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Santa Barbara County Health prepares for regional stay-at-home order

December 4, 2020 10:08 pm Blake DeVine

Over the past month, the weekly sum of coronavirus cases has doubled in Santa Barbara…

Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation delivers holiday hope for families facing childhood cancer

December 4, 2020 12:23 pm Ryan Fish

Families dealing with both childhood cancer and the ongoing pandemic are getting some much-needed…

Santa Barbara County COVID-19 cases now 11,917; 138 deaths

March 26, 2020 12:42 pm NewsChannel 3-12

Current COVID-19 case information in Santa Barbara…

The rush is on to beat possible new COVID restrictions

December 4, 2020 10:44 am John Palminteri

If you are seeing people in more of a rush today, it may be because of the dire warnings of another limited shut down due to rising COVID-19 cases in…

Three more Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s employees test positive for COVID-19

December 4, 2020 3:49 pm Jessica Brest

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office reported that three more employees, including two deputies, have tested positive for the coronavirus in…

Bake Sale fundraiser to honor Unity Shoppe’s Barbara Tellefson

December 4, 2020 1:37 pm C.J. Ward

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Every year just before the annual Unity Shoppe Telethon, Nicole Kourosh organizes a tasty fundraiser to benefit the Santa…

Santa Barbara Harbor to hold virtual holiday lights contest

December 4, 2020 11:35 am Julia Nguyen

Santa Barbara Harbor will hold a virtual holiday lights contest to substitute for their annual Parade of Lights.…

Looking for the Helpers: Holiday calls to seniors

December 4, 2020 9:57 am Alys Martinez, Julia Nguyen

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, seniors everywhere are dealing with strict lockdowns due to their vulnerability to the virus. Many are not able to…

Hair stylists, nail salons frustrated with stay-at-home order

December 3, 2020 10:29 pm Blake DeVine

Despite weeks of new rules and restrictions, coronavirus cases have continued to climb throughout…

The public waits to see if the limited order will ground their December plans

December 3, 2020 7:20 pm John Palminteri

Restaurant business will be curtailed to just to-go orders if new COVID-19 restrictions kick in for the next three…

SB restaurants reeling with new order set to shut down dine-in

December 3, 2020 7:06 pm Ryan Fish

Restaurants will be limited to take-out and delivery only under California’s new Stay-At-Home…

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital cuts back on elective surgeries to allow for COVID-19 capacity

December 3, 2020 7:05 pm Jessica Brest

As COVID-19 cases rise throughout the state, Cottage Health announced they are temporarily reducing the number of elective surgeries performed at…

Brother argues against releasing inmate who shot and killed Buellton man in 2005 road rage incident

December 3, 2020 5:32 pm Genelle Padilla

In 2005, Calvin was charged in the killing of Wayne Shaw. Shaw was shot during an altercation in the parking lot of the Buellton Town…

Los Padres National Forest newly staffed with third Interagency Hotshot Crew

December 3, 2020 4:30 pm Beth Farnsworth

Los Padres National Forest heads into the 2021 fire season with a third Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC) after the Ventana Hand Crew successfully…

Search continues for missing diver off Santa Cruz Island despite poor conditions

December 3, 2020 4:15 pm Travis Schlepp

The sheriff’s office and the United States Coast Guard received a report of the missing diver around 6:45 p.m.…

Santa Barbara police successfully stop man from jumping off overpass

December 3, 2020 4:03 pm Jessica Brest

Crews with the Santa Barbara Police Department successfully prevented a man from jumping off of the La Cumbre overpass Thursday…

Santa Barbara metal artisan weighs in on mysteries of metal monoliths

December 3, 2020 3:01 pm Beth Farnsworth

The recent appearance (and reported disappearance and apparent vandalism) of a metal monolith in San Luis Obispo County has local artisans hammering…

Book Review: Santa Barbara geologist describes history of drought, flood on the South Coast

December 3, 2020 1:38 pm Melinda Burns

Mike Hoover, a Santa Barbara geologist, wants to remind us of the Medieval Drought, the epic dry period that held California and the West in its grip…