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March 14, 2021 at 6:03 pm by Alice Zhang Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial toll it has caused over the past year, students at UC Santa Barbara have been challenged by high rental prices and uncertain living situations in the college town of Isla Vista. Shortly after UCSB moved to remote instruction in March 2020, residents in Isla Vista scrambled to break from their leases in light of personal, financial and public health concerns, according to Robin Unander, a practicing attorney and advisor to the Isla Vista Tenants Union, an organization that promotes tenants’ i...

March 8, 2021 at 5:45 pm by Asumi Shuda After almost a year of remote instruction, Goleta Union School District is gearing up to return to the classroom in the near future, albeit with some changes.  According to Mary Kahn, assistant superintendent of instructional services, from the beginning of remote instruction in April 2020, the Goleta Union School District (GUSD) has prepared three learning models that they could pursue depending on public health guidelines and the severity of COVID-19 infections in the Santa Barbara area.  Though the in-person learning option on this su...

March 6, 2021 at 1:30 pm by Max Abrams On Feb. 19, the UC Santa Barbara MultiCultural Center hosted Andrew Jolivétte — a poet and a professor in and the chair of the UC San Diego Department of Ethnic Studies — to explore cultural convergences between Black and Indigenous communities and the role of contemporary movements in moving them toward kinship building, abolition and joy production.  Jolivétte, who is Black and Indigenous, said he uses poetry as a vehicle for expressing emotion. Courtesy of the MCC The event, titled “Black Lives, Indigenous Lives: Fro...

Breaking down the latest college and coronavirus headlines in San Diego County. From denied vaccine shipments to commencement plans during COVID-19

March 2, 2021 at 5:35 pm by Holly Rusch In the two months since Good Samaritan established 20 temporary pallet homes in Isla Vista to provide relief to houseless residents beleaguered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the service provider has provided housing, job opportunities and basic needs support to 36 people. The pallet homes were installed in early December in the parking lot of the Isla Vista Community Center. Max Abrams / Daily Nexus Installed in early December in the parking lot of the Isla Vista Community Center, the pallet homes — currently occupied by 26 people — wil...