Archive for February, 2008
Premiere of local documentary “Citizen McCaw,” Friday March 7 at the Arlington Theater
On Friday, March 7, the long-awaited documentary Citizen McCaw premieres at the Arlington Theater in downtown Santa Barbara. The film chronicles events since July 2006, when editor Jerry Roberts and five of his colleagues quit the Santa Barbara News-Press, citing owner and Co-publisher Wendy McCaw's abandonment of journalistic ethics, which McCaw [...]
KCSB Community News Feb. 28
* Q&A with author Michael Pollan on food industry * Election Unspun * Headlines by Vanessa Molano, Brooke Elliott, Jordan Katz, Amy Rosner, and Jackie Sheely * Announcer: Jackie Sheely. Engineer: Josh Steele
KCSB On-Air Reading of “Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy” for ‘UCSB Reads,’ Starting February 4th
In support of UCSB Reads, KCSB will broadcast live readings of Pietra Rivoli's Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade, Monday through Friday at noon, throughout the month of February. The theme of UCSB Reads 2008 is Globalization and Global Citizenship. Every weekday at [...]
KCSB Community News Feb. 25
*Teacher Sal Castro and the East L.A. student walkouts (Amy Kalra) *Update on events honoring Lawrence King (Giovanna Acton and Cathy Murillo) *Presidential election update (Vanessa Molano) *IV Tenants Union action (Vanessa Molano) *Anti-nuke event, Faulkner Gallery 2/26 7-9 p.m. *Announcer: Giovanna Acton
KCSB Community News Feb. 21
Today's headlines: Electronic Waste Recycling and Collection (Erika Stern) Candlelight Vigil interview with John Paul Primeau (Cathy Murillo) Interview with author Paul Kivel (Jordan Katz) More election news produced by Pacifica and Free Speech Radio News Update on the Resignation of Fidel Castro (Harry Lawton) Announcing by Avalon [...]
KCSB Announces The World/Inferno Friendship Society Live in Concert, Weds., March 5th
KCSB-FM is proud to announce the Santa Barbara debut of The World/Inferno Friendship Society. On Wednesday night, March 5th, KCSB, La Casa De La Raza, and the Scimitar Cooperative present the acclaimed 8-member punk-rock orchestra from Brooklyn, New York. Known for its bold and lively blend of punk, soul, cabaret, and “world” musical [...]
KCSB Community News Feb. 19
*Democratic presidential candidates battle for delegates (Brooke Elliott) *Healing Soul of America dot org (Cathy Murillo) *More election news produced by Pacifica and Free Speech Radio News *Announcing and Headlines by Ariana Van Beurden *Engineer: Karla Beltran *Amy Kalra contributed to this newscast
KCSB Community News Feb. 15
The Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars at UCSB tonight (Leonora Howard) Helping children with hair loss (Amy Kalra) Anti-war protesters on this week’s raucous demonstration (Cathy Murillo) Steelhead trout spotted in Mission Creek Announcer: Brooke Elliott. Engineer: Josh Steele
KCSB Community News Feb. 14
Follow-up coverage of the anti-war demonstration on the UCSB campus on Tuesday Avalon Jeffrey interviews UCSB campus police spokesperson Matt Bowman Cathy Murillo talks with protester Natalie Warner Headline by Vanessa Molano Announcer: Amy Kalra.
Anti-War Protest/Arrests at UCSB
Anti-war demonstrators, numbering around 350, disrupted the 2008 ICB Army-Industry Collaboration Conference today at Corwin Pavilion. There was a clash between protesters and law enforcement, and three people were arrested -- two young men and one young woman. ICB is the Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, a partnership of UCSB, the U.S. [...]
