Santa Barbara News-Press: July 2, 2020

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City College needs another head coach

Solvang third-grader thinks outside the box

Justine Bosio resigns from softball position after three seasons - A8

Madison Wilson hopes her fundraising campaign will help students of all colors of skin - A3

Our 165th Year

Don of a new season Santa Barbara High graduates Warrecker, True pitch Foresters to victory in opener By MARK PATTON

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ryce Warrecker, a third-generation pitcher for the Santa Barbara Foresters, had a memorable debut during the team’s season opener on Wednesday night. Warrecker, a Santa Barbara High graduate bound for Cal Poly, struck out five batters in two innings as the Foresters defeated the Inland Empire Pirates 12-3 at Pershing Park. The game was the first official sporting event held in Santa Barbara since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down school competition in early March. It marked the start of Bill Pintard’s 26th season as the club’s manager. UCLA made its mark, with starting pitcher Nick Nastrini getting the win by throwing three shutout innings with no walks. Matthew McLain, the Bruins’ AllAmerica shortstop blasted a tworun triple and a two-run single, while Pat Caulfield, a former SBCC star now at UCLA, scored twice, knocked in a run, and stole two bases. Oklahoma’s Christian Encarnacion added a solo homer run and a two-run single. But Warrecker and Derek True, another former Don who played his freshman season at Cal Poly this spring, had the most dramatic performances on the mound. True, who entered the game in the top of the sixth inning with the Foresters leading 6-3, walked two batters and gave up an infield single to load the bases with no outs. He followed that up, however, by striking out the next three Pirates. Warrecker faced a similar situation in the seventh, giving up two singles on his first three pitches. He got an unorthodox double play, however, by striking out Hayden Winters and having catcher Noah Cardenas of UCLA pick off the runner at first base. Warrecker then struck out Jesse Villalobos to end the threat. He struck out the side in the eighth inning on just 13 pitches. His grandfather, former Santa Barbara High coach Fred Warrecker, was an original Forester in the late 1950s. His father, Wes Warrecker, pitched for the team in the mid-1990s. The Foresters exploded for four runs in the second inning. Jace Jung, who went 2-for-3, got the first of his two RBIs with a single.

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s Santa Barbara looks for ways to deal with sky high rents and its housing shortage, the Santa Barbara City Council voted Tuesday to renegotiate plans for the controversial housing project

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anta Barbara County’s Public Health Department announced 268 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, bringing the total to 3,164 total confirmed cases. A total of 88 cases from the latest total are from within the past two weeks, and 25 of them are older than two weeks. The delayed reporting of cases stems from a dramatic increase in testing capacity, growing demand for tests and labs, and longer processing time due to an increase in results. The county, which did not issue a daily update to its numbers on Tuesday due to transitioning from one data platform to another, also did not provide an update on patient recovery. Of the new cases, 156 of them are in Santa Maria, which now has 1,213 confirmed cases. Santa Barbara had 35 new cases , while Goleta had 10. The rest of the cities with new cases were in single digits.There was also one new case in the federal prison complex in Lompoc, bringing the

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total to 994 confirmed cases. Cottage Health is currently caring for a total of 284 patients across all campuses. Of the total 284, 219 are acute care patients and 154 acute care beds remain available. Nineteen patients are in isolation with nine in critical care. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department reported an additional two custody deputies, one custody civilian staff and one patrol deputy have tested positive for COVID-19 this week. Two of the four new cases do not appear to be work-related, authorities said. As of Wednesday, of the 225 only four have tested positive. A total of 114 have tested negative and other results were pending. Some 14 staff members are recovering at home, one in a local hospital and seven have returned back to work after previously testing positive. Also on Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an order to 19 California counties, including Santa Barbara County, directing them to shut down indoor operations at restaurants, wineries, movie theaters, family Please see REOPENING on A8

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Former Santa Barbara High standout Bryce Warrecker had a superb debut with the Santa Barbara Foresters on Wednesday, striking out five over two innings in the Foresters 12-3 victory at Pershing Park.

