Santa Barbara, CA — January 2, 2026 — The Pad Climbing, a community-focused climbing gym known for its welcoming and inclusive approach, is officially opening its doors in Santa Barbara with a free, ...

Nearly a decade after the search for real estate began — and two years after construction crews literally raised the roof — The Pad Climbing has finally opened its Santa Barbara doors. Located inside ...

Charles Barrett is 39 years old and very much alive. But people in Sonoma County’s rock climbing community now tend to speak of him in the past tense — of the Charlie Barrett they once knew. Or ...

“I need you to sit down,” the doctor told Kirk Keeler, a nature photographer who grew up in Sonoma County and is now living in Nevada City. Keeler had just had his first colonoscopy and was still ...

Pacific Edge Climbing Gym recently offered a free day of climbing to Santa Cruz Welcoming Network families. These families have fled horrible conditions in their home countries and are living in Santa ...

The new Pad climbing gym in Santa Barbara has over 14,000 square feet of space, surpassing the size of the location in San Luis Obispo. Katherine Ball Noozhawk The Pad Climbing Gym has arrived in the ...

SANTA CRUZ — Former Moss Landing Marine Laboratories professor Stacy Kim and former ER nurse Paula Mierau host a top rope climbing club for people with Parkinson’s at Pacific Edge Climbing Gym called ...