Santa Barbara News-Press: April 23, 2020

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‘HEY MAN, THEY WALKED ON THE MOON. LET’S DO THIS!’ ‘IT’S ALL ABOUT ‘HEY MAN, THEY WALKED A SON’S LOVE T HIS MOTHER’ ON FOR THE MOON. LET’S DO THIS!’ COMMUNITY INNOVATION

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Serology tests now available in the county, but what will it mean? Plus, new stimulus plan comes with small business aid

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By NICK MASUDA & MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITERS

In spite of the coronavirus outbreak, David Castillo continues to visit his mother, Rosie, at Lompoc Valley as she battles Alzheimer’s

here was good news to be had at Wednesday’s daily OF ISAAC HERNANDEZ Santa Barbara County PublicCOURTESY Health Department press HERRERO Santa Maria High graduate conference — cases were down, scheduled surgeries Bryan are back in and antibody blood testsBarriga are now available locally. But each came with a caveat. Cases were down, but the 11 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were back in the community and not at the Lompoc federal prison, including eight in Santa Maria to give it a total of 109 to date. Only one — in Goleta — was in South County. COURTESY OF ISAAC HERNANDEZ HERRERO Gov. Gavin Newsom opened Santa Maria High graduate Bryan the door for elective and sched- Barriga uled surgeries to be put back in play — potentially helping hospitals and other healthcare businesses to begin to recover By MITCHELL WHITE financially — but also comes at NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER a cost, as all patients will have to be tested for COVID-19 before ryan Barriga he KENNETH SONGadmits / NEWS-PRESS checking into the hospital or fadidn’t havetemperatures the typical cility. The county has struggled Record-breaking childhood experience. to find enough testing to date, greeted Santa Barbara. When hethe wasweek 4, Bryan’s fatherA2. was A look at to come, although PHD health officer diagnosed with Meniere’s disease, Dr. Henning Ansorg felt that a disorder of the inner ear, and has enough are becoming available been unable to work ever since. At 7, to help the coming influx in activityhis at hospitals. mother and younger sister were “Because of the hard work of Dr.deported (Stewart)toComer and his Mexico. team, we have really ramped up our“I testing capabilities that think it just drove me,” Bryan By MITCHELL WHITE we are easily able to provide those tests now,” Dr. Ansorg said. told the News-Press during a recent NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER “Iand knew that I needFinally, after weeks of clamoringphone from interview. politicians resed to have a better for my ryan Barriga admits heparidents alike, Quest Diagnostics opened up its labs tofuture test loents I justhave wanted help them didn’t thetotypical cals with the antibody test, one that willand indicate whether or out. They’ve done soexperience. much for me just childhood not a person has already had the coronavirus. As staggering

