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City, county officials satisifed with weekend beach behavior; county health announces only three new COVID-19 cases By NICK MASUDA DIRECTOR OF NEWS
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hat do you get when you mix unseasonably hot COURTESY weather and one of the only areasOF toISAAC leaveHERNANDEZ miles of HERRERO Santa Maria High graduate Bryan beaches open to the public? Barriga Well, that picture was drawn this weekend on the South Coast, and officials are fairly satisfied with the outcome, with a couple of caveats. As it had warned it would do, Santa Barbara County shut down the parking lot at Rincon County Park, as well as reduce parking at Arroyo Burro and Goleta Beach Park, while UCSB Police were monitoring Isla Vis- COURTESY OF ISAAC HERNANDEZ HERRERO ta Beach. Santa Maria High graduate Bryan “Generally, it looks like a rea- Barriga sonable level of public compliance with the physical distancing guidelines,” said Gregg Hart, the county’s Second District By MITCHELL WHITE Supervisor. “Reports were most NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER people doing the right thing and the vast majority of the citations ryan Barriga he KENNETH SONGadmits / NEWS-PRESS were for parking violations.” didn’t have the typical Jessie Neushul advises Mr. Hart indicated that he Lifeguard childhood experience. had a Sunday night conversa- incoming visitors on social disWhen he was 4, Bryan’s father was tancing guidelines and alternate tion with Santa Barbara Coundiagnosed with Meniere’s disease, beach locations. ty Sheriff Bill Brown, who will a disorder of the inner ear, and has share more details about the been unable to work ever since. At 7, weekend today. his mother and younger sister were While the county has jurisdiction over many beaches, the deported to Mexico. city of Santa Barbara was also busy“Imonitoring Leadbetter think it just drove me,” Bryan By MITCHELL WHITE Beach, West Beach and East Beach,told amongst others.STAFF the News-Press during a recent NEWS-PRESS WRITER phone interview.park “I knew that I needAccording to Mayor Cathy Murillo, firefighters, ranged to have future for my ryan Barriga admits heparers, lifeguards, downtown ambassadors anda better beach mainteents and I just wanted totypical help them didn’t have thehow nance workers were all available to educate visitors on out. They’ve done soexperience. much for me just childhood to properly social distance.
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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. 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InDaCut owner Drayten Howell, right, and Derrick The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is receiving a major renovation, led by Kupiec Architects. Projects such as this give local architects hope He applied to 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 three statues,orders. so I can’t even imagine what Portis, director of fleet management. thatsteps evenon if work isn’t happening now, there will be demand for itBarber once the state is past he was young, Mr. has made sev-its stay-at-home first the moon. Harvard and Yale. 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