Westmont Gets Nod on Best College List
Just days before welcoming its class of 2014, Westmont College was ranked number 99 out of the country’s top 266 liberal arts colleges.
Year: 2010
Wildlife Care Network Receives Posthumous Gift
The Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network received a $100,000 donation this week from a well-known philanthropist who died earlier in the year.
Sting Nabs Stores Selling Tobacco to Minors
The County’s Public Health and Sheriff’s departments announced this week the results of a sting operation to track how often tobacco was sold to minors.
Treatment, Not Felonies
Advocates demand better services for those with drug addictions coupled with mental disorders.
El Carrillo: Santa Barbara’s “Almost” Housing First
El Carrillo replicates the much-touted housing-first model, with an asterisk.
St. Francis Foundation Awards More Than $1 Million in Local Grants
Funding during 2009 Fiscal Year provided assistance for programs serving Santa Barbara’s most vulnerable residents
Beach Sampling Results, Aug. 16
One beach at warning level in this week’s report.
Nancy Leffert New Antioch University President
Leffert is a nationally-known scholar of adolescent development, with 35 years of experience in social service and higher education administration
Cate School Chef Earns Recognition
Cate School Chef Tim Fox earns bronze as part of Aramark Higher Education’s West Region team at the 4th annual Aramark Culinary Excellence Challenge July 25, 2010 in San Francisco
Successful Summer Youth Celebrations
Graduation ceremonies marking the successful “End of Summer” for the Summer Youth Program will occur in three locations Aug. 20-26.
