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Packing everything he owned onto the back of a motorcycle, 18-year-old Justice Claveria rode up the winding byways of Ea...
22/11/2024

Packing everything he owned onto the back of a motorcycle, 18-year-old Justice Claveria rode up the winding byways of East Camino Cielo, seeking a place to sleep beneath the vast, unyielding sky that hovered over the Santa Barbara mountains.

For months, he found solace on that mountaintop, the quiet of the wilderness offered a temporary escape from the chaos of his past—an adolescence steeped in neglect, trauma, and years of bouncing between corrupt foster care facilities.

Now a 23-year-old nursing student at City College, he reflects on his past with clarity forged through surviving his devastating childhood.

“I think about it every day, and I talk about [my childhood] a lot because I don’t want to hide anything,” Claveria said. “It’s not like I was an orphan. People don’t realize that the [foster care] system is specifically for people who had parents so severely abusive and neglectful that the state had to intervene.”

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✍️ by: Izadora Hamm, A&E Editor
📸 by: Anthony Zell, Photo Editor

Early election results Wednesday morning showed City Colleges bond Measure P was passing with a 67.01% vote, according t...
06/11/2024

Early election results Wednesday morning showed City Colleges bond Measure P was passing with a 67.01% vote, according to unofficial results from the County of Santa Barbara elections division.

Measure P is a $198 million bond that is meant to improve City College facilities and would extend the current property tax of $8.50 per $100,000 of assessed value, which was previously approved by voters in 2008 through bond Measure V.

According to Noozhawk, Measure P needs 55% voter approval to pass.

Santa Barbara County Board of Education TA2 candidate Christy Lozano shared her opinion on Measure P, in light of the 64.06% vote, as of Tuesday.

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✍️ by: Cebelli Pfeifer, Editor-in-Chief
📸 by: Aida Kaufmann, photographer

Kyle Richards is anticipated to win the Board of Trustees seat for Area 2 against Lisa Sloan with a vote of 64.08% , acc...
06/11/2024

Kyle Richards is anticipated to win the Board of Trustees seat for Area 2 against Lisa Sloan with a vote of 64.08% , according to unofficial results from the County of Santa Barbara elections division as of early Wednesday morning.

Richards, who is running under the Democratic party, leads the race against Sloan as of midnight Nov. 6, with Richards leading by 2,210 votes.

“I feel like my message resonated with the voters that we need to keep the course of City College on track,” Richards said.

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✍️ by: Anika Brodnansky, Sports Editor and Hiro Sato, staff writer
📸 by: Anthony Zell, Photo Editor

As of Wednesday morning on Nov. 6, Jett Maertz-Black is in the lead for the Board of Trustees election Area 3 Santa Barb...
06/11/2024

As of Wednesday morning on Nov. 6, Jett Maertz-Black is in the lead for the Board of Trustees election Area 3 Santa Barbara district based on a 67.01 % vote, according to unofficial results from the County of Santa Barbara of election division.

Maertz-Black stepped up as Santa Barbara representative, with a precincts reported tally vote of 63.37%. Opponent Sebastian Aldana Jr. has a current tally vote of 35.68%

“I am confident in this election, as well as excited and grateful,” Maertz-Black said. “I’m honestly more focused on the presidential election as of now.”

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✍️ by: Sylvia Stewart, News Editor and Hilary Litton, staff writer
📸 by: Anthony Zell, Photo Editor

As of midnight on Wednesday, Nov. 6, David Morris is predicted to be elected as a Board of Trustee member representing A...
06/11/2024

As of midnight on Wednesday, Nov. 6, David Morris is predicted to be elected as a Board of Trustee member representing Area 4. According to unofficial results from the County of Santa Barbara elections division, David Morris won the vote by 83.08 % while opponent Aruni Boteju fell behind with 15.83%.

At SoHo Restaurant and Music Club, candidates eagerly awaited election results.

Morris, hopeful for his win, noted that his support for the school stems from his extensive commitment to the school.

“I taught at City College pretty extensively, [and] was involved in the Faculty Association and on the faculty senate,” Morris said. “Also two of my sons went to City College, so I’ve had a long-time connection with the college. I appreciate what the college has done for my family.”

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✍️ by: Izadora Hamm, A&E Editor and Hiro Sato, staff writer
📸 by: Anthony Zell

Three different people, three different sports, three different stories. But what they all have in common is that they a...
29/10/2024

Three different people, three different sports, three different stories. But what they all have in common is that they are international student athletes at City College.

Maximilian Dollhopf is a German football player, and second-year student at City College.

First year student Mara Affolter recently joined the women’s soccer team, coming here from Switzerland, with 10 years of experience playing soccer.

Track and Field athlete Anja Baur also ventured to City College from Switzerland where she competed in the sport, with dreams of making it to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

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✍️ by: Djamlia Rodeck
📸 by: Anthony Zell, Photo Editor

City College’s men’s soccer team beat Allan Hancock on Oct. 15 with a final score of 2-1, along with a Raíces Hispanic H...
29/10/2024

City College’s men’s soccer team beat Allan Hancock on Oct. 15 with a final score of 2-1, along with a Raíces Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at La Playa Stadium.

