For a decade, the Organic Soup Kitchen (OSK) hosted community meals on Christmas Day at the Veterans Memorial Building on […more…]

New Beginnings Executive Director Kristine Schwarz swung into action after learning that a nursing home was about to release one […more…]

There’s a new crisis in our midst: kids spending too much time indoors and online. There’s even a name for […more…]

Malnutrition is one of the most common – and most serious – side effects of cancer and its treatment. It […more…]

When your mission is to end homelessness in California, watching the number of unsheltered people continue to climb across the […more…]

“People Helping People is about an outpouring of generosity from community people volunteering to help people in the community,” says […more…]

Jenna Tosh watched the erosion of reproductive rights in America for years and knew Roe vs. Wade would one day […more…]

Long before entertainment news trailblazer Rona Barrett interviewed everyone from Raquel Welch to Tom Cruise, she was a young girl […more…]

Take a look at any person in front or back of you in line at the grocery store, and chances […more…]

Dr. William Sansum, renowned diabetes specialist and Sansum Diabetes Research Institute’s (SDRI) founder, was the first U.S. physician to manufacture […more…]

In 2011, Dr. Ahmad Nooristani had an important realization. Many of the low-income (frequently undocumented) patients he was treating in […more…]

There are 12,700 students within the Santa Barbara School District learning across 19 TK-12 schools and supported by a staff […more…]

Julie DeAngelis helps children to speak clearly. Even those who still want to wear COVID-19 masks to hide their language […more…]

Music is the soundtrack of our lives. From the morning radio alarm, to the headphones fueling your run, to your […more…]

While serving a 13-year prison sentence, Alberto “Berto” Lule started to draw cartoons as an escape. That led to reading […more…]

We all know the basic needs of life: air, water, food, and shelter. Here in Santa Barbara County, all four […more…]

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art has distinguished itself through its track record of informative and fascinating exhibitions and programs […more…]

The stage is set, the curtain has been raised, and live performances are back for UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) […more…]

United Way of Santa Barbara County (UWSBC) marks its 100-year anniversary in 2023. As the organization celebrates this century of […more…]

Unity Shoppe Executive Director and CEO Angela Miller-Bevan grew up in Santa Barbara and was raised by a single mother […more…]

For nearly three decades, VNA Health has operated Serenity House, the largest nonprofit facility of its kind in California providing […more…]

White Buffalo Land Trust has a vital purpose: to restore the ecosystem through agriculture and in the process directly address […more…]

Esperanza was 19 years old and living in Malawi when she faced a serious health crisis. While giving birth to […more…]

St. Vincent’s is not just a place or an institution. It is Santa Barbara’s longest-running social services organization, woven into […more…]

William Peters has spent nearly all of his adult life preoccupied with the mysteries of death and the transition into […more…]

Tikkun olam, translated as “repairing the world,” is one of the most important social justice concepts of contemporary Judaism. The […more…]

When Herb Scannell took the helm at Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) nearly four years ago, he found himself scribbling […more…]

Don’t ever ask Director of Human Rights Watch Santa Barbara Lis Leader to pit one human rights crisis against another. […more…]

It’s a typical school day and time for an Explore Ecology garden class. Children line up to head outside. When […more…]

While shelters along California’s Central Coast do their best to provide care for abandoned dogs and cats, the facilities can […more…]

Considering the caliber of classical music concerts they attract every year to the Granada Theatre and Lobero Theatre, you might […more…]

Almost everyone is aware that America’s current cultural climate is perhaps more polarized than at any time since the Civil […more…]

Santa Barbara native Kevin Haeberle has been a self-described “gearhead” ever since his dad taught him how to work on […more…]

“Ne Tentes Aut Perfice.”  This is the Latin motto that students and faculty at Dunn School, a private co-ed college […more…]

The origin story of the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade is the stuff of legend – and for good reason. In […more…]

While statewide data lags, it is clear that the number of children entering foster care in Santa Barbara County has […more…]

The 70 miles of coast spanning Lake Casitas to Point Conception and including Carpinteria, Montecito, Santa Barbara, and Goleta, is […more…]

Our climate is in crisis. Record-setting heat waves. Larger and more destructive wildfires. An historic megadrought, hotter and drier than […more…]

“Through all types of natural disasters, historic challenges, and emergencies, the doors to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (SBCH) have been […more…]

In 1945, William Zimdin, an Estonian immigrant who had fled fascism to California, dedicated his fortune to sending relief parcels […more…]

In the 36 years since the Endowment for Youth Community (EYC) was founded, Santa Barbara’s Black community has shrunk from […more…]

In our divided and bellicose world, peace can seem like an amorphous and unattainable concept. AHA! Peace Builders serves as […more…]

Marialena, 73, suffered an incredible loss when her husband passed away several years ago. She spoke little English, had little […more…]

At first blush, Yaskin Solano may seem like a typical native of Santa Barbara. He grew up here, and he […more…]

The Fund for Santa Barbara, founded in 1980, has always drawn together diverse communities and organizations with the goal of […more…]

When The Granada Theatre reopened its doors in October 2021 after a long, dark 18-month closure, did the audiences rush […more…]

If ever a well-known Latin phrase epitomized a venerable Santa Barbara organization, “in loco parentis” (“in place of a parent”) […more…]

Many people think of “hospice” purely as end-of-life medical care. In fact, hospice care is so much more. Hospice of […more…]

What happens when the people driving a nonprofit organization providing community support get burned out and need support themselves?  Leading […more…]

Civil legal representation is expensive. Even basic legal services cost thousands of dollars. If you are struggling to pay rent, […more…]

Nestled on a 37-acre Montecito estate, Lotusland is a Botanical Garden paradise purchased in 1941 by Madame Ganna Walska, a […more…]

This year, with more than 11 billion snow crabs disappearing from the sea floor, the Alaskan snow crab fishing season […more…]

When two children got lost during a hike in rural New York with oncoming rain commingling with the darkening night, […more…]