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The coronavirus crisis is creating huge financial problems for government agencies on the Central and South Coasts. Officials with one of the first cities…

On Saturday, the U.S. Defense Department released the names of six service members who died when their military refueling aircraft crashed.

The pandemic exposed how old-school tech hampers access to health care and other public services. With new federal funding, states finally have a way to upgrade, if they seize the opportunity.

SBCC School of Extended Learning, Career Skills Institute Take your leadership from good to great by exploring and applying the top ten skills that every leader must have. You may elect to take this course independent of a Career Skills Institute digital badge or apply it to the Emerging Leaders Certificate / digital badge. The Emerging Leaders Certificate develops the additional management, supervisory and leadership skills to open up additional work and advancement opportunities. This certificate is also a gateway into other noncredit and credit programs, helping participants develop workplace skills and training that will qualify them for even more work opportunities. To obtain the Emerging Leaders Certificate, participants must complete a total of four required courses: Required: (1) Leadership Skills (2) Supervisory Skills (3) Motivating Yourself and Others (4) Increasing Productivity Leadership Skills takes place on Tuesday April 26. This class will be held 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM. Course number: PROW NC006 (CRN 66892) Date: Tuesday, April 26 Time: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Format: Online Location: Zoom Class cost: Free Contact: Register online at https://www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning. For assistance with registration, call (805) 683-8205. About SBCC School of Extended Learning The School of Extended Learning responds to the diverse learning needs of the adult population in the Santa Barbara community by advancing career and life skills, and building bridges to credit. SBCC Career Skills Institute is part of the programs offered through the School of Extended Learning. The innovative program is endorsed by LinkedIn® and serves job seekers, employers and employees with a tuition–free, noncredit certificate program to provide career training for employees and job seekers. Participants can earn certificates and digital badges demonstrating knowledge and skills in over 60 areas of business, design, technology, and career education. For more information, visit www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning.

A Texas House report issues blame for failures in Uvalde. Steve Bannon goes on trial Monday for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 panel. Ukraine's president fires two top officials.

Kenneth Kamler, Md is a surgeon who also climbs mountains. He was team doctor on three expeditions to the top of Mount Everest, including the disastrous 1996 trip during which 6 people died. Kamler is both storyteller and advisor in his book, Doctor on Everest: Emergency Medicine at the Top of the World - A Personal Account including the 1996 Disaster. (The Lyons Press) Blackened limbs due to severe frostbite were the least of his troubles. I-V fluids are frozen solid, and abrasions cannot heal at such high altitudes. Kamler's day job is Director of the Hand Treatment Center in Hyde Park, New York, where he is a microsurgeon. He's done research on telemedicine for NASA and Yale Medical School.

Something remarkable has been happening in American retail. Despite the devastation of the pandemic, people are still opening new stores. That's true about major chains but also small shops.

Game six of the World Series, controversy in the NBA over a player's anti-Semitic social media post, and players are asked to leave politics aside during the upcoming soccer World Cup in Qatar.

Painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer was born in war-ravaged Germany in 1945. Wim Wenders' new film conveys the beauty, bleakness and moral weight of Kiefer's art.

After years of instability, survey after survey finds teachers are leaving or planning to leave their profession soon.