Santa Barbara Unified, Teachers Association Have First Meeting with State-Appointed Mediator
With the school district and union still at an impasse over contract negotiations, the mediator schedules a second meeting for April 10.
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Santa Barbara Unified School Board Addresses Anti-Blackness in Schools and the Boardroom
School boardmembers discuss escalated personal attacks and microaggressions during meetings before hearing report on racism and bias in schools.
Layoffs Coming to Santa Barbara Unified School District
With the next year’s budget still in the works, the district says it’s too soon to say what will be cut.
Fire Defense or Deforestation? West Camino Cielo Community Divided over Los Padres Fuel Break
Members of the Santa Barbara mountain community butt heads with the U.S. Forest Service over vegetation clearing.
National Feminist Leader Warns Voters: ‘Nothing Should Be Taken for Granted’
Kathy Spillar talks Alabama’s in vitro birth ruling and more ahead of stop at the Santa Barbara Women’s Political Committee’s 23rd Presidents’ Circle Luncheon on March 8.
Santa Barbara Assemblymember Gregg Hart Reintroduces Blue Whales and Blue Skies Bill
The legislation would expand the program statewide to help prevent fatal ship strikes on whales and lower harmful emissions.
Santa Barbara–Based Charity Supplying Gaza from 7,500 Miles Away
ShelterBox is providing aid packages to Gaza’s most vulnerable amid military onslaught.
New Backcountry Casitas Selected for Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
“Poet’s Perch,” honoring the late Sojourner Kincaid Rolle, is among the four designs to be installed as new playhouses at the Garden.
Ordained Pastor Comes to Santa Barbara to Talk White Christian Nationalism
John Fanestil, author of “American Heresy: The Roots and Reach of White Christian Nationalism,” will be in town Sunday, February 25, to discuss the ways this strain of Christian thought has taken root in American life.
Adding Insult to Injury: Radioactive Waste and DDT Rub Elbows off Coast of Los Angeles
David Valentine, the UC Santa Barbara scientist who discovered a DDT dumping ground in the waters off Catalina Island, releases a new study pointing to the disposal of radioactive waste in the Pacific Ocean.
