Back in 2018, when the Montecito debris flows left huge swaths of the village buried under hundreds of tons of […more…]

One805’s original Kick Ash Bash was a legendary gathering that will forever be etched in the community’s consciousness. This huge […more…]

The Santa Barbara coastal region has largely escaped any major disasters in the past year, save, of course, for the […more…]

Banks don’t usually spring to mind when one writes about beacons of community trust, good deeds, and hope. But even […more…]

For a relatively large and well-established nonprofit organization in our community, United Way of Santa Barbara County over the last […more…]

Everybody in town likely knows about One805. Sure, they’re the organization who three years ago created the “Kick Ash Bash,” […more…]

By the time the Thomas Fire turned toward Montecito in December 2017, Santa Barbara County’s first responders had already spent […more…]

For the nonprofits that matter, mission statements are much more than words on paper. They are the foundation of that […more…]

When disaster struck in the form of COVID lockdowns and an unfolding economic crisis, the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County […more…]

The double blow of the Thomas Fire and ensuing debris flow in 2018 left no doubt about the increasing threats […more…]