Answering a call to think beyond themselves, Ojai Valley High School students volunteered last year at the inaugural Love Thy Neighbor benefit concert. They worked both setting and cleaning up for the event, which raised money to operate the area’s winter warming shelter for the homeless….

Review: ‘The Bookseller of Kabul’ tells a poignant, familial narrative of Afghanistan
Since the reemergence of the Taliban rule in Afghanistan in 2021, the headlines out of Kabul have been dire. Poverty is rampant as international aid and support collapse. A harsh winter has taken a heavy toll on those least equipped to endure it. Violence and anarchy...