COVID-19 numbers fall in Santa Barbara County sending optimism up
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The latest numbers on COVID-19 cases has dropped to barely a blip on the screen in the last reporting period.
19 cases were reported, with zero deaths and empty Intensive Care Unit beds. This, by no means, is the end of the line as health officials will be quick to tell the public. This is the lowest number of ICU cases since we started tracking last April 2020, said Santa Barbara County Health Director Dr. Van Do-Reynoso.
She says the county will remain in the Orange tier for now, and has not met the requirements to go to a lower or yellow tier.
Casa of Hope is a nonprofit in Santa Maria that s dedicated to providing safe housing for survivors of sex trafficking, and Executive Director
Ellen Torres understands the importance of this resource from personal experience. She survived sex trafficking in Santa Maria when she was a teenager. click to enlarge Photo Courtesy Of Ellen Torres
LIVED EXPERIENCE Casa of Hope Executive Director Ellen Torres knows what it s like to survive human trafficking. Now, she s using her experience to help others. When I was 16, my family moved here from Pennsylvania, Torres said. I had only been here about a month and a half, and I had traffickers that were following me to and from school every day.
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UPDATE: United Way delivers 379,500 masks to multiple agencies
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UPDATE 3:38 p.m.
Members of the Northern Santa Barbara County United Way delivered 379,500 masks to multiple agencies throughout San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties Friday.
This included the Salvation Army, schools and local homeless organizations. Fed Ex came out this morning. They loaded up the biggest tractor trailer Iâve ever seen with these masks, 379,500 of them just in time so that we can get them in the hands of folks as our schools are about to open, said CEO of the Northern Santa Barbara County of the United Way Eddie Taylor. Were excited that this mask distribution is going help kids stay safe when we get them back in school.