In the current stormy and cold weather, homeless people in Santa Barbara turn to shelters such as the Freedom Warming Centers--which have been looking to lower their threshold for entrance. Fatima Mobin has more.
Murderous Trance, directed by Arto Halonen and starring American Josh Lucas, is in part a psychological thriller based on real events set in Norway. The central figure hypnotizes young men to commit bank robberies to raise money for a secretive pro-Nazi movement though…
The documentary Breaking Habits about the Sisters of the Valley in Merced, recently screened at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. More than a celebration of the cultivation of marijuana, it is a ringing endorsement of women independently organizing, cultivating, healing and offering
positive…
The past three years of federal politics has been characterized as divisive, to say the least. But one area being furthered by bi-partisan collaboration might be where it's least expected: foreign agricultural labor policy. KCSB's Kody Chong has more on the issue.
Recently, a public demonstration took place outside of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s regional office in remembrance of the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill and to bring attention to the plans to drastically expand offshore drilling operations. Even with petroleum at the…
On January 31st Tracy K Smith, current U.S. Poet Laureate, visited UCSB to do a reading as part of the UCSB Arts & Lectures series. KCSB reporter Jenny Boyar attended the event.
The Santa Barbara office of Arts and Culture has announced the opening for the honorary position of city poet laureate. The responsibilities of the poet laureate are to promote the artistic, educational, and cultural activities while serving as the literary spokesperson of Santa…
A law was passed in New York that increased access to late term abortions, or abortions performed after the 22 to 24th week of pregnancy. A similar bill was defeated in the Virginia legislature. KCSB's Eric Wang summarizes what this says about our…
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WORKING MAN is the first film by Robert Jury, and will be in the Santa Barbara International Film Festival this coming Saturday. The story about a factory closure and the attempt of the workers to keep it afloat comes out of the financial…