ese papel, Rodríguez gobernaría con aún más capacidades que Maduro, ya que entra en vigor un decreto de estado de conmoción exterior que le otorga amplias facultades, como movilizar a la Fuerza Armada en todo el territorio, tomar la infraestructura de servicios públicos y activar “todos los planes de seguridad ciudadana”, según adelantó ella misma en septiembre pasado al anunciar el documento.

Sin embargo, Maduro, en sus casi 13 años como presidente, repartió el poder en varias esferas, pero estos ejes cívico y militar no siempre tuvieron una relación fluida, con algunas críticas cruzadas y hasta cuestionamientos públicos. Por eso, el nuevo Gobierno necesitará asegurar el consenso y lealtad en un momento de conmoción.

Rodríguez, que ocupa cargos en el Gobierno desde la época de Hugo Chávez, ha dirigido los ministerios de Comunicación, de Relaciones Exteriores, Economía y, hasta esta semana, el de Petróleo, puestos clave para la imagen, las relaciones y las finanzas del país. De ser oficializada, se convertiría en la primera mujer en encabezar el Ejecutivo en la historia de Venezuela.

Abogada de 56 años, contaba con la plena confianza de Maduro. En octubre desmintió como “mentira y carroña” un reporte de prensa que señalaba supuestas negociaciones con Washington para un gobierno de transición encabezado por ella.

El comando del ala civil y técnica lo lleva junto a su hermano, Jorge Rodríguez, presidente de la Asamblea Nacional, figura clave para impulsar los proyectos de ley más significativos del chavismo, y representante del Gobierno en los infructuosos diálogos con la oposición y con la Casa Blanca.

Hasta ahora, el titular del Congreso ha guardado un silencio que contrasta con su habitual verborragia en redes sociales. Fue él quien tomó juramento a Maduro hace un año para un tercer mandato y es quien sigue a su hermana en la línea sucesoria establecida por la Constitución.

Durante años, cuando se habla del “número 2” del chavismo no se hace referencia a Rodríguez, sino a Diosdado Cabello, actual ministro del Interior, Justicia y Paz.

Fue uno de los políticos más cercanos a Chávez y ya atravesó un cimbronazo: era su vicepresidente cuando se produjo un breve golpe de Estado en 2002. Tras el rápido colapso del gobierno de Pedro Carmona, Cabello asumió brevemente la presidencia antes del regreso de Chávez y quedó marcado a fuego frente a militares y civiles como un dirigente que resistió el golpe.

En sus primeras declaraciones tras el ataque de EE.UU., hizo un llamado a la calma y a la unión: “Confíen en el liderazgo, en la dirigencia del alto mando político y militar para la situación que estamos atravesando”.

Estados Unidos ofrece US$ 25 millones por la captura de Cabello, así como US$ 15 millones por la detención del ministro de Defensa,