April 22 may just seem like a normal spring day. But back in 1970, it was the first celebration of Earth Day, a holiday stressing the need for environmental reform and conservation. In the more than ...

The heavens welcomed Earth Day to America. All over the country, April 22, 1970, dawned clear and sunny; mild weather made it even easier to bring people into the streets. The Capitol Mall was packed, ...

In downtown Santa Barbara, less than a block from where one of the first Earth Day festivals took place in 1970, we recently gathered environmental and community leaders around a single question: What ...

Dan Moccia-Field, center, retrieves trash with his children Fran Weller, 4, left, and Joan Weller, 7, along the Eastern Promenade for Earth Day in April. (Derek Davis/Staff Photographer) From its ...