The California Policy Lab estimates nearly 1 in every 8 Californians with a criminal record is potentially eligible to obtain ...

A community-focused initiative with the United Way of Northern Santa Barbara County is helping to distribute more than $300,000 to Central Coast children.

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The newly awarded grant, titled Resilient Firewise Communities, will be used to strengthen wildfire resilience throughout Santa Barbara County until ...

A free legal Clean Slate Clinic for Santa Barbara County residents to help with criminal record expungement, felony reduction, and arrest record sealing ...

In a year when Cal Fire grant funding was cut by 35% across the state, the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council secured a $2.3 million grant. The newly ...

Former students of Olivet University, headquartered near Anza in a remote part of Riverside County, claim they were required to work, at times for no pay, and couldn't leave campus without permission.

Forbes spotlights entrepreneurs, scientists, philanthropists, corporate leaders and policymakers focused on sustainable ...

Over 200 individuals were arrested in Southern California for online child sex exploitation during Operation Online Guardian.

Nestled on a back road in the tawny foothills of Santa Barbara County, the elegant estate is ... But the impact of all these visitors is tearing the community apart. Aug. 24, 2023 Republicans ...

The mid-October end date remains tentative and has to be approved by the California ... county is slowly pulling out,” said Mary Ann Krause, chair of the Santa Clara Valley Together community ...