Newly sworn in Santa Barbara County Supervisor Bob Nelson takes over as the chairman for 2021.
COVID-19 date for the beginning of the year have details for county leaders and the public. (Source: SB Co. Health)
COVID-19 date for the beginning of the year have details for county leaders and the public. (Source: SB Co. Health)
COVID-19 date for the beginning of the year have details for county leaders and the public. (Source: SB Co. Health)
COVID-19 date for the beginning of the year have details for county leaders and the public. (Source: SB Co. Health)
COVID-19 date for the beginning of the year have details for county leaders and the public. (Source: SB Co. Health)
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The Santa Barbara County Health Department along with nine other health departments in Southern California are encouraging people to stay home this holiday season.
With COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths increasing daily, the Public Health Alliance of Southern California is asking people to do their part, saying, âWe understand that people are tired, but public health measures are not the enemy â they are the roadmap for a faster and more sustainable recovery. We must all commit to taking precautions and heeding public health protocols, including the current Stay-at-Home Order, to reopen businesses and schools, to travel to see our families and friends in person, and to celebrate that next important event.â
SBC Public Health Department: Just say No to holiday family gatherings
The Santa Barbara County Health Department attributes recent record-breaking COVID-19 case counts to Thanksgiving gatherings. With Christmas fast approaching, the department fears those numbers will skyrocket if people donât say ânoâ to more holiday get-togethers.
and last updated 2020-12-21 16:27:11-05
The Santa Barbara County Health Department attributes recent record-breaking COVID-19 case counts to Thanksgiving gatherings. With Christmas fast approaching, the department fears those numbers will skyrocket if people donât say ânoâ to more holiday get-togethers.
âPersonal choices do have a ripple effect. Itâs life-threatening. It is life and death,â said Dr. Van Do-Reynoso, Santa Barbara County Public Health Director.
The town of Solvang on California’s Central Coast would normally be jammed with tourists now, strolling a main street bedecked with 100 brightly decorated Christmas trees or pouring into Danish-themed shops and restaurants, some with rooftop windmills, in search of tasty pastries and souvenirs like wooden shoes and puppets.
Instead, “People are calling from all over, saying, ‘What the hell is going on?’” City Councilman Mark Infanti said earlier this week after the community of about 5,000 announced it would not enforce the latest stay-at-home order Gov. Gavin Newsom put into effect Dec. 6.
Newsom’s order closed many businesses, forbids restaurants from offering anything other than takeout and delivery, and limits retail stores to 20% capacity, a level devastating for Solvang’s small storefronts that at peak times before the pandemic overflowed with shoppers.
California town says no to tough virus rules, then yes
by John Rogers, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 18, 2020 11:27 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 18, 2020 at 11:42 pm EDT
Groups of people, some wearing masks, take over the sidewalks downtown in Solvang, California, on Nov. 28, 2020. It was almost two weeks ago that the popular California tourist town of Solvang made headlines when it said it wouldn t enforce Gov. Gavin Newsom s tough new stay-at-home orders. But that was a week before a new City Council took over and told everyone to obey the rules to save lives. (George Rose/Santa Ynez Valley Star via AP)