Montana’s first openly trans lawmaker has been barred from the House floor due to her opposition to a bill banning gender-affirming care. Find out more in this recap of a Washington Post story by KCSB’s Sandy Ganesh.

An AI Study finds that Earth is likely to breach the key warming threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next 10-12 years, even with major pollution cuts, marking one of the most precise and pessimistic climate change studies done on the topic. KCSB’s Jennifer Zwigl has the story.

After nearly 30 years of being out of compliance with federal and state laws, UCSB increases funding in an attempt to return Native American remains and artifacts to their respective tribes. KCSB’s Jennifer Zwigl has the story.

The Santa Barbara Zoo announced the transfer of two year-old African lioness Pauline to Zoo Boise in Idaho on Friday, March 3. KCSB’s Jennifer Zwigl has the story.

There has been a recent decline in the number of teams and staff assigned to battling the presence of misinformation on large social media platforms, like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. Some suggest that these cuts imply a newfound consensus that fighting false information is no longer a top priority for corporations. KCSB’s Jennifer Zwigl has the details.

The gold-standard antibiotic screening test has fundamental issues, but UCSB researchers have developed a new test -- one that's much more accurate. The study's lead author speaks with KCSB's Joyce Chi on why the healthcare industry can't let go of the gold-standard test, and on what the new test means for fighting antibiotic resistance.

Exploring the intersection between happiness and the place you live was the focus of the 2023 UCSB Reads selection, Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Human Design." This week, author Charles Montgomery came to Isla Vista for a talk at UCSB's Campbell Hall. In this episode, learn more about the ingredients that go into making a city 'happy' in a conversation with Charles Montgomery. Plus, UCSB students share their takeaways from the book and a conversation with the UCSB Library librarian who leads the UCSB Reads event -to find out how they choose each year's book - and how the community can get involved. KCSB's Rosie Bultman anchors, with an interview by KCSB's Sarah Jagger.

In 2007, UC Santa Barbara started up an annual book program called UCSB Reads. Each year, a committee of faculty, staff, students, and community members choose a book by a living author that they think can appeal to a wide range of readers. The book is distributed to students in the campus library at the start of winter quarter, and a variety of UCSB Reads events are held on campus. One of those events takes place on our airwaves! Every Thursday since this year’s program began, after our 5 p.m. newscast, there’s been a program called “UCSB Reads” that features different voices reading a chapter from this year’s book selection. This year’s selection is Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery. KCSB’s Rosie Bultman had an exclusive interview with the author to talk about the book. Take a listen!

KCSB's Jennifer Zwigl speaks with Santa Barbara County Youth Poet Laureate Madeline Miller and Youth Poet Ambassador Kundai Chikowero about the importance of poetry in storytelling and community activism. Kundai grew up in Isla Vista and supports local elementary school students through an annual school supplies drive.

Recently, researchers from the University of Utah and UC Santa Barbara worked together on a study to assess how climate factors can affect U.S. forests' ability to store carbon dioxide. KCSB’s Elle Viefhaus sits down with co-author and UCSB Geography Professor, Anna Trugman, to discuss the study’s findings.