Noozhawk.com delivers local breaking news, local sports, schools, nonprofits, obituaries, business, arts and entertainment, calendar, local opinions and more.
By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
August 3, 2021
| 9:02 p.m.
The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department plans to issue a new health officer order on Wednesday mandating universal masking indoors for everyone, regardless of vaccination status, as the spread of the Delta variant causes an uptick in COVID-19 cases across the county.
The health order will go into effect on Friday.
Public Health does not plan to send out additional information about the order until it is finalized and posted, but Santa Barbara County’s RISE program alerted members of the business community on Tuesday, including the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce, before any notice was given to the general public.
Noozhawk.com delivers local breaking news, local sports, schools, nonprofits, obituaries, business, arts and entertainment, calendar, local opinions and more.
Although California’s mask mandate for kids likely to remain through mid-June, camps ready to resume wide range of activities and educational opportunities
May 20, 2021 at 10:00 am by Holly Rusch
In partnership with local community organizations, the Santa Barbara County Department of Public Health has provided mobile 77 vaccine clinics around the county â 66 first-dose clinics and 11 second-dose â administering over 1,400 vaccinations.Â
The clinic received 289 appointments through the Student Health Service Gateway Portal. (Kaiyi Yang / Daily Nexus)
Locations close to Isla Vista include UC Santa Barbara Student Health, the Goleta Valley Community Center and the upcoming clinic at fraternity Sigma Chiâs chapter house. Generally, the county offers organizations a choice of providing the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine, according to Jackie Ruiz, the public information officer at the Public Health Department.Â