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28/04/2025

City College’s first-ever Umoja Day was held on Friday, April 25 in front of the Student Services building at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif. The event featured food, workshops, vendors and a performance by the Marrettes dance team. Umoja is a Kiswahili word that means unity. This community at City College is a resource dedicated to enhance the cultural and educational experiences of Black, African American and other students.

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📸 by: Robert Wilson, Staff Photographer

14/04/2025

Hundreds of people gathered on the West Campus Great Meadow at City College in Santa Barbara, California, for the 39th annual Kite Festival on April 13. The event brought together families, students and kite enthusiasts of all ages. Colorful kites filled the sky from morning into the afternoon. The festival celebrated creativity, community and springtime along the Santa Barbara coast.

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📸 Photo Coverage by: Robert Wilson, Staff Photographer

14/04/2025

On April 12, City College Vaqueros baseball went up against the Pierce College’s Brahmas in an intense baseball match. The game started in Pierce College’s favor but swiftly turned into a close back-and-forth contest, with neither team being able to keep the lead for long. The Vaqueros locked in their victory scoring two runs in the eighth inning, ending the home game with a score of 9-8.

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📸 Photo Coverage by: Michael Lopez, Staff Photographer

14/04/2025

The Aerospace and Rocket Club is building City College’s first-ever rocket.

On April 4 the club started its construction. Jazminna Smirni, the club president is the initiator of this project.

In between answering questions and giving a hand to her fellow club members, Smirni found time to share more information on her club and their project.

“I went into this pretty blind,” Smirni said. “But it’s been flourishing.”

Smirni started her club in March 2024 with no preliminary knowledge of rocket science, but a desire to build and learn. After hearing from a fellow student about another school’s rocket club, Smirni became inspired and decided to give life to her new hobby.

“In the right space you can literally do amazing things,” Smirni said. “It is insane what passion, wifi and a little time after school will get you.”

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✍️ by: Vénus Barelier, Staff Writer
📸 by: Robert Wilson, Staff Photographer

14/04/2025

The City College Atkinson Gallery showcased the creative talent of art students featuring a diverse range of works that highlight their artistic growth.

The art department and Atkinson Gallery presented the Annual Student Exhibition on the East Campus in the Humanities Building Room 202. The event took place on April 10 and started at 3 p.m. The winners were announced at 3:15 p.m. and the event ended at 4 p.m. Both first and second-year students presented their artwork to show off. Some students have their art out just for show and others tried to win scholarships that they applied to.

Many different forms of artwork can be showcased from drawings, paintings, pottery, sculpture, furniture design, block prints and animated videos. Students weren’t the only ones in attendance at the showcase, friends and families also came to support and check out the amazing artwork of the talented artists.

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✍️ by: Jenna Hagedorn, Staff Writer
📸 by: Mirian Gil Solis, Staff Photographer

07/04/2025

As part of the nationwide Hands Off protest, thousands filled De La Guerra Plaza at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 5. Organized by local activist groups Indivisible Santa Barbara and Women’s March, protestors stood in solidarity against the government dismantlement set in motion by President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.

The Hands Off protests are a series of ongoing demonstrations launched across the United States on April 5 displaying public resistance against the second administration of President Donald Trump.

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📸 photo coverage by: Michael Lopez, Staff Photographer

07/04/2025

On April 2 Juan Felipe Herrera took to City College in the Garvin Theater to talk about poetry during National Poetry Month and how it can help amplify your voice.

National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 to recognize poetry in culture and education during the month of April.

Herrera, an educator, activist, and poet, stood among students and faculty members to give insights into his long-term background with poetry.

“A poem begins with an awareness of each other, it begins with unity, it begins with friendship, it begins with simply exchanging and being human beings and accepting each other,” Herrera said. “ There would be no poetry without our real selves.”

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✍️ by: Chandler Johnson, Staff Writer
📸 by: Robert Wilson, Staff Photographer

07/04/2025

In Isla Vista, crashing waves and ocean breezes collide with blue skies to create a community filled with outdoor activities, but there is one glaring problem, a lack of shade. That’s why the Isla Vista Community Service District (IVCSD) and Your Children’s Trees are working together to supply free trees for property owners.

“We have very low canopy coverage for the amount of people who are living in Isla Vista,” said Jenna Norton, public works and sustainability director for IVCSD. “Typically it’s low-income underrepresented communities that are lacking trees.”

The recommended tree canopy in communities is 25% to 30%, while Isla Vista’s tree canopy currently covers 15% of the surrounding neighborhoods. The pilot program kickstarted in March after receiving a $5,500 grant to distribute 50 15-gallon trees. The juvenile trees are sourced from local tree nurseries, depending on what tree the property owner is interested in.

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✍️ by: Raquel Smith, Staff Writer
📸 photo illustration by: Sylvia Stewart, Editor-in-Chief

07/04/2025

Making waves for the Central Coast’s “blue economy”, a $200,000 Catalyst Pre Development Phase Grant underway as of Feb. 25 is poised to create thousands of jobs and expand City College’s bioscience and career technical education opportunities.

City College, the SBCC Foundation, the Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara, and local partners have teamed up to launch “The Ocean Collective: A Consortium to Develop a Diverse and Climate-Resilient Blue Economy for the Central Coast”. This effort builds on momentum from August 2024, when City College hosted a Blue Economy Symposium to foster sustainable ocean careers and announced the launch of Santa Barbara Ocean Collective.

In partnership between Uplift Central Coast Coalition and California’s Jobs First program, the Catalyst Grant aims to fund diverse industries along the central coast. With a total of $9 million in total for Catalyst funding, City College received a portion of their budget reserved for accelerator projects, which have moved beyond the initial idea phase and are beginning to take shape.

Read more at www.thechannels.org to learn more.

✍️ by: Aneka Edwards, Staff Writer
📸 by: Kahlo Friel-Asay, Staff Photographer

17/03/2025

With yoga mats and beach towels sprawled across the grass and telescopes propped at the night sky, City College students gazed up to see the total lunar eclipse at the Mission Rose Garden on Thursday, March 13.

City College’s Astronomy Club, in collaboration with the Biology Club and Yoga Club, hosted a lunar eclipse tea party where students of all majors could come to socialize and learn about astronomy while watching a rare astrological event.

The total lunar eclipse, commonly known as the rare blood moon, started at 9 p.m. and ended around 3 a.m. and was most visible around midnight. It occurs every few years when the moon is covered by the Earth’s shadow, giving it a deep red color.

Read more at www.thechannels.org to learn more

✍️ by: Hilary Litton, Copy Editor and Zuri Stewart, Staff Writer
📸 by: Michael Lopez, Staff Photographer

11/03/2025

The Channels attended the 2025 National College Media Conference in Long Beach last weekend.

We took home a total of 13 awards.

We thank you for all of the support! More news on awards to come.

07/03/2025

Notable moments from today’s keynote speech!

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