County

March 25, 2020

Santa Barbara County Confirms Six New Cases, Bringing Total to 24

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

The newest confirmed coronavirus cases are residents between 22 to 59 years of age, with four cases in South County and two cases in North County.

March 22, 2020

Five New Coronavirus Cases Diagnosed Within Santa Barbara County

By Holly Rusch

The five new cases bring the total number of cases in Santa Barbara County to 18.

March 21, 2020

UC Regents Hear Update on Coronavirus, Concerns From Workers

By Jackson Guilfoil

The meeting was held virtually in order to mitigate transmissions of coronavirus, and the Regents called upon public commenters who had signed up to speak.

March 21, 2020

Four New Coronavirus Cases Diagnosed Within Santa Barbara County

By Evelyn Spence

The department is conducting an investigation as to how the three individuals contracted the virus, it said in the press release.

March 20, 2020

Santa Barbara MTD Announces Route Changes, Free Fares and Social Distancing Procedures

By Nadia Abushanab

These changes will be in place indefinitely.

March 19, 2020

SBC Public Health Department Announces Six New Cases of Coronavirus, First Positive Cases in South County

By Max Abrams

Until today, no cases of coronavirus had been announced in South County.

March 17, 2020

SB County Public Health Department Asks Bars, Wineries To Shut Down Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic

By Max Abrams

The health department asked all bars, pubs, wineries and breweries within the county to close “immediately” to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus within the county.

March 17, 2020

LIVE: Updates on Coronavirus in Santa Barbara County, on UC Santa Barbara Operations

By Daily Nexus Staff

This post will be updated daily.

March 16, 2020

128 Coronavirus Tests Administered in Santa Barbara County; Public Officials Discuss Testing Protocols

By Evelyn Spence

The county has created a priority tier system for those who need to be currently tested.

March 15, 2020

SB Public Health: North County Resident First Positive Case of Coronavirus in SB County

By Max Abrams

The individual has no history of domestic or international travel in the last six weeks and appears to have contracted the virus through “community transmission.”

March 12, 2020

Alternative Deltopia Festival Postponed Indefinitely Due To UCSB Coronavirus Precautions

By Arturo Martinez Rivera

But with UCSB's decision to move classes online at least through the end of April, the I.V. CSD’s Deltopia-alternative festival will not be held.

March 5, 2020

“We’re monitoring the entire world at this point”: UCEAP Suspends Three Study Abroad Programs Due to Coronavirus

By Sanya Kamidi

The China study abroad program was cancelled at the end of January; the South Korea and Italy programs were cancelled last week.

March 5, 2020

Primary Elections 2020: Hartmann Takes Tentative Lead, Weak Showing for Abboud

By Arturo Martinez Rivera

Semi-official results showed that Hartmann maintained her lead with 52.26% of the vote, while Porter stayed behind with 35.71%.

March 3, 2020

LIVE: Santa Barbara County Representative Primary Election Results 2020

By Staff Report

The Nexus will be updating this page with live results from the Santa Barbara County Primary elections beginning 9 p.m.

March 2, 2020

Porter Raises Over $518,000 and Hartmann Raises Over $397,000 in 3rd District Supervisor Race

By Hayley Tice

Joan Hartmann and Bruce Porter have collectively raised over $900,000 in their rematch for the 3rd District supervisor seat after Hartmann defeated Porter in 2016 with about 54% of the vote.