AFSCME workers staged a UC-wide strike last week that garnered sympathy strikes from several other UC-wide unions. KCSB reporter Nassef Mohsen Ali summarized the strike, and why workers voted for it.
Photo Credits: KCSB Staff
Laws preventing the sleeping, sitting, or lying on public property have been ruled "cruel and unusual punishment" in the event that an area does not have sufficient shelter for its homeless population. KCSB's Maggie Drelichman reports.
While the Central Coast’s Latino population grows, new data shows that Santa Barbara’s is shrinking. KCSB's Elena Hancock reports.
At IVCSD's board meeting on Sept. 25th, the board attempted to make progress on several issues as returning UCSB students filled up Isla Vista. KCSB's Anita Carraher reports. This piece originally aired September 27th.
The union representing UC librarians across all campuses is currently negotiating their contracts with concerns over salary and academic freedom. KCSB's Anita Carraher has the story.
A research project launching out of UC Santa Barbara is using more than just technology to help fish off our coastline. KCSB's Anita Carraher has the story.
Find out more about the project here: spottinggiantseabass.msi.ucsb.edu/
Image credit: Spotting Giant Sea Bass Project
An unusual art project is slowly taking shape in Santa Barbara:
The Timeline Mosaic Project, which will compress 150 million years of local history and geology into a series of mosaic panels, covering 50 yards of wall. KCSB's Harry Lawton has the story.
Goleta Beach reopened earlier this month. Jenny Boyar has the story.
Reporting on the recent Goleta Fires missed out an essential connection
between extreme weather and climate change. UCSB political science professor Leah Stokes explains to KCSB's Harry Lawton the need to establish the link and its greater implications.
Local non profit leaders from the Tri County area recently came together to share ideas and concerns about the future of their organizations. KCSB’s Harry Lawton spoke with the facilitator of the daylong event, Marybeth Carty, to find out more about the process…