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There’s a new way to learn a fun new skill at the Santa Barbara Public Library

At the Santa Barbara Public Library it’s not just books on offer, you can also go ice-skating!
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At the Santa Barbara Public Library it’s not just books on offer, you can also go ice-skating!

As well as books, you can now check out a pass to take your family ice-skating!

It might seem unusual, but at the Santa Barbara Public Library it’s not just books on offer, you can also go ice skating!

"Not everybody has the same resources to go to places to enjoy as a family, so we decided to partner with Ice in Paradise," explained Catalina Morancey from the Santa Barbara Library.

Morancey added that library cardholders can check out skating passes to Ice in Paradise in Goleta, just like any other library item.

"It's the same," she said. "They can borrow for seven days. They can go every day for seven days, and they need to return it. If they want it, they can put a hold and they'll get a message when it's available and they can pick it up. We have it in all the libraries," she said.

There are also other more unusual items available to borrow, from telescopes to fishing poles to sewing machines.

Caroline joined KCLU in October 2020. She won LA Press Club's Audio Journalist of the Year Award for three consecutive years in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Since joining the station she's also won 11 Golden Mike Awards, 8 Los Angeles Press Club Journalism Awards, 4 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards and three Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Excellence in Writing, Diversity and Use of Sound.

She started her broadcasting career in the UK, in both radio and television for BBC News, 95.8 Capital FM and Sky News and was awarded by Prince Philip for her services to radio and journalism in 2007.

She has lived in California for twelve years and is both an American and British citizen - and a very proud mom to her daughter, Elsie.