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Latinx Students Being Overly Diagnosed with Learning Disabilities

KCSB News and Sports · Latinx Students Being Overly Diagnosed with Learning Disabilities The Santa Barbara Unified School District works to address issues on academic equity, one of these being why LatinX students are more likely to be diagnosed with learning disabilities. Reporter Kali…

Dangerous Heat, Unequal Consequences

KCSB News and Sports · Dangerous Heat, Unequal Consequences Both Florida and Arizona are seeing some of the nation’s highest summertime temperatures, deeply and disproportionately affecting minority communities. KCSB’s Lekha Sapers delves into the root causes of this disparity.

health & science news central coast February 10, 2021

A Santa Barbara County Resident’s Experience with the COVID-19 Vaccine

KCSB News and Sports · A Santa Barbara County Resident's Experience with the COVID-19 Vaccine The COVID vaccine is considered a ray of hope for a lot of residents who think the two shots could help life get back to normal. For now, only…

national & international news central coast February 10, 2021

SB County Gets Its First DOJ Rep for Immigrants

KCSB News and Sports · SB County Gets its First DOJ Rep for Immigrants Karla Can is Santa Barbara County's first Department of Justice representative for immigrants. In an interview with KCSB's Pia Ramos, Can speaks about her position, what this means for the…

news isla vista ucsb February 2, 2021

Move-In Day During a Pandemic

KCSB News and Sports · Move-In Day During a Pandemic “Chaotic..excitingly chaotic" and "rushed" were the words used to describe the weekend of Jan. 15-18th. In a span of four days, 1,000 undergraduate students moved into university-owned apartments for the Winter and Spring quarter.…

national & international news January 22, 2021

The Impact of the Biden-Harris Inauguration Day

KCSB News and Sports · The Impact of the Biden-Harris Inauguration Day President Biden is beginning to work on reversing much of the Trump presidency. Much of this work has to do with his call for unity during his Inauguration Day speech. KCSB’s Aubrey…

news central coast January 22, 2021

Commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy in Santa Barbara

KCSB News and Sports · Commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy in Santa Barbara In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, KCSB's Ashley Rusch joins Anna Everett, emeritus professor of Film and Media at UC Santa Barbara, to speak on her experience as…

news January 15, 2021

Partners in Education: Assisting Students Through a Pandemic

KCSB News and Sports · Partners in Education: Assisting Students Through a Pandemic Partners in Education is a local non-profit organization that has expanded their services to meet the needs of the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. KCSB's Mylee Sumoge has the story. More information:…

national & international news January 15, 2021

Trump’s Nuclear Legacy

KCSB News and Sports · Trump's Nuclear Legacy Journalist Jeffrey Smith, a fellow at the Public Integrity Institute in Washington DC, recently published an article in the LA Times, detailing the Trump Administration's plan to spend many billions of dollars on revamping the US…

national & international news January 15, 2021

Removing Parler from the App Store

KCSB News and Sports · Removing Parler from the App Store The social media app that insurgents who stormed the US Capitol reportedly used to plan has been removed from app stores, but the data trail it left behind could be used by law…

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