By Iris Heckes Some elections have been called, but many votes are still being counted. These numbers are accurate as of 1:12 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4. View Santa Barbara County election results here. Instagram and news outlets have been flooded by the blue wave, with Democrats parading
By Iris Heckes From 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, more than 30 local organizations assembled in the Spencer Adams Parking Lot at 111 West Victoria St. (also home to the Louise Lowry Davis Center). ‘Trunk or Treat’ grew out of the pandemic and the concern
By Anja Firestone With the Nov. 3 election days away, four candidates are competing for Santa Barbara City Council District 6 in the Nov. 3 midterm election, hoping to replace the outgoing council member Meagan Harmon. District 6 encompasses much of Santa Barbara’s downtown core, including State Street, the
By Iris Heckes On Nov. 3, the tide will turn for District 5, leaving residents of Upper State Street, Hidden Valley, Samarkand, Hitchcock and parts of San Roque with a new representative on the City Council. With Eric Friedman stepping up to run for mayor of Santa Barbara, Cevin Cathell,
By Hadleigh Bolton Theater enthusiasts in Santa Ynez celebrated the first-ever Little Film Fest in their Little Theater this week, where they spotlighted famous faces in the arts to raise money for improvements to the theater. Bernie Taupin, best known for his work with rock legend Elton John, starred
By Hadleigh Bolton An inefficient offense and a scary injury sink UC Santa Barbara as Cal Poly extends its record to 9-0 in conference play. This Big West conference matchup, often referred to as the Blue-Green Rivalry, was highly anticipated after last year’s five-set thriller. Star
By Lilly Trautwein As the school year progresses, academic workload starts to pick up. Students are gradually settling into more assignments, tests, and overall work that needs to be done outside of class. But despite being called homework, it can sometimes feel almost impossible to complete these tasks at home.
By Caroline Wang The Nov. 3 Midterm Elections determine who writes our laws, allocates public funding, and decides which issues receive attention—from the highest levels of government to our local officials. Federal environmental policies will shape coastal protection and wildfire prevention; state housing initiatives can affect affordability; and education
By Iris Heckes On Saturday, Oct. 17, at 12:00 p.m., more than 1,000 Santa Barbarans gathered at Alameda Park to protest what they believe is unchecked executive power in the United States. “America belongs to its people, not to a king, not to a dictator, and not
By Tristan Gerdesic Here are five, mostly new, films worth seeing on the big screen this fall. 1.) Primetime (2026, dir. Lance Oppenheim). Primetime is a feature film following the original run of Chris Hansen’s Dateline NBC program To Catch a Predator, where he entrapped and arrested pedophiles using
By Iris Heckes Ballots are going out nationwide for the Nov. 3 midterm elections, and local races are picking up. Two of the five seats on the Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) board are up for election. SBUSD’s Student Board Member Victoria Martinez Penaranda and Future Leaders of
By Andrew Sheshunoff On Thursday, Sept. 24, the school board dais chairs were empty. The floor, usually lined with rows of chairs for public seating, now looked like a classroom on group project day. Desks with placards were arranged into four 8-to-10-person focus groups: board policy, academic