Jim Nissley

County officials tentatively approved a new law Tuesday described as the first in the nation to force merchants to warn customers that lambskin condoms provide less protection against AIDS than latex condoms. "It seems almost unbelievable that no other jurisdiction has raised this as a public health issue," said Vice Chairman Bill Wallace after a 5-0 vote by the Board of Supervisors.

County officials tentatively approved a new law Tuesday described as the first in the nation to force merchants to warn customers that lambskin condoms provide less protection against AIDS than latex condoms. "It seems almost unbelievable that no other jurisdiction has raised this as a public health issue," said Vice Chairman Bill Wallace after a 5-0 vote by the Board of Supervisors.

Declaring the area "gorgeous," President-elect Bill Clinton relaxed Saturday with a game of beach volleyball and a jog through downtown Santa Barbara that drew a crowd of gawkers and seemed to horrify his security detail. Clinton, spending a four-day family vacation in nearby Summerland, ran down Santa Barbara's State Street to the ocean, then along a bike path to East Beach, where he joined in a volleyball game. As he ran along the ocean, bicyclists and whizzing skaters gathered around him.

Aides had said that Bill Clinton's Southern California weekend would be strictly for relaxation, with no public schedule and perhaps few trips out of the Summerland estate where and he and his family were staying. But, as he has done before, the President-elect had other ideas. Although Clinton could have gone jogging in any of the area's remote, eucalyptus-scented lanes, he chose instead to run through the bustling center of Santa Barbara.