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A child waters the plants in the outdoor classroom at Head Start on Santa Barbara's Westside. The program recently unveiled a new outdoor classroom paid for by K-Lite 101.7. Credit: Joshua Molina / ...

Santa Margarita powered home its first and only touchdown against No. 5 Mater Dei with about five minutes left in the game. It was enough, in a low-scoring, turnover-heavy game, and for the first time ...

Santa Barbara County residents should soon receive their ballots for the special state election on Nov. 4 to cast their vote on Proposition 50. If approved, California would adopt a temporary new ...

Sunshine Borjas, 47, of Santa Rosa, went missing after leaving home last Wednesday to hike alone at Bodega Head. Her car was found the next morning in the Bodega Head parking lot, but search efforts ...

Tim Fang is a digital producer at CBS Bay Area. A Bay Area native, Tim has been a part of the CBS Bay Area newsroom for more than two decades and joined the digital staff in 2006. Authorities in ...

Encompass Community Services in Santa Cruz County is facing a funding crisis that threatens the closure of Head Start classrooms and potential staff layoffs after federal funds were suddenly blocked, ...

BODEGA HEAD, Calif. -- Santa Rosa police are asking for the public's help in finding a woman who went missing after driving to Bodega Head for a hike on Wednesday afternoon. Sunshine Borjas, 47, was ...

Authorities in Sonoma County are searching for a Santa Rosa woman who was reported missing following a hike along the coast on Wednesday. According to the Santa Rosa Police Department, 47-year-old ...

Tim Fang is a digital producer at CBS Bay Area. A Bay Area native, Tim has been a part of the CBS Bay Area newsroom for more than two decades and joined the digital staff in 2006. Authorities in ...