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President Trump re-nominated One new COVID-19 death President Donald Trump was nominated for re-election Chuck’s Waterfront Grill Forest Service extends Monday during the first night of the Republican National Convention. President Trump addressed the 336 delegates who cast their in Santa Barbara County state-wide campsite and picnic area closures votes in a Charlotte Convention Center ballroom in North Carolina. Chairs were arranged to leave space between them. Also on Monday, Vice President Mike Pence was nominated for re-election. The convention runs through Thursday, and President Trump is expected to speak each night. — Dave Mason By JOSH GREGA NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department reported one additional COVID-19 death on Monday. According to the department’s website, the deceased and Endless Summer Bar Cafe close permanently Public Health reported 61 new daily cases. Most, 27, were in Santa Maria, with By CHRISTIAN WHITTLE NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER Developed recreation sites in California will remain closed through May 15 after the USDA Forest Service issued an order extending the closures Thursday. The order was issued for the entire Pacific Southwest Region and its 18 National Forests, which includes the Los Padres National Forest. The initial closure order went into effect March 26 and was set to expire April 30. It applied to recreational use areas such as campgrounds, day use sites and picnic areas. The order was issued to discourage large gatherings of people and promote safe social distancing of staying more than six feet apart. bara Front Country trails and access roads. “What we’re seeing a lot of folks are doing is they’re driving up alongside of the road and just going for hikes up there. That’s ok. There’s not an order against hiking trails,” said Andew Madsen, U.S. Forest Service spokesman. “We just want to make sure if people go out they’re safely spaced between one another. If you get to a trailhead and there’s just too many cars there, you should find a different area to go to as opposed to trying to get in.” As state and local responses to the coronavirus pandemic continue to evolve, the Forest Service felt that the situation warranted a two week extension of the closures, said Mr. Madsen. “At the end of that they’ll evaluate and see where we’re at and whether or not we’re going to continue Virtual meeting to cover Platform Holly Platform Holly will be discussed during a virtual town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday. The city of Goleta and the California State Lands Commission are co-hosting the meeting. “We are working closely with the California State Lands Commission as it decommissions Platform Holly and Piers 421 and 422,” Goleta Mayor Paula Perotte said in a news release. “Our priorities continue to be ensuring the safety of our residents and protecting our beaches and ocean and environment, by ending oil drilling, extraction and processing on Goleta’s shores.” You can view the meeting live at https://tinyurl.com/ goletalivestream. You also can watch a recording anytime at www.cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings. — Dave Mason individual was over 70 years of age with underlying health conditions and lived in a congregate care facility in Mission Canyon. This is the 11th COVID-19 death in the city of Santa Barbara and the 88th in the county. On Monday Public Health also reported a total of 61 new daily cases. Most, 27, were in Santa Maria, with the city of Santa Barbara and unincorporated area of Mission Canyon reporting the second most, 12. Other daily cases include two in Goleta, one in Isla Vista, four in the unincorporated area of the Goleta Valley and Gaviota, two in the Santa Ynez Valley, five in Lompoc, and one in Orcutt. There are also six pending cases. Santa Maria also leads the county CENTRAL VALLEY AUTO DISMANTLERS WE BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS, & HEAVY EQUIPMENT ANY CONDITION CASH! WE PICK UP FREE! © 2020 Ashleigh Brilliant, 117 W. Valerio Santa Barbara CA 93101 (catalog $5). www.ashleighbrilliant.com By JOSH GREGA NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER More than 20 years after they first opened, Chuck’s Waterfront Grill and The Endless Summer Bar Café are permanently closed. On the morning of April 30 the waterfront restaurant announced its closure with a farewell post on its Instagram account. The post read, “It is with heavy hearts that we announce we have closed our doors for good. Thank you for your constant support. The memories will never be forgotten.” Despite the current economic chaos due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the prospect of Chuck’s and Endless Summer ceasing operation dates back to before the outbreak.AccordingtotheagendaofaMarch24SantaBarbara City Council meeting in which assignment of the Brekkies by Chomp, and Mortensen’s Danish Bakery. The initial lease for the Chuck’s and Endless Summer property is 10 years with four, five-year options to extend the term of the lease. Mr. Petersen is inheriting the existing lease with only the four, five-year options remaining, with an average