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“The local public health department does not have oversight of this process,” county disaster preparedness manager Jan Koegler told Noozhawk via email. “As a supplement to this process, county public health has offered to vaccinate ASL (assisted-living facilities) workers and residents who can come to the vaccination PODs (points of distribution).”
At least 190 facilities in Santa Barbara County are enrolled in the federal pharmacy partnership program, Koegler said Friday.
“We are working with the facilities to obtain data on when they are scheduled to receive their first doses through the partnership,” Koegler said. “From the data we have collected so far, we calculate that 3,453 residents and staff have received at least a first dose. This number does not take into account how many have been vaccinated through a PHD (public health department), vaccine clinic or by another health care provider.”
Santa Barbara City Council Tackles Mobile Home Ordinance, Project Labor Agreement, E-Bikes
Tuesday start time moved up to 10 a.m. to accommodate lengthy agenda, including SBPD report on Jan. 3 murders of two high school students
The Santa Barbara City Council on Tuesday will consider an appeal challenging the Planning Commission’s approval of a waterfront eBike project. Some docking stations for ride share bicycles have already been installed in downtown areas, including in front of the Santa Barbara Central Library. (Giana Magnoli / Noozhawk photo ) By Joshua Molina, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @JECMolina
January 24, 2021
| 11:55 p.m.
The Santa Barbara City Council will take the unusual step of beginning its weekly meeting at 10 a.m. this Tuesday instead of 2 p.m. to make time for a long agenda that includes several big-ticket items.
By Barry Punzal, Noozhawk Sports Editor |
@NoozhawkSports
| 7:48 p.m.
Thanks to a hefty donation from an NFL player, the empty space under the grandstand at the renovated Peabody Stadium at Santa Barbara High School will be transformed into a workout gym with state-of-the-art equipment.
A foundation started by Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler is donating $104,000 to build the training facility.
The Austin Ekeler Foundation has partnered with Santa Barbara’s Hutton Parker Foundation, Sonos, the locally headquartered wireless audio systems company, and Perform Better, a functional training, rehabilitation and sports performance firm, to make the project possible.
“I’ve always used working out as a means to self-improvement, which has ultimately led me to where I am today,” Ekeler said in a video posted on Twitter. “With this gym, I’m hoping to help hundreds, even thousands, of young kids develop confidence, improve their health and achieve thei
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Austin Ekeler on Twitter
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. It’s been four years since sports were played at Peabody Stadium.
Once the state health department allows kids to return to in-person learning, not only will they walk back onto campus with a state-of-the-art stadium but a new gym is on the way as well.
This is all thanks to Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler, who’s partnering with the Hutton Parker Foundation, Sonos, and Perform Better to provide a new gym at Santa Barbara High School. We re really excited about being able to use the space we have down underneath our stadium,” SBHS athletic director Todd Heil said. “Something that can be utilized by as many students and athletes as well.
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Prior to her work at the zoo, McLeod worked as a special education teacher at Santa Barbara High School and San Marcos High School. In 2011, she left education to grow her family and honed her skills in autism therapy and advocating for the special needs community.
She worked closely with Tri-Counties Regional Center, STAR Applied Behavior Analysis, and UCSB Koegel Autism Center, mentoring newly diagnosed families, advising special service plans, and writing articles to propose change.
McLeod received her bachelor’s degree from University of Colorado, Boulder and a master’s in education, in addition to an education specialist and multiple subject teaching credentials from Antioch University.