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Isla Vista massacre gave me a new understanding, appreciation of life

March 6, 2020

If I could describe my childhood in one word, it would be fear. I was raised in Isla Vista, a community that is heavily populated by college students. I’m not here to lie, Isla Vista is a fun place for parties and exc...

Students have called for action from campus officials after widespread backlash towards UCSB-PD and administration’s failure to identify the fraternity involved in numerous sexual assault incidents on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, on the UCSB campus in Santa Barbara, Calif. A table covered in paper reading I Stand With Survivors was embellished with colorful names as a welcoming gesture for people to sign.

Students show support for sexual assault survivors, demand action

November 1, 2019

Philip Lubin, a professor at the UCSB Physics Department, discusses his most recent projects during an event hosted by the Astronomy Club on Thursday, March 14, 2019, inside the Physical Science Building Room 101 at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif. Lubin is a member of the NASA Starlight Team.

SBCC Astronomy Club hosts talk on interstellar space travel

March 15, 2019

Tiffany Love in front of artwork displayed in Campus Center Room 226 on Tuesday, May 1, at Santa Barbara City College. Love is a member of the Black Student Union, and recently was accepted into the UCSB Smithsonian Scholars Program, which will take her to Washington D.C. this summer. Love, a biology major, is starting a club at City College called Society of Black Scientists and Engineers.

Student Tiffany Love to represent SBCC in prestigious program

May 4, 2018

The Isla Vista party scene has changed after the Deltopia Riot

Maxton Schulte, Channels Staff

April 20, 2018

Is Deltopia weekend approaching its final chapter? Let's be honest with ourselves, it is. As a former short-time resident of Isla Vista, I have experienced the madness that the community is known for and have been noticing the college town finally maturing. Since Isla Vist...

New overdose medication saves lives in Santa Barbara County

AIDAN ANDERSON, Channels Staff

November 13, 2017

A new life-saving medication has made its way into the hands of the Santa Barbara’s Sheriff’s Department, and is already preventing opioid overdoses from taking lives. Naloxone, a nasal spray drug designed to reverse the ef...

Isabella Viana, forward for the women’s City College soccer team, at La Playa Stadium, on Oct. 12. The Vaqueros have not lost a single game this season and Viana (no. 11) is a big contribution to the team's success.

SBCC women’s soccer player leads undefeated team in goals

October 17, 2017

Pole Vaulter Chris Aichinger, on Sunday, April 15, at La Playa Stadium at City College. Aichinger broke the pole vaulting school record on Friday, March 31, in the Western State Conference Coastal Meet.

Chris Aichinger broke SBCC pole vault record twice in one day

April 28, 2017

SBCC student favors safety over Del Playa oceanfront living

Brooke Snow, Channels Staff

February 20, 2017

Imagine coming home to a chunk of your apartment’s balcony lying in the ocean and being forced to find a new place to live because your home no longer feels safe. That’s what happened to several students at City College and UCSB about three weeks ago at the 6600 block of Del Playa Dr. in Isla Vi...

Michael Sallstrom (left) and Maz Karandish perform together for Santa Barbara Stands with the Standing Rock Thursday, Nov. 17, at Case de la Raza in Santa Barbara. The event was organized by Gabriella Hernandez as a way to raise money for supplies for the protesters.

City holds event to help Standing Rock protesters last till new year

November 18, 2016

Akilah Simone Baker, a speaker from the Black Lives Matter movement, gives a speech during the united against hate march against Donald Trump, on Saturday, Nov. 12, at De La Guerra Plaza in Santa Barbara. The press release about the event said, 'Since Donald Trump began his campaign in 2015, the KKK and other violent white supremacist groups have had a resurgence.'

Anti-Trump protesters march in SB, promoting love over hate

November 13, 2016

Enraged students fill IV streets after election divides nation

MEGAN VELZY-LENINGTON, Channels Staff

November 9, 2016

Students poured out of their houses and flooded into the streets of Isla Vista early Wednesday morning. Gathering under plumes of marijuana smoke, some blasting a song by rappers’ YG and Nipsey Hussle. The lyrics, “F--- Donald Trump,” was the...