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‘HEY MAN, THEY WALKED O ON THE MOON. LET’S DO THIS!’ Despite social distancing, photographer Bobbi Bennett continues to make her art
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n March 13, Trish Remley thought she was coming down COURTESY OF ISAAC HERNANDEZ HERRERO with a cold brought on by chronic asthma. A visit to her Santa Maria High graduate Bryan doctor sent her on an emotional journey that started Barriga with a positive COVID-19 test. “I figured I had asthma, maybe some allergies. I’ve had a cough associated with asthma, so the only reason I contacted my doctor was to get my inhaler refilled. When she heard me on the phone, she called in my refill, but she said ‘We should probably check you out,’” Ms. Remley said. She has been recovering at her COURTESY OF ISAAC HERNANDEZ HERRERO home in Carpinteria and spoke Santa Maria High graduate Bryan to the News-Press by phone. Barriga Ms. Remley went to her doctor’s office in Ojai on March 27 so her doctor could examine her bronchioles and lungs. After the examination, Ms. Remley’s By MITCHELL WHITE doctor suggested a COVID-19 test NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER because she sounded congested. They tested her that day, and the ryan Barriga admits he results came back positive on didn’t have the typical March 29. childhood experience. “I had the underlying issues of When he was 4, Bryan’s father was asthma and high blood pressure. diagnosed with Meniere’s disease, I didn’t even have a fever or body aches. It was aof fluke me,ear, I and has a disorder the for inner was staying in anyway. been unable to work ever since. At 7, hiselectrician mother and sister were “My husband was still working as an at younger the airport deported (Santa Barbara Airport), but never really came to in Mexico. contact with “I think it just drove me,” Bryan By MITCHELL people because he would work on the tarmac outside,” Ms. WHITE told the News-Press during a recent NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER Remley said. interview. “I knew She felt the worst of the symptoms,phone fatigue and shortness of that I needed to have a better future for my ryan Barriga admits heparbreath, around March 16. Her doctor gave her a Z-Pak inhaler ents and I justhave wanted totypical help them didn’t the on March 27 and she felt better when she finished the inhaler out. They’ve done soexperience. much for me just childhood on March 31. so I could have an education.”
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its 50th anniversary, Santa Monica-based from paraplegic athletes to the heroes of filmmaker Steven Barber has taken a stat- the Joint POW and MIA Accounting Comue of the three Apollo 11 astronauts to the mand. He loves finding a good story and putting a project together. He has had his Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. ifty years ago today, humanity KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS At 2,800 pounds, standing 12 feet tall share of setbacks, but over the years he’s accomplished the impossible. Documentary filmmaker Steven Barber and his wife Tamara are shown with various Apollo 11 celebratory items, including a bust of Neil Armstrong, below. America and the world were in- and costing $750,000, the monument learned that if you keep swinging, you cannot fail. It’s exactly this mentality that led spired when Apollo 11 astronauts Neil marks the end of Mr. Barber’s year long Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, backed by journey to honor three of America’s great- to the statues finally arriving at the Kennedy Center’s moon garden. crewmate Michael Collins and hundreds est heroes. “You can’t believe what it took to put in A brief resident of Santa Barbara when of men and women behind them, took their he was young, Mr. Barber has made sev- three statues, so I can’t even imagine what first steps on the moon. Please see APOLLO 11 on A4 In celebration of their achievement and eral documentaries on subjects ranging its 50th anniversary, Santa Monica-based from paraplegic athletes to the heroes of By CHRISTIAN WHITTLE filmmaker Steven Barber has taken a stat- the Joint POW and MIA Accounting ComNEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT ue of the three Apollo 11 astronauts to the mand. He loves finding a good story and putting a project together. He has had his Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. ifty years ago today, humanity COURTESY PHOTOS At 2,800 pounds, standing 12 feet tall share of setbacks, but over the years he’s accomplished the impossible. Photographer Bobbi Bennett is making a custom surfboard for Montecito Bank & Trust. learned that if you keep swinging, you canAmerica and the world were in- and costing $750,000, the monument not fail. It’s exactly BUSINESS this mentalitySANTA that led BARBARA NEWS-PRESS SMALL Barber’s year long SERIES: spired when Apollo 11 astronauts Neil marks the end of Mr. A the statues finally arriving at the By JOSH GREGA This combination Ms. Bennett taking new andKenold great- toentails Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, backed by journey to honor three of America’s NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER nedy Center’s moon garden. surfboards, changing their front designs to her photographs, and crewmate Michael Collins and hundreds est heroes. can’t believe what displaying it took to put infirst the boards“You with epoxy resin. After her A brief resident of Santarecoating Barbara when of men and women behind them, took their ollaborative artistic efforts like photoshoots seem three statues, even imagine what at asevredone surfboard inso anI can’t art gallery and seeing it sell he was may young, Mr. Barberattempt has made first steps on the moon. like a tricky proposition given and the social recom-on subjects very quickly, Ms. Bennett decided it was something11 worth continPlease see APOLLO on A4 eraldistancing documentaries ranging In celebration of their achievement mended to curb further spreading of COVID-19, but local uing. photographer and surfboard designer Bobbi Bennett recently Since starting Stoked Surfboards, she has designed boards for managed to do just WHITE that when she capturedand thebehavior image soon to be By MITCHELL data. track and monitor the recovery period from a celebrities such as actorto Dennis Quaid and Beach Boys member emblazoned onSTAFF a custom decorative surfboard she designed for NEWS-PRESS WRITER The technology was developed in Santa Barsurgery, even what sleepthat patterns can tell you Bruce Johnston. Ms. Bennett toldorthe News-Press the surfdisplay at Montecito Bank & Trust’s new Mesa barabranch. and is maintained byboards a localare data scienceto be about your overall intended admired, but canhealth. also be used to catch Depicting a male andcould female side by side on the hat if a conversation besurfer used riding team. “That’s the power of the devices and the data a wave. By DAVE MASON A NEWS-PRESS SERIES: SMALL BUSINESS SANTA BARBARA to detect hidden beginning of same wavethe in the waters off of Thousand Steps Beach front ofenables “Our datain platform the passive collecthey produce right now,” Alessio Signorini, one NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER “They’re made for display, but they’re totally rideable,” she Alzheimer’s? tionlatest and deep analysis of continuous behavior of the company’s co-founders, told the Newsa glowing, orange sunset, the surfboard is the the photograsaid. Or if the type ofdesigned mobile phone or smartwatch data alongside healthcare information, Press. “You would be surprised how much data pher has with her fairly recent venture Stoked traditional Surfake 20 seconds and do it right. you use could reveal howStoked, adherent are to empowering and innovative compa- a smartphone would produce for health. Good boards. Through sheyou marries her love of taking individuals pictures That’s the advice from Cottage Health’s Traci certain medications? What ifsurfing. the wearable data nies to understand and influence the everyday kind of data.” Please see PHOTOSHOOT on A2 with her passion for Green for washing your hands completely with soap you compile could show changes in the spread behaviors that create better health outcomes,” The devices in use produce millions of data and water during — and after — the COVID-19 pandemic. of the flu virus across the country? the company’s website states. points. “People don’t realize what 20 seconds is,” the infecThese are some of the questions that Evidation The research projects take on a wide variety “There are all these opportunities that before tion preventionist told the News-Press about the usual BytoMITCHELL WHITE and behavior Health seeks answer. — from qualitydata. of life, sleep and social patterns, to track and monitor the recovery period from a we didn’t have,” said Dr. Signorini. “There is all advised time for washing your hands. 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