On February 11th, the Department of Government Efficiency announced 900 millions dollars in cuts to a program that tracks K-12 learning in the US. This is in line with President Donald Trump's earlier moves. In January, Trump announced his intention to shut down the Department of Education, and moved to promote school choice measures. KCSB's Annabelle Hurst speaks with AJ Rice about cuts to the Department of Education.

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Trump's sweeping 25% tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China will almost certainly raise prices for the American consumer. But how will Trump's tariffs impact America's biggest trade partner, Mexico? To learn more, The People's Program hosts Mexican political expert, Carin Zissis.

A new club at UCSB is teaching mindfulness to IV students of all ages, and IV has another new coffee shop. KCSB's Emerson Good speaks with an IV resident who lost her family home in the recent fires in Los Angeles, and takes you to the red carpet of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), for a brief conversation with Angelina Jolie. This is a special fund drive episode of Inside Isla Vista, so you will hear from our host how the immersive learning opportunities offered at KCSB and KCSB News can benefit emerging journalists and communicators. To donate to KCSB during fund drive, or any time, visit kcsb.org/donate. KCSB's Alice Dehghanzadeh and Rebecca Le Jeune also contributed stories to this episode.

Following recent ICE activity in Santa Barbara, La Casa de la Raza is working to support and inform affected immigrant communities. KCSB’s Eva Wang spoke with Jacqueline Inda about the impact, legal protections, and community efforts to assist those at risk.

A "National Energy Emergency" was declared by President Trump last month. KCSB's Devon Szalva talked to Professor Ranjit Deshmukh about possible outcomes of future energy policy.

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Following recent ICE activity in Santa Barbara, La Casa de la Raza is working to support and inform affected immigrant communities. KCSB’s Eva Wang spoke with Jacqueline Inda about the impact, legal protections, and community efforts to assist those at risk.

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Tenants in a Santa Barbara apartment complex have organized to stop illegal evictions, and have announced a rent strike. The City of Santa Barbara is now pressing criminal charges against the landlord. KCSB's Ray Briare has more.

Bird flu is the leading cause for the major surge in egg prices over the last couple weeks. This virus poses additional threats to humans, aside from the soaring prices. KCSB's Rose Friedrich has the story.

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A joint investigation by +972 Magazine and Local Call revealed documents showing that the Israeli army uses services by Microsoft and Open AI's GPT-4 language model to gather intelligence and used these services to conduct operational activity in Gaza. KCSB's Emily Kimmel has the story.

The Isla Vista Co-op was broken into on Saturday, February 1st; the suspect is still at large. KCSB's Devon Szalva has the story.