KCSB News and Sports · In Conversation with Dr. Do-Reynoso: COVID Disparities, Medical Mistrust, and Vaccine Hesitancy
Santa Barbara Public Health Director Dr. Van Do-Reynoso has been a leading player in keeping the community informed and wary of the coronavirus throughout the past year.…
On Tuesday, May 18th at 4 PM PST, KCSB News presents to you A Year in COVID: Medical Racism and Health Misinformation.
This online panel will be a critical discussion of how racial health inequity prevents marginalized communities from accessing quality care.
The panelists—public health…
KCSB News and Sports · Dozens Gather in Solidarity for Juana Flores, Goleta Grandmother Who Was Deported Two Years Ago
Dozens of people gathered outside Santa Barbara City Hall on Saturday, April 3rd to show support for Juana Flores – a 57-year old grandmother…
KCSB News and Sports · Asian American Pacific Islander Solidarity in Santa Barbara
Nearly 300 Santa Barbara residents gathered in solidarity with the Asian American Pacific Islander community on Saturday, March 27 to mourn the lives lost in the March 16 Atlanta shooting and…
KCSB News and Sports · Hannah-Beth Jackson on the Importance of Equal Rights Legislation & Activism
President Biden honored International Women's Day by announcing changes to the way sexual violence on colleges campuses will be handled, vowing to dismantle Trump-era policies that afforded more…
KCSB News and Sports · How LA Activists Are Making Unoccupied Housing Accessible to Houseless Families
Independent journalist Zoie Matthew has been chronicling for months the struggle by(mostly)homeless single mothers with children to gain access to nearly 200 houses in the El Sereno area…
KCSB News and Sports · Sports Journalism Career Talk with Oskar Garcia
KCSB News spoke to several KCSB alums in honor of this year’s Fund Drive, including former sports director and general manager Oskar Garcia. Garcia, who is now a Sports Editor at the…
Board of Supervisors Balance of Power at Stake in Redistricting
New independent commission is beset by partisan wrangling
By Melinda Burns
Santa Barbara County’s first-ever independent redistricting commission has begun its work with the kind of partisan conflict and maneuvering that the voters had hoped…
KCSB News and Sports · The San Marcos Foothills Protest
On Thursday, February 25, eight people were arrested during a protest against the development of high end luxury homes on the West Mesa of the San Marcos Foothills. The Santa Barbara Independent reported that…
KCSB News and Sports · LA Unified School District Getting Ready to Reopen
Schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District are finally shifting to fully reopening their doors to thousands of students. KCSB's Pricila Flores has more on the story.
