Feel Good News

The 2019 Barbara Ireland Walk and Run took place this past on Saturday and exceeded their fundraising goal of $50,000 for breast cancer research.

Two women at Comforts of Home Senior Care celebrated their 102nd birthdays last week with a special visit from a mini horse.

Two vibrant Santa Barbara ladies are turning 102-years-old and the community is invited to help them celebrate.

The California Highway Patrol is praising a Good Samaritan who turned in a local's man wallet to their office where they found the owner.

A local bicyclist and edhat reader shares an update on his health after Roger reported his injury on edhat.

Last weekend the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara hosted their annual Breakfast with Santa event.

The Santa Barbara Rescue Mission held its annual restaurant-style Christmas Feast in their newly remodeled chapel on Yanonali Street on Thursday.

Ann Garcelon passed away and made a generous bequest to New Beginnings Counseling Centers’ Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program.

Meet the four-footed heroes and Grand Marshals of Downtown Santa Barbara's Holiday Parade.

Congressman Salud Carbajal announced the winners of the 2018 Congressional App Challenge as four students from Santa Barbara High School.

The Fire Relief Fund multi-platform fundraising event raised over $1,173,905 for United Way’s Southern California Disaster Relief Fund.

The Santa Barbara High School Computer Science Academy's innovative tech curriculum won grants from Best Buy and LogMeIn.

The Sheriff’s Office reports two Good Samaritans helped rescue a disabled woman who was trapped in a Vandenberg Village apartment fire on Tuesday.

Nine residents of the retirement community Samarkand took off in vintage WWII-style aircraft with help from a local company and non-profit.

Local community leaders, philanthropists, and residents sat down on October 5 for the United Way of Santa Barbara County’s 22nd Annual Red Feather Ball.

The annual Cancer Center's Walk/Run raised over $175,000 in funds with the event taking place in Montecito on Sunday.

Marking its 35th year, CenCal Health now serves 1 in 4 Santa Barbara County residents and is recognized by Harvard for innovating the U.S. Medicaid Program.

On October 4th and 5th, Partners in Education and the Youth Innovation Club unveiled a collaboration with one main goal in mind: to get students excited about science, specifically their science projects. 

Local residents David and Anna Grotenhuis were honored at the 17th annual Santa Barbara Rescue Mission Bayou Open.

The 34th annual Coastal Cleanup Day picked up over 3,530 lbs. of trash and 971 lbs. of recyclables in Santa Barbara County last month.

A local teenager celebrated his fourteenth birthday by making a generous donation to the Santa Barbara Humane Society.

A local after-school program offers students an engaging head start in engineering, construction, and architecture fields.

More than 1,100 volunteers picked up paintbrushes, shovels and whatever other tools they needed for United Way's 27th Annual Day of Caring.

Ventura County Community Foundation and Gene Haas Foundation Award ThomasFireHelp with a new grant to match help with need

The 6th Annual Heroes of Hospice at The Biltmore's Coral Casino on September 12 attracted a huge crowd of supporters to honor those being recognized in 2018.

Leigh Cashman walked 16 miles throughout Santa Barbara in one day to raise money and awareness for the Alzheimer's Association.

An edhat reader was walking along Shoreline Beach and suddenly walked into a wedding in progress.

A local Eagle Scout helped the Santa Barbara Beekeepers Association build 20 beehive stands.

A couple digging through the remnants of their home that burned in the Holiday Fire re-enacted their proposal after finding their wedding ring.

Santa Barbara MTD held the 4th Annual Youth Art Poster Contest this spring in Grades 1 through 6 with a theme of “Superhero Buses”.