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Santa Barbara’s new giraffe baby has valuable DNA

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A little before midnight last Friday, before going to bed, Santa Barbara Zookeeper Cassie Taylor decided to check on the giraffes via a camera monitoring system set up in their barn. She saw hooves. “We…

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Mar 17, 2015 By Kathryn Barnes
 
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The 90s are back: Aged desalination plant gets dusted off in Santa Barbara

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The Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant in Santa Barbara hasn’t seen use in over two decades, but that might change soon. According to the city’s Water Resources Manager Joshua Haggmark, the plant is…

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Mar 12, 2015 By Kathryn Barnes
 
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Church abuse lawsuit filed in Santa Barbara

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A Santa Barbara area Presbyterian church is being forced to defend itself against sexual abuse claims. A former parishioner at Carpinteria Community Church filed a lawsuit accusing the church and…

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Mar 11, 2015 By Kathryn Barnes
 
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Santa Barbara calls citizens to comment on redistricting

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Santa Barbara residents have until Friday to submit their ideas for how the city should be divided up.  Districts are being carved out, as the city makes changes to the…

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Mar 10, 2015 By Kathryn Barnes
 
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Remembering Lutah: Santa Barbara’s first female architect

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Lutah Maria Riggs was Santa Barbara’s first female licensed architect. Her personal touches can be seen in some of Santa Barbara’s most well known (and well loved) buildings, like the…

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Mar 10, 2015 By Kathryn Barnes
 
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Can you eat healthfully on food stamps?

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Could you eat healthfully on $6.46 a day? That’s what a person receives on the government food stamps program called CalFresh in California. And last month, Santa Barbara County Food Bank…

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Mar 03, 2015 By Kathryn Barnes
 
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Game of Drones: Can our skies be controlled?

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KCRW’s Lisa Osborn talks with Tyler Hayden of the Santa Barbara Independent about his cover story on drones, including new FAA rules and how the unmanned aircraft are being used…

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Feb 24, 2015 By Lisa Osborn
 
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The fragile first days: seal pups in California

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No one likes to see a sign reading “beach closed.” But from December through May, that’s exactly what you’ll see on a small stretch of shoreline between the Carpinteria State Beach…

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Feb 18, 2015 By Kathryn Barnes
 
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UCSB Professor Oliver Chadwick on Rapa Nui’s Natives

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An international team of researchers are exploring a new theory surrounding the mysterious demise of Rapa Nui’s natives, those who built larger than life “moai” statues on the small Polynesian…

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Feb 03, 2015 By Kathryn Barnes
 
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‘The Penguin Counters’ Debuts at Santa Barbara International Film Festival

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The documentary “The Penguin Counters” is being shown at the Santa Barbara international film festival. The film tells the story of adventurers who go to Antarctica to count penguins. “Chief…

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Feb 03, 2015 By Lisa Osborn
 
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KANSAS drummer Phil Ehart on the band’s documentary debut

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A documentary on the legendary classic rock group KANSAS will celebrate its world premiere tonight at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. KANSAS drummer Phil Ehart dropped by KCRW’s Santa…

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Feb 02, 2015 By Lisa Osborn
 
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The miracles and misery of Mt. Carmel in Santa Barbara

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A tale of miracles and misery in Santa Barbara’s wine country has been unfolding for decades. This week, the Santa Barbara Independent tells the fascinating story. Senior editor Matt Kettman…

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Dec 22, 2014 By Lisa Osborn
 
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A drought in paradise as Santa Barbara struggles with a very dry year

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Communities across California are  implementing emergency conservation measures to save water during what has become one of the state’s worst droughts. One of the places most affected by the drought…

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Jun 16, 2014 By Saul Gonzalez

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