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A2 • Friday, March 4, 2022 | Seaside Signal | SeasideSignal.com Oregon aims to lift indoor mask mandate next week By GARY WARNER Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon will drop its indoor mask mandate against COVID-19 more than a week earlier than planned. Gov. Kate Brown said Monday morning that Ore- gon, California and Wash- ington state would lift their mandates simultaneously at 11:59 p.m. March 11. The new date includes ending mask mandates in schools. The order will aff ect over 51.2 million peo- ple from the Mexican bor- der to the Canadian border, about 15% of the national population. The move comes on the two-year anniversary of the fi rst case of COVID-19 reported in Oregon. Working with California and Wash- ington state was crucial to having a unifi ed timeline for the change in mask policy, R.J. Marx Sanitizing station in the lobby of the Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District’s Bob Chisholm Center. Brown said. “As has been made clear time and again over the last two years, COVID-19 does not stop at state borders or county lines,” the gover- nor said in a statement. “On the West Coast, our com- munities and economies are linked. Together, as we con- tinue to recover from the omicron surge, we will build resiliency and prepare for the next variant and the next pandemic.” The move by the three states comes after the federal Centers for Disease Con- trol and Prevention late last week called for new guide- lines to determine risk that would allow for the loosen- ing of restrictions for 70% of the country’s population cron-related severe cases accelerated and the date was moved last week to March 19. But late last week , OHSU issued a forecast showing Oregon would dip below the 400-mark by March 12. The Oregon Health Authority said the lifting of the mask mandate did not include changes to federal and state rules on masks in health care settings, airline fl ights, public transit and other specialized places. Brown’s statement on Monday did not change her plan to lift the state of emer- gency on COVID-19 ear- lier than April 1, the date she announced last week. The emergency rules gave Brown wide powers to set public policy during the cri- sis, including the closing and reopening of in-person class- room instruction, business hours, mask usage and limits on event sizes. The three West Coast states have sought to coordi- nate on COVID-19 response throughout the pandemic, though they have gone their own way at times, such as the vaccine priority list in early 2021. Brown said the gover- nors believed the mask man- date change was best done at the same time for the stretch from the Mexican border to the Canadian border. “Our communities and economies are linked,” Brown said. Brown underlined that the move did not mean the pan- demic was burning out or nearly over. “As we learn to live with this virus, we must remain vigilant to protect each other and prevent disruption to our schools, businesses and communities – with a focus on protecting our most vul- nerable and the people and communities that have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19,” she said. 6:45 p.m., 400 block S. Lincoln: EMS call. 9:27 p.m.,300 block Ninth Ave- nue: EMS call. Feb. 22 11:49 p.m., First Avenue: EMS call. ing assisted at the scene. The driver, a Portland man, wasn’t injured. where coronavirus is posing a low or medium threat to hospitals. However, the map released by the CDC showed much of eastern, central and southwestern Oregon remained in the 30% of pop- ulation areas that remain at high risk. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee issued sim- ilar statements Monday morning with the same date and time for dropping indoor mask mandates. The new date is the sec- ond time in two weeks that health offi cials have moved up the date to lift mask mandates. Brown had originally said that the mask mandate would end by March 31, about when Oregon Health & Sci- ence University projected the state would drop below 400 daily patients hospital- ized with COVID-19. The decline in omi- PUBLIC SAFETY SEASIDE POLICE DEPT. PUBLIC SAFETY LOG self-harm. The person is con- tacted and says they are not a danger to themselves or others. No further action was taken. Feb. 19 Feb. 18 4:45 a.m., 800 block S. Roos- evelt: EMS call. 10:43 a.m., 300 block Fifth Ave- nue: Caller says a motorhome is causing a parking obstruction in the area. 12:44 a.m., 1700 block Pine Ridge Drive: EMS call. 2:37 a.m., First Avenue: Fire alarm. 