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Transgender Day of Visibility honors gender-diverse people in Santa Barbara.
The Santa Barbara Transgender Advocacy Network will hold a Transgender Day of Visibility event Saturday, March 28 at the Unitarian Society in Santa Barbara, with art exhibits, live entertainment and community resource tables.
Community microchip scanning stations opened at Santa Maria fire stations.
Santa Barbara County Animal Services and partners installed five microchip scanning stations at fire stations across Santa Maria, with a ribbon-cutting set for March 10; the stations provide scanners and instructions to help identify microchipped pets.
Christian Bale helped create a foster-care village in Palmdale
Christian Bale spent roughly 15–16 years working with the nonprofit Together California to develop a foster-care village in Palmdale that cost about $20–22 million and includes family-style homes, apartments for teens aging out of care, and a community center.
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Happy New Year 2026 from Native News Online
Native News Online thanks readers and supporters as it welcomes 2026 and renews its commitment to Indigenous journalism, while noting it did not reach an online fundraising goal.
Wednesday's Child: Dontez seeks a loving family and a forever home this holiday season
Dontez (born May 2013) is a boy in foster care who is seeking an adoptive family, and he was recently seen trying ice skating at Pershing Square.
Christmas in Crenshaw brings gifts, food and community support
Special Needs Network and Assemblymember Isaac Bryan held the annual Christmas Care Exchange on Santa Rosalia Drive near the Crenshaw Family YMCA, distributing toys, food and resources to local families.
San Antonio radio host and meteorologist Jud Ashmore dies at 101
Jud Ashmore, a longtime San Antonio radio host and TV meteorologist known for the sign-off "hug somebody, it'll make you feel good," has died at 101; he served in the Navy and Air Force before a decades-long broadcasting career.
Pompe disease patients are now surviving into adulthood after Duke research
A study reports that enzyme replacement therapy developed at Duke and approved in 2006 has allowed some infantile-onset Pompe patients from early clinical trials to reach their 20s.
Poetry Connection: Year in Review and Writing Goals
The author reviews 2025 poetry highlights in Santa Barbara and says their New Year's resolution is to publish two manuscripts.
Big Country Wrap 2025 highlights the year's most uplifting local stories.
This Big Country 2025 Wrap highlights five uplifting local stories, including a viral Abilene high school cheerleader-percussionist and teens who rushed to help during a house fire.
Montana State fan Val's unbreakable spirit lives on through family and team
Valerie Aughney, a lifelong Montana State fan who died Dec. 9 at 72 after metastatic thyroid cancer, was honored at a blue-and-gold funeral and remembered by family as the Bobcats advanced to the FCS title game.