The Allan Hancock Bulldogs kicked off to start the game, but the Vaqueros quickly gained possession and started communicating with each-other. After a back and forth battle, the Bulldogs scored due to an error made by the Vaqueros goalkeeper, Miles Keane, bringing the score to 1-0.

“There were some moments where we [coaches] had to coach them up a bit, but overall it showed as a team we were determined,” Assistant Coach Adrian Gonzalez said.

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✍️ by: Vivana Ruiz
📸 by: Aida Kaufmann

City College celebrates halloween by hosting a Trunk or Treat event on Oct. 24 held on the West Campus Lawn. Presented b...
29/10/2024

City College celebrates halloween by hosting a Trunk or Treat event on Oct. 24 held on the West Campus Lawn. Presented by the City College Athletics Department and The Resource Santa Barbara, children and students were able to partake in trick or treating, face painting, games, tacos, and even a live photo booth.

Athletic teams as well as community members brought their cars onto the West Campus Lawn with trunks filled with candy and halloween decorations. At the end of the night, the trunks were judged and placed in a competition.

Check it out on www.thchannels.org

✍️&📸: Sylvia Stewart, News Editor

City College hosts the Santa Barbara County Fire Department on Oct. 26, on West Campus at the West Campus Center. The SB...
29/10/2024

City College hosts the Santa Barbara County Fire Department on Oct. 26, on West Campus at the West Campus Center. The SBFD held emergency simulations which included a multi-story fire, search and rescue with simulated victims, and a firefighter mayday.

This allowed firefighters to get live training and preparation for real-life scenarios, while also allowing them to become familiar with the WCC, one of City College’s newest buildings. Their next day of training on campus will be Saturday, Oct. 9 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

✍️&📸 by: Anthony Zell, Photo Editor

The entire City College athletic department is on probation until Sept. 10, 2026 following the recent discovery that 16 ...
29/10/2024

The entire City College athletic department is on probation until Sept. 10, 2026 following the recent discovery that 16 out-of-state football players’ applications were fraudulently manipulated by former assistant football coach Robert Adan, campus officials said.

Adan was initially placed on administrative leave but has since resigned. He had filled out the players’ applications with false addresses and graduation dates, leading students and their families to believe that they would only need to pay in-state tuition to play football at City College, despite being out-of-state residents, Athletic Director LaDeane Hansten said.

“A lot of them didn’t know that [Adan] had done that because he would just take the laptop and say, ‘This is how we do it here,’ unbeknownst to our head coach and me,” Hansten said.

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✍️ by: Cebelli Pfeifer, Editor-in-Chief and Anika Brodnansky, Sports Editor
📸 by: Anthony Zell, Photo Editor

Halloween is one of the most exciting times of the year, but it is not celebrated the same way in Isla Vista as other co...
21/10/2024

Halloween is one of the most exciting times of the year, but it is not celebrated the same way in Isla Vista as other college towns in America. Numerous ordinances are in place during Halloween weekend to ensure everybody has a safe holiday and celebrations stay in order.

These ordinances start on Oct. 26 through Nov. 4 between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. They include no music festivals, outdoor festivals, and dance festivals. Failure to abide by these ordinances could lead to an infraction citation and a fine over $500.

“If you are hosting a party or having a party we can shut the party down.” Lieutenant Garrett TeSlaa said.

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✍️ by: Hunter Swanson
📸 by: Sylvia Stewart, News Editor

City College students received a campus-wide alert notification declaring an immediate emergency lockdown due to an “act...
05/10/2024

City College students received a campus-wide alert notification declaring an immediate emergency lockdown due to an “active assailant” near Cliff Campus, on Cliff Drive at 3:12 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4.

According to an email sent out at 4:20 p.m. by Executive Director of Public Affairs and Communications Jordan Killebrew, an individual armed with what appeared to be a knife, was spotted outside the Luria Library at the West Cliff Campus, while actively assaulting another individual.

SBPD responded and arrested the armed individual and the emergency lockdown was lifted at 3:27 p.m. No injuries have been reported.

An immediate notification was sent out to students at 3:27 p.m. that read, “Threat contained near Cliff Campus, Cliff Drive. Lockdown has been lifted. Doors are unlocked.

✍️ by: Cebelli Pfeifer, Editor-In-Chief

We would like to introduce the Spring 2024 editorial board. We look forward to providing City College with stories every...
20/09/2024

We would like to introduce the Spring 2024 editorial board. We look forward to providing City College with stories every week, containing newsworthy and relevant information for the community.

Editor-in-Chief: Cebelli Pfeifer
News editor: Sylvia Stewart
Sports editor: Anika Brodnansky
A&E editor: Izadora Hamm
Photo editor: Anthony Zell

Reach out to us via email [email protected] or come stop by The Channels newsroom located in the digital arts building room A180.

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