Goleta Leaders Reflect on Collective Efforts to Keep City Resilient Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
In a screenshot, Mayor Paula Perotte delivers the Goleta State of the City Address on Friday. She said that the resiliency of the community played a strong role in COVID-19 recovery efforts. “After a year of turmoil, the state of the City of Goleta is stronger than ever,” she said. By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
May 21, 2021
| 7:06 p.m.
As the transmission of the novel coronavirus slows across Santa Barbara ounty, Goleta officials spoke Friday about economic recovery and resiliency at the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce s Goleta State of the City Address.
Volunteering trailblazer Caroline Alarcon is no stranger to setting her own path. Not only is she the founder of the Latina Professional Alliance, but she also organized the Child Safety
Reimagined for COVID-19 Protocols, Local Museums Excited to Welcome Public Back
As rate of coronavirus transmission slows in Santa Barbara County, residents and visitors alike can take advantage of more and more reopened museums, the zoo and activity programs
MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation has reopened in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone but has not yet increased visitor capacity to 50%. (Jade Martinez-Pogue / Noozhawk photo) By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
May 9, 2021
| 5:00 p.m.
After nearly six months of closure, a sense of normalcy flooded MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation as little kids zoomed around from exhibit to exhibit, eager to get their hands on one of the many interactive displays the Santa Barbara museum offers.
Battered by COVID-19 Shutdowns, Restaurant Industry Now Hit with a Hiring Shortage
Between extra federal jobless benefits to uncertainties from lockdowns to more localized factors, hospitality employers struggle to keep up now that pandemic restrictions are easing
Santa Barbara’s downtown is bustling with outdoor diners, but restaurants have had a hard time finding enough personnel to staff them. Many workers have moved on to other jobs after the uncertainties of the past year. (Joshua Molina / Noozhawk photo) By Joshua Molina, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @JECMolina
May 2, 2021
The good news is that the COVID-19 pandemic is coming to an end.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has said California’s economy could be fully reopened on June 15. Life as we once knew it appears near.
Tracy Lehr
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-On one side of the Garden Street off ramp to Santa Barbara visitors are likely to see trumpet vine plants, and on the other side they are likely to see transient camps.
Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber president Kristen Miller said there has been no quick fix during the pandemic. When visitors come to Santa Barbara and they see the sign on the freeway that sends them to our Garden St. visitors center, that is one of the paths that is the most impacted by encampments. So the visual blight and the heartbreak of seeing that in our hometown, it makes it look like we don t care or we don t know or we don t know how to fix this, said Milller.