Santa Barbara Must Choose Compassion over Politics at FARO Day Center
Our city’s response to the FARO situation will define who we are as a community.
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Poetry Connection | Connecting with Teen Poets
Typewriters help make the link to access creativity in Arts Fund mentorship.
A Preventable Starvation
This is about our shared humanity. Does it still exist? Did it ever exist?
Bridge for a Cause: Santa Barbara Rufnsluffers Raise $43,550 for The Alzheimer’s Association
The Santa Barbara Rufnsluffers, a dedicated local team led by longtime community member and advocate Trish Gainey, raised an incredible $43,550 for
ForestWatch Launches Bowl to Be Wild: An End of Summer Lawn Bowling Tournament and More on August 17, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA – Los Padres ForestWatch’s Bowl to Be Wild event will be held at Santa Barbara Lawn Bowls Club
Jule Selbo Brings ‘Mary Shelley: A Year With No Summer’ To Ojai Theater
World premiere play about ‘Frankenstein’ creator debuts August 8.
Elaine’s Essential Coverage
This summer, you might have noticed a new name on some of our stories: Elaine Sanders. Working as our news
Fighting to Stop Congress’ and Trump Administration’s Illegal Crusade Against Essential Reproductive Healthcare: Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit over “Defund Provision”
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today sued the Trump Administration over the sweeping budget reconciliation law (“Big Beautiful Bill”),
In Memoriam: Joanne Cooper Holderman 1935–2025
When you walked into the Arts Fund board meeting, you never quite knew what to expect — except that Joanne
Madre Fire, California’s Largest Wildfire of 2025, 100 Percent Contained
Evacuation orders and road closures related to the fire have been lifted, and access to the federal lands of the Carrizo Plain National Monument has been reopened.
