Two student films created during the UC Santa Barbara Coastal Media Project, “quwa’” and “The Kelp We Breathe,” are set to premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Feb. 6-7. The films ...

I am 9 years old. I am sitting on my grandfather’s magenta-turned-lavender rocking chair with him, and we are watching Sunday Night Football. My mind jumps to a 14-year-old version of myself, ...

It was 11:38 p.m. at the ‘Snot Fuckers’ bandshow in the backyard of a house on 69 Del Playa Drive. A diverse crowd of music enjoyers had gathered: girls seeking a break from the Bikinis and Benadryl ...

Thriftopia hosted “Youtopia” on Jan. 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Isla Vista Community Center and People’s Park. The event featured a variety of vendors with vintage clothing for $30 or under, a ...

UC Santa Barbara’s Southeast Asian Union hosted a look-alike competition of musician Beabadoobee on Jan. 25 at the Lagoon Lawn. Fifteen Beabadoobee look-alikes competed for flowers and the latest ...

The famed ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s began posting videos and announcements supporting social justice, environmental and other causes in the days surrounding the inauguration, Martin Luther King ...

In Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, conditions are ideal for a wildfire to rapidly spread upon ignition, according to an expert from the UC Santa Barbara Wildfire Resilience Initiative. “Right now ...

The Isla Vista Food Cooperative is at risk of shutting down due to consistently declining sales, according to board director Lisa Oglesby. While they’ve begun fundraising efforts, they are currently ...

The summit featured multiple panels with non-profit representatives and elected officials, who discussed current initiatives to combat poverty in Santa Barbara County, such as improving food security ...

UC Santa Barbara’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center presented Assistant Professor in the Chicana/o Studies Department Daina Sanchez’s book, “The Children of Solaga: Indigenous Belonging across the ...

Plenty of resilient creatures exist in nature, having survived through events of mass extinction and numerous endemic diseases surrounding them. A recent study by Roland Knapp from UC Santa Barbara’s ...

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival revealed the original poster and programming for the upcoming 40th annual festival, which is set to take place Feb. 4-15. This year marks the 40th ...