Tree Troll takes root in the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
People visiting the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden in Mission Canyon will likely come face to face with a giant troll in The Backcountry, a new…
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CDC adds a Caribbean getaway to its ‘high’ risk travel category
By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added one destination — a relaxed Caribbean…
Continue ReadingPredominantly Black college to shut down after Covid-19 and cyberattack burdens
By Omar Jimenez and Sean Lyngaas, CNN After more than 150 years, Lincoln College in central Illinois is closing its doors after significant…
Continue ReadingBiden administration warns of impacts to updated vaccine production as it pushes lawmakers for more Covid funding
By Betsy Klein and Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Biden administration is ramping up its warnings of a potential fall and winter surge should Congress fail…
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FDA restricts J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine due to blood clot risk
By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators are strictly limiting who can receive Johnson &…
Continue ReadingCDC moves tourism hot spot out of ‘high’ risk level for Covid-19
By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lowered the Covid-19 travel risk for one of the most…
Continue ReadingAmazon ends its paid Covid-19 sick leave policy
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon is ending its Covid-19 paid sick leave policy starting on Monday, the company said in a memo to employees…
Continue Reading Shanghai COVID outbreak shows signs of waning as cases fall
The COVID-19 outbreak that has shut down most of Shanghai appears to be…
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Santa Barbara County welcomes its first family from war-torn Ukraine
GOLETA, Calif. – News Channel 3-12 shares a glimpse of the indestructible bond between two families, separated by war and 6,000 miles, in this…
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Small but notable increase of COVID-19 cases reported in SLO County
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. – San Luis Obispo County Public Health officials report that COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and outbreaks in the…
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Pollinating grasses and trees hit allergy sufferers hard this season
If your allergies are in full bloom, you’re not alone. No, it’s not COVID-19 in most cases. But, it is a particularly rough allergy season thanks to…
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US begins phasing out COVID-driven asylum restrictions
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration has begun phasing out use of a pandemic-related public health rule…
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San Luis Obispo County Public Health issues new isolation and quarantine orders
SLO County Public Health announced Friday that residents who may have been exposed to COVID-19 but are not symptomatic nor test positive are no…
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Busy bees keep Southcoast beekeeper on the move
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Spring is in the air and so are swarms of bees. News Channel 3-12 caught up with Nicholas Wigle, owner and operator of Super…
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Cold and flu season makes a comeback as masks come off
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – As masks come off, many people are catching things other than the coronavirus. “The fact that we don’t have very many…
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Justice Dept. to appeal order voiding travel mask mandate
The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes and trains and in…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 still isn’t like the flu
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN When Delta Air Lines referred to Covid-19 as an “ordinary seasonal virus” after a federal judge struck down the…
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Amtrak no longer requires riders to wear masks
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Amtrak announced Tuesday night that riders will no longer be required to wear masks while in the train station or on…
Continue ReadingFeds charge 21 people with Covid-related fraud
By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against 21 people for allegedly seeking to defraud…
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Masks no longer required on many Central Coast public buses
Masks are no longer needed to ride some Central Coast buses after a federal judge in Florida on Monday struck down a national mask mandate for public…
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