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    The 805

    Should sheriff deputies patrol our high schools?

    As the nation wrestles with another school shooting, we visit an active shooter seminar in Goleta. Also, does having a cop on high school campuses make students safer? We ask two parents with two very different opinions.

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    By Jonathan Bastian • Feb 23, 2018 • 26m Listen

    People learn how to take down an active shooter at a Krav Maga self defense school in Goleta. Photo credit: Kathryn Barnes.

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:00

      How to take down an active shooter

      The recent school shooting in Parkland, Fla. has a lot of people thinking, what would I do if an active shooter walked into a room I was in? At a self defense center in Goleta, people are learning how to take down an active shooter.

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      5 min
    2. 4:39

      Do school resource officers help or hurt students?

      This week alone, there’s been over ten separate school shooting threats in Southern California, including Lompoc and Santa Maria.

      Read the story
      14 min
    3. 18:26

      Eating less water could help end the drought

      Oxnard-based author Florencia Ramirez thinks conserving water doesn’t start with taking shorter showers, but with looking at the foods we eat.

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      8 min
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      Jonathan Bastian

      Host, Life Examined

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      Kathryn Barnes

      Producer, Reporter

      NewsCentral Coast

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:005 min

      How to take down an active shooter

    2. 4:3914 min

      Do school resource officers help or hurt students?

    3. 18:268 min

      Eating less water could help end the drought

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