The Trump Administration and the Department of The Interior want to re-open oil drilling leases in up to 95% of the nation's coastal waters. They are already meeting stiff head winds in California, where environmental activists and political figures are working hard to protect our coastal environment. We speak with Linda Krop, lead counsel for the local Environmental Defense Center about the strategies used to thwart the Trump Administration's plans to re-start drilling for oil off the California coast.

The Trump Administration and the Department of The Interior want to re-open oil drilling leases in up to 95% of the nation's coastal waters. They are already meeting stiff head winds in California, where environmental activists and political figures are working hard to protect our coastal environment. We speak with Linda Krop, lead counsel for the local Environmental Defense Center about the strategies used to thwart the Trump Administration's plans to re-start drilling for oil off the California coast.

A new workshop on the UCSB campus explores American colonialism and how it’s still relevant today.

A low cost solar-powered light invented by a professor and his team at the UCSB Institute for Electrical Engineering (IEE)has become a coveted item for students and others in parts of the world that don't have electricity.

UCSB Professor John Bowers and Megan Birney, executive director of Unite To Light came to KCSB FM recently to tell us more about the invention, beginning with what originally motivated Bowers to develop the light.

You can find out more at UnitetoLight.org

The Isla Vista Community Services District met on Tuesday to discuss a wide range of issues including Deltopia, Safety Stations, and the formation of a Municipal Advisory Council.

The news business is dependent on making decent profits to produce quality content. KCSB’s Jack Shea spoke with a journalism expert to find out what is to come of political news reporting today when social media outlets reign as the most utilized news sources.

News outlets are struggling to fill news reporter jobs in today’s fraught political climate. KCSB’s Jack Shea has the story.

UCSB has adopted a new logo alongside a new brand identity. KCSB's Angela He spoke with John Longbrake and Alex Parraga about the new logo and about what it means for UCSB's public image.

Image courtesy of UCSB

This year's Santa Barbara International Film Festival featured a movie on the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill. KCSB’s Alex Wehrung spoke with local filmmaker Gail Osherenko about her movie “Broke: The Santa Barbara Oil Pipline Spill of 2015.”

The Trump administration is proposing to open offshore waters to oil drilling—including off the coast of Santa Barbara. There hasn’t been any new drilling in federal waters for decades. KCSB’s Shva Star spoke with Kristen Hislop, the Marine Conservation Program Director at the Environmental Defense Center, to find out what’s being done in response to the proposed policy.