<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/westmont-news/pedaling-toward-common-ground.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>10/14/2025</pubDate><title>Pedaling Toward Common Ground</title><excerpt>The Westmont Center for Dialogue and Deliberation takes on the hot button issue of e-bikes at its next conversation on Thursday, Oct. 23, at the Community Environmental Council’s (CEC) Environmental Hub, 1219 State Street. The event, “E-Bikes: Balancing Freedom, Safety, and the Spirit of Santa Barbara: A Community Conversation,” is free and open to the public though reservations are required at tinyurl.com/ebiketalk or by emailing WCDD@westmont.edu.</excerpt><author>Scott Craig</author><image>
            
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