Santa Barbara is the birthplace and home of Earth Day, which started the April after the 1969 oil spill. The Community Environmental Council (CEC) was founded this same year, and to this day runs our annual Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival. Learn more about the history of Earth Day, CEC, and the Santa Barbara environmental movement. As a parter…
It’s been an incredible first year of partnership with the Lobero Theatre, and as they prepare to celebrate their 146th Birthday next week, we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate their recent accomplishments and longstanding history. The Lobero is California’s oldest, continuously operating theatre. Originally founded in 1873 and rebuilt in 1924, it is recognized…
50 years ago today “California’s Worst Oil Spill Turned Beaches Black And The Nation Green”. Yesterday, students, activists, non-governmental organization leaders, politicians and other community members filled 1,800 seats at the Arlington Theatre as they gathered for the “50 Years After the Santa Barbara Oil Spill: A Call to Action”. The free event commemorated the first 50…
Photos by Nicole Wallace/Daily Nexus The groundbreaking of the UCSB Edible Campus Program Student Farm, a project supported by the Johnson Ohana Foundation, took place last week. UCSB alumni Jack & Kim Johnson, along with Chancellor Henry T. Yang, and many other community members, helped usher in the celebration. Edible Campus Student Farm Project from…
An estimated 75,000 spectators crowded State Street for the 2018 Summer Solstice Parade last weekend. The Solstice committee selected “Heroes” as the theme to honor first responders who acted bravely and worked so diligently during and after last winter’s devastating Thomas Fire and subsequent flooding and debris flows. Like you’ve likely heard before, not all…
The Santa Barbara native returned home for a special concert dubbed, Witness: Coming Home – A Benefit For The Community: Our Neighbors, Our Heroes. The sold out-show will benefit charities that are assisting those impacted by the Thomas fire and the subsequent flooding and debris flow. Proceeds from the evening, which is being presented by Firework…
Oniracom, the USC Media Institute for Social Change, Kwippit, and the Hip Hop community joined forces to help end homelessness. On Thursday, the Regent theater in Downtown Los Angeles hosted the special benefit concert. Presented by and benefiting Project Hope L.A., the night’s incredible lineup was headlined by Del the Funky Homosapien with AMP Live…
The past week saw the success of the Jack and Friends Benefit concert when Jack Johnson returned to his second hometown of Santa Barbara, CA, to help raise funds for Thomas Fire and Flood Relief with a benefit show at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Jack and local musicians joined volunteers and first responders on stage…
Since Oniracom’s inception, a major part of our practice as a company is being environmentally friendly. As a result, we are big supporters of Earth Day and several other sustainability projects. This weekend marks our 7th Santa Barbara Earth Day collaboration with the Community Environmental Council. For many companies the cost of going green can…
Oniracom was proud to roll out the red carpet and then some for longtime client and friend Jack Johnson during his official 2017 Summer Tour announcement. We built the new landing page on JackJohnsonMusic.com. Our web programmers worked with SongKick to launch the tour pre-sale. As a digital marketing agency and web solutions team, we…
Being an environmentally friendly business comes with its perks. First and foremost, you get to feel good about making the world a safer, healthier place. Reducing the use of energy and resources provides an opportunity to improve profitability through cost savings. Additionally, you get to take advantage of rebates and other incentives while attracting new environmentally-concerned…
“EVERY DAY WE ARE WORKING TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM HUNGER INTO HEALTH. NOT ONLY FEEDING BUT TEACHING HOW TO FISH.” Earlier this summer, the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County launched its monthlong campaign, End Summer Hunger. Its goal was to raise $50,000 for the Picnic in the Park program, which is “a country-wide program that…