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Sadé Ayodele, Sha’leah Nikole, Mary Bridget Davies, Jenna Gillespie Byrd and Melissa Musique from "A Night With Janis Joplin."
  1. The spirit of Janis Joplin: Musical making a Santa Barbara premiere mixes the icon's music, stories
  2. Central Coast rocket launch carries satellites into orbit for monitoring Earth's magnetic field
  3. Santa Barbara woman talks about battling long COVID
  4. Seabird rescuers are looking into an increase in sick and deceased pelicans
KCLU's Caroline Feraday, Russ Maloney, Lance Orozco, and Dave Meyer at the 2026 Golden Mike Awards
KCLU wins major honors from California journalism group
Station earns seven Golden Mike Awards
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National and Global Stories
  1. Greetings from downtown Cairo, where unpretentious cafés are part of centuries-old charm
  2. 11 new books in April offer a chance to step inside someone else's world
  3. Democrats keep doing better in elections since Trump returned to office
  4. Oil prices plunge and stocks soar after U.S. and Iran agree on a ceasefire
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