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Westerlay Orchids partnered with local nonprofit Flower Empower to donate two thousand orchids to Santa Barbara teachers.

The Santa Ynez Valley Foundation received a $200,000 bequest from the estate of Lloyd Dobney, formerly of Solvang.

Local nonprofits Heal the Ocean and Earthcomb took to the streets to clean up Santa Barbara's Fiesta mess.

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the 3rd annual Dolphin Dive Festival of Santa Barbara took place earlier this month to raise fundraising dollars for a local rotary club.

Girls Inc. of Carpinteria unveiled its renovation plans for the new Lynda Fairly Courtyard, made possible through a recent $150,000 donation by local philanthropist and community leader Lynda Fairly.

People’s Self-Help Housing has received a generous grant award of $20,000 from the County of Santa Barbara through the Community Development Block Grant program.

NatureTrack volunteers enjoyed lunch and a lake cruise at Cachuma for their annual appreciation fete.

People’s Self-Help Housing has received a generous grant award of $7,723 from the City of Carpinteria through the Community Development Block Grant program.

Heal the Ocean led a coordinated massive cleanup of an abandoned homeless encampment in the Los Padre National Forest.

Heal The Ocean continues Summerland Oil Monitoring to Guide Next Steps for Cleanup

In a first for Santa Barbara County trails, a group of women equestrian trail riders met just prior to Trails Day to reduce weeds in the vicinity of the Live Oak Trailhead kiosk and clear brush along the entry trail.

CenCal Health, the community-accountable health plan on the Central Coast, is funding the expansion of critical resources for expectant and parenting teens in Santa Barbara County.

On Saturday, nearly fifty volunteers with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and members of the commercial fishing community worked together at Black Rock Beach in Goleta to dig out and remove forty lobster traps.

The Garden of the University Club in Santa Barbara was the site where United Women For Ukraine sponsored a heartwarming program and fundraiser to unite in solidarity with Ukraine.

The Rotary Club of Montecito Foundation has donated $10,500 each to two humanitarian relief organizations that are offering direct medical and shelter supplies and support to the people of Ukraine during this time of war and crisis.

Veggie Rescue and Santa Ynez Valley (SYV) Community Kitchen at St. Mark’s coordinate efforts to turn excess produce into meals for food-insecure residents.

Special Olympics Santa Barbara hosted its 8th annual Polar Plunge Fundraiser at Leadbetter Beach on Saturday.

A CHP officer rescued three ducklings near the Hope Ave offramp in Santa Barbara this week.

An edhat reader shares a quick story and a thank you to a local Good Samaritan.

The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office nominated four citizens for their outstanding efforts in our communities as part of the Kiwanis Club's "Extra Step Awards."

The Ventura Police Department adopted a therapy comfort dog to improve the physical, social, and emotional well-being of officers, staff, and community members in crisis and after having experienced trauma.

People’s Self-Help Housing has been competitively selected as 1 of only 6 organizations in California to receive funding through the Youth Consumer Education & Research Fund from the California Department of Justice.

World Dance for Humanity has raised $110,000 and growing to support Ukrainian with food and medicine.

Explore Ecology is hosting a beach cleanup this Sunday at Hendry's Beach.

The Alzheimer's Association California Central Coast Chapter, together with its Alzheimer’s Women’s Initiative committee, hosted a spring reception and research update at the Santa Barbara Club.

The City of Goleta is pleased to announce that its first citywide Beautify Goleta Community Cleanup event this past Saturday, March 26th, was a huge success!

MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, gifted the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme $3.2 million.

A local Eagle Scout is building a bike trail to foster safe riding skills near Monroe Elementary.

New arrivals! The first baby striped skunk litter of the year has arrived at Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network Patient #412 and his five siblings were found orphaned behind a Santa Maria building.

 KTYD dedicated all of February to the Santa Barbara Education Foundation’s Keep the Beat Instrument Drive which yielded 140 musical instruments and over $10,000 in support.