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After local health care workers receive the vaccine, staff members and residents of long-term care facilities will be next, followed by first responders and dialysis providers.
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Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties said they are looking to secede from the Southern California region and receive separate consideration for COVID-19 restrictions.
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The results will be summarized and shared with the public, law enforcement and university officials down the line.
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Santa Barbara County moved back to the purple tier on Tuesday along with 27 other California counties, only two days before the overnight curfew was announced.
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This is the first time Santa Barbara County has entered the purple tier since Sept. 30.
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Polls close at 8 p.m. and mail-in voting results will be available starting at 8:05 p.m. All other preliminary results will be posted after 9 p.m.
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Currently, there is no organized opposition to the bond on the ballot.
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The new ordinance is a reincarnation of a previous “urgency” ordinance that fell one vote short during the board’s Aug. 25 meeting.
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In addition to an expected 18-year prison sentence, Galoustian will likely have to register as a sex offender for life.
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In light of his condition, Carbajal stated that he will be carrying out his duties virtually to protect the health and safety of his staff and others.
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Coughlin pled not guilty to all 17 charges and is currently in custody on $1 million bail.
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The body of the pilot has been taken to the Channel Islands Harbor, and the Santa Barbara County Coroner's Bureau will be investigating the death.
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The search for Deborah Nicholson — the plane’s pilot and sole passenger — was originally handled as a search and rescue but is now being handled as a missing person investigation.
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Goleta Union School District schools will stay fully remote until Santa Barbara County moves down to Tier 3 in Governor Newsom’s reopening plan.
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While supervisors can bring a non-urgency ordinance back at any time, the six-week delay may be a missed opportunity.
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Turning on your camera more in class
Exercising three times a week, but you end up following Peloton on Instagram and that's it
Putting on real pants more often
Quitting wasting money on online shopping
Deleting your social media until the world starts ending again
Learning a new language by giving up after learning "bonjour"
Going on more ~quarantine walks~
Quitting sugar but buying a bunch of dark chocolate
Journaling
Leaving your house more
Calling family members more but just ending up in silent watch parties
Buying a bunch of books that you end up never reading
