A Locked Door Opens a Future
On a vacant parking lot in downtown Santa Barbara, a village of small, private rooms rose during the pandemic, built […more…]
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11 Nov 2026
Building New Clinics for the Marginalized as Public Care Recedes
It has been a perfect storm. Santa Barbara County’s unsheltered count has been rising. Santa Barbara County’s public health department […more…]
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Creating a Safe Tomorrow
For one survivor, escaping domestic violence wasn’t the end of the story. It was the beginning of building a new […more…]
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Lawyers for the Coast
From the Los Padres National Forest to the Channel Islands, the Central Coast of California contains some of the most […more…]
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Innovation and Investment in the Earliest Years
It is not a classroom moved outdoors. No conventional lesson plan just transplanted onto a patch of grass. At Hope […more…]
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A New Wave of Protection
Heal the Ocean built its reputation by going after the sources of ocean pollution: failing septic systems, leaking oil wells, […more…]
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Individualized Care and a Place in the Community
For more than 80 years, Hillside has been home to 59 adults with significant intellectual and developmental disabilities, the only […more…]
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Advocating for Abuse Survivors
Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County (LAFSBC) remains the only provider of free civil legal services for survivors of […more…]
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Turning Stray Dogs Into Superheroes
When a recent earthquake devastated Venezuela, the Los Angeles County Fire Department sent six teams to help sift through the […more…]
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9 Nov 2026
The Elephant Project
For Kristina McKean creating plushie toys for kids as a means to saving elephants (and, increasingly, other threatened animals) isn’t […more…]
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6 Nov 2026
Charity Navigator Rates Direct Relief 100% for 2026
Four-star rating for 16th consecutive year highlights operational excellence and humanitarian impact Charity Navigator, America’s top independent nonprofit evaluator, has […more…]
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5 Nov 2026
Improv at SBMM: Laugh It Up and Learn
I might be all wet, but maybe the reason Dean Noble left his position as executive director of Elings Park […more…]
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