Life at Rancho Cielo

The 100-acre “sky ranch,” as its name translates from Spanish, is a school and social ...

“We get these kids"—at-risk youth, many trying to escape from the grip of gang life—"and ...

John Phillips, a retired Superior Court judge and former Monterey County district attorney, started Rancho ...

Deputy probation officer Dave Campos, a former commercial fisherman, shows Rancho Cielo youth the ropes—or, ...

At the pond, stocked with hundreds of fish that students catch and release, Maria Fernandez, ...

Horticulture students put their classroom learning to work in Rancho Cielo’s extensive garden. Youth grow ...

Victor Barbosa, 25, first came to Rancho Cielo in January 2009. Two months later, he ...

Before enrolling at Rancho Cielo, Felicia Castro, 21, “was having a hard time getting my ...

Students in the Drummond Culinary Academy listen intently as Chef Marc Whisenant, the program’s head ...

To date, nearly 150 youth have “graduated” from Rancho Cielo, and many stay in touch ...

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