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From Left, City College Students Fulton Lankenau and Baraa Alkassir tell the story of the day they saved a 9-year-old girl from drowning on Tuesday, April 11, at the Sandspit in the Santa Barbara Harbor. Lankenau and Alkassir also attempted to save the life of Crescencio Ramos, a 33-year-old who had jumped into the water to save the little girl. Lankenau and Alkassir both performed CPR until paramedics arrived but Ramos was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two SBCC students save 9-year-old from drowning in harbor

April 14, 2017

Estiban Belikan drops in on his fifth wave of the morning during his surfing class on Tuesday, Feb. 16, at Leadbetter Beach in Santa Barbara.

SBCC course hits the waves instead of the books

February 19, 2016

Leadbetter Point is known for its long rolling waves during the winter season and is situated between the harbor and Shoreline Park, Thursday afternoon, Dec. 3, in Santa Barbara. The waves here attract longboarders and paddle boarders and is a known beginner’s surfing spot.

Local surfers still anticipating big El Niño swells this winter

December 4, 2015

City College student Cooper Hamilton shapes blanks and fixes boards in the backyard of his Isla Vista house, Tuesday, Nov. 11. Hamilton is the founder of Yafaa Surfboards, a name inspired from his travels in Swahili, meaning “better” surfboards.

Isla Vista resident turns garage into surfboard shaping bay

November 14, 2014

Laura Goe: surfer, artist and CEO

November 4, 2013

Geology Club witnesses shark feast off Santa Barbara coast

Channels Staff

October 18, 2013

The Geology Club traveled back from a two day-trip at the Santa Cruz Island and saw a 16-foot great white shark eating a dead minke whale in the Santa Barbara Channel. The 30-foot carcass was spotted on Sept. 29, 2013 and brought...