Santa Barbara couple on their way home from Perú following quarantine
Michelle Cook and her husband Mark Kraus are on the way home to Santa Barbara after a two week quarantine in Perú, where they had visited…
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Home improvement projects during stay at home order keep hardware stores in business
The stay-at-home order appears to have caused a do-it-yourself spike in home improvement…
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Channel Islands Farmers Market limits number of people walking inside
For the first time since the coronavirus crisis began, people lined up six feet apart to enter the Channel Islands Farmers Market in…
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Volunteers make homemade face shields to protect health care workers
An effort is underway to make thousands of protective face shields for health care…
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Asahi Market remains open for business in Oxnard
The historic Asahi Market is open during the stay at home…
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Snowy Plover nesting season gets some help from Audubon volunteers
Members of the Ventura Audubon Society are working on the annual project to protect…
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DMV by appointment only
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The California Department of Motor Vehicles is essential, but it is only open for appointments and there are no driving tests…
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Mission Street Ice Cream & Yogurt featuring McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams serves up comfort food to go
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Ice cream may not seem like essential food, but comfort foods are popular during social distancing and the stay at home order.…
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Sheriff Brown releases non-violent inmates to prevent the spread of COVID-19
The Santa Barbara County Jail is increasingly discharging inmates early to prevent the spread of coronavirus among the people in…
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Homeless return to Ormond Beach
OXNARD, Calif. Homeless residents have returned to Ormond beach, about six months after an eviction warning was followed by an effort to clear out…
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Customers wear protective face masks to farmers markets
OXNARD, Calif. A majority of customers wore face masks to the Channel Islands Farmers Market on Sunday. The market has social distancing reminder…
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The Rockin Henrys launch quarantine tour from their living room
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. The Rockin Henrys are a family band from Ventura that launched a quarantine tour from their Ventura living room. The group,…
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Port Hueneme closes pier to prevent social gatherings
The lack of social distancing led to the closure of the Port…
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“Worried Well” urged to stay home
People who visit their doctors to be reassured are sometimes called, the worried…
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Santa Barbara couple stuck in Perú due to sudden border closures
Michelle Cook and Mark Kraus traveled to Peru to celebrate her birthday, but the vacation hasn’t gone as…
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Parents put play dates on hold during Coronavirus pandemic
Kids may not miss homework while school is out, but many are missing their social…
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Public Health Department takes part in virtual Coronavirus conference
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Public Health staff members took part in a Coronavirus conference without an audience. They wanted it to be virtual to keep…
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Santa Barbara Airport does its part to protect passengers from Coronavirus
The Santa Barbara Airport isn’t as busy as usual due to the…
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Pandemic inspires song: If Only Love Spread Like a Virus
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. The Coronavirus pandemic inspired the song; “If Only Love Spread Like a Virus.” It could be on the way to becoming a quarantine…
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Students make memorial for athlete fatally struck during a training run.
VENTURA, Calif. Ventura High School students made a memorial along Seaward Ave. where one of their classmates was fatally struck by a truck last…
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