Passengers are now required to wear face coverings when riding on airplanes, trains and buses across the USA. It's a new federal law. Masks have been required on our local buses since last year. KCSB’s Lisa Osborn spoke with Hillary Blackerby, planning and marketing manager with the Santa Barbara MTD to see if the new law will change the way they operate, as well as what's being done to keep their MTD drivers safe.

The California Nurses Association has called for a day of action this Saturday with car caravans in 22 cities across the state to promote single-payer health care. KCSB’s Ray Briare has details on the event in Santa Barbara.

The Santa Barbara Unified School District works to address issues on academic equity, one of these being why LatinX students are more likely to be diagnosed with learning disabilities. Reporter Kali Acquaah speaks with the Vice President of the Santa Barbara School Board.

KCSB's Kali Acquaah speaks with reps from UCSB's Lean on Me, a platform that offers emotional support to other Gauchos via an innovative texting service.

Both Florida and Arizona are seeing some of the nation’s highest summertime temperatures, deeply and disproportionately affecting minority communities. KCSB’s Lekha Sapers delves into the root causes of this disparity.

Despite the rise in cases in the community, Isla Vista continues to be home to many large gatherings, in direct violation of Santa Barbara County’s revised public health order. The current order limits gatherings to outdoors only, with members of no more than three households, with masks and physical distancing required. Still, parties continue to persist - with many of them attributed to repeat offenders. To hear more about IV Foot Patrol’s response and recent developments, KCSB joins Deputy Justin Schroeder, community resource deputy with the sheriff’s department in Isla Vista.

KCSB's Mylee Sumoge speaks with Natalie Herriott with UCSB’s student organization “Life of the Party,” about LOTP's "Just Call 911" educational campaign, which raises awareness for calling 911 when a person is at risk of alcohol poisoning or overdose.

With a cold front moving through Santa Barbara this week - it might be hard for some of us to recall just how hot it was last summer. KCSB’s Sherry Zeng has the story.

Despite the fact that COVID-19 affects Black people disproportionately, the COVID-19 vaccine is being distributed to white people at significantly higher rates than to Black people. KCSB’s Kiely Chang looks more into this racial disparity.

President Biden has been in office for a full week now, during which he has signed a series of executive orders largely meant to reverse the actions of his predecessor Donald Trump. In the last week alone, the 46th president has established a coronavirus response team, unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, signed executive orders to strengthen DACA and end the so-called Mulsim travel ban, rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement, and much more. Now, with a look at how we got here: Giulia Setola takes us back to Inauguration Day with a report from Washington, D.C..