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Engineers make face shields Machine shop melts plastic to help hospitals By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Face shields may seem like a one-time purchase. But for hospital staff, they replace it every day — or at least they’re supposed to. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital couldn’t get as many shields as it needed, so staff members started disinfecting and reusing them. When Ray Karam, CEO of High Temperature Superconductors, heard about the hospital’s need, he reopened his machine shop to make the needed supplies. “If you can do something, then you should do it,” he said in a news release. “ It’s hard to just sit there and watch the world get sick from this virus and do nothing.”
For weeks, Mr. Karam struggled to find the materials he needed. He recruited a team to manufacture the gear, and the four-man assembly line churns out 100 shields per day. He hopes to produce 1,000 per day when he gets his machines rolling. Cottage is already using the shields produced by Mr. Karam and his team. It expects to use at least 5,000 under COVID-19 precautions. “It feels really good that they are using them and that we contributed,” Mr. Karam said. If your health care workers need face shields, contact Larry Good at larry.g@ hitsuperconductors.com. email: ahanshaw@newspress.com
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Pedestrians stroll past parklets set up on State Street in downtown Santa Barbara on Sunday
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Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is getting help with face shields from Ray Karam, CEO of High Temperature Superconductors.
Goleta City Council to interview board candidates By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR
A sign encouraging supporting the local economy hangs off an umbrella.
By ANNELISE HANSHAW NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
Visitors swarmed State Street patios as they escaped their home cities for a laidback Santa Barbara trip. Lines much too long to maintain social-distancing guidelines formed outside of juice shops. Anything to try and beat the heat. A group of three teens from Thousand Oaks rested on their skateboards in the shade. They went swimming at the beach, but because of a county health order, they couldn’t just sit back on the beach. They tried to have fun even during the COVID-19 crisis. They’re seniors in high school, afterall. But they wear their masks everywhere and try to stay six feet away from others. It’s just hard, Cooper Clemons says as he motions to the tightly packed juice line. They usually go to Malibu to enjoy the beach and skate around, but law enforcement is really strict
enforcing health orders there lately. Mr. Clemons says he’s seen people get tickets in Malibu, but he hasn’t noticed it here. “Malibu is just not as chill,” he said. So the three carpooled to Santa Barbara for a short trip. It’s a cool spot for skateboarding and has more public beaches than Malibu.” Another young group of three drove from Los Angeles to enjoy lunch and shop State Street. It’s about seven degrees cooler here, and it seemed fun for a long weekend. Alyssa and Rich Maltz drove from Oakland to Solvang, a trip they had been talking about taking for a while. They love traveling and usually head to the East Coast to see family. Since COVID-19, they stay in California and take day trips. Yesterday morning, they hiked through Inspiration Point. But they headed back early because it was too hot. They went to State Street to Please see STATE ST. on A2
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The Goleta City Council will hold a special meeting Wednesday to conduct interviews for the city’s Design Review Board. The board includes seven members, including four who are required to be Goleta residents. At least two members must be licensed architects, and at least two must be licensed landscape professionals. Three at-large members must reside in the city of Goleta, according to a staff report. Four members would constitute a quorum, which must contain at least one licensed architect and one landscape professional or two licensed architects. A quorum must also contain at least two Goleta residents, according to officials. There could be as many as five members appointed to the board. Two terms have experienced on the board, Karis Clinton and Craig Shallanberger. In July, atlarge member Jennifer Fullerton was appointed to the city’s
Planning Commission, creating an additional vacancy. There is also an opportunity for the city council to appoint a new licensed landscape professional and an additional at-large member, according to the staff report. Goleta city staff has received applications from Gregg Hart and Jonathan Eymann for the at-large position. Martha Degasis has applied for the licensed landscape professional vacancy, while Ms. Clinton and Mr. Shallanberger elected to resubmit their applications for the licensed landscape professional and licensed architect positions, respectively. Ratification of the appointments will be presented to the council on Sept. 15. Council may direct staff to reopen the recruitment and advertise for additional candidates, according to the staff report. Wednesday’s meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. It will be broadcast live on channel 19, as well as at https://tinyurl.com/ GoletaMeetings. email: mwhite@newspress.com
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