Coronavirus-related briefs worth noting
A roundup of coronavirus-related briefs from around the region: • United Way of Santa Barbara County and the Santa Barbara Foundation are teaming up on a COVID-19 response effort. The partnership will combine fundraising and decision-making resources. Initial focus is in supporting food insecurity, seniors, child care needs and health care. Applications for grants will Read More →
Good Works: Homeless living in their vehicles get solar chargers
Nonprofit Unite to Light and the New Beginnings Counseling Center’s Safe Parking Program have teamed up to bring light, electricity and a degree of security to about 120 folks living in their cars in Santa Barbara County. Unite to Light president Megan Birney and Safe Parking Program sponsor Mike Tognotti and daughter Sofia Tognotti put Read More →
Rubicon supporters decide that the show must go on
The Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura is able to stage its current production of “South Pacific” because of donors who stepped up in the wake of the Thomas fire. The not-for-profit, professional theater company documented about $260,000 in losses from the blaze but only $85,000 of that has been recovered through insurance, according to Producing Read More →
