Police responded after man allegedly pointed a handgun at another person during a crime
A Santa Barbara police patrol car and armored Bearcat vehicle on Ladera Street where a suspect was barricaded in an apartment. The man eventually surrendered without incident. (Peter Hartmann / Noozhawk photo) By Tom Bolton, Noozhawk Executive Editor | @tombol | UPDATED 9:47 a.m.
April 11, 2021
| 9:09 a.m.
After a nearly four-hour standoff, a barricaded suspect surrendered to Santa Barbara police Sunday on the Lower Westside.
The incident began at about 5:15 a.m., when officers responded to a report of a man who pointed a handgun at another person during a crime on the 200 block of Ladera Street, according to Lt. Bryan Jensen.
By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
April 10, 2021
| 8:24 p.m.
Santa Barbara County Public Health officials on Saturday reported 110 new cases of COVID-19; however, only 33 were new cases counted within this week’s case count.
A backlog of cases from January and February have been reported in the daily totals for the past two days, making for a daily case count higher than 100 on Friday and Saturday. However, the old cases should not impact the county’s case rate used to determine tier status, Public Health Director Van Do-Reynoso said.
There are 173 active cases throughout the county.
There have been 361 new cases reported during the past seven days, averaging 51.6 new cases per day. That is nearly a 40% increase from the week prior when the county was reporting an average of a little more than 37 new cases per day, according to Noozhawk’s data tracking.
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Because of that, not in spite, we need to celebrate the dopamine burst that comes with a vaccine. The last time this country came together was . well, a few weeks ago, when Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, talked to Oprah. But many of us are together in spirit now, and it’s a hopeful time.
Take that vaccine selfie (but don’t post the card unless you love identity theft). Slip into the Tylenol aisle at CVS and get the snap done. Slap a like on someone’s photo, even if you’ve now seen 800 close-ups of armpit creases.
Power of an Arts Education Springs to Life with Children’s Creative Project
Thousands of students benefit annually from music, dance, theater and visual arts programs funded in part by popular I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival
The annual I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival at the Santa Barbara Mission helps provide 80 schools with performances and workshops in dance, theater, music and visual arts. The COVID-19 crisis has shut down the festival, but a road show of sorts is being planned for 2021. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk file photo) By Jennifer Best, Noozhawk Contributing Writer | @NoozhawkNews
April 4, 2021
[Noozhawk’s note: First in a series sponsored by the Hutton Parker Foundation.]
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While justified criticism about President Joe Biden’s border fiasco rages on, an interesting and significant legal action has gone largely unnoticed.
Texan Brian Harrison, formerly Health and Human Services Department chief of staff in President Donald Trump’s administration, and co-plaintiff Steven Pace filed a 20-page brief in federal court in Amarillo seeking to resume the Trump-era, no-exception practice of returning unaccompanied minors to their home country.
In his legal filing, Harrison, who is on the May 1 special election ballot for the vacant House of Representatives’ seat that had been held by recently deceased Rep. Ron Wright, R-Texas, has submitted a two-prong argument.