The Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club and Los Padres ForestWatch filed a formal protest today to stop the Bureau of Land Management from leasing out 2,600 acres of environmentally sensitive land in Monterey and Fresno counties for oil and gas development.
Chris Harley Rupp, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee senior and part-time firefighter and EMT, has excessively planned an honorary bike route spanning more than 4,000 miles, which will take him from San Francisco to New York City over the course of two months.
Beginning July 1, 2011, all students entering grades 7-12 must provide proof they are immunized against whooping cough (Tdap) before starting school.
In August, Academic Year in America (AYA) is looking for Santa Barbara families to host high school exchange students from all over the world.
For the third year in a row, The (805) Deli has run it’s “Buy One, Give One” campaign to provide sandwiches for the families living in Transition House’s Emergency Shelter.
The Ocean Protection Council has awarded $4 million to support initial monitoring of the newly designated South Coast marine protected areas (MPAs).
The Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors announced the winners of their quarterly Business Star Awards.
University of California Education Abroad Program participants planning to attend semester- or year-long immersion programs in the 2011-2012 academic year are encouraged to apply for the Jasmine Jahanshahi Award offered annually to UC students.
The Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project, now in its fifth year, helps keep beaches, rivers and lakes across America “barefoot friendly.”
Congresswoman Lois Capps (CA-23) announced that Community Health Centers of the Central Coast (CHC) has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to expand its school-based health care services for uninsured and low income children in both Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo County.
