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‘HEY MAN, THEY WALKED CA. POLICE CHIEFS ASSOC.: ON THE MOON. LET’S DO THIS!’ GOV. NEWSOM TO CLOSE AMERICAN IDOL
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DOWN ALL BEACHES, STATE PARKS AS OF FRIDAY By NICK MASUDA DIRECTOR OF NEWS
Santa Barbara’s Sofia Schuster sings about causes on ‘American Idol’ and elsewhere
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Santa Maria High graduate Bryan Barriga
Overcoming the odds
ccording to a letter obtained first by the News-Press on Wednesday evening, the California Police Chiefs Association stated that Gov. Gavin Newsom has decided that he will be shutting down all beaches and state parks in California, effective Friday. Here is the letter sent out on Wednesday at 7 p.m.: “Our Executive Committee hadCOURTESY a call with Mark Pazin, HERRERO OF ISAAC HERNANDEZ chief of the Law Enforcement Division of Cal OES today. Join- Bryan Santa Maria High graduate ing us on the call were CHP Commissioner Barriga Warren Stanley and representatives from California State Parks. After the well-publicized media coverage of overcrowded beaches this past weekend, in violation of Governor Newsom’s Shelter in Place Order, the Governor will be announcing tomorrow (Thursday) that ALL beaches and all state in California Byparks MITCHELL WHITE will be closed, effective Friday, May 1st. NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER “We wanted to give all of our members a heads up about ryan admits he this in order to provide time for you to plan for Barriga any situations didn’t have thehas typical you might expect as a result, knowing each community childhood experience. its own dynamics. The League of Cities and CSAC leadership he was 4, Bryan’s father was have also been informed. State ParksWhen personnel will be out in diagnosed with Meniere’s disease, order to help support local efforts as well. Our legal counsel, a disorder of the inner ear, and has Jim Touchstone, sent out a Legal Alert Governor’s beenabout unablethe to work ever since. At 7, order a few weeks back.” his mother and younger sister were A Santa Barbara County officialdeported later independently to Mexico. verified that this is indeed Gov. Newsom’s“Iplan for think ittoday. just drove me,” Bryan By MITCHELL WHITE Large crowds could be seen up and the Southern Caltolddown the News-Press during a recent NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER ifornia coast this past weekend as phone temperatures reached interview. “I knewthe that I needed to have a better future for my low 90s, meeting the ire of the governor. ryan Barriga admits heparentsthan and Iinjust wanted totypical help them Locally, while crowds were larger recent weeks, didn’t have the out. They’ve doneeducation soexperience. much for me just childhood Santa Barbara County put a concerted effort into
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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. 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ABOUT TIME: Golfers get in some holes at Santa Barbara ty members and friends who have learned that if you keep swinging, you canAmerica and the world were in- and costing $750,000, the monument attended college, as well as the Golf Club on Wednesday, just days after a new Health 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 Officer Order clarified that golf courses were “essential.” Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, backed by journey to honor three of America’s great- to the statues finally arriving at the KenDAVE MASON / NEWS-PRESS Barbara. nedy Center’s moon garden. crewmate Michael Collins and hundreds est heroes. Santa Barbara vocalist and songwriter Sofia Schuster, 16, is enjoying early success with her musical dreams, including American below. He applied to more than 30 col“You can’t believe what it took to Idol, put in A brief resident of Santa Barbara when of men and women behind them, took their leges, 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 DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER Please see GRADUATE on A3 By MITCHELL WHITE and behavior data. to track and monitor the recovery period from a ofia Schuster outside on a recent sunny afternoon was in a developed in Santa Bar- surgery, or even what sleep patterns can tell you NEWS-PRESS STAFFsat WRITER The technology quiet Summerland neighborhood with a view Pacific by a local data science about your overall health. bara and of is the maintained She played her guitar, closedteam. her eyes and released hat ifOcean. a conversation could be used “That’s the power of the devices and the data A NEWS-PRESS SERIES: SMALL BUSINESS SANTA BARBARA to detect the hidden beginning of “Our data platform enables the passive collecher emotions. they produce right now,” Alessio Signorini, one Alzheimer’s? tion and deep analysis of continuous behavior of the company’s co-founders, told the NewsSofia sang from her heart. Or if the “I type of mobile phone ortoward smartwatch data alongside traditional definitely gravitate deep and meaningful music,” healthcare information, Press. “You would be surprised how much data By NICK MASUDA you use could reveal how adherent you are to empowering individuals said the San Marcos High School sophomore, who competed ear- and innovative compa- a smartphone would produce for health. Good DIRECTOR OF NEWS certain medications? What if the wearable data nies to understand and influence the everyday lier this year on ABC’s “American Idol.” kind of data.” you compile could show changesaudition, in the spread behaviors thatpath create For her first televised she skipped the safer of abetter health outcomes,” The devices in use produce millions of data early three months removed from a K9 tragedy, the of the flucover virusand across the country? thesong, company’s website points. peformed her original pro-choice “My Body My states. Santa Barbara Police Department has four new legs on These are some of the questions that Evidation The research projects take on a wide variety “There are all these opportunities that before Choice.” the job, and she goes by the name of Kyra. 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 “I’m not the type who loves the bubblegum pop kind of stuff,” A purebred German Shepherd, Kyra started to patrol on 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 underSanta Barbara resident, attends San data Sunday with her handler, Officer J. Lombardo. bara who and is maintained by aand local data science about your overall health. 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