The Behavioral Health Initiative, launched by Cottage Health in 2017, this year has awarded more than $1 million in community partnership grants to 16 Santa Barbara County programs that address mental health and substance use.

Few gossip columnists have been as popular — or as notorious! — as Rona Barrett. During her reign from the late ‘60s to mid-’80s, she interviewed Burt, Liza, Cher and virtually every other megastar on her Rona Looks At specials, …

Before Barbara Walters became the queen of celebrity TV interviews, a woman named Rona Barrett basically created the form. She became a national star with her gossip and interview segments on Good Morning America, …

On a typical Wednesday afternoon at the Golden Inn & Village in Santa Ynez, senior residents can be found seated around tables in their usual spots alongside friends, eagerly awaiting lunch to be served.

The Golden Inn & Village affordable housing development for senior citizens, located in Santa Ynez, received two national awards of excellence Oct. 29, a spokeswoman for the project said.