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Firefighters’ Simple Act of Kindness Helps Elderly Woman Stay Safe
After responding to a call on September 20 to assist an elderly resident who had fallen in her yard, a crew from City of...
Man Sets Up Toll-free Phone Lines So Any Kid Can Talk to Santa
2016 UPDATE: Once upon a time, there was a phone number for kids to use to call Santa Claus and talk directly to the North...
Giving New Life to California’s Struggling Sea Lion Pups
January was traditionally a slow period for sea lions at the San Pedro care center. But nearly 50 sea lions had come in, more...
Pentagon Becomes a Major Wildlife Protector
Many of the nation’s 440 military bases were established in what were once sparsely populated hinterlands. Now, with urban sprawl pushing up against perimeter...
Billionaire Driver Asks Directions, Donates $20,000 for Woman’s Kidney Fund
Santa Barbara resident Jennifer Vasilakos was in the neighborhood handing out flyers and raising funds when a driver stopped to ask for directions.
She never...
Young Girl’s Cupcakes for Cancer Raises $85,000
When she was seven, Blakely Colvin had to endure three years of chemotherapy to counter the effects of a rare auto-immune disease, but her...
The Greenest Colleges in America
A U.S. Green Building Council partnership released its third annual report listing the greenest colleges nationwide. The online-only guide, available as a free download,...
Gates Foundation Funds Bold Ideas Including Dirt-Charged Cell Phones and Human Waste Fertilizer
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Thursday announced 88 new winners of $100,000 grants to support innovative research that has the potential to dramatically...
Daryl Hannah to Receive 2011 Environmental Hero Award
Actress and filmmaker Daryl Hannah has been selected to receive the 2011 Environmental Hero award this Earth Day. Hannah’s long past in promoting sustainability...
Recycle Your Phone and Save A Gorilla, on World Environment Day
World Environment Day kicks off tomorrow, June 5, in Rwanda, a country of exceptional biodiversity that has made "huge strides in environmental protection," according...
Bobcat Bonds With Fawn After CA Fire Rescue
While thousands of firefighters devoted their time to containing the Jesusita wildfire raging near Santa Barbara, one group of rescue workers worked around...
New ‘Smart’ Lighting Makes Parking Greener and Safer
Even after daytime users drive home, parking lots and garages light up the night. Evening users are few, but for safety reasons, the lights...
Top Tips For Surviving Today’s Financial Challenges
Your pocketbook, your bank account, even your job and home may be caught up in the sweeping panic, but that doesn't mean you have...
Essential as Vitamin C CoQ10 Soon May be Available in Water
If U.C Santa Barbara Chemist Bruce Lipshutz has his way, you may soon be buying bottles of water brimming with the life-sustaining coenzyme CoQ10...
10 Tons of Fishing Gear Cleaned From Channel Islands Waters
Lost and abandoned underwater fishing gear can be dangerous to wildlife as well as people. Derelict nets in particular can entrap fish, sharks...
3.8 million Acres of California Ocean Floor Protected
The Nature Conservancy announced this week the purchase of six trawling permits and four trawling vessels from commercial fishermen in Morro Bay as part...