ICE raids; Sorority controversy - Santa Barbara News-Press

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Here’s what we have for you today:

Burst of ICE raids rock Santa Maria; parent seized at Allan Hancock College
UCSB sorority under fire for alleged discriminatory practices against women of color

Santa Barbara County Supervisors talk sidewalk vendor crackdown, abandoned boats and immigration.

Students ask questions of candidates at Santa Barbara Unified school board forum

And Patricia Stark has profiles on two candidates for Santa Barbara City College Board of Trustees in Trustee Area 5, E. Howard Green and Dominique Luján.

Joshua Molina

News-Press Editor

Stories you should know about

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai for untangling mirror images in molecules (Los Angeles Times)
Becerra’s son of immigrants’ story emerges as latest flash point in governor’s race (Los Angeles Times)

What, exactly, did Trump say about Iran taking out Los Angeles? (New York Times)

Protests sweep France as student walkouts tap into public discontent (Washington Post)

Artificial intelligence news

Record labels are in a spin over AI music (The Economist)

Man sentenced to 18 months in prison for $8 billion AI music streaming fraud (Music Week)

Silicon Valley’s AI wunderkind launches AI assistant Underdog. Invite only (TechCrunch)

Mid-week news quiz

Do you know the Santa Barbara News-Press team? We’re a small but mighty team, but do you know who is covering what? Let’s see!

Who wrote the story this week about paid signature gatherers trying to put the future of State Street on the ballot?

A) Sofia Wallace

B) Aston Smith

C) Kaitlin Sweeney

D) Julianna Lozada

Reply first with the correct answer to earn a shoutout in tomorrow’s newsletter.

From the Archives

Back in the day when MTD was pitching electric buses. I love the days when journalists, not AI, created graphics. I remember walking over to Tom De Walt, the News-Press’ graphic artist at the time, in the old newsroom to brainstorm on how to illustrate a story. This was collaboration the way it should be.

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