An error scored Santa Barbara’s second run while McLain drove in the next two with his triple. Encarnacion, a sophomore from Oklahoma State, increased the lead to 5-0 with his third-inning homer. He also scored three runs in the game. Santa Barbara scored again in the fourth on McLain’s single for a 6-1 lead. After the Pirates drew to 6-3 with a two-run fifth, the Foresters pulled away with a run in the seventh on Jung’s sacrifice fly and five more in the eighth. Encarnacion hit a two-run single and Peyton Graham capped the outburst with a three-run double. The Foresters are scheduled to return to Pershing Park for 6 p.m. games tonight against the Santa Barbara Grizzlies and Friday against the Santa Paula Halos. They will play their annual Fourth of the July Game on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. against the Bakersfield Blaze. email: mpatton@newspress.com

in the 700 block of North Milpas Street. The council voted 6-0, with councilmember Meagan Harmon absent, to enter into negotiations for a new development agreement between the city and the property’s new owners. The project, located at 711 N. Milpas St., was first approved by the council in March 2019.

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268 new COVID-19 cases announced Wednesday; 156 in Santa Maria NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

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At left, Santa Maria Mayor Alice Patino. At right, Santa Maria City Council member Gloria Soto.

Combating COVID-19 Santa Maria using education to slow spread of coronavirus By JOSH GREGA NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Former SBHS Don Derek True had a sunny finish after getting into a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the top of the sixth, generatiing three strikeouts in his only inning of work.

SB City Council votes to draft new pact for Milpas housing project By CHRISTIAN WHITTLE

County to roll back previous openings By JORGE MERCADO

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The project was originally proposed to include 76 residential units. Council members Alejandra Gutierrez and Eric Friedman were approached by the project’s new ownership group with a proposed redesign to include a Spanish Mediterranean-style architecture and expand the height of the building to include an additional 16 moderate-income affordable units.

Ms. Gutierrez and Mr. Friedman brought the project back to city council as they believed it would provide affordable housing at a time when the city needs it the most. “The city has experienced a housing crisis for a while, like the state of California, and with the Please see housing on A8

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ith more than 1,200 COVID19 cases, Santa Maria is Santa Barbara County’s coronavirus hotspot. Since the pandemic began, city officials’ primary strategy for combating COVID-19 has been education and outreach efforts that inform the public on the virus and ways to prevent it from spreading, like social distancing and mask wearing. Outreach strategies have included the Santa Maria Recreation & Parks Department’s city rangers educating visitors at parks about how to prevent spreading COVID19, posting English and Spanish signs in strategic locations that encourage mask wearing and social distancing, and inviting personnel from the Santa

Barbara County Public Health Department to speak about the pandemic on local Spanish radio stations. According to city of Santa Maria public information manager Mark van de Kamp, the Spanish radio appearances were especially needed since Santa Maria’s population is 75% Hispanic. Mayor Alice Patino remarked that giving members of the public as much information on the pandemic as possible, as well as what steps they can take to keep themselves healthy, is a more effective way of preventing the spread of COVID-19 than enforcing instances where social distancing and mask wearing are disobeyed. The city did fill certain public areas like its skatepark and basketball courts with wood chips because the people using them weren’t social distancing, but the mayor said enforcing every time residents Please see covid-19 on A2

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L O T T E RY RESU LTS

Comics................. A6 Classified.............. A7 Life.................... A 3-4

Wednesday’s SUPER LOTTO: 19-22-25-33-42 Meganumber:12

Wednesday’s DAILY 4: 9-1-0-6

Tuesday’s MEGA MILLIONS: 9-16-29-37-53 Meganumber: 11

Wednesday’s FANTASY 5: 2-10-19-20-23

Wednesday’s DAILY DERBY: 11-02-06 Time: 1:45.73

Wednesday’s POWERBALL: 15-28-52-53-63 Meganumber: 18

Obituaries............. A8 Soduku................. A5 Weather................ A8

Wednesday’s DAILY 3: 1-9-9 / Evening 5-8-2


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