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Workplace regulators approve new rules contradicting June 15 reopening
Cal/OSHA approved regulations Thursday night that would require food service workers to continue to wear masks at all times they’re working. Above is David Lee at his Creamistry ice cream shop in downtown Santa Barbara.
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Cal/OSHA updates mask guidance By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Cal/OSHA — the state’s workplace regulators — approved seemingly contradictory rules Thursday night that California workers must continue to wear masks in buildings for the foreseeable future, and they can only take them off if every employee in the room has gotten their COVID-19 vaccine. However, this clashes with both the state Public Health guidance and guidance from the CDC. On June 15, the state plans to fully
reopen in less than two weeks and do away with nearly all mask and social distancing requirements for vaccinated individuals, according to Associated Press reporting. June 15 is when these Cal/OSHA mask mandates would go into effect. If the rules aren’t revised, they could remain in place into early next year. Cal/OSHA’s rules would apply to all employees and places of employment in California, except for work locations with one employee who doesn’t have contact with anyone else, employees working from home, employees with occupational exposure and
employees teleworking from a location of their choice, not under the control of the employer. Employers would need to have workers’ vaccine records on file to comply with regulations. In addition, workers in places such as retail stores and restaurants — any employees who interact with members of the public — must be masked at all times. Leaders of workforce associations have pointed out contradictions with the guidance. Namely, a waiter or waitress must wear a mask while they’re working at the Please see CAL/OSHA on A4
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Crowd protests against pipeline
Human remains found in Montecito Sheriff’s Office confirms bones are from Native Americans By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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A group of activists organized a march on upper State Street Friday to protest corporate banks who are funding fossil fuel projects. The activists successfully delivered letters to the CEOs of Wells Fargo and Chase Bank, urging the banks to halt funding that supports the expansion of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline.
Local advocates urge banks to halt funding to Line 3 pipeline By MADISON HIRNEISEN NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT
“Defund! Divest! Put these banks to the test!” This was the cry of a group of local activists who marched on upper State Street Friday to protest banks who are funding fossil fuel projects, which environmentalists say are causing disastrous climate impacts nationwide. Members of the Society of Fearless Grandmothers, the Sunrise Movement Santa Barbara, 350 Santa Barbara, Climate Reality and the Women’s March of Santa Barbara marched together to protest outside of Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Chase Bank on upper State Street, holding signs and reciting chants. Friday’s protest centered on the expansion of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline, which is currently being built through Indigenous land in northern Minnesota. The pipeline will carry 760,000 barrels a day of tar sands oil for more than 300 miles of northern Minnesota, emitting Please see PROTEST on A3
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Members of the Society of Fearless Grandmothers, the Sunrise Movement Santa Barbara, 350 Santa Barbara, Climate Reality and the Women’s March of Santa Barbara were all present at Friday’s march down upper State Street.
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Landscaping crews uncovered bones while digging a trench for a residential construction project May 24 in the 800 block of Riven Rock Road.
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The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office determined that the human remains unearthed in Montecito last week are Native American remains. Landscaping crews uncovered bones while digging a trench for a residential construction project May 24 in the 800 block of Riven Rock Road. On Thursday, the Coroner’s Bureau concluded that the remains are those of a Native American male of an unknown age. According to Raquel Zick, the Sheriff’s Office’s spokesperson, the structure of the bones indicate the size of a smaller person, but still an adult and not a child. The remains weren’t a complete skeleton. Rather, detectives discovered lots of fragmented pieces with most of the hands and feet missing. “There weren’t big, giant identifiable pieces you could put all together, just because of the breakage,” Ms. Zick told the NewsPress Friday. The Sheriff’s PIO confirmed that the remains were not located on the property of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. They were, Please see REMAINS on A2
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