Face Masks Now Mandatory While Outdoors in Oregon by Tim Gruver, The Center Square
Anyone in Oregon going outdoors has to wear a face mask if they cannot maintain a 6-foot distance from others, Gov. Kate Brown announced July 13. Brown also extended the state’s current face mask mandate requiring all customers and employers to wear face masks when doing business. On July 11, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported a one-day record number of 409 COVID-19 cases. The agency’s transition to a new reporting system for several hours on July 9 partially accounted for the number, according to OHA. This report marks the fifth time in July that Oregon’s daily case count report exceeded 300 cases statewide. Brown also banned all indoor group gatherings with more than 10 people. Businesses such as restaurants and bars are allowed to serve larger numbers inside. Children over the age of 2 and under the age of 12 are exempt from the order. Violators can potentially face a maximum penalty of 30 days in jail and a $1,250 fine under Brown’s executive order. Enforcing the order will largely be
up to business owners and employees, Brown said. However, Brown said that businesses which fail to enforce mask-wearing in outdoor lines or dining spaces could be dealt “serious consequences” like citations, fines and closure. Such measures are contingent on rising COVID-19 case numbers, according to the governor. “I’m not going to set up the party police,” Brown said. “The proof here will be in the numbers.” While Brown expressed hope that the state would not shut down indoor service in bars and restaurants like in California, she said that “nothing is off the table.” Employees and customers who find restaurants violating these rules can file a complaint with Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health division. The outdoor face mask mandate took effect July 15. Three more died of COVID-19 on July 12, raising the state’s death toll to 237, OHA reported. On July 13, the Oregon Health Authority reported 280 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 12,438. We thank The Center Square for reprint permission.
Arrest Made of Suspect in CA Auto Shop Owner During the investigation, ofThe Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) in California has arrested ficers learned Francisco Javier a former auto repair employee on Castaneda, 31, transient, was an suspicion of murder, after an owner employee at the location and was of the auto repair shop was found seen leaving the business after a loud bang was heard. dead in his office. Shortly thereafter, At approximately Castaneda was reported to 3:22 p.m. June 8,, CMPD CMPD as a suspicious unreceived a call from a known man, with a matchwoman at a business loing description, walking cated in the 1900 block in in the area of Victoria of Harbor Boulevard. Street and Harbor BouleThe caller was a customvard. Castaneda was quicker who contacted the police after she discovered Francisco Javier ly located and arrested. He was booked in the the business owner un- Castaneda has been responsive and slumped charged with murder Costa Mesa jail on one count of murder and was over in his office. Police officers and detectives subsequently transported to the immediately responded to the scene. Orange County jail with no bail. On June 9, CMPD detectives The owner of the business, Garbis Yaghlagian, 60, of Huntington located the firearm believed to be Beach, was found in his office de- used in this crime. Source: Nixle ceased with a gunshot wound.
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