SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- The City of Santa Maria hosted two distribution locations Wednesday morning for free at-home COVID-19 test kits. Supplies at both sites were all handed out within 45 minutes of ...

The county Public Health Department reported the COVID-19-related death of a Santa Maria resident on Wednesday, the 12th death reported in August. The person who died was between the ages of 50 and 69 ...

Increased COVID-19 cases have been reported in various congregate living facilities in Santa Barbara County, including an H-2A housing facility in Santa Maria and three skilled nursing facilities.

Santa Barbara County health officials distributed COVID-19 tests to the Santa Maria community on Saturday. The distribution event took place at the Santa Maria Health Care Center. The staff came at ...

Santa Maria Elks Recreation has announced its popular annual "Christmas in the Country" drive-through light show will not take place this year.

The COVID-19 bus testing site at Direct Relief in Goleta is closing in February 2023. Credit: Tom Bolton / Noozhawk file photo The state is opening two COVID-19 “Test to Treat” locations — in Santa ...

In one week, Santa Barbara County Public Health officials reported 869 new cases of COVID-19. The case count covers the week of August 20-26. Three new COVID-19 related deaths were also reported ...

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department is partnering with community organizations to launch a vaccine pilot program on Sunday for hundreds of local agricultural workers as officials works ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven changes in the operation of Santa Barbara County’s Health and Human Services departments that, in many cases, are expected to carry over into the 2021-22 fiscal year, ...

A farmer shows off some ripe strawberries at his field in Nipomo. In deference to COVID-19, the Santa Maria Valley Strawberry Festival will take a drive-through approach in 2021. The festival runs ...

Marian Regional Medical Center has acquired an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) machine, a rare technology for treating some of the most critically ill patients, reportedly making the Santa ...

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