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Beginning this week, the city of Carpinteria has restricted short-term lodging only to people who are working in industries identified as essential.
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Santa Barbara County Public Health Department (PHD) confirmed 13 additional cases of COVID-19 on Friday, April 3, bringing the county’s total to 152.
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Santa Barbara County Public Health Department confirmed yesterday, April 1, that a North County resident has died of COVID-19. The patient was a man in their 60s who had underlying health conditions. He died at Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria, according to the Santa Barbara Independent.
Carpinteria school campuses will remain closed for the rest of the school year—announced Carpinteria Unified School District Superintendent Diana Rigby on Wednesday, April 1.
Following state and county guidelines, churches have closed their sanctuaries throughout the region. In Carpinteria, when congregants could no longer come to the church to worship, St. Joseph Church took to the street to bring their blessings to the community.
Kindergarten registration for Aliso, Canalino and Summerland schools resumed on Monday, March 30, by phone. Families should register at their attendance area school.
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Carpinteria Arts Center is holding its annual poetry competition and seeks unpublished, original poems that are no longer than 100 lines on the theme of “Gratitude.”
The Carpinteria Arts Center is offering a wide variety of virtual experiences during this period of social distancing. The center’s newly launched “Virtual Activities” can be found at carpinteriaartscenter.org and feature over 200 art activities, streaming concerts, and thousands of virtual …
The Abstract Art Collective will open their first virtual exhibition, “Open to Abstraction,” on April 2. The show was originally set to exhibit at the Faulkner Gallery with an opening reception during Santa Barbara’s First Thursday. However, the show, which highlights the work of its members…
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We are together facing yet another time of crisis, and how we behave in it will define and test our community and our humanity. Many have lost jobs or income, seen their products rot without customers, their businesses close, and some are even now seeing their loved ones sick.
Coastal View News sends out halos to all the volunteer newspaper throwers who helped bring CVN to the doors and driveways of over 200 residents the past two weeks. Thank you Robin, Kris, Emma, Jesse, Justise, Carter, Andres, Esther, Mateo, Eric, Jake, Blanca, Scott, Isabel, Amy and Alonzo!
The state may soon find new hot spots for coronavirus in mobile homes or manufactured home parks. Construction has or is occurring during this period of time when the goal is to flatten the curve. Older citizens like myself live in many of these parks.
Today I asked a Santa Barbara County Public Health official: What are the top three measures we should take to slow the spread of COVID-19. The response was: 1. Stay at home; 2. Wash your hands; 3. Stay at home. This is the consensus among doctors, nurses and those fighting on the frontline …
I truly do not understand why some people are not taking this COVID-19 outbreak seriously. People are dying.
On March 5 Carpinteria’s Girls Inc. chapter finished their inaugural Winter Basketball Program, introducing its new Basketball Enrichment concept. “The girls made tremendous improvements over the eight weeks, for many, it was their first time playing basketball or participating in a sports p…
On March 18, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) announced that the organization has not determined whether they will be able to resume the 2020 spring sports season. Ten section commissioners will meet on April 3 to decide whether or not to continue CIF’s sports schedule.
The Carpinteria Education Foundation Orchard 2 Ocean 5- and 10K run might have been cancelled, but Carter Cox still ran the route, determined to beat his time of 20 minutes from last year’s race. This year, he also ran in memory of his Uncle Jolly and his good friend Robin’s Cassidy, complet…
The U.S. Census comes around at the beginning of each new decade. In 2020, it kicks off on April 1, a Herculean and April Fool’s Day task rolled into one. Just how does one go about including everyone? Carpinteria was a good example of the undercount, and perhaps some creativity, when Arthur…
Carpinterians Eric von Schrader and Becky Brittain von Schrader visited Barcelona in early February before the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. “When we weren’t looking up at Sagrada Familia (pictured),” the von Schraders wrote, “we were read…
In February, Mike and Diane Wondolowski spent time in Fairbanks and north of the Arctic Circle in Coldfoot, Alaska, chasing the Aurora Borealis (northern lights). While outdoors at night, they experienced what 40 degrees below zero feels like and were able to see and photograph beautiful aur…
Its springtime and flowers across Carpinteria Valley are in full bloom in one of the nation’s largest cut flower producing regions. But, as the historically busiest time of the year approaches—Easter and Mother’s Day holidays—Carpinteria’s flower growers have been crippled by the coronavirus…
Paul Sulzman joins the California Gold Ballroom team of certified professional dance instructors. Sulzman began his dance career as a dancesport competitor. Traveling to England and Wales, he competed in the International Style Waltz, Jive, Tango, Foxtrot, Rumba, Quickstep and Cha-Cha, placi…
On Feb. 28, the Carpinteria-based construction management software firm, Procore Technologies, Inc., announced that it had publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) signaling that it will be preparing a proposal for an initial …
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