seasonally adjusted base rent of $23,585 per month. Though Mr. Petersen plans to continue running Chuck’s and Endless Summer in line with its current operation for a time, the restaurant has upgrades planned for around the fall. According to the agenda, under Mr. Petersen’s business plan the second floor of the establishment will be converted into a traditional deli café focused on sandwiches, soups, and salads, with a gourmet grocery area selling wine, beer, and prepackaged foods. For evenings, the second floor will in total confirmed coronavirus cases, with 3,441, and the city of Santa Barbara and unincorporated area of Mission Canyon with the second most, 1049. Most who have been infected in both localities have recovered, 3,307 Please see COVID on A8 Santa Barbara and the unincorporated area of Mission Canyon reporting the second most, 12. In the Santa Barbara Ranger District, 12 campgrounds and picnic areas will remain closed, includas we need it,” said Mr. Madsen. “This order can be rescinded at any time. If local restaurant’s lease to a new operator was the first item, Chuck’s and Endless Summer co-owner Steve Hyslop (805) 736-6719 have a full bar and a dinner menu focusing on “adult food and beverages.” ing the Fremont campground and White Rock and Red Rock picnic areas. health officials say it looks like the sky has cleared up we can rescind the order tomorrow. For right now, we TRAFFIC, CRIME AND FIRE BLOTTER 613 S. AVALON ST. LOMPOC CA 93436 informed the Waterfront Department of his desire to sell the establishment in August 2019. The restaurant’s ground floor is proposed to be similar to Mr. Petersen’s Chomp restaurants. Its menu of
The order Thursday does not add to the closures don’t want to extend it out too far. After receiving the department’s lease assignment burgers, fries, and shakes will cater to families, young already in place for Santa Barbara. While other ar“We just want to make sure in the next couple of requirements, Mr. Hyslop began searching for a new adults, and retirees, and for evenings will be converted eas like the Monterey Ranger District have closed weeks as we monitor what’s going on that we are takbuyer and ultimately found it in businessman Aaron to a “dinner type atmosphere.” trailheads and forest roads, locals will still have acing the appropriate steps along with our state and Petersen, who operates a number of restaurants in Solcess to the many Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Barlocal partners.” vang including Chomp, The Coffee House by Chomp, Medicare email: jgrega@newspress.com /LFHQVH Supplements?
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The devices were RafaelMendezBuilding MaintenanceServices.com RafaelMendez BuildingMaintenance Services.com Beaches remain open after all; county announces 11 new COVID cases, largest since last week electric bicycles were almost stolen recently from Electric Bikes of Santa Barbara, 1345 State St. The first attempt occurred at 2:30 a.m. Aug. 14, according to shop owner Scott LaMoine. The suspects used the city signs indicating the closure of State Street to smash the window. They then climbed through and pulled a $6,000 bike through the window. them back to the military base. Detonating the devices at the residence was not viable because of the proximity to nearby homes,” transport, the Police Department evacuated Pershing Park and notified local businesses. No other evacuations were deemed rendered safe at approximately 6:50 p.m. — Mitchell White 7%.$9-C#!7 #O 0UBLISHER !24(526/.7)%3%."%2'%2 #O 0UBLISHER 9/,!.$!!0/$!#! $IRECTOROF/PERATIONS YOLANDA APODACA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Operations DAVE MASON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Managing Editor NEWS-PRESS STAFF REPORT In a dramatic change after a Wednesday night memo from the California Police Chiefs Association indicated that Gov. Newsom would be closing all beaches and state parks, the governor indicated that only beaches in Orange County would be suffering that fate. “Bottom line, that was their memo. That memo never got to me,” Gov. Newsom said at his daily press conference. That allows Santa Barbara County and the city of Santa Barbara to continue to govern the beaches along the South Coast, which will remain open, as long as physical distancing is followed. “Those that are doing good work, we want to reward that work,” Gov. Newsom said. Police arrived due to the suspects setting off the alarm. Mr. LaMoine told them which bike was stolen, and they located the suspects riding it downtown and recovered it. The second attempted bike theft occurred around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Mr. LaMoine said the suspect used the same sign to smash the same window to steal a bike, but the owner was present at the shop and heard the break in. He called 911, grabbed the bike from the suspect’s hands and the suspect escaped on a skateboard. Mr. LaMoine contacted city officials to remove the metal signs “because it’s the perfect tool to break a window,” and the city removed them. The store owner told the NewsPress he’s putting up bars to make sure no one can fit the bikes through the windows. 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