Amid the highest food insecurity rates in nearly a decade, proposed federal changes threaten to deepen hunger across Santa ...

Bookshop Santa Cruz, in conjunction with the Santa Cruz County Office of Education and the Humanities Institute at UC Santa ...

A talent show for kids ages 12 and under is a popular part ot El Dia del Niño at the Santa Barbara Zoo.(Courtesy photo) One of the Santa Barbara ...

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Children’s Resource Fair will be 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 29 at the Central Library’s Michael Towbes Library Plaza, 40 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. Attendees can explore services ...

Paraeducator at Adams Elementary Arrested for Allegedly Arranging to Meet 15-year-old Boy Update by the edhat staff March 18, ...

Since the reopening of the Santa Barbara Public Library, families have returned to the children’s center, which is now packed ...

This spring, the city is offering its certification program at a reduced cost as part of an ongoing effort to improve the ...

Pandya, an associate professor at UC Santa Barbara, draws inspiration from E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India, where an ...

Santa Barbara, CA, March 4, 2025 — It’s not just adults who are impacted by grief and loss in our community. Children are as well. One in five children will experience the death of someone close to ...

When her two oldest children entered college ... They volunteered in the library and chemistry lab at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA for two years. Then the couple fulfilled a long-time ...