Santa Barbara County Never Executed Lease for Sears Building COVID-19 Alternate Care Site
Public health officials say expansion within the local hospital campuses is now the preferred approach to increasing capacity
Santa Barbara County pursued leasing the former Sears building in La Cumbre Plaza as an alternate care site for COVID-19 patients, but did not execute the agreement. (Giana Magnoli / Noozhawk photo) By Giana Magnoli, Noozhawk Managing Editor | @magnoli
January 12, 2021
| 5:34 p.m.
The Board of Supervisors approved a lease to turn the former Sears building into a facility to treat overflow COVID-19 patients, but Santa Barbara County never executed the agreement.
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Dr. Gagneja was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. After high school, she went abroad for studies and received her bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery, and doctor of medicine degrees with honors from Rajiv Gandhi University in Bangalore, India. She completed her internship in general medicine and preventative medicine there and then returned to the U.S.
Dr. Gagneja was an internal medicine resident at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and was chief resident of internal medicine her final year. After residency, she joined Sansum Clinic where she currently practices internal medicine.
In addition to her involvement with the Central Coast Medical Association, Dr. Gagneja is a part of the American College of Physicians and is a 4-H Alumni. She lives in Santa Barbara with her husband, Dr. Salman Haq, and their three children.
No Motive Revealed as Search Continues for Suspect in Double Shooting Near Goleta
A Santa Barbara man was killed and an Isla Vista resident was critically wounded in attack on Burtis Street; victims names not released
A sheriff’s K-9 team was brought in to assist with the investigation after two men were found shot, one fatally, on Thursday in a residential neighborhood near Goleta. Investigators on Friday were were continuing their efforts to identify and apprehend the gunman. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo) By Tom Bolton, Noozhawk Executive Editor | @tombol
January 8, 2021
| 6:23 p.m.
“The suspect is still at large,” sheriff’s Lt. Erik Raney said Friday afternoon. “However, investigators do not believe that the general public is at risk.”