Overcoming the odds 16-year-old Santa Maria High graduate headed to Notre Dame

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He loves finding a good story and out. They’ve done sobecause much forhe mewas just trying to do it all byeducation.” himself. putting a project together. He has had his Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. ifty years ago today, humanity so I could have an KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS He was able to lean on communiLast month, Bryan received his 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. ty members and friends who have high school diploma from Santa MaAmerica and the world were in- and costing $750,000, the monument learned that if you keep swinging, you canattended college, as age wellofas ria High School at the 16.the He spired when Apollo 11 astronauts Neil marks the end of Mr. Barber’s year long not fail. It’s exactly this mentality that led Scholarship Foundation of Santa is the first member of his family to Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, backed by journey to honor three of America’s great- to the statues finally arriving at the KenBarbara. nedy Center’s moon garden. graduate high school and in the fall crewmate Michael Collins and hundreds est heroes. to more than 30 col“You can’t believe what it took to put in heHe willapplied be heading to the University A brief resident of Santa Barbara when of men and women behind them, took their leges, such as Ivy League schools of Notre Dame. he was young, Mr. Barber has made sev- three statues, so I can’t even imagine what first steps on the moon. Harvard andfirst Yale. applied Being the inHe hisalso family to atPlease see APOLLO 11 on A4 In celebration of their achievement and eral documentaries on subjects ranging to other prestigious colleges such as tend college came with its challengits 50th anniversary, Santa Monica-based from paraplegic athletes to the heroes of By CHRISTIAN WHITTLE es. Bryan application filmmaker Steven Barber has taken a stat- the Joint POW and MIA Accounting ComNEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT Pleasesaid see the GRADUATE onproA3 cess was difficult because he was ue of the three Apollo 11 astronauts to the mand. He loves finding a good story and trying to do it all by himself. putting a project together. He has had his Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. ifty years ago today, humanity He was able to lean on communiAt 2,800 pounds, standing 12 feet tall share of setbacks, but over the years he’s accomplished the impossible. ty members and friends who have America and the world were in- and costing $750,000, the monument learned that if you keep swinging, you canattended college, as well as the 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 Scholarship Foundation of Santa Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, backed by journey to honor three of America’s great- to the statues finally arriving at the KenKENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS Barbara. nedy Center’s moon garden. COURTESY PHOTOS crewmate Michael Collins and hundreds est heroes. Chaucer’s employee Dionne Elsey delivers Above, David Castillo visits with his mother, Rosie, who is being cared for at the Comprehensive Care Center at Lompoc Valley Medical He appliedantoorder. more than 30 col“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 leges, such as Ivy League schools statues, so I can’t even imagine what Center. Below, mural with Ms. Castillo’s facehe is displayed in Mr. Lompoc, where moved in 1934. was young, Barber has she made sev- tothree first steps on thea moon. Harvard and Yale. He also applied Please see APOLLO 11 on A4 In celebration of their achievement and eral documentaries on subjects ranging to other prestigious colleges such as By PAUL GONZALEZ NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER Please see GRADUATE on A3 By MITCHELL WHITE and behavior data. to track and monitor the recovery period from a osie Castillo her whole life taking of her was son developed in Santa Bar- surgery, or even what sleep patterns can tell you NEWS-PRESS STAFFspent WRITER The care technology David. Now he’s returning the favorbara as Ms. Castillo battles by a local data science about your overall health. and is maintained disease. hat if Alzheimer’s a conversation could be used team. “That’s the power of the devices and the data A NEWS-PRESS SERIES: SMALL BUSINESS SANTA BARBARA toBefore detect the thecoronavirus hidden beginning of Mr. Castillo, “Our 56, data platform the passive collecoutbreak, would duti-enables they produce right now,” Alessio Signorini, one Alzheimer’s? and deep analysis of continuous behavior of the company’s co-founders, told the Newsfully visit his 86-year-old mother every daytion at the Comprehensive Or if the type of mobile phoneValley or smartwatch data alongside traditional healthcare information, Press. “You would be surprised how much data By JOSH GREGA Care Center at Lompoc Medical Center. NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER you use could how adherent youand are treatment; to empowering individuals The reveal CCC offers 24-hour care Ms. Castillo has and innovative compa- a smartphone would produce for health. Good certain medications? What if the wearable data nies to understand and influence the everyday lived there for the past year. kind of data.” you compile could showthan changes in theShe’s spread behaviors thatreplacecreate better health outcomes,” ore people are spending a greater amount of “It’s tougher anything. got two partial hip The devices in use produce millions of data of the fluments virus across thewere country? theis company’s time indoors these days to curtail further spreadpoints. and they a year apart and this so much website harder. states. These are some of the questions that Evidation The research projects take on a wide variety ing of COVID-19 and need to occupy their time “There are all these opportunities that before That was okay because I knew she would get stronger. This is so BytoMITCHELL WHITE and behavior Health seeks answer. — from qualitydata. of life, sleep and social patterns, to track and monitor the recovery period from a with something, so it stands to reason that a demand for we didn’t have,” said Dr. Signorini. “There is all much harder. I go there and I just pray that she knows it’s me and NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER The technology was developed in Santa Bar- surgery, or even what sleep patterns can tell you The Santa Barbara-based company, at 15 W. multiple sclerosis, heart defects, disease progresbooks remains. this history of you, which is awesome to underI take my dog with me every time when I go. She’s got Alzheimer’s bara anxiety, and is maintained by aand local data science about your overall health. Figueroa St., does cutting-edge research using sion, behavior data more. It thus turns out that restaurants aren’t the only small how you really feel, what is going on in dementia. hat if a and conversation could used team. data fromdisease smartphones, wearables, andbe medical Some of the data used for the research is pro- stand “That’s the power of the devices and the data businesses serving customers through curbside pickup. your life and (helps) to try and predict what is “I just want her toto either know it’s me orduced see something familtouncover detect the beginning of “Our platform enables theWatch passive devices to newhidden ways understand how bydata devices like Fitbit, Apple orcollecsmart- they produce right now,” Alessio Signorini, one Chaucer’s Books has adopted the method to safely get next,” he said. 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