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Santa Barbara-area teachers welcoming students back to their classroom this fall will do so buoyed by over $62,000 raised by the local non-profit Teacher’s Fund.

Over 1,287 volunteers showed up for Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday at 28 sites throughout the County to clean up 6,104 pounds of trash.

On Saturday, Cate School and Friends of Bates Beach coordinated the cleanup of North Rincon (Bates) Beach as part of the annual California Coastal Cleanup Day.

Community Environmental Council and Electric Drive 805 Coalition Partners Invite Public to Learn About Benefits of Driving Electric

The Community Environmental Council is proud to announce the addition of two bottle-filling hydration stations in Alameda and Shoreline parks.

Last week the JOIN JACOB triathlon team competed in the 2021 Santa Barbara Triathlon to benefit the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. 

Kevin is a senior toy poodle who had been in several homes and shelters before he arrived at Santa Barbara Humane.

Local music teachers are kicking off the school year with instruments and a $16,000 gift.

[Update]: Dos Pueblos Little League and partners raised $30,000 in four days to replace the contents inside the shed that caught fire at Girsh Park.

A back-to-school fund drive organized by The Teacher’s Fund aims to raise $60,000 to support local educators.

Future Leaders of America has received a grant from The Fund for Santa Barbara for the "State of BIPOC Youth Project" on the Central Coast.

The Assistance League of Santa Barbara awarded 49 student scholarships through its collaboration with the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara City College Foundation Promise Program. 

Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County announced that it is providing bilingual social services and case management for Carpinteria residents aged 60 or older.

The Brill Family Grant is pleased to announce the recipients of their 2021 awards in support of local programs which bend their field.

Santa Barbara Humane successfully rehomed a deaf dog and his bonded companion. 

The Foundation House is a triplex that will house 12 young adults, ages 18 to 24, who are in unstable living situations. 

Eighteen museums across Santa Barbara County have joined Museums for All to encourage people of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum-going habits.

Organic Soup Kitchen hosted a Crab Boil last month raising $30,000 to support low-income cancer patients, seniors, and chronically ill who have been placed on the organization’s waiting list.

Heal the Ocean reports a large abandoned homeless camp was recently cleaned from Haskell's Beach.

An edhat reader shares a story of a random at of kindness at Trader Joe's this week.

A neglected Lhasa Apso-mix named Ziggy was given a second chance at the Santa Barbara Humane Society.

More than 35 volunteers and members of the commercial fishing community removed lobster traps from the sand between Ellwood Beach and Haskell’s Beach on Saturday and filled a 40-foot dumpster with the metal debris.

Amid a historically turbulent year, Mission Scholars achieved its goal of 100% four-year college enrollment for the Class of 2021, duplicating the success of last year’s inaugural cohort.

People’s Self-Help Housing is participating in the nationwide awareness campaign ‘NeighborWorks Week,' to build creative campaigns around the ideas of neighborhood revitalization.

The Santa Barbara County Veterans Collaborative will formally launch on Thursday to improve the wellness of local veterans and families.

A group of Santa Barbara County nonprofits and community organizations announced they have joined forces to help family caregivers self-identify and find supportive services.

Heal the Ocean rallied forces to remove a trawler boat that became beached off the Montecito coast.

Sixteen global shipping companies slowed cargo ships for 181,000 nautical miles in 2020 program off California coast to protect blue whales and blue skies 

Through the United Way of Santa Barbara County’s Critical Needs Fund, groups are working towards vaccine equity. 

Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal announced the winners of the fourth annual Congressional Women of the Year Award.