5,000 Pounds of Trout Released into Cachuma Lake
(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – Cachuma Lake is ringing in 2026 at full capacity. Following a powerful holiday atmospheric river and
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UCSB Arts & Lectures ‘Air Time’ | Davóne Tines and Clay Zeller-Townson: What Is Your Hand in This?
A conversation with Charles Donelan.
Douglass Day at UCSB Invites the Public to Transcribe Black History
Held annually on Frederick Douglass’s birthday, the decade-old collaborative initiative takes up the Colored Conventions and the theme “All Rights for All” at its new institutional home at UC Santa Barbara.
ICE Enforcement Out of Control
After reading Thursday morning’s news articles regarding ICE’s arsenal to track undocumented immigrants, it made me think of the childhood stories my mother told me.
Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
By the time most of Santa Barbara wakes up, fields in the valley have already been picked. Hotel linens are stripped and washed. This is the shift that keeps the county running — and a lot of it is done by people whose legal status has been in limbo for years.
Think and Choose
I know people who support Trump who have no problem with his cruel deportations.
California Democrats Have New Plans for Confronting ICE: Taxes, Lawsuits, and Location Bans
The California Senate passed a bill that would make it easier to sue federal officers over civil rights violations. Recent shootings of civilians by immigration agents in Minnesota lent urgency to the measure, one of several targeting ICE.
Dump Trump by a General Strike
The fastest way to stop this madness is a nationwide General Strike.
A Rent Freeze Isn’t Collaboration
Declaring a freeze across thousands of housing units without a plan to help housing providers manage continued rising costs is not thoughtful policy. It is a political gesture that imposes real harm on one group while offering brief relief to another.
Final Days to Experience LAYERING: Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild Annual Member Exhibition
Santa Barbara, CA — January 2026 — The Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild invites the public to experience the final
