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SB native remembers late ‘Glee’ actress Naya Rivera By PAUL GONZALEZ NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
“It’s unfortunate for businesses, but we have to think of the health of people first.”
“It’s going to hurt the small businesses and people that are dependent on minimum wage jobs.”
“I don’t know how I feel about COVID, like it being real or it being fake.”
“Since that announcement, business dropped off tremendously. But something has to be done to stop the spread.”
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Newsom orders step back in reopening process
A “Glee” executive producer with local ties called the passing of actress Naya Rivera a tragedy. “This is a profound tragedy for all who knew and worked with her, but mostly it’s an unspeakable loss for her family,” Dante Di Loreto said. Mr. Di Loreto, who grew up in Santa Barbara, spent “every minute on set for the first two seasons” and traveled with the cast nationally and internationally during concert and film tours. Ms. Rivera, 33, went missing on July 8 during a pontoon-boat trip to Lake Piru with her 4-year-old son. Ventura County Sheriff’s Office search teams found her body at the lake on Monday morning. Search teams found Ms. Rivera’s body floating in the northeastern
part of the lake. Dental records confirmed the identity on Tuesday. Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub said Ms. Rivera and her son were swimming in the lake together shortly before her death. “It was during that time that her son described being helped into the boat by Naya, who boosted him onto the deck from behind. He told investigators that he looked back and saw her disappear under the surface of the water,” Mr. Ayub said during a Monday evening press conference. He speculated that the boat may have drifted away from Ms. Rivera because it was unanchored. “She mustered enough energy to get her son back onto the boat, but not enough to save herself,” Sheriff Ayub said. email: pgonzalez@newspress.com
La Arcada Barber Shop is one of the many businesses that was ordered to close under Gov. Newsom’s ruling on Monday.
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Naya Rivera, who portrayed cheerleader and choir member Santana Lopez on “Glee,” is just left of Santa Barbara native Dante Di Loreto, the showrunner and an executive producer, in this photo that the News-Press took in 2010 on the Paramount Pictures set in Hollywood. Ms. Rivera’s body was found Monday morning in Lake Piru.
SBUSD discusses fall plan By JORGE MERCADO NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT
Gyms, nail salons, hair salons, barbershops, indoor malls and places of worship are now being ordered to close again, with many only having been open for less than a month. Gov. Gavin Newsom made an announcement effective immediately on Monday that ordered these businesses to close in the counties on the monitoring list for three days, including Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. In addition, the governor issued a statewide order closing indoor operations at dine-in restaurants, wineries and tasting rooms, movie theaters, family entertainment centers, zoos, museums and cardrooms. Bars also must close all operations. Please see closed on A8
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Churches respond reopening rollbacks due to COVID-19
Trinity Episcopal Church was not impacted by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order suspending indoor operation at churches, as the church never resumed indoor worship during reopening efforts. Services are being offered online through Zoom.
By PAUL GONZALEZ NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom closed indoor operations for several businesses and organizations, including places of worship. While many churches have already transitioned to online or outdoor services, the order put some reopening plans on hold. Monsignor Richard Martini of St. Joseph Church in Carpinteria said his congregation is “ready to do whatever helps us get over the pandemic.” Monsignor Martini said the Catholic Please see churches on A8
The Santa Barbara Unified School District’s Board of Education held a special-study session Tuesday night to discuss the options for the fall semester, which is quickly approaching. Three weeks ago, the board approved a hybrid model the schools could adopt in order to reopen schools on time. The hybrid model would separate the student body into two cohorts, and from there, students attend classes two days a week, learn from home two other days, and all students learn from home on a fifth day. The recent spikes in coronavirus cases in the county, as well as many parts of California, could result in a change of plans -- including the possibility of starting the school year with complete remote learning, following suit behind the Los Angeles Unified and the San Diego Unified school districts. On Tuesday, six local experts from the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, the United Way of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County Behavioral Wellness, and the Santa Barbara Education
Foundation gave their thoughts on the situation and answered questions from the board. Ellen Barger, the assistant superintendent at the Santa Barbara County Education Office, served as the facilitator. Susan Klein-Rothschild, who works at the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, gave important clarification Tuesday night as to what the district would do in certain situations when a student or teacher is sick. Ms. Klein-Rothschild said if someone tests positive with COVID-19, student or teacher, that entire class would be closed for 14 days. If there was someone in another class who was in close contact with said individual that is COVID-19 positive, then they would be removed and quarantined for 14 days as well --- but the classroom would remain open and the isolated person will be monitored closely. Ms. Klein-Rothschild also said the most important thing the board could do was “remain flexible.” “We don’t have the depth of knowledge and research about this new virus. We have different communities and they have Please see sbusd on A8
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