Every year, CommUnify, formerly known as the Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County, recognizes extraordinary people and organizations that have helped improve the lives of children, youth, families and seniors in local communities. This year, CommUnify selected two individuals and one business for its 15th annual Champions Awards.

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.