3+ hour, 28+ min ago  (445+ words) Spirits were high at Carpinteria High School Wednesday evening as 147 seniors walked across the Memorial Stadium field and received their diplomas. "We are not the same students who walked onto campus for the first time four years ago," Pulido said....

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (203+ words) The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara's Downtown Club is asking the community to help fund new computers for the hundreds of local youth who rely on the club each year for academic support, mentorship, and after-school programs. Following the…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (289+ words) Now in its eighth year, the Library Award for Undergraduate Research (LAUR) at UC Santa Barbara has crowned its 2026 winners. His project " It's Not Just a Job, It's Literally My Housing: Resident Assistants, Job Embeddedness, and Dissent " used applied organizational…...

6+ day, 42+ min ago  (467+ words) As they leave Cabrillo High School, members of the class of 2026 should go learn, explore, travel, take chances and more, a graduate told his fellow Conquistadores. It was the 60th commencement for the Vandenberg Village campus, where approximately 255 graduates donned black…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (144+ words) It's the most wonderful time of the year, especially for graduates, especially. Commencement season has arrived. Starting things off, the College of Creative Studies will hold its commencement exercises 11 a. m. , Sunday, June 7 in Campbell Hall. Next, from 4-6: 30 p. m. Thursday, June 11, on Commencement…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (373+ words) UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Dennis Assanis has announced the appointment of Jaime Lester as the new Jules Zimmer Dean of the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, effective July 1. Lester partnered with research centers and faculty to increase externally funded doctoral…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (239+ words) Feliciano Aguilar, Santa Maria-Bonita School District (SMBSD) psychologist at Liberty Elementary, has been honored with the key to the district by Ricardo Valencia, SMBSD Board member. The Key to the District is the highest recognition awarded by the SMBSD Board…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (499+ words) Lompoc Unified students brought home top awards from the 41st Annual Central Coast STEM Expo, held May 1-2 at Lompoc High School, earning recognition across grade levels and disciplines, including the competition's highest honor. Students from across the Central Coast gathered for…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (209+ words) The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara honored hundreds of area students at consecutive awards ceremonies on May 27-28. About 650 people attended the foundation's South County Scholarship Awards Ceremony May 27 at the Courthouse Sunken Garden in Santa Barbara, and about 850 people attended…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (243+ words) More children got their hands in the soil, spent time outside, and learned how to garden in the Explore Ecology School Gardens Program, thanks to a $25, 000 grant from the Santa Barbara Foundation through the Conservation, Environment, and Public Trails Grant…...