Porta-Potties Installed in Downtown Santa Barbara
Porta-Potties Installed to increase homeless hygiene during the coronavirus pandemic.
Year: 2020
Easter Sunday Shooting on Punta Gorda Street
Numerous bullet casings found on the ground, but no victims on the scene.
Isla Vistans Want a Library — They’re Getting a Bunch
Goleta Library to start tiny libraries, pop-up libraries, a library van, and a library room.
Santa Barbara’s Religious Communities Celebrate Holidays at Home
Finding ways to appreciate Passover and Easter while separated from friends and family.
Santa Barbara Sewing Circles Make Face Masks for the Millions
Volunteers sew critically needed facemasks and give them away to hospitals and neighbors.
What We Don’t Know
If we knew we had coronavirus, we both would gladly give blood so that perhaps our antibodies could help someone else.
Dolphins for Book Club
The paperback book ‘Dolphin Talk’ is full of uplifting stories.
Geographic Isolation
Surely the entirety of the “essential” working population of our region doesn’t commute from elsewhere.
Cynicism on Display
The estimate of deaths from COVID-19 has almost certainly been hyped for Trump’s own ends.
Santa Barbara Farmers’ Markets Still Open
Sam Edelman explains new protocols for popular outdoor produce markets.
