Feel Good News

The SBCC Foundation is providing $2 million in assistance to students through the COVID-19 Emergency Grant Fund.

CenCal Health donates tens of thousands of masks, gloves, and gowns for local healthcare workers.

Dos Pueblos High School senior Kathy Ramirez-Gijon was selected by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as a recipient of its prestigious Gates Scholarship.

Several local Santa Barbara high schoolers launched SB Sunshine Tutors to provide free tutoring services to K-12 students during the pandemic.

The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is piloting a new program designed to provide prepared meals to seniors, while also helping local restaurants.

Marian Regional Medical Center staff have been delivering boxes of fresh vegetables to medically vulnerable pediatric families.

United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County thanks Coastal Quilters Guild for providing masks for volunteers.

The Emergency Child Care Initiative will offer emergency no-cost child care services for critical health care providers, first-responders, and essential food distribution employees during the COVID-19 outbreak. 

The Goleta Chamber of Commerce partnered with local companies and the City of Goleta to launch Masks4Biz and provide the frontline staff of Goleta businesses with standard paper masks.

Bonnie shares a heartwarming story of seniors in a local apartment complex singing every night.

A Santa Barbara resident turned their free little library into a free little pantry for neighbors in need. 

World Central Kitchen and Rincon Brewery who have partnered to deliver meals to Santa Barbara City Fire, Carpinteria-Summerland Fire and Santa Barbara County Fire Departments.

Santa Barbara County faith leaders are urging social and physical distancing during the holidays.

Local residents and organizations are joining forces to create face masks for healthcare facilities and community members during the coronavirus pandemic.

Members of local law enforcement and fire departments blared sirens and inspiring music outside Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital to honor healthcare workers.

Isla Vista Screen Printing has started a "Here For Good" t-shirt campaign to support local businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.

A Central Coast fabric company is shifting gears to produce face masks with a group of crafty volunteers during the coronavirus pandemic.

An edhat reader shares how their street became a true refuge as Flamenco guitarist Chris Fossek entertained the neighborhood

The Arlington Theatre is sending out a healing message during the coronavirus pandemic.

Ralph’s, Food 4 Less, and Kroger Grant $45,000 to renovate the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara’s kitchen to continue to serve the community.

This Sunday, March 8, is International Women's Day that celebrates and brings awareness to women's rights.

The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is hosting a drive-thru food drive this Saturday with a goal of collecting 40,000 pounds of healthy groceries.

Last week the Valle Verde Retirement Community went to the dogs with their inaugural Dog Show.

Santa Barbara City Firefighters saved a kid's toy airplane stuck in a palm tree on Monday.

Local nonprofit Direct Relief has shipped N95 masks to Australia to help with wildfire ash and the Philippines as they struggle with volcanic ash.

The 11th annual Free Hugs Across America Tour arrived in Santa Barbara on Monday.

A homeless man in Camarillo has successfully reunited with his family in Oregon thanks to Project H.O.P.E.

Clean Coalition and Sage Energy Consulting partner to stage solar-driven microgrids and electric vehicle charging at schools throughout the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

Santa Barbara resident Sky Adams will take part in an international virtual choir performance as part of the sINgSPIRE program.

The Junior League of Santa Barbara provided funding of anti-trafficking technology for the Santa Barbara Police Department.