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Robert Golden, owner of Golden Coast Burls, which makes hand-crafted wood tables.
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Robert Golden, owner of Golden Coast Burls, which makes hand-crafted wood tables.
Photo: Daniel Dreifuss
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Noemi Velasquez, Community Health Centers Behavioral Health Outreach Coordinator, speaks during a COVID-19 press conference.
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First 5 of Santa Barbara County Executive Director Wendy Sims-Moten speaks during COVID-19 press conference.
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Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors 2nd District supervisor Gregg Hart updates the community on coronavirus during a press conference.
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Four F-15s saluted Santa Barbara’s medical workers in a roaring fly-by.
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About 70 workers at Cottage hospital gathered to watch the Eagle fighter jets from atop the parking lot.
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Cottage Hospital staff watch as two C130J Super Hercules aircraft fly overhead to honor health-care workers.
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Cottage Hospital staff wait for two C130J Super Hercules aircraft to fly overhead to honor health-care workers.
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Blue light honoring the health-care workers on the front lines light the Santa Barbara Mission.
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Stearns Wharf
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The Lobero Theater
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According to Santa Barbara’s recently unveiled Sea-Level Rise Adaptation Plan, the city will eventually have to decide if it should reconstruct, redesign, or remove Stearns Wharf.
Photo: Daniel Dreifuss (file)
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Tyler Hayden, pictured with his tomato plant, finds solace in gardening during the pandemic.
Photo: Chelsea Lyon-Hayden