10:16 a.m., N. Holladay: Police and fi refi ghters respond to a fi re alarm at a hotel. 11:24 a.m., 300 block First Av- enue: Caller reports ongoing issue with transient parking in Convention Center public parking. 11:49 a.m., 500 block S. Lin- coln: Two people reported arguing loudly say the fight is verbal only. Police warn them of disorderly conduct. 11:26 a.m. 300 block Fourth Av- enue: EMS call. 1:12 p.m., 800 block Broadway: A person is arrested on a war- rant. 11:41 a.m., 33000 block Wild Daff odil: Assist another agency. 12:30 p.m., 15th and Holladay: A person is cited for careless driving. 5:57 p.m., Convention Center: A transient in a red car report- ed lighting sheets of paper on fire and throwing them is ad- vised of their behavior. 11:57 p.m., 1000 block Beach Drive: Police do a welfare check requested by a third party re- garding someone who might 2:56 p.m., N. Roosevelt: Tran- sients accused of doing drugs in the bathroom are found eating cheeseburgers. After being advised of the com- plaint, they said they would move along. 4:01 p.m., Sunset Beach: Gear- hart police are assisted with a traffi c stop. 5:58 p.m., 600 block S. Edge- wood: Medix, fi refi ghters and police are on scene for an EMS call. Feb. 20 1:27 a.m., Bridge Tender: A person is accused of trying to start fi ghts with other peo- ple. 2:10 a.m., 900 block S. Hol- laday: A person reported screaming in the Napa Auto Parts lot is warned of disor- derly conduct. A case is tak- en. 2:51 a.m., Library: A person is reported on the property after hours. Police advise them to move along. 5:36 p.m., 1200 block Avenue B: EMS call. 6:02 p.m., 16th and Ocean Shore: Fire investigation. 9:51 p.m., 1200 block S. Holi- day: A person is arrested and charged with driving while under the infl uence of intoxi- cants. Feb. 21 5:19 a.m., 2020 block Beach Drive: EMS call. 6:03 a.m., Forest Drive: EMS call. 8:59 a.m., 2100 block Lewis and Clark Road: EMS call. 2:26 p.m.. Broadway Park: An assault is reported. energytrust.org 10:47 a.m., 1700 block 12th Av- enue: EMS call. Feb. 24 11:20 a.m., 10th and Necani- cum: A person is cited for un- lawful lodging. 9:22 a.m., 3100 block Sunset Blvd: An odor of gas/smoke/ chemical was reported. 11:45 a.m., 82000 Maple Road: Structure fi re reported fl ames and black smoke. 2:01 p.m., 1000 block Beach Drive: Options are given to a caller with questions. 3:20 p.m., 300 block S. Colum- bia: Fraud is reported. 3:42 p.m., N. Prom: A message was delivered. 5:01 p.m., 11th and Necani- cum: Welfare check requested. 3:55 p.m., 300 block S. Colum- bia; EMS call. 10:59 p.m., 10th and Necani- cum: Police respond to a report of suspicious activity but on arrival say nothing suspicious is happening. 10:53 p.m., 800 block Broad- way: A disturbance is reported. Feb. 23 OREGON STATE POLICE PUBLIC SAFETY LOG 5:33 p.m., 1100 block Broad- way: Caller reports suspicious activity at a vacant house; on contact, the subject clears with police she is allowed to be there. On the same stretch of road, U.S. Highway 26 near mile- post 8 at 9:03 a.m., another driver encountered ice and slid off the highway. The car came to a stop and both the driver and a passenger left the car, did not report what happened, and continued on to their workplace. Troopers saw the car when responding to the ice-related crash that happened an hour earlier. The owner of the second car told police they’d already called for tow. The business owner said he was unaware of Oregon law regarding crash reporting. Seaside Tow recovered the ve- hicle. Car on fi re 2:51 a.m., 1000 block S. Down- ing: EMS call. 9:00 a.m., 1100 block N. Roo- sevelt; A disoriented elderly man reported by CMH Urgent Care is reunited with his family. Ice-related crash Ice on roadway A crash occurred Feb. 22 at 8:01 a.m. on U.S. Highway 26 near milepost 8 after a driv- er encountered ice on the roadway. The car slid off the paved portion of the roadway and rolled on to its top before coming to a stop. Hamlet fi re- fi ghters, ODOT and Gary’s Tow- A car was reported on fi re Feb. 22 at 8:58 p.m. on the beach between Sunset Beach and DeLaura Beach. An abandoned and burning blue Ford pickup was located and the fi re ex- tinguished by Warrenton fi re fi ghters. The Clatsop County Sons of Beaches removed the burned pickup from the beach and Clatsop Towing completed the tow.