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Mental health services move online as social isolation changes norms

April 17, 2020

Chancellor discusses impact of COVID-19 on community colleges

Jun Starkey, Editor-in-Chief

April 15, 2020

California Community College Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley discussed the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and the future of community colleges across the state at a Zoom press conference Tuesday. The Chancellor’s Office recently received ...

Mary Orr waves during a visit with her friend Eileen Carlson through a window of the Villa Alamar Retirement Community. Carlson is a resident at Villa Alamar and is allowed to communicate with friends and family on the phone through the window under house policy. Photo courtesy of Luciana Mitzkun Weston.

Providing care in assisted living home difficult during quarantine

April 13, 2020

Nursing student faces drastic shift in education due to coronavirus

Alexia Beller, Staff Writer

April 13, 2020

Before the coronavirus pandemic, nursing student Jessica Wizman would enter the hospital ready to check off another day of her clinical training. Now she enters with a can of Lysol and a surgical mask, facing possible exposure ...

Student Senate left with $90,000 in budget, discusses emergency fund

April 11, 2020

Board reviews financial scenarios, budget cuts due to coronavirus

April 10, 2020

City College student harassed during ‘Zoom bomb’ speaks out

Trevor West Morgan, Staff Writer

April 10, 2020

In an April 3 article regarding the ‘Zoom Bomb’ of a City College film studies class, The Channels briefly described an incident of student Tessa Gilbert being harassed by the hackers and other students. Gilbert was subj...

COVID-19 update: 243 cases in SB county, 100,376 deaths worldwide

Trevor West Morgan, Staff Writer

April 10, 2020

As of Friday, the coronavirus has claimed 100,376 lives worldwide and 17,925 lives in the United States with nearly a third of those occurring in New York City. Santa Barbara County now has 243 confirmed cases as of Thursday,...

Beach goers stand gazing out over an empty West Beach near Stearns Wharf, one of the few citizens out due to statewide shelter-in-place orders brought on by the novel coronavirus.

Sheltering in place: A look at life in SB after COVID-19

April 10, 2020

College faces possible $7.7 million deficit due to COVID-19 pandemic

April 9, 2020

COVID-19 update: 28 cases confirmed at Lompoc Prison

Serena Guentz, Features Editor

April 6, 2020

As of Monday afternoon, there are 192 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Santa Barbara County. Of the 192 confirmed cases, 110 people are recovering at home, 34 people are hospitalized, 42 people have fully recovered and two peo...

Transmission electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first U.S. case of COVID-19, formerly known as 2019-nCoV. The spherical viral particles, colorized blue, contain cross-section through the viral genome, seen as black dots.

Second person dies of COVID-19 in county, confirmed cases rise to 174

April 6, 2020