Gilbert family’s gift will fund 100 CLU scholarships
A $2.5 million gift from the TOLD Foundation will provide California Lutheran University with roughly 100 scholarships to low-income and moderate-income students over the next eight years. The gift is the largest non-estate gift CLU has received for scholarships, according to a Sept. 8 statement from the university. Called the Rod Gilbert Achievement Scholarships, the Read More →
State funds more than 100 units in Ventura County with anti-homelessness grants
New funding from Sacramento will help convert a motel in Thousand Oaks to housing for homeless people and buildings at Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families to housing for at-risk former foster youth, adding more than 100 units of supportive housing in Ventura County. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced $694 million in new grants on Read More →
Girls Inc. in dispute over Santa Barbara property sale
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Good Works: B of A gives $565k in region; Mechanics Bank buys new imaging unit for CMH
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Ventura Land Trust gets state funding to complete newest hillside preservation purchase
The state of California has awarded $7.2 million to the Ventura Land Trust to complete the acquisition and preservation of the 1,645-acre Mariano Rancho property in the Ventura hillsides, the Land Trust announced July 8. The state funding will help ecological restoration aimed at supporting recovery of endangered coastal sage scrub plants and safeguard a Read More →
United Way official: Families in region must scrape to get by
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Donations roll in to help Food Bank of Santa Barbara County repair damaged building
The Food Bank of Santa Barbara County’s offices were damaged by a falling tree on May 10, and donors have stepped up since then with more than $50,000 to help pay for repairs. Food Bank employees arrived the morning of May 11 to find that heavy winds the night before had toppled a eucalyptus tree Read More →
