Santa Barbara News-Press: April 29, 2020

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COURTESY OF ISAAC HERNANDEZ HERRERO mployees and customers of certain businesses are now Santa High Barbara graduate Bryan required to wear face masks after Maria the Santa Barriga City Council authorized an emergency order Tuesday from City Administrator Paul Casey. “Our city council and our city administrators received many communications urging us to require face coverings or masks when people are in a congregate setting, so at a grocery store or at any essential business,” COURTESY OF ISAAC HERNANDEZ HERRERO said Mayor Cathy Murillo. According to the order, face Santa Maria High graduate Bryan masks are now required for Barriga workers and customers of certain essential businesses. The businesses covered in the order include pharmacies, groBy MITCHELL WHITE cery stores, convenience stores, NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER food banks, farmers’ markets, organizations and businesses ryan Barriga he KENNETH SONGadmits / NEWS-PRESS that provide food to the public, didn’t have the typical The Santa Barbara Airport will hardware and building supply childhood nearly $10experience. million in stores, nurseries, laundromats receive Whensupport he was 4,due Bryan’s father was federal to the and dry cleaners, restaurants, diagnosed with Meniere’s disease, CARES Act. More details on A2. taxis, ride sharing services, car a disorder of the inner ear, and has rental companies, publicly ac- been unable to work ever since. At 7, cessible areas in hotels and mo- his mother and younger sister were deported to Mexico. tels, stores that sell pet food and medication, and more. “I think it justwho drove me,” Bryan Businesses must now prohibit entry of isWHITE not Byanyone MITCHELL told the News-Press during a recent NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER wearing a face mask. phone interview. “I knew that I needThey must also provide face masks without charge to emed towithout have a better future for my ryan Barriga admits heparployees, and may either provide masks charge or sell ents and I just wanted to help them didn’t have the typical them to customers. out. They’ve done so much for me just childhood Reusable face masks used by employees must be experience. washed

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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 KenCOURTESY PHOTO Barbara. nedy Center’s moon garden. COURTESY PHOTO crewmate Michael Collins and hundreds est heroes. Coni Edick, a volunteer with Eyes in the Sky, to is more than 30 colRick Wayman, below, and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation are helping people as they deal with the emotions of the pandemic. He applied “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, shown with Max, a great horned owl. such as Ivy League schools he was young, Mr. Barber has made sev- three statues, so I can’t even imagine what first steps on the 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 MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER Please see GRADUATE on A3 By MITCHELL WHITE and behavior data. to track and monitor the recovery period from a rauma doesn’t take a backseat during aThe pandemic. NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER technology was developed in Santa Bar- surgery, or even what sleep patterns can tell you While there are plenty of servicesbara and and efforts being put by a local data science about your overall health. is maintained meeting people’s hat iftoward a conversation could bephysical used needs team.during a time of “That’s the power of the devices and the data A NEWS-PRESS SERIES: SMALL BUSINESS SANTA BARBARA to detect the hidden beginning of local nonprofit “Our data platform the passive collecuncertainty and struggle for so many, Nuclear Ageenables they produce right now,” Alessio Signorini, one Alzheimer’s? tionnon-physical and deep analysis Peace Foundation is doing its part to ensure needs of continuous behavior of the company’s co-founders, told the NewsBy MARILYN MCMAHON Or if the of met. mobile phone or smartwatch data alongside traditional healthcare information, Press. “You would be surprised how much data aretype being NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER you use could reveal adherent you are to NAPF empowering individuals Through itshow Peace Literacy Institute, has developed a and innovative compa- a smartphone would produce for health. Good certain medications? if theusing wearable data and nies to understand and influence the everyday kind of data.” community ofWhat practice, webinars Zoom video confers a longtime Eyes in the Sky volunteer, Coni you compile could show changes in the spread behaviors that create ence discussion groups that aim to give people a place to learnbetter health outcomes,” The devices in use produce millions of data Edick presents six native birds of prey, rehabil- of the flupeace virus literacy across the country? the company’s website states. points. skills, discuss them with their peers and strategize itated from injuries in the wild, to children and These are some of the questions that Evidation The research projects take on a wide variety “There are all these opportunities that before how to apply them in their own lives and communities. As part adults throughout the Santa Barbara area in classrooms, 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 of this practice, the organization is in the midst of publishing a camps, after-school programs and community events. 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 progresthis history of you, which is awesome to undertitled “Peace Literacy Navigating Struggle, Eyes in the Sky is a community education outreach bara and is maintained by aand local data science about your overall health. 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