Frontline Heroes
Today’s real-life superheroes are the courageous nurses, doctors, and other health-care workers fighting COVID-19.
Year: 2020
No Watchdog over $2 Trillion
Trump abruptly fired the inspector general who was to provide oversight for the $2 trillion relief package.
COVID-19 by the Numbers: Good News, Bad News
Total cases are up, but hospitalizations are down in Santa Barbara County.
Santa Barbara’s Cottage Hospital Offers Free Telemedicine
Consultations without charge for patients exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms.
17 Additional Covid-19 Cases, Nearly Half Are Lompoc Prison Inmates
As the number of cases tends to decline, Lompoc Prison numbers are Increasing.
Podcast | It’s True Crime Time
‘Serial’ spawned a torrent of murder-case content for listeners.
In Memoriam: Elias Hanna: 1944-2020
As his names suggest, the young Palestinian poet Elias Hanna was tangled up in God, and so mysteriously mixed in grand portions of love with his pragmatism. The little details. The ingredients in his mother’s falafel recipe.
Commissioner Lara Orders Insurance Companies to Refund Premiums to Drivers and Businesses Affected by the COVID-19 Emergency
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ordered insurance companies to return insurance premiums to consumers and businesses and provide much-needed financial relief
Foodbank Implements Disaster Feeding Plan
How do you feed an entire county in a disaster situation, especially when it might not be safe to go
USDA Unveils Tool to Help Rural Communities Address the COVID-19 Pandemic
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today unveiled a one-stop-shop of federal programs that can be used by rural communities,
