KCSB's Kat Swift interviews Sherri Barnes and Eileen Joy of the Arnhold Punctum Publishing Lab about a cutting-edge initiative to develop open access publishing at university libraries. Barnes and Joy are members of ScholarLed, an an international team of publishers creating alternative presses that are more cooperative, community-based, and mission-driven than current models. For more information about the project, follow the link below.

https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2019/019526/community-led-publishing

A plan to construct a new building for the Montecito waste water district is getting some pushback by members of the city’s water board. The action is raising questions as to whether there are competing visions for the future of the city’s recycled water. KCSB’s Lisa Osborn spoke with independent journalist, Melinda Burns, about her investigative story “No Truce in Montecito’s Water Wars.”

A plan to construct a new building for the Montecito waste water district is getting some pushback by members of the city’s water board. The action is raising questions as to whether there are competing visions for the future of the city’s recycled water. KCSB’s Lisa Osborn spoke with independent journalist, Melinda Burns, about her investigative story “No Truce in Montecito’s Water Wars.”

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. And, to mark the occasion - some science and engineering students in Santa Barbara will make contact with the International Space Station. KCSB’s Lisa Osborn spoke with Molly Wetta with the Santa Barbara County Public Library to find out more.

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. And, to mark the occasion - some science and engineering students in Santa Barbara will make contact with the International Space Station. KCSB’s Lisa Osborn spoke with Molly Wetta with the Santa Barbara County Public Library to find out more.

A natural paradise is just steps away from Isla Vista. KCSB's Lisa Osborn spoke with Cristina Sandoval, director of the Coal Oil Point Reserve, to find about the birds that flock to the area and the scientific experiments researchers from around the world are conducting.

A natural paradise is just steps away from Isla Vista. KCSB's Lisa Osborn spoke with Cristina Sandoval, director of the Coal Oil Point Reserve, to find about the birds that flock to the area and the scientific experiments researchers from around the world are conducting.

Daily life in Europe has been interrupted by a record-breaking heatwave. KCSB’s Lisa Osborn spoke with UCSB climate scientist emeritus, Professor Catherine Gautier, who’s in Brittany France to find out what’s driving up temperatures - and, what could be ahead for California this summer.

Daily life in Europe has been interrupted by a record-breaking heatwave. KCSB’s Lisa Osborn spoke with UCSB climate scientist emeritus, Professor Catherine Gautier, who’s in Brittany France to find out what’s driving up temperatures - and, what could be ahead for California this summer.

Sangwon Suh is a professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at the UCSB Bren School. He spoke with KCSB's Alex Stork for Unknown Territories about the challenges of reconstituting carbon waste into plastics and the role of science in everyday life.