While Santa Barbara County’s main jail has been characterized as an outdated facility with expensive maintenance fees, there is no renovation plan and no funding for the plan yet. However, the Northern Branch Jail Project located in Santa Maria, advertised as a back-up for the main jail, has had its opening delayed for over a year by now. KCSB’s Tianyi Huang has more.

The group 'Concerned Carpinterians' attended a recent County Board of Supervisors Regulatory hearing to protest the lack of enforcement of cannabis regulations. KCSB's Robert Stark speaks with local journalist and blogger Ann Louise Bardach as well as gets the county's perspective, by speaking to representative Das Williams.

The group 'Concerned Carpinterians' attended a recent County Board of Supervisors Regulatory hearing to protest the lack of enforcement of cannabis regulations. KCSB's Robert Stark speaks with local journalist and blogger Ann Louise Bardach as well as gets the county's perspective, by speaking to representative Das Williams.

On January 22nd, the UCSB Library presented a lecture by Dr. Maryam Kia-Keating in conjunction with UCSB Reads, exploring some of the themes found in this year’s book, The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui. KCSB's Daisy Kershaw speaks with clinical psychologist Dr. Maryam Kia-Keating about her work studying mass migrations and displaced youth.

On January 22nd, the UCSB Library presented a lecture by Dr. Maryam Kia-Keating in conjunction with UCSB Reads, exploring some of the themes found in this year’s book, The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui. KCSB's Daisy Kershaw speaks with clinical psychologist Dr. Maryam Kia-Keating about her work studying mass migrations and displaced youth.

An anthropology professor and her graduate students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, initiated the UCSB Gender Equity Project and wrote papers about several issues and challenges minority groups in the anthropology academia encountered because of their gender and sexuality. KCSB’s Tianyi Huang has the story.

An anthropology professor and her graduate students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, initiated the UCSB Gender Equity Project and wrote papers about several issues and challenges minority groups in the anthropology academia encountered because of their gender and sexuality. KCSB’s Tianyi Huang has the story.

KCSB's Robert Stark speaks with the Environmental Defense Center about the dangerous onshore oil projects in Cat Canyon, which would more than triple oil production in Santa Barbara County.

KCSB's Robert Stark speaks with the Environmental Defense Center about the dangerous onshore oil projects in Cat Canyon, which would more than triple oil production in Santa Barbara County.

The county is looking to expand debris disposal at beaches, KCSB's Hayden Harris has the story.