The defunding of PBS isn’t merely about budget, but what we value as a society. Public broadcasting in the U.S. was founded on the principles that access to education and information should not depend...
Freedom of speech stands as a dominant pillar in the Constitution that holds the very essence of what our country stands for. It allows citizens to critique power without the fear of retribution, but recent...
Eight years ago, it snowed in Santa Barbara in the most quintessentially Californian way possible: ash from the ever-growing Thomas Fire.
The ash entered the air, homes, and lungs of residents as an...
Q: If you could describe your trip using just one of the five senses, what would it be and why?
Pointer: “I am going to go with touch. Definitely touch, because walking those many miles really takes...
High school seniors have been applying to increasingly more colleges each cycle.
Although the model applicant still applies to just one school, the number of “high-volume” applicants for the Common...
Q: How has your experience at Laguna been so far?
A: It’s been great. Everyone’s been really welcoming, and it’s been fun to see all the resources and classes students have available.
Q: What...
What is it like to return to the school at which you were once a student?
It’s a full circle moment, for sure. It’s unique in that most teachers don’t get to teach where they went to school, so...
Although the Olympic flame is still years away from being lit in Los Angeles, the real race has already begun: Can the nation’s most car-dependent metropolis reinvent its transit system in time for 2028?
The...
Larry Ellison is no stranger to the spotlight, yet one of his most impressive achievements may be how quietly he led Oracle into becoming one of the globe’s tech giants. For decades, Oracle was synonymous...
Since Donald Trump was elected in January, his administration has led a large-scale crackdown on illegal immigration, including raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain as many undocumented...
“I have always found that I had a passion for art myself and did not know how or where to start in the art world to express that publicly, so I came up with the idea of a website where students can freely...
When someone thinks of Santa Barbara, a few things come to mind: sunshine, vacation, and the beach. However, what the average sunburned tourist may not see is that it actually has a thriving martial arts...
