Inspirational leader Aidan Free, a 17-year-old student and advocate from Santa Barbara with Type One Diabetes (T1D), has been ...

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Westmont has welcomed a herd of sheep to campus to eat non-native vegetation and reduce wildfire fuel in the barranca ...

A fundraiser has been set up for a Santa Barbara family of four who “lost everything” in the Fourth of July fire.

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Stu Cleek, who has more than 35 years of experience in Christian higher education, has been named vice president for ...