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Sprouts Farmers Market opening in SB next week By JOSH GREGA NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
“In town, in strips like this, I feel like wearing a mask is essential.”
“I think it’s necessary. It’s good that people wear a mask.”
“I really don’t think it’s “I just think that if we necessary. I think people don’t all get on board, are doing a good job of it’s just going to prolong self-regulating.” the problem.”
Ruby Haber,
Andrea Bartolini,
Arthur Scott Bonilla,
Chris Miller,
retail employee on State Street
waiter at Shaker Mill
Santa Barbara resident
owner of M Special
Mask enforcement Residents discuss citing individuals for not wearing masks
The former location of the Trader Joe’s on Milpas St. near Carpinteria St. is now occupied by a Sprouts Farmers Market, which will open to the public on Sept. 2. According to the supermarket chain’s website, the Santa Barbara location will be Sprouts store #441 and the second location in Santa Barbara County. The other is located in Goleta. In a statement to the NewsPress, Sprouts spokesperson Kaila Pang said the chain is expanding into Santa Barbara in order to “expand local access to fresh and healthy groceries.” The store will be open every day from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., and will implement steps to promote social distancing due to COVID-19. These steps will include floor makers six feet apart at checkout lines and
plexiglass barriers at registers. In the event that the store becomes overly crowded, store managers will regulate the number of shoppers allowed inside. Sprouts already partners with the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County through its Goleta location, and will do the same with the Santa Barbara store. Through Sprouts’ Food Rescue program, the store donates unmarketable, but still edible food, to food banks rather than letting them go to landfills. According to Ms. Pang, unmarketable but still edible foods include “anything from a slightly bruised piece of produce, to a dented can of vegetables or carton of chicken stock.” The new Sprouts is located at 29 S. Milpas St. in Santa Barbara. email: jgrega@newspress.com
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Sprouts Farmers Market is set to open on Wednesday, Sept. 2, on Milpas St. in the old Trader Joe’s location near Carpinteria St.
Solvang City Council votes to create Branding and Design Committee By JOSH GREGA NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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The county will be discussing an ordinance today that allows public officials such as attorneys, probation officers, librarians and veterinarians to cite individuals who aren’t wearing masks in a high-risk situation.
By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT
Today, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will discuss an ordinance that would allow peace officers and other public officials to cite individuals who aren’t wearing a mask in high-risk situations. These officials include, but are not limited to, the district attorney, the sheriff, superintendent of schools, surveyors, veterinarians, county librarians and more. This would be adopted as county law, and violators would
receive either an infraction citation or administrative fine, starting at $100 for the first violation, $200 for a second and $500 for each additional violation within one year, according to a draft of the ordinance. Thoughts on this ordinance vary among residents of Santa Barbara. Ruby Haber grew up in Santa Barbara and works for a clothing store on State Street. She said she would be “fine” with citing people who aren’t wearing masks. “Sometimes it depends on where they are,” she told the News-Press. “If they’re outside
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in a big open area six feet apart in nature, I don’t think it’s necessarily the worst thing to not have a mask on. But in town, in strips like this, I feel like wearing a mask is essential.” Arthur Scott Bonilla, another local, said he doesn’t see the need for citations. “I really don’t think it’s necessary,” he told the NewsPress. “They have so many exceptions, like if someone’s short of breath or eating. I think people are doing a good job of selfregulating.” Andrea Bartolini waits tables
at Shaker Mill on 418 State St. He told the News-Press he supports the idea of citations. “I think it’s necessary. It’s good that people wear a mask,” he said. “It’s nice to be aware of the danger of it and keep everyone safe.” Chris Miller is the owner of M Special, a Goleta-based brewery that’s opening up a location in the 600 block of State Street. He said wearing masks is important for him to be able to start his business. “I just think that if we don’t all get on board, it’s just going to Please see MASKS on A7
The Solvang City Council voted unanimously on a resolution creating a Branding and Design Committee at its Monday meeting and selected the committee’s five members. Solvang mayor Ryan Toussaint was personally absent from the meeting, but participated in the vote remotely. According to the meeting’s agenda, the Branding and Design Committee includes the duties of the city’s now eliminated Board of Architectural Review. These duties include encouraging developments that are designed in a way that best fits the visual character of the Danish town. The council heard speeches by 10 applicants looking to serve on the committee, which comprises five members, all residents of the Santa Ynez Valley, serving one-year terms. Three members are professionals from fields
like architecture, design, architectural history, urban design, and Danish culture, and the other two are lay members. Following the speeches, the council took a brief recess to rank the 10 applicants. The rankings were then presented when the meeting resumed, and the top five applicants were selected as the BDC’s members. Those who received the highest rankings were Rene Kaerskov, CEO of the hospitality design firm Hirsch Bedner Associates, Esther Bates, executive director of the Elverhoj Museum of History and Art and co-author of the book “The Spirit of Solvang,” Jennifer Dryden Hess, senior vice president of Northern Trust, Brett Marchi, a licensed architect, and Halina WyludaKazmierczack, an artist and proprietor of the Art First Studio in Solvang. email: jgrega@newspress.com
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