Face coverings will be mandated in public places throughout Santa Barbara County beginning Tuesday with exceptions for children under 13, in a…
Leaders from Santa Maria, Lompoc, Guadalupe and communities in the Santa Ynez Valley have launched a campaign urging residents to wear masks in order to protect their neighbors as businesses slowly reopen in Santa Barbara County.
Santa Barbara County confirmed 14 additional COVID-19 cases among county residents and 40 additional cases among inmates at the Lompoc federal penitentiary on Monday, with county officials working to manage a huge influx of positive results from the prison.
Santa Barbara County has confirmed two new COVID-19 cases for a total of 473 as of Monday, with nearly 70% of these cases now recovered.
The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department confirmed the sixth death of a COVID-19 patient on Friday, along with issuing a health order…
The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department confirmed 11 additional COVID-19 cases Wednesday for a total of 440, while officials sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom requesting further financial assistance to meet the requirements of his six-point plan for gradually reopening communities.
A third death related to COVID-19 has been confirmed — a South County individual in their 70s who was in hospice care — the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department reported Thursday.
Santa Barbara County has confirmed 17 additional COVID-19 cases for a total of 260 cases, with numbers continuing to grow in an outbreak at the Federal Penitentiary in Lompoc, public health officials said at a Friday press conference.
While COVID-19 testing has increased in Santa Barbara County with a faster turnaround on results, Public Health Department officials still say…
The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department has 1,700 coronavirus sample collection kits available to high-risk individuals, with one of those tests confirming the second case of coronavirus in the county Tuesday morning.