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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.

People’s Self-Help Housing staff and students left on a three-day tour of colleges and universities all throughout the state of California. 

Ten local nonprofit agencies were awarded grants totaling $750,000 from a record-breaking pool of member donations collected by the Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara during 2020.

Students in the Orcutt Union School District summer gardening program received free potting soil from Engel & Gray and seedlings from Plantel Nursery to commemorate Earth Day.

Clark Bushnell, a long-time People’s Self-Help Housing resident, marked his 101th birthday this week with a very special celebration.

Alycia Rasmussen, a student from the People’s Self-Help Housing Camino Scholars program, has accepted admission to University of California, Davis to pursue a Ph.D in Microbiology.

The SBCC Foundation and Explore Ecology received a $100,000 EPA Grant to create the Santa Barbara Ecological and Edible Garden Project.

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper's Watershed Brigade will host a dispersed clean-up event April 24-25 to complement local Earth Day celebrations.

The United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County has launched a series of new programs to help students get back on track.

The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara honored the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County as their 2020 Outstanding Community Partner of the Year.

The Los Padres Forest Association has continued the quest to reopen the North Cold Spring and Blue Canyon Trails located on the backside of the Santa Ynez Mtns directly behind Santa Barbara.

Volunteers with the Los Padres Forest Association helped clear forty trees on the remote Madulce Trail within the Dick Smith Wilderness.

Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network's 52nd patient was a great horned owl who came from a ranch in Santa Ynez. 

Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network’s 205th patient of 2021 is a Western meadowlark that was discovered in the streets of Carpinteria. This small songbird wasn’t flying, so a citizen rescuer brought it into the Center to receive care. 

Last month, 99.9 KTYD Morning Mojo's Lin Aubuchon and Bill Pesso fundraised over $30,000 to support local school music programs. 

The Los Padres Forest Association Trail Crew has been deep in the backcountry this drier than normal winter working on some of the more remote Los Padres trails.

Local nonprofit representatives joined Montecito Bank & Trust associates for a twist on the bank’s annual event as the 29th Anniversary Grants event was held virtually for the second year in a row.

Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria is sponsoring Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture's "Santa Barbara County Child Wellness Initiative."

Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network said a special farewell to Northern fulmar patient #94.

United Way of Santa Barbara County has more than $13 million in rental and utility assistance funds generously allocated for eligible residents that have experienced a loss of income due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

People’s Self-Help Housing has opened a new affordable housing property for formerly homeless women in Santa Barbara: Heath House.

The SBCC Foundation announced that anonymous donors have made a major gift of $375,000 to support the Santa Barbara City College Music Department’s Jazz and Symphony programs.