A sign offers a reminder about social distancing as grocery stores are limiting the number of shoppers and have lines outside the entrance, including the Trader Joe’s on De la Vina Street in Santa Barbara. 
Roosevelt Elementary School in Santa Barbara encourages its students to “Read Read Read” while they are away from the campus. 
A sign in a Santa Barbara home’s window greets passersby during the stay-at-home order. 
A sign hanging at St. Joseph High School offers support to the class of 2020 after the public health crisis created a glitch for enjoying traditional senior activities. 
A sign hanging on a fence along North H Street delivers a message of support for the Lompoc High School Braves class of 2020. 
With the class of 2020 final year seriously interrupted, a sign at Righetti High School along Bradley Road cheers on seniors during the public health crisis. 
A sign thanks local CVS workers. 
Signs of support hang on the construction-related fencing outside Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. 
The Santa Maria Hii-Way Drive-In Theater offers words of encouragement to the community during its closure. 
CDC signs hang outside the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors hearing room. 
Signs at a local grocery store ask shoppers to limit their purchases of high-demand items such as pasta. 
Ca’Dario restaurant in Santa Barbara lets people know about its takeout food and cocktails. 
The iconic Santa Barbara County Courthouse is closed to cases and visitors, and has a handwashing station out front. 
Downtown Santa Barbara movie theaters close during the novel coronavirus pandemic. 
The Santa Barbara Arlington Theatre encourages the city to “Keep Calm Carry On Wash Your Hands.” 
Marquee signs on the Granada Theatre show the lack of upcoming shows. 
The Lompoc Theatre near the intersection of H Street and Ocean Avenue carries messages of encouragement to the community.
During the past several weeks, signs have been popping up across Santa Barbara County in response to the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
Colorful homemade signs thanking medical workers cover a chain-link fence at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. The heartfelt messages of gratitude are a visible way that community members are connecting and reaching out as the coronavirus pandemic keeps people physically separate.
Other signs remind people that a 6-foot distance must be maintained between people, displays of “Stay Safe” signs are up on schools and theater marquees, and other signs encourage everyone to stick together through difficult situations.
Signs show guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on good hygiene practices and protection from the novel coronavirus.
Many businesses have affixed signs on the front doors to inform customers of a temporary store closure, creating an eerie stillness as people stroll by mostly empty shops that have their doors shut.
Customized signs announced restaurant take-out options, curbside service, delivery and virtual shopping as the coronavirus brings much of the county to a standstill.
The entrance areas of popular gathering spots have signs of all sizes to explain COVID-19-related closures.
People have rushed to stock up on goods, and shelves have been empty in some aisles amid fears of the coronavirus outbreak.
Signs were placed inside retail and grocery stores to curb binge-buying sprees and hoarding by limiting customer purchases of most-wanted items such as toilet paper, hand sanitizer and canned foods.
The slideshow with this story includes some of the signs that Noozhawk found around Santa Barbara County during the pandemic.
— Noozhawk staff writer Brooke Holland can be reached at bholland@noozhawk.com. Follow Noozhawk on Twitter: @noozhawk, @NoozhawkNews and @NoozhawkBiz. Connect with Noozhawk on Facebook.