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

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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…]