Going to the doctor can quickly become going to several doctors, several offices, and several appointments. Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics (SBNC) is working to change that. The forthcoming Wyatt Family Health Center will place medical care, behavioral health, dentistry, and laboratory services under one roof. “Really, this new clinic will be a one-stop shop for [...more...]
Ten years before the World Cup came to Los Angeles, the Play Equity Fund was already asking a question most sports organizations never think of: not the obvious – how do we build better athletes [...more...]
For the Children
A writer doesn’t usually become a farmer. A one-time literature professor doesn’t often spend his mornings working rows of lettuce, […more…]
The grandmother started crying almost as soon as she walked into Storyteller’s pantry. She had recently gained full custody of […more…]
Ten years before the World Cup came to Los Angeles, the Play Equity Fund was already asking a question most […more…]
Advocacy
Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County (LAFSBC) remains the only provider of free civil legal services for survivors of […more…]
In 2012, Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen launched a fundraiser that they called Hilarity for Charity (HFC). The memorable […more…]
Currently gun violence is the #1 cause of death for children in the United States. Read that again if you […more…]
Bright Futures
In 1969, a young father in Santa Barbara, unequipped and overwhelmed with his new parental role, shook his six-week-old child […more…]
Sometimes the problem isn’t a shortage of well-meaning nonprofits. It’s that those nonprofits tackling the same problem don’t have the […more…]
Creative Endeavors
“Anytime anybody voices a concern about the quality of life that we’re going to be leading, we’re called environmentalists. And […more…]
Every year, UCSB Arts & Lectures brings some of the world’s most celebrated artists and speakers to Santa Barbara, creating […more…]
For 85 years, Santa Barbara Museum of Art has united people of all ages through inspiring art experiences. Located in […more…]
Critical Response & International Impact
When a recent earthquake devastated Venezuela, the Los Angeles County Fire Department sent six teams to help sift through the […more…]
On New Year’s Day, an elderly man wandered away from his Santa Maria home. Lost and alone in a cold, […more…]
Kerri Murray keeps a photograph that has stayed with her. It’s the face of Esther, a young Nigerian woman whose […more…]
Earth First
Steelhead trout are the canary in the coal mine of Southern California creeks. They are the harbingers of watershed health. […more…]
In 1926, philanthropist Anna Dorinda Blaksley Bliss bought 13 acres of Mission Canyon as a memorial for her father, Henry […more…]
Heal the Ocean built its reputation by going after the sources of ocean pollution: failing septic systems, leaking oil wells, […more…]
Nature's Advocates
From the Los Padres National Forest to the Channel Islands, the Central Coast of California contains some of the most […more…]
The Gulf of California holds more than a third of all the marine mammal species on earth. UNESCO calls it […more…]
For one survivor, escaping domestic violence wasn’t the end of the story. It was the beginning of building a new […more…]
Education
It is not a classroom moved outdoors. No conventional lesson plan just transplanted onto a patch of grass. At Hope […more…]
Connor was only eight months old when he had his first debilitating seizure. His mother rushed him to the emergency […more…]
In 1962, a group of education advocates came together to help area students pay for college or vocational school. Just […more…]
For the Animals
At the county animal shelter, the chart for a cat named “Callie Sue” told a grim story: she was afflicted […more…]
Bowie had been in a rescue’s care for five months when dog trainer Anthony Sorosky got the call. The German […more…]
Roughly 85,000 wild horses and burros roam public rangelands across 10 Western states. But their existence is threatened by encroaching […more…]
Homelessness & Housing
The phone calls all ended the same way. Older adults who desperately needed to move would ask about the cost, […more…]
On a vacant parking lot in downtown Santa Barbara, a village of small, private rooms rose during the pandemic, built […more…]
It has been a perfect storm. Santa Barbara County’s unsheltered count has been rising. Santa Barbara County’s public health department […more…]
Health & Wellness
Joan was a 78-year-old woman in Santa Barbara County living on the street. Joan’s medical condition made unsupported independent living […more…]
Every great center begins with a vision – and the heart to carry it forward. As Cottage Health brings together […more…]
For more than 80 years, Hillside has been home to 59 adults with significant intellectual and developmental disabilities, the only […more…]