The civil complaint alleges that three special education employees — including two still employed at the high school — abused the student while he was in their care. The school district says that “the lawsuit against the district and its employees appears to be entirely meritless.”
A video from the stranded sailor shows the sailboat burning on the shoreline before the island became engulfed in flames.
The massive sheet of black tar on Sands Beach and Coal Oil Point was sucked back into the ocean before its “oil fingerprint” could be traced, said Heal the Ocean’s Harry Rabin.
A coalition is pushing state lawmakers to extend CalSHAPE, reopen applications, and ensure funds for HVAC upgrades reach the schools they were intended for.
The “human-caused” fire destroys and threatens historic buildings and endangered plant species found nowhere else in the world.
A large effort is underway to save the island’s historic structures, housing, campgrounds, and pier as the “human-caused” fire scorches more than 16,000 acres.
Kenneth Kolberg is giving back to the imperiled Santa Barbara library program that changed his life.
Two historic structures were destroyed and 11 park employees were evacuated over the weekend as firefighters work to protect the island’s threatened species and historic ranch house and infrastructure.
Several stations equipped with reusable baskets make it easy to collect garbage on the beach.
A Coast Guard helicopter rescued a shipwrecked sailor from the burning Channel Island south of Santa Barbara County on